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Caedmon Poetry Collection
by William Butler Yeats
Credits: Audio CD
A rare and thrilling listening experience. A choice gathering of some of the twentieth century's greatest poetry... read by the century's greatest poets.
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The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
Credits: Audio Download | Audio CD
Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the present, "The Kite Runner" is the unforgettable and beautifully told story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul.
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A Child's Christmas in Wales
by Dylan Thomas
Credits: Audio CD
The sights, smells and sounds of a long-ago Christmas come to life in Dylan Thomas's reading...
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And Still I Rise
by Maya Angelou
Credits: Audio CD
These new poems are powerful, distinctive and as always, full of lifting rhythms of love and remembering.
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Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
Credits: Audio CD | Audio Cassette
Fahrenheit 451 is set in a grim alternate-future setting ruled by a tyrannical government in which firemen as we understand them no longer exist: Here, firemen don't douse fires, they ignite them.
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Essential Tennessee Williams
by Tennessee Williams
Credits: Audio CD
Williams reads from his own poetry collection and excerpts from his Pulitzer Prize-winning play "The Glass Menagerie," featuring the Wingfields of St. Louis, Missouri.
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Dylan Thomas: The Caedmon Collection
by Dylan Thomas
Credits: Audio CD
On February 22, 1952, Dylan Thomas made his first recording for Caedmon Records…
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Stories
by Garrison Keillor
Credits: Audio CD
Includes Keillor's own favorite stories from his years as a contributor to The New Yorker and his bestselling books.
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Langston Hughes Reads
by Langston Hughes
Credits: Audio Cassette
Langston Hughes (1902-1967) ranks as one of the greatest American poets of the twentieth century.
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The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection
by Nikki Giovanni
Credits: Audio CD
In a career that has spanned over three decades, Nikki Giovanni has perceptively recorded her observations of both the outside world and the gentle yet enigmatic territory of the self.
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Eudora Welty Reads
by Eudora Welty
Credits: Audio Cassette
Eudora Welty, one of America's great storytellers, relates, in her sweetly vibrant Mississippi drawl, five of her finest stories.
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Essential Cummings
by E.E. Cummings
Credits: Audio CD
A master of experimental and abstract poetry reads a collection of some of his finest poems, now on CD for the first time.
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The Neil Gaiman Audio Collection
by Neil Gaiman
Credits: Audio CD
New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman reads four enchanting stories for children: "Wolves in the Walls, The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, Cinnamon," and "Crazy Hair." Simultaneous hardcover ("The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish"). Unabridged. 1 CD.
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Mark Twain Audio Collection
by Mark Twain
Credits: Audio CD
Mark Twain (1835-1910) was the first American writer to capture the unique and colorful vernacular of his country's populace. Instead of striving to perfect any particular literary form…
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The John Updike Audio Collection
by John Updike
Credits: Audio CD
he extraordinarily evocative stories depict the generation born in a small-town America during the Depression and growing up in a world where the old sexual morality was turned around and material comforts were easily had.
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Churchill in His Own Voice
by Winston Churchill
Credits: Audio Cassette
Speeches of Winston Churchill, Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Chamberlain and King George VI and others. With selections from his memoirs read by Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud.
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Ezra Pound Reads
by Ezra Pound
Credits: Audio Cassette
Ezra Pound's inspirational sway over twentieth century poetry remains unquestioned to this day. Ezra Pound Reads offers a rare opportunity to witness the vision of this awe-inspiring, intensely polemical artist.
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Run with the Hunted
by Charles Bukowski
Credits: Audio Cassette
For five decades, Charles Bukowski's writing has depicted life on the edge with an unflinchingly mordant clarity that has earned him millions of devotees all over the world.
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Garrison Keillor: A Life in Comedy
by Garrison Keillor
Credits: Audio CD
Recorded during his sold-out solo performances at Yale Repertory Theater in April 2002, this audio presentation features the host of NPR's "Prairie Home Companion" on his own, with readings, comedy, stories, musings, and much more.
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Who's Got Game?
by Toni Morrison
Credits: Audio CD
Generation after generation, classic fables, folklore, and myth remain popular because they quicken the imagination of listeners of all ages.
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E.E. Cummings
by E.E. Cummings
Credits: Audio Cassette
In asking "Who, as a writer, am I?" e.e. Cummings's affirmation of life resolved into serenity as he described himself as someone "whose only happiness is to transcend himself, whose every agony is to grow."
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Essential Doris Lessing: Excerpts from the Golden Notebook
by Doris Lessing
Credits: Audio CD
A feminist landmark, "The Golden Notebook" tells the story of writer Anna Wulf and the crises she faces in her personal, political and professional life.
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House of Sand and Fog
by Andre Dubus III
Credits: Audio Cassette
In this riveting novel of almost unbearable suspense, three fragile yet determined people become dangerously entangled in a relentlessly escalating crisis....
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Donald Hall: Prose and Poetry
by Donald Hall
Credits: Audio CD
Author of more than 30 books of poetry and prose, Donald Hall performs dozens of his best-loved...
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Gertrude Stein Reads
by Gertrude Stein
Credits: Audio Cassette
"Rose is a rose is a rose"
Among the most influential writers of her time, Gertrude Stein created poetryand prose so radically experimental that her work stood out even in an eracharacterized by unconventional sentiments.
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