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A Simple Habana Melody
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Oscar Hijuelos
Available on:
Audio Cassette
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love" returns to the world of music with this novel about one man's passion for his art, his family, and his country. Unabridged.
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A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599
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James Shapiro
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Audio Download | Audio CD
An intimate history of Shakespeare, following him through a single year that changed not only his fortunes but the course of literature.
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All the Pretty Horses
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Cormac McCarthy
Unabridged Edition
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This winner of the National Book Award revolves around a young Texas rancher who rides into Mexico with two friends and embarks on a sometimes comic adventure that ends in an ill-fated romanced to coincide with one of the most highly anticipated movie events of the summer.
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Americana Audio Collection
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Audio Cassette
This audio collection of classic American prose and poetry includes performances by Julie Harris, Ed Begley, and Frederick O'Neal of patriotic works...
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Blonde
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Joyce Carol Oates
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Best of the Best. Oates imagines Marilyn Monroe telling her own story about her lonely pre-Hollywood years and her helpless surrender to fame.
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Brida
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Paulo Coelho
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This is the story of Brida, a young Irish girl, and her quest for knowledge. She has long been interested in various aspects of magic but is searching for something more. Her search leads her to people of great wisdom, who begin to teach Brida about the spiritual world.
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Bright Shiny Morning
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James Frey
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Audio Download | Audio CD ($15.99)
One of the most celebrated and controversial authors in America delivers his first novel - a sweeping chronicle of contemporary Los Angeles that is bold, exhilarating, and utterly original.
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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Roald Dahl
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When Charlie Bucket finds himself the proud winner of a Golden Ticket in a chocolate bar, he knows he has the greatest treat in the world in store for him.
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Chronicles of Narnia Audio Collection
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C.S. Lewis
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Audio Cassette
The Chronicles of Narnia Audio Collection brings all seven of C.S. Lewis's beloved Narnia tales to life, as they are read by some of the world's most celebrated and renowned performers.
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Death in Venice
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Thomas Mann
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Audio Download | Audio CD ($19.80)
Published on the eve of World War I, a decade after Buddenbrooks had established Thomas Mann as a literary celebrity....
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Farmer Giles of Ham & Other Stories
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J. R. R. Tolkien
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Farmer Giles of Ham is one of Tolkien's most popular stories, full of wit and humour, set in the days when giants and dragons walked the earth.
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House of Sand and Fog
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Andre Dubus III
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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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Human Accomplishment
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Charles Murray
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Audio Cassette
A sweeping survey of the great achievers in world culture--as enthralling as Barzun's "From Dawn to Decadence, Human Accomplishment" examines the rare individuals in history who have been the great creators from the age of Homer to modern times.
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Letters from Father Christmas
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J. R. R. Tolkien
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This recording comprises a festive reading of letters written by Tolkien to his children, in the guise of Father Christmas, over a period of 20 years.
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Marley
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John Grogan
Available on:
Audio CD ($17.56)
Targeted to listeners ages 9 to 12, "Marley: A Dog Like No Other" ties in to the new, major motion picture "Marley & Me" from Fox 2000, scheduled for theatrical release on Christmas Day.
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Matilda
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Roald Dahl
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The Trunchbull is no match for Matilda....
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One More for the Road
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Ray Bradbury
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The celebrated novelist presents a thrilling new collection of 25 stories that tell of a father's regrets, a lover's last embrace, and a child's dreams of the future. With a special Afterword by the author.
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Pearl and Sir Orfeo
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J. R. R. Tolkien
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Audio Cassette
Pearl tells the story of a man who goes into a graveyard to mourn the death of his baby daughter, whom he has lost like a pearl...
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Prince Caspian
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C.S. Lewis
Abridged Edition
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Audio Download | Audio CD ($8.97)
This was the second book written in The Chronicles of Narnia. It now stands as the fourth book in the series.
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Prince Caspian
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C.S. Lewis
Unabridged Edition
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Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy are returning to boarding school when they are summoned from the dreary train station (by Susan's own magic horn) to return to the land of Narnia....
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Reading Like a Writer
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Francine Prose
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A distinguished novelist and critic offers an inside look at how the professionals read--and write. Written with passion, humor, and wisdom, "Reading Like a Writer" instructs listeners to return to literature with a fresh eye and an eager heart.
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Roverandom
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J. R. R. Tolkien
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Roverandom, a story about a real dog who is turned into a toy by a wizard.
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Shakespeare: The World as Stage
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Bill Bryson
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Audio Download | Audio CD ($11.99)
Bryson celebrates Shakespeare as a writer of unimaginable talent and enormous inventiveness, a coiner of phrases that even today have common currency.
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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J. R. R. Tolkien
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Audio Cassette
It's Christmas at Camelot and King Arthur won't begin to feast until he has witnessed a marvel of chivalry.
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Small Wonder
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Barbara Kingsolver
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Audio Cassette
In her new essay collection, the beloved author of High Tide in Tucson brings to us from one of history's darker moments an extended love song to the world we still have.
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