The Best of Roald Dahl
 One of the best short story writers around.: Roald Dahl left a large body of work, much of which seems to be finding its way back into print in these years after his death. Good! For those acquainted only with his childrens' books, be warned: he had a [... more]
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
What an Adventure: The book starts out with Tom Sawyer, a mischievous boy, just trying to have fun. He plays hooky on a Friday and then has to work on Saturday because his Aunt Polly finds out. Tom doesn't want to work so he convinces other kids to take [... more]
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Saint: Set 1
From Amazon.com: Nineteen actors have portrayed Simon Templar, the gentleman adventurer created by Leslie Charteris in 1928. Among the most memorable incarnations were George Sanders (in a series of 1930s films) and Vincent Price (who voiced the [... more]
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Classical Chillout (Box Set)
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0698458900623 Format: Import Format: Box set Format: Compilation Number Of Discs: 4 Original Release Date: 2003-09-23 Release Date: 2003-01-01 UPC: 698458900623 Tracks: Clarinet Concerto - Adagio \oFrom Out of Africa\c - Jane [... more]
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Gettin' to Me
Artist: Various Artists Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0029667218122 Format: Import Format: Compilation Original Release Date: 2000-05-02 Release Date: 2000-05-02 UPC: 029667218122 Tracks: Gettin' to Me \o#\c - Ben E. King If You Can't Be True - Marva Lee Keep [... more]
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The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century
From Amazon.com: Anthologies are tricky things for editors: to select a story for inclusion is to make oneself a target for readers who wonder hotly why X or Y or Z wasn't chosen. And to be so brash as to deem an anthology the best anything of the [... more]
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
What an Adventure: The book starts out with Tom Sawyer, a mischievous boy, just trying to have fun. He plays hooky on a Friday and then has to work on Saturday because his Aunt Polly finds out. Tom doesn't want to work so he convinces other kids to take [... more]
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Venus Drive
From Amazon.com: Sam Lipsyte's Venus Drive is tightly wound in more ways than one. Peopled by walking-wounded hipsters with crummy jobs, drug fiends in varied stages of addiction, and kids sent away to summer camp who act on their worst instincts, these [... more]
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F. Scott Fitzgerald: Flappers and Philosophers
Form and Finesse: Fitzgerald's stories manage to unite his otherworldly grasp of the fluctuations in the human soul. He is a master at presenting its contrivances and vanities as things that happen to people. The tension in these tales rises with almost [... more]
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Indigenous Beasts
Astounding and Enthralling: This is the best short story collection I've read in ages. It is reminiscent of Raymond Carver's 'Where I'm Calling From,' but with a more youthful resonance. Sellyn follows in the 1983 O'Henry winner's tradition with incisive, [... more]
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Gift Of The Magi
Had high hopes: This video production does not do justice to O. Henry's great story. I hope someday to find one that does. Disappointing: The O'Henry story is wonderful, but this depiction doesn't do it justice. Perhaps, this is one of those stories [... more]
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
What an Adventure: The book starts out with Tom Sawyer, a mischievous boy, just trying to have fun. He plays hooky on a Friday and then has to work on Saturday because his Aunt Polly finds out. Tom doesn't want to work so he convinces other kids to take [... more]
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