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Pride and Prejudice 879 reviews
Jane Austen
DH Audio, 1992
Pride and Prejudice
I would definitely recommend this novel to anyone who enjoys a great classic with witty characters and an excellent love story.
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Slaughterhouse-Five695 reviews
Kurt Jr. Vonnegut
DH Audio, 1986
Essential Vonnegut, still relevant today...
I don't care who you are, you absolutely need to read this book. It's justly considered a classic. The thing about it is that it isn't really a "humor book" like some of Vonnegut's other, justly famous works (Cat's Cradle, Breakfast of Champions, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater). Parts of it are funny - I especially like the segments with the bitter Kilgore Trout, a sci-fi author reputed to be one ...
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Catch-22824 reviews
Joseph Heller
DH Audio, 1994
Great great book
This book is so good, my weak attempt at a review is not going to do it justice. But I'll try.
I knew before I was half-way through that this is going to be a favorite and I plan to re-read it immediately. The writing is so fresh, the character studies so sharp, and the satire so relevant in today's increasingly bureaucratic (corporate) society, no wonder it was so hard for me to find a used ...
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The Great Gatsby 1125 reviews
F. Scott Fitzgerald
DH Audio, 1999
Breathtaking
It has been a while since I read a book in one sitting. It has also been a while since I first read "The Great Gatsby". Since then, I read articles and saw movies about F. Scott Fotzgerald and his wife Zelda. It is hard not to draw some similarities between Fitzgerald's best work and the way his own life ended. Without going thru the plot, this is all american story about difference between ...
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The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy: Or Everything Your Doctor Won't Tell You1043 reviews
Vicki Iovine
DH Audio, 1997
Perfect to compliment Drs Books
Funny stuff! A good book to read when you need a break from all the serious and sometimes scary medical type pregnancy books - a healthy dose of laughter and a sense that you are not going through this alone - that others just like you have gone before and had the same fears that needed soothing....Vicky tells it like it is, with a hilarious twist that reminds you to relax, this will all be over ...
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Animal Farm1148 reviews
George Orwell
Dh Audio, 1986
Timely reading because the world is still not free
Better (?) than a horror movie because it's real. Monarchy, revolution, communism, state capitalism. Sound familiar? Check the Olympics.
Animal Farm catches you off guard with the animal characters, sucks you in and keeps the plot fast. History of the Soviet revolution in an hour of entertainment. But it quickly ceases being entertaining, and becomes very realistic. Ride up the roller coaster ...
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The Hobbit1620 reviews
J. R. R. Tolkien
DH Audio, 1994
fantastic
lighthearted wonderful read. pick it up if you want to be transported to a mystical world with rich and engaging characters and plot.
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn506 reviews
Mark Twain
DH Audio, 1985
Ole Huck
You'll notice pretty quickly when you pick this up that Huck doesn't spell too good and his grammar isn't so hot either. But if you look a little more closely, you find that he sure knows how to use the semi-colon, and his sentence structure is picture perfect. Mr. Twain may have decided that he was going to have some fun with his charming narrator, but he sure wasn't going to sacrifice good ...
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The Fountainhead962 reviews
Ayn Rand
DH Audio, 1989
Attractive Book
At first sight, i never thought I would like this book or read it like i'm in that world; but, i did. I was in and did not want to come out, for reasons i, myself, can't explain. it's a great book of mysterious power to suck the readers into the vacuum of its world.
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Silent Spring 135 reviews
Rachael Carson, Ellen Burstyn
Dh Audio, 1986
Excellent!
The book was delivered in good condition and in a timely fashion. I am very pleased with your services.
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One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest360 reviews
Ken Kesey
DH Audio, 1986
One Flew East, One Flew West
'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest' is easily one of the greatest novels ever written. Chief Bromden is, by far, the most humanizing narrator I've ever read. Though this novel is an unyielding social criticism, it's also a very effective one in that it forces the reader to empathize with confined characters while realizing the authoritarians' actions - particularly those of Nurse Ratched - seem ...
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Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China (Abridged)352 reviews
Jung Chang
DH Audio, 1993
This book will last for many generations to come
I won this great book when I was 18 years old. Until today, after almost two decades, I can still remember the story very well. Every page in this book is so alive with senses! I could really see the transitional period from one generation to the next; from the warlord era to the cultural revolution. It's simply amazing. At one point, I cried reading the hardship of the Chinese people. I ...
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To Kill a Mockingbird1752 reviews
Harper Lee
Dh Audio, 1987
Harper Lee's one and only
This book has to be among the best in human history. Flawlessly written from the perspective of a child and full of wisdom. Everyone should read this book.
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Alice in Wonderland339 reviews
Lewis Carroll
Dh Audio, 1985
Alice
We loved this movie when it first came out. Our children never got tired of watching it. We recently decided to add the DVD version to our collection.
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On the Road624 reviews
Jack Kerouac, David Carradine
DH Audio, 1986
The Day After Superman Died
I began this book with weary thoughts, suspecting some Beatles, hippie mumbo jumbo about life, love and drugs. I was right but also dead wrong. After reading it I can fully understand why this is thought of as the definitive read from the beat generation.
It's basically a crazed story on life on the road, of two friends who for a brief period becomes soul mates and experiences the real world ...
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The Picture of Dorian Gray253 reviews
Oscar Wilde
Dh Audio, 1986
"An exquisite poison in the air"
Is your soul a good bargaining chip for perpetual youth and beauty? Young Dorian Gray was led to believe so and impulsively struck that bargain. "The Picture of Dorian Gray" is the story of his decline into depravity following that ill-advised trade-off. The story is well-known in popular culture. An artist becomes obsessed with his young model's attractiveness. He and his jaded friend compete ...
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Hamlet (Shakespeare's Hot)151 reviews
William Shakespeare
DH Audio, 1999
Best Shakespeare editions - for students and wannabe students
I'm not ashamed to admit it. I find Shakespeare difficult. I need help. The Cambridge School Shakespeare editions, with the classroom activities and assignments on each facing page, give me the focus and direction I need to finally truly enjoy the text.
I thought I didn't like Shakespeare until I took a class on several of the plays. It turns out that I love Shakespeare when I'm doing close ...
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Much Ado About Nothing285 reviews
William Shakespeare
Dh Audio, 1996
Ken and Em in Tuscany
After swearing that they will never marry anyone, let alone each other, two bickering "friends", Beatrice (Emma Thompson) and Benedick (Kenneth Branagh), end up falling in love after each is falsely led to believe that the other is in love with them.
Given the fact that neither of his most recent Shakespearean adaptations have received so much as a DVD release out here (Australia), let alone a ...
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Rebecca482 reviews
Daphne Du Maurier
DH Audio, 1986
"Have you ever thought about the future?"
How about that for a chat-up line?
When someone told me they called their daughter 'Rebecca' for the character in this novel, my curiosity was raised. It is beautiful. The story is of the mysterious and unsolved death of the first Mrs Maxim De Winter, Rebecca, and how her death is discovered, with far reaching consequeces for an entire community. Mrs De Winter (the second one) got slightly on my ...
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