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In The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, prose magician Michael Chabon conjured the golden age of comic books, interwining history, legend and story-telling verve. In The Final Solution, he has condensed his boundless vision to create a short, suspenseful tale of compassion and wit that re-imagines the classic 19th-century detective story.
In deep retirement in the English countryside, an 89-year old man, vaguely recollected
...The Last of Mr. Norris and Goodbye to Berlin make up this 1946 reissue of Christopher Isherwood's finest novels. Both are set in 1930s Berlin during the rise of Hitler. Based in part on the author's experience as an English tutor in Germany, each one is a theatric mélange of fact and fiction, a rousing and provocative intersection of history and fantasy. The Last of Mr. Norris depicts the debauchery of an aging criminal caught in
...Huxley's bleak future prophesized in Brave New World was a capitalist civilization which had been reconstituted through scientific and psychological engineering, a world in which people are genetically designed to be passive and useful to the ruling class. Satirical and disturbing, Brave New World is set some 600 years ahead, in "this year of stability, A.F. 632"—the A.F. standing for After Ford, meaning the godlike Henry Ford.
...12) Rikki-tikki-tavi
This volume of the ongoing collection of children's stories offers six well-known and well-loved classic fairy tales. Included are:
"The Princess and the Pea" read by Jaclyn Smith;"The Emperor's New Clothes" read by Michael York;"Thumbelina" by Jaclyn Smith;"The Ugly Duckling" read by Michael York;"Aladdin's Lamp" read by Lou Diamond Phillips;"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" read by Sharon Stone.For over sixty years, readers of all ages have been enchanted by the magical realms, the epic battles between good and evil, and the unforgettable creatures of Narnia.
This box set includes all seven titles in The Chronicles of Narnia—The Magician's Nephew; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; The Horse and His Boy; Prince Caspian; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader; The Silver Chair; and The Last Battle.
These classic stories of magic, imagination, and inspiration will capture children's interest and spark their imagination story after story.
"Jack and the Beanstalk" is read by John Ritter. "Puss in Boots" is read by Robby Benson. "A Day at Santa's Workshop" is read by Betty White. "Elfis, the Elf Who Saved Christmas" is read by Brian Austin Green. And "The Elves and the Shoemaker" is read by Michael York.