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Here on Compact Disc - a full-cast recording starring Robert Ryan, Stacy Keach, and Geraldine Fitzgerald - Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night.

O'Neill's painful view of his own life forms the core of Long Day's Journey Into Night, one of the greatest of all American plays. The Tyrone family (father James, mother Mary, and sons Edmund and Jamie) of the play is a surrogate for O'Neill's own family and, through them, the playwright wrestles with his past demons.

Covering a single day and night, O'Neill's play traces the impact on the family relapse into a drug addiction and younger son Edmund's being institutionalized for consumption. These events reopen old wounds and resentments and initiate a harrowing series of accusations and recriminations that threaten to tear apart the family.

At turns haunting, riveting, and emotionally lacerating, Long Day's Journey Into Night is one of O'Neill's greatest plays.

Directed by Arvin Brown, starring Robert Ryan, Stacy Keach, Geraldine Fitzgerald with James Naughton and Paddy Croft

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Grim, but is a classic.
Eugene at his best. A must read for anyone interested in the theater. I suggest you read it slowly.

Boring unless you' r an actor.
Boring as hell!
Heard about this great work by O'Neill for years and finally got to read it.Maybe this makes a decent play.Maybe if you sit and watch you can
enjoy the performances and emotions, etc.
But reading is bruatally boring.
On and on and on....
Maybe I am conditiioned by TV and movies for getting to the point a
lot faster.

As Good As It Gets
I had a friend once tell me that he had just read this play and had decided it was overrated. From that point on, I never considered anything he had to say very important. He had pretty much revealed his inner workings and I saw him for the ignoramus he is. I have read this play numerous times, seen play versions with Ralph Richardson and Jack Lemmon playing James Tyrone. It's a beautiful play, a funny play, a play that works one over, and leaves one feeling totally satisfied. If you never really understood the idea of catharsis, watch or read this play. I don't see the play as having flaws, although a well-known dramaturg once told me he thought the play needed cutting. Personally, I think the play needs nothing. Cutting would turn it into another play, not the magnificent work it is. The "fat," as for as I'm concerned, is as important to it as duck fat is to a delicious confit. Still, there must be those who could like to turn it into a two-act, so the audience can get home by 10:00 to watch reruns of "The Golden Girls." If it were cut, the play would not be able to work its magic of making one feel that one has been through a long evening with the characters. These idiot editors would trim a Haiku if you let them. This play is just about as good as it gets in the modern theater we are taught to love.

Great play, not for light reading
Eugene O'Neill's classic play, "Long Day's Journey into Night," is an autobiographical work that makes you feel immense pity for his family life.It's a great read, and wonderful to analyze!Just don't think that this will be a playful romp through the theater.O'Neill tackles a lot of heavy issues in this play and it can be difficult to read.

Living death in the middle class
Starting in the 1600s, America was known as the place to make it big, where one could make a decent and happy living if one just worked hard.Whether contrasted to the chaos of Revolutionary France, the abject urban poverty of Dickens' England, the abject rural poverty of Ireland, the militarization of German society or the civil strife of Russia; America was heaven on Earth, a place where one could live the life they wanted.This image gradually wore away by the early 1900's, and this disillusionment was captured in work after work of American literature.The Great Gatsby unveiled the decay of the super-rich, The Grapes of Wrath showed the pitfalls of the rural farmer, Sinclair's "The Jungle" revealed the horrors of industrialized society, and To Kill a Mockingbird forced us to confront the horror of Jim Crowe laws.But no work so fully and so subtly attacked the everyday failings and desperation of middle class America until this short classic by Eugene O'Neill.This story has no true protagonist or antagonist.Instead, it examines one middle-class family, the Tyrones, over the course of one day.The Tyrones live in their own house, and are financially independent.The parents are middle-aged.The husband is past his prime earning years, and his wife, Mary, is addicted to snuff.One son is an alcoholic womanizer, and the other is frail and probably a nervous wreck.Nobody is in danger of starvation or eviction, but the family as a whole has problems, with depression probably being universal.Everyone has personal failings that weigh on their souls, and each day is a struggle to get through without damaging relationships with each other.Hence the title of the book, a long day's journey into night.Night probably means death here, as noone in the family is going to die soon.The journey is the time they have to spend with each other and put up with each other.This fate, this tragedy probably afflicts more people around the world than any other, and that is to have to live with your failings and those of your loved ones.This book was published at the end of O'Neill's career, and is supposed to represent his family.Regardless of its intention, this is a great book, and of the few American classics that anyone around the world can understand. ... Read more

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Special Agent John Banish is embroiled in a deadly battle of wits with Glenn Ables, a cunning, twisted fugitive, during a standoff confrontation between law enforcement and the criminal, barricaded with his family in a secluded Montana cabin. A first novel. Read by Stacy Keach. ... Read more

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This would be a terrific movie
It was optioned, but None of the three movies made since the novel's publication with similar titles are based on this novel and the only movie listed under the author's name on IMDb is THE TOWN (PRINCE OF THIEVES).Anyway, this first Chuck Hogan novel is terrific. I felt the characters were very well constructed. I quite liked the allusions indicating prejudice against native-Americans on the part of some of the law authorities. The picturing of small town Montana was especially effective. And the plot itself was excruciatingly developed.Here's hoping a movie version will happen someday.

"A rumor without a leg to stand on will get around some other way." John Tudor
"Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong." Murphy's Law.

This seems to be the motto of the Border County Sheriff's Department and Sheriff Leonard M. Blood.Blood is ordered to serve a notice of eviction on Glenn Allen Ables for tax evasion. Blood, an American Indian, realizes that there could be trouble, asks for the help of two deputies.Ables just happens to be an anti government supremacist/survivalist.When Blood attempts to serve the document, one of his deputies is shot and wounded, another barely escapes.

Huddleson, Montana seems to be a no nonsense area where they don't seem to take prisoners. The Huddleson Police Department, under firebrand, Chief Mooody, is called out and not long after, shots are fired. One of Moody's men is killed and, as we will later learn, so is one of Ables' children.

With the situation worsening and memories of Waco, Texas fresh on the minds of law enforcement officials, John Banish, an FBI negotiator is called in. Also in attendance at this time is Reginald Perkins, agent in charge, Butte, Montana. A turf war springs up and Deputy Fagin, head of the Marshal's Special Ops Group is attempting to command the situation.

In other words, chaos reigns. This story concentrates on the action taking place without much character background. We aren't aware of the thoughts of the characters and as a result, it reads more like a lengthy newspaper report than a novel.

"The Standoff," a first novel by Chuck Hogan, describes the intricacies of crime scene negotiating and the intense feelings of anti government feelings that exist in some areas of rural America.The author appears to look on as an outside observer and present the legal aspects of the decisions that law enforcement officials make in the time of crisis.

An Indifferent First Effort
I am glad that I read Mr. Hogan's second book, Prince of Thieves, before I read his initial effort. Had I not done so, I probably would have not bought the second book, based upon my view of the first. That would have been my loss.

This book is loosely based on the events at Ruby Ridge and the Weaver family. Hogan clearly shows what pitfalls and difficulties await those in charge of managing such confrontations and weaves throughout it the various personalities and prejudices that are present at such confrontations.

John Banish is the FBI hostage negotiator in the middle of things with some skeletons in his past and something left to prove. He has to manage the various law enforcement agencies, angry residents who are sympathetic to the holed up family and others on both sides with itchy trigger fingers and short tempers.

This is probably much like what a hostage negotiaion is all about, but I'm not sure having read about it I find that it was really worth the effort. Go for his second book. That is a winner.

GUN CONTROL
If THE STANDOFF does nothing else, it again proves how our constitution has been "adopted" by people who use it for anything to justify their psychotic and anarchistic behavior.Here we have this guy holed up in his cabin in the Montana mountains, arming even his children with aforesaid guns, and accusing the Federal Government of instigating the war which is about to take place.Considering the fact that a US marshal was killed, and that the whole thing started when the redneck anarchist shot at a sheriff simply doing his duty.John Banish, the antihero of this book, has a past few characters would ever want to claim, and Hogan uses the book to show just how frustrating it is to uphold the law and save lives.The media, stupid supporters of this redneck, and countless others get into the melee.Hogan's problem:Why did he have to have baddies in the picture?Ables is simply a no good racist who uses his own family as protective shields.
This book angered me with its portrayal of gun-crazy fanatics who claims their right to bear arms gives them the right to shoot lawmen.That's why it's so good.Hogan succeeds in exposing these racists for what they really are---guntoting cowards.

What a coincidence
What can I say. Either this guy can have decent premonitions or he just got inspiration from the event at Ruby ridge and the Weaver family. The only bit that changed was the last few pages. Apart from that. What a load of c**p. ... Read more

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One-Dimensional Ernest
Not all short story anthologies are created equal. I have found a number of the short stories by Hemingway here in other anthologies. The premise here seems to be to highlight some of Hemingway's central writing themes- man and sport and manliness in general. No question that Hemingway is a man's writer. The subject matter of interest-bullfighting, gangsters, bicycle racing, boxing and the effects of the ravages of war on the male psyche bear this out.

In some of the short stories like A Canary For One where he introduces a forlorn woman and thus strays from the theme he is on less firm ground. And that kind of sums up the problem of the whole conception behind this compilation. Unlike Scott Fitzgerald, his contemporary and friend, who was very comfortable writing about women Hemingway does not show that same talent. The sparse, to the point dialogue we have come to expect from Hemingway gets its ususal full workout here but not a nuanced view of a two-gendered world. Still The Undefeated and The Killers ( a very, very short story that formed the basis of a movie by that same name starring Ava Gardner and Burt Lancaster) are worth reading in any anthology.

Classic Hemingway
A must for all Hemingway fans.What more can I say.If you are not a Hemingway fan, read this, it might make you one.

Early Hemingway stories
Hemingway's short stories have always been hit & miss with me.Some of them don't really do anything for me, none are among my very favorite short stories, but most of them are well-written and thought provoking. Such is the case with this set.

Hemingway offers us an assortment of masculine characters, mostly picked from his favorite types of male personas:soldiers, bullfighters, mobsters and prizefighters.Despite the title of the book, there are a smattering of female characters in some of the tales. They rank with the standard fare of impetuous women that Hemingway likes to write about.

The scope of the stories is quite broad, featuring painful topics such as abortion, breakup, heartbreak and being past ones prime. The latter theme is taken up in THE UNDEFEATED,THE KILLERS and FIFTY GRAND and later on re-appears in Hemingway's THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA.FIFTY GRAND, which details the demise of a washed-up boxer, is my favorite short story in this collection.

Stories such as IN ANOTHER COUNTRY, and NOW I LAY ME introduce motifs that are echoed in A FAREWELL TO ARMS, which was published just a few years after MWW.

Tho I've never been enamoured with the short story genre, Hemingway does rank as one of the best in the business - particularly in the American literary canon.Hence, followers of Hemingway as well as people who greatly enjoy short stories would likely appreciate this book.

...and to top it off, there are BOXERS on the cover!
These are some the best stories I have ever read.When I was in high school, my class was asked to read In Another Country for discussion.It was my first Hemingway short story, and an introduction to the novels we would be reading.I almost cried.His writing is just so gut-wrenchingly honest and raw.No overwrought explanations of emotion. You know how these characters are feeling simply because of how the speak and act.Hemingway is the master of context.The Killers is almost like a mystery story that never gets solved.Why doesn't he run out of town? What's going to happen to the big guy?I love this stuff and can't get enough of it.

Great weekend reading.
"Men Without Women" by Ernest Hemingway features a glimpse into the genius that is Hemingway.I found it to be a great read during asummer weekend.I especially enjoyed the Nick Adams stories and the storyabout the matador fighting one last glorious bullfight (one of Hemingway'sfavoright subjects)."Men Without Women"deals with subjectsboth everyday and serious such as love and abortion.This short read byHemingway makes a great introduction for anyone wanting to begin readingHemingway.I highly recomend it. ... Read more

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The Crucible portrays 17th-century Salem, Massachusetts, as a rigid theocracy eager to ferret out real or imagined deviations from the norm. The play indicts everyone in Salem -- and by extension American society -- for the crimes of intolerance and blind hatred. ... Read more

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Stop breathing into the mic, please.
I was hoping to use this in my 11th grade class to go along with the text of The Crucible, but there's just no way.The readers certainly do express the emotions in the scenes, but it's pretty overstated.Did they record this whole thing in a sauna, or something?Enough with the heavy breathing!If you just want to listen to it for your own purposes, it's great, but in a classroom, expect your students to feel awkward and make jokes about how some parts sound like a bad porno.

Please don't co-mingle different readings
All of these reviews appear to apply to the L.A. Theater Works reading of The Crucible. I wanted to read reviews about the Lincoln Center version. Co-mingling can be confusing. The Lincoln Center is unabridged and the reviews for the L.A. Theater Works make it sound abridged. I wonder if this review will end up in the L.A. Theater Works version reviews as well.

NOT the unabridged version
While this version is a fine audio production, it is labeled incorrectly as the unabridged version.There are several parts that are edited out.I purchased this one as a supplement to the unabridged version in my classroom.However, it simply is no the unabridged version.If you do want this version, you could download this version from itunes in a matter of minutes rather than waiting for it to ship.

Great for teachers!
This follows the play 99% of the time - every once in a while a word is substituted or a phrase turned around, but that's it.My students had no problem following the play.In fact, they prefer the taped reading over reading aloud in class.I'm in a Title I school with a high percentage of behavior problems and this was a "God send."The students listened much better with the taped reading.

The actors are animated and match the personalities of the characters.I recommend it highly.

Hard to follow along
I bought this cd set to read the play along with my students.It's very theatrical and there are a lot of sound effects.The actors go so fast, that it's hard to follow along if you're reading the play.There's a lot of mumbling, sighing, heavy-breathing.Anyway, if you are wanting to just listen to it, this is a great purchase.If you want to read along, I would try a different cd set. ... Read more

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A guidebook to the imagination
Ernest Hemingway, Winner Take Nothing (Scribner's, 1933)

Arguably Hemingway's finest book of short stories, Winner Take Nothing contains fourteen relatively short and always spare looks at various stages of life. What seem, upon first reading, to be nothing more than frameworks or outlines take on more meat upon reflection. Hemingway lets the reader fill in the small details, guiding his imagination rather than manipulating it. This does mean that the onus is on the reader more than usual with this book; Hemingway's work is meant to be thought-provoking rather than escapist. If you can make it to the end of "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," the second story in the book, and reflect on it without feeling anything, then the book's probably not for you. Those who approach it with the proper mindset, however, will find it to be full of opportunities to plumb one's own imagination. ****

Certainly not the best introduction to Hemingway
Perhaps I was distracted when I heard these short stories, but they seemed to lack substance.The characters seemed like passing shadows - I never knew them well enough to have any solid emotional attachment.The storieswere all very short, and most felt incomplete.If you are just startingwith Hemingway, try something else first.If you like his style, I'm sureyou'll love this collection.

Gain nothing, lose nothing
This was the first Hemingway book I have read and I was surprised. I always imagined his books were boring and completely symbolibic to the point that you don't understand it. However I enjoyed this book and all theshort stories involved in this. All the stories were interesting andconnected the theme that the "winner takes nothing" in differentsituations. I enjoyed the fact that since he probably wrote this in Europe,Hemingway weaved French and sometimes German into the dialogue. Also in onestory Fitzgerald is mentioned as a wild child. "Winner takenothing" is an easy book to understand and follow, and the stories areoriginal. ... Read more

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Re-enactments of actual cases from America's oldest and most famous law enforcement body...the Texas Rangers. ... Read more

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5 Different workouts. Designed by cardiologists and excercise physiologists. 3 audio cassettees with a complete illustrated booklet. ... Read more

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As conspiracy swirls around Caesar, Shakespeare explores the deep repercussions of political murder on the human heart.A classic tale of duplicity, betrayal and murder, masterfully performed by an all-star, all-American cast in this BBC co-production. ... Read more

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Playaway is the easiest way to listen to a book on the go. An all-in-one format, the player and content are combined in one 2 ounce unit and it comes with everything you need to start listening immediately. No separate player needed, no CDs, no downloadsjust press play!

"The best-selling American mystery writer of all time brings back his world-famous private eye, Mike Hammer, for his biggest and most dangerous case yet. On an amateur archeology dig in Israel, two students discover what appears to be the femur of the Biblical giant Goliath. As the novel opens, the young couple head into a subway station with the carefully wrapped bone in the boys arms, when a hit man attempts to kill them. Mike Hammer, seeing the situation develop, comes to their rescue. It is only the beginning of their trouble as various factions will stop at little to obtain the precious item, each for their own selfish reasons. But Hammer and his loyal secretary, Velda, assure once again that good triumphs over evil. Before he died, Mickey Spillane wrote the beginning and end of The Goliath Bone, as well as outlining the middle section, which was completed by his long-time friend and collaborator, the acclaimed mystery writer Max Allan Collins." ... Read more

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Playaway is the easiest way to listen to a book on the go. An all-in-one format, the player and content are combined in one 2 ounce unit and it comes with everything you need to start listening immediately. No separate player needed, no CDs, no downloadsjust press play!

"The skies over ancient Rome blaze with terrifying portents, and soothsayers warn Julius Caesar of approaching doom. As conspiracy swirls through the city, Shakespeare explores the deep repercussions of political murder on the human heart. The classic tale of duplicity and murder is masterfully performed by an all-star, all-Amercian cast. STARRING (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER) BONNIE BEDELIA DAVID BIRNEY RICHARD DREYFUSS HAROLD GOULD KELSEY GRAMMER ARYE JENKINS STACY KEACH JOHN de LANCIE JOHN RANDOLPH JoBETH WILLIAMS PAUL WINFIELD EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: SUSAN ALBERT LOEWENBERG DIRECTOR: MARTIN JENKINS L.A. Theatre Works, founded in 1974, produces the world's finest audio theatre. Our catalogue features the largest collection of classic and contemporary plays, recorded in state-of-the-art sound quality, starring today's most popular and acclaimed actors. To receive a free catalogue from L.A. Theatre Works e-mail: latw@latw.org or visit: www.latw.org." ... Read more