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In this wonderful compilation, an incredible array of stage and screen stars lend their voices to the works of the world's finest poets. Among the classic performances gathered here are James Earl Jones reading "The Stolen Child" by W.B. Yeats, Rod Steiger's rendition of e.e. cummings' "pity this busy monster, manunkind", Jeremy Irons reading "Snake" by D.H. Lawrence and Emily Dickinson's "Hope is the Thing with Feathers", read by Julie Harris. 2 cassettes. ... Read more

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This is a wonderful collection of poetry readings by some of the bestactors in the world. If youallow yourself only one tape of poetry, Iwould recommend this one. The rendition of Lawrence's "The Snake"is spellbining, and the reading of Macneil's "A Death in theFamily" is quietlly gut-wrenching. And you will be surprised how wellBill Shatner recites about whales. Buy this tape, and you will listen to itagain and again. ... Read more

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Short Fiction by David Mamet; Cynthia Rowley; Buscemi; The Verve; OO7 Villains and more. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Sojourners Magazine, published by Sojourners on April 1, 2010. The length of the article is 477 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Looking for revelation.(ONFILM)(The Book of Eli)(Movie review)
Author: Gareth Higgins
Publication: Sojourners Magazine (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2010
Publisher: Sojourners
Volume: 39Issue: 4Page: 39(1)

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This digital document is an article from Semana, published by Spanish Publications, Inc. on August 11, 2000. The length of the article is 624 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Cuatro películas sin calor.(TT: Four tepid movies.)(Reseña)
Author: Gustavo Lafarge
Publication: Semana (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 11, 2000
Publisher: Spanish Publications, Inc.
Volume: 6Issue: 389Page: 22

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This digital document is an article from Siempre!, published by Edicional Siempre on June 26, 1997. The length of the article is 1370 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Nil by Mouth.
Author: Tomás Pérez Turret
Publication: Siempre! (Refereed)
Date: June 26, 1997
Publisher: Edicional Siempre
Volume: v44Issue: n2297Page: p84(1)

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This digital document is an article from Siempre!, published by Edicional Siempre on September 26, 2001. The length of the article is 902 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Hannibal.(TT: Hannibal.)(Reseña)
Author: Mauricio Molina
Publication: Siempre! (Refereed)
Date: September 26, 2001
Publisher: Edicional Siempre
Volume: 48Issue: 2519Page: 58

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This digital document is an article from Mensaje, published by Residencia San Roberto Bellarmino on July 1, 2004. The length of the article is 1335 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Harry comienza a crecer: la nueva aventura de Harry Potter es un excelente panorama para las vacaciones que se acercan. Se debe poner atención en los nuevos hechizos, ya que hay uno que puede dar un poco de luz a nuestro oscuro invierno: es cosa de exclamar ¡Expecto Patronum!(Harry Potter y el prisionero de Azkabán)(Reseña de película)
Author: Pablo Azócar
Publication: Mensaje (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2004
Publisher: Residencia San Roberto Bellarmino
Volume: 53Issue: 530Page: 46(2)

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Kindle edition of Bram Stoker's classic work. Includes an active table of contents.Amazon.com Review
Dracula is one of the few horror books to be honored byinclusion in the Norton Critical Edition series. (The others areFrankenstein, The Turn of the Screw, Heart ofDarkness, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and TheMetamorphosis.) This 100th-anniversary edition includes not onlythe complete authoritative text of the novel with illuminatingfootnotes, but also four contextual essays, five reviews from the timeof publication, five articles on dramatic and film variations, andseven selections from literary and academic criticism. Nina Auerbachof the University of Pennsylvania (author of Our Vampires,Ourselves) and horror scholar David J. Skal (author of Hollywood Gothic,The MonsterShow, and Screams of Reason) are the editors of thevolume. Especially fascinating are excerpts from materials that BramStoker consulted in his research for the book, and his working papersover the several years he was composing it. The selection of criticismincludes essays on how Dracula deals with female sexuality,gender inversion, homoerotic elements, and Victorian fears of"reverse colonization" by politically turbulentTransylvania. ... Read more

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awesome
This was one of the best books that I had to read for anthro. Keeps you interested about what's going to happen next. Very interesting and a good book

WOW!Fantastic!
Just reading Count Dracula's greeting, "Welcome to my house.Come freely.Go safely; and leave something of the happiness you bring!" gave me chills as well as fantastically visual descriptions of the Count and the atmosphere.I was also glad that I had not had much exposure to the diluted, popularized versions of Vampire movies and contemporary Vampire trends, therefore was unaffected.This is a fantastically entertaining book, and not only about the Vampire but actually more about the characters and the culture, and the journal style of narratives by different characters works very well to really capture the experiences of horror, valor,faith, and intelligence of the characters. I actually think that Mina is the most interesting one that has multiple and sophisticated elements---somewhat of a martyr, ideal Victorian woman, and at the same time with a sharp analytical and investigave mind-- which is rather surprising considering the Victorian culture.The writing is so beautiful and clever that extreme violence, gore and sexuality that could have easily been over the top, are not disruptive of the story, or of the underlying concepts of eternal life through Christ's blood and the eternal youth and life through destruction.What a great treat!

"For the dead travel fast"
Surprisingly "Denn die Toten reiten schnell" or "For the dead travel fast" is more than an opening line to this tale of love in the dangerous moon light. After watching several Drac movies and a few Nosferatu's, I pretty much though I had a handle on the genera.Little did I know what a wonderful world of mystery and suspense that Bram Stoker opened up for me.

The story is told mostly third party though the papers, diaries, and phonograph recordings (on wax cylinders) of those people involve in a tale so bizarre that it almost defies belief.The general story line is that of a Count that plans to move to a more urban setting (from Borgo Pass to London) where there is a richer diet. There he finds succulent women; something he can sing his teeth in. Unfortunately for him a gang of ruffians (including a real-estate agent, asylum director, Texas cowboy and an Old Dutch abnormal psychologist) is out to detour his nocturnal munching.They think they have Drac on the run but with a wing and a prayer he is always one step ahead.

Of more value to the reader is the rich prose chosen by Stoker as he describes the morals and technology of the time. We have to come to grips with or decide if we can perform the rituals that are required to eliminate vampires verses the impropriety of opening graves and staking loved ones. The powers in the book differ from the movie versions in that they are more of persuasion and capabilities to manipulate the local weather. At one point the Dutch Dr. Van Helsing, is so overwhelmed by a beautiful vampire laying in the grave that he almost for gets why he is there and may become vamp chow.

All in all the story is more in the cunning chase. And the question as to will they succeed or will Dracula triumph.Remember "For the dead travel fast."

Dracula

Past its prime and victorian to boot!
I don't especially care for scary movies or books, so I've avoided this book over the years. However, with the preponderance of vampire lit in our culture I thought I'd finally crack the binding of this book. I didn't find it particularly spine-chilling or evocative-- perhaps I'm deadened to such paltry imagery summoned here compared with our modern mediums. Still, the plot was decent and as the progenitor of so much culture within the hoi polloi it is consistent with the recommendation of a must read.

Reads Better Than Most Modern Horror
Please read this instead of these wonky modern vampire books. Although it was written in the 19th century it flows in a modern way and the first 50 pages are the best opening of any book in horror history.
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One of the top 5 box-office movies of all time, 2008 s smash hit made over $500 million in the U.S. and features an Oscar-winning performance by Heath Ledger as The Joker. ... Read more