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Title: The Princess and the Puma

Author: O. Henry

Narrator: Glenn Hascall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-31-14

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Was it a case of a true gentleman in the old west? Or are the charms of a pioneer woman enough to blind the eyes of a love-struck cowpoke? A strong dose of mutual deceit, but only one knew the truth. A classic story that leaves you to determine who was the kinder. Narrated by Glenn Hascall.

Members Reviews:

This O.Henry

If you want high quality short stories from the end of the 19th Century O.Henry is a great writer. Stories are always clever, easy to read entertaining and it is a great read.

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Title: Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera

Author: Victor Appleton

Narrator: Patrick Treadway

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-16-14

Publisher: Books in Motion

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Tom Swift is hired by a film company to invent a new kind of moving picture camera: "small and light with electric power, a regular wizard camera." Follow Tom as he takes it to Africa and India to film action pictures of wild animals, herds of elephants, scenes of native wars, earthquakes, and eruptions of volcanoes. The excitement begins on the sea voyage and continues on to Africa where Tom does his filming from a balloon...

Members Reviews:

Tom Swift Produces a Travelogue

In the previous book Tom Swift managed to acquire a ten foot tall giant which he renamed Koku and apparently the author now intends to keep him as part of the team. His incredible strength comes in useful several times but it's still an odd addition to the group. In this book Tom Swift is hired to develop a new kind of movie camera and then travel the world filming dramatic events (avalanches, volcanic eruptions, brush fires etc). This being the early 1900's, most people would have never seen these occurrences and would pay good money to see a film. Tom and his group that now includes Koku and Mary Nester's father set off in Tom Swift's hybrid balloon/plane.

I've read every Tom Swift book up to this point and they almost all follow a few set templates. In this case it's the classic Tom Swift inventing some new device/vehicle and a rival group attempting to steal it. The Swift compound has been broken in to so many times one wonders why Tom is the least bit surprised any more. They make several trips to Europe and two to Africa while avoiding their rivals. It's a decent book and I'm always glad when Andy Foger keeps his ugly mug out of the story but it's all just so darn forgettable. It's an ok book, nothing special.

Aimless Wanderings

I have been reading the Tom Swift series from the beginning. This book is the 14th in the series, published in 1912. I believe it is the worst of the series so far. Series like this have a usual format, and this book strays from the Tom Swift format. There is no antagonist. Many things are standard for Tom Swift, however. Each book is about an adventure surrounding a new technology. Here it is the motion picture. Cinemas were pretty new and quite successful in 1912. Here is the challenge from the money man James Period: "I want you to invent a new kind of moving picture camera. A small light one--waorked by electricity--a regular wizard camera. I want you to take it up in an airship with you, and then go to all sorts of wild and strange countries, Africa, India--the jungles--get pictures of wild animals at peace and fighting--herds of elephants--get scenes of native wars--earthquakes--eruptions of volcanoes--all the newest and most wonderful pictures you can." A new character, introduced in the previous volume, is Koku, a giant from the jungles of South America. Koku is to replace Eradicate, who is too old to go on adventures now. They go out and take movies of the various things on the list, having to overcome mostly nature. Without an antagonist, the story lacks suspense and excitement. But Stratemeyer continues in this vein, releasing three series of books based on this concept, it would seem: Motion Picture Chums (1913), Moving Picture Boys (1913), and Moving Picture Girls (1914).

Just a Kid Again

First read the Tom Swift books that had belonged to my Dad a lo-o-o-ng time ago. Amazing how many of his inventions have actually come to pass.

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Title: Belyj klyk (audiospektakl')

Author: Jack London

Narrator: Victor Rakov, Oleg Sherbinin, Artyom Karapetyan, Mikhail Gouldan, Oleg Gerasimov, Oleg Burdelov

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-03-14

Publisher: Cdcom Publishing

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Belyj klyk. Radiospektakl'Otec Belogo Klyka - volk, mat' napolovinu volchica, napolovinu sobaka. On vskore postigaet "zakon dobychi": esh' ili s#edjat tebja samogo. Mir vokrug surov i zhestok, i u Belogo Klyka net na jetot schet nikakih illjuzij. Predannost' cheloveku stanovitsja dlja nego zakonom, i iz rodivshegosja na vole volchonka poluchaetsja sobaka, v kotoroj mnogo volch'ego, i vse zhe jeto sobaka, a ne volk.Jeta povest' Dzh. Londona mnozhestvo raz jekranizirovalas', i po pravu schitaetsja odnim iz luchshih v mirovoj literature proizvedenij o zhivotnyh.

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Title: 5 Best Sherlock Holmes Stories

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrator: Joseph Bagley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-31-13

Publisher: Cdcom Publishing

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Esli vy izuchaete anglijskij jazyk ili svobodno na nem govorite, u vas est' zamechatel'naja vozmozhnost' uslyshat' o prikljuchenijah samogo znamenitogo syshhika v mirovoj literature na jazyke originala.Tekst neadaptirovan.

Soderzhanie:1. A Case of Identity / Ustanovlenie lichnosti 2. A Scandal in Bohemia / Skandal v Bogemii 3. The Engineer's Thumb / Palec inzhenera 4. The Red-Headed League / Sojuz ryzhih 5. The Speckled Band / Pestraja lenta

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Title: Hizhina djadi Toma

Author: Harriet Beecher Stow

Narrator: Natalia Mikheeva

Format: Abridged

Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-31-13

Publisher: Cdcom Publishing

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

"Hizhina djadi Toma" - jeto neobyknovenno pronzitel'naja kniga ob uzhasah rabstva i o vere cheloveka v Boga, o nastojashhej ljubvi i chelovecheskih tragedijah. Personazhi romana - nevol'nik djadja Tom, pokorno vstretivshij svoju sud'bu, mulat Garris i ego muzhestvennaja zhena Jeliza, sovershivshie pobeg v Kanadu, nalozhnica plantatora Kassi, otomstivshaja za svoe porugannoe dostoinstvo, - neobychajno zhiznenny i koloritny.Kniga, povlijavshaja na umy celogo pokolenija amerikancev, uchastvovavshih v grazhdanskoj vojne Severa protiv rabovladel'cheskogo Juga, ne utratila sily jemocional'nogo vozdejstvija i v nashi dni i pol'zuetsja bol'shoj populjarnost'ju sredi molodyh chitatelej nashej strany.

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Title: A Blackjack Bargainer

Author: O. Henry

Narrator: John Pruden

Format: Unabridged

Length: 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-12-13

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

O. Henry was a prolific American short-story writer - a master of surprise endings - who wrote about the life of ordinary people in New York City. Here is "A Blackjack Bargainer," the story of the drunken Yancey Goree, a washed-up lawyer who has lost his money, possessions, property, and self-respect as a result of playing poker. After settling a feud, however, he manages to redeem himself by trading places with an old rival.

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Title: Brown Wolf

Author: Jack London

Narrator: Adam Verner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-11-13

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Jack London was one of the first fiction writers to achieve worldwide fame. Though he is best remembered for his novels The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set during the Klondike Gold Rush, his short stories are considered masterful. Here in "Brown Wolf," a couple living on a homestead in Northern California take in a stray sled dog from Alaska. A story about the relationship between man and animal "Brown Wolf" is among London's finest shorter works.

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Members Reviews:

Good short stories

Short stories by Jack London. Some are about the Yukon and the others are sailors tales. All in all enjoyable to read. Read one or two stories at a time.

Four Stars

I enjoyed the stories very much

Fun to read

Typical Jack London. Fun to read.

Five Stars

All Jack London books were purchased so my husband could read them.

outstanding

I recommend all of Jack London's works; he is the best American author with a tremendous ability. One side note, keep a dictionary handy, Jack London's vocabulary is extensive.

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Title: The Nice People

Author: Henry Cuyler Bunner

Narrator: Scott O'Neill

Format: Unabridged

Length: 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-08-13

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Henry Culyer Bunner is considered a comedic genius of the short story form. Known for choosing distinctly American themes and characters, his stories are often seen as trivial, merely expanded anecdotes, yet they are so vitally treated that they grip and remain, and, often, lift and chasten. Here is "The Nice People," one of his best known sketches - a story of people, assumptions, and societal expectations.

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Title: The Eustace Diamonds

Author: Anthony Trollope

Narrator: Flo Gibson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 23 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-19-13

Publisher: Audio Book Contractors

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Young, beautiful, wealthy and widowed Lady Lizzie Eustace plots to keep a beautiful necklace - which may (or may not) be her's. Her in-laws' solicitor fights for the diamonds return to their "rightful heirs." Then the theft of the jewels complicates matters even further.

Members Reviews:

Good sides and one very bad side

I suppose one should not criticize an author who cannot response from beyond the grave, so I should begin with the good sides. First, anyone who loves Victorian London (or what's left of it) will enjoy reading the book for the historical geography. Anyone who has spent time walking in the West End can close his or her eyes and let memory and imagination provide the illustrations the book lacks. Second, some will enjoy the author's asides, which explain how he is trying to reinvent the novel's concept of heroes and heroines, villains and villainesses by giving all characters darker and lighter sides. Third, I enjoyed his criticism of the Victorian class systems--the necessity of not marrying out of one's class and the perpetual chase after wealth. Fourth, the use of satire in the names of characters, such as the clinging Mrs. Carbuncle, the ultra-critical Mrs Hittaway, and cowardly Lord Faun . Fifth, Trollope's occasional support of the woman's point of view.

The very bad side? Trollope displays the rampant antisemitism present in Victorian England. The villain-in-chief is a jeweler who is Jewish. When described, his features contain all the stereotypes, and adjectives like dirty appear frequently. Even a Church of England Minister, an emigre from Eastern Europe is called a false Christian who uses his preaching skills to boost his income. He is suspected of really being "a filthy Jew" who wants to marry Lizzie Eustace for her money and class position. His voice is described as oily and his hair as greasy--you get the idea. The picture of society is true to the times, disgusting as it may be.

Hearts of gold?

One does get tired of Lizzie' endless defense of her right to the diamonds and, as usual, Trollope reiterates too much of the plot. He could never be accused of leaving his reader forgetful of the plot or main characters. I have always found Trollope capable of creating the most unsympathetic players in his stories. To this charge, he answers: Who of us knows any true heroes with hearts of gold, whom you would trust at all times, and always spoke the truth, and performed honorably in all situations? So, he says he is only being honest. I will grant him this, since I continue reading him with fascination. As for the tedium, one can always skim. Some interesting 19th century British views on inheritance and heirloom regulations -- issues of significant concern to the pressured aristocratic class of the day.

The Eustace Diamonds

The Eustace Diamonds is a social commentary on man, and man's condition with and without money. It was an introspective look into the character of all humans, particularly when money becomes the root of their focus.

Because I had no prior knowledge of this book, nor author, I had no expectations for reading this piece. I truly enjoyed the book and the style in which it was written. Particularly interesting was the author's interaction with the reader throughout the text.

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Title: A Petition to the Queen of England

Author: Mark Twain

Narrator: John Greenman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-02-13

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Death and taxes, they have always been there. Mark Twain makes this plea to the Queen of England to rectify a clerks mistake, when he is taxed on his book sales in England. Narrator and storyteller John Greenman pleads Mr. Twain's case in this excellent short story that first appeared in Harper's magazine in December of 1887.