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10 All-Time Favorite Short Stories	A wonderful collection of stories from Audio Book Company read by a variety of personalities. Stories included are The Enormous Radio, The Outcasts of Poker Flats, In the Moonlight, An Episode of War, An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge, The Raven, The Blue Carbunkle, On the English Language, Guying the Guides and After Twenty Years. Authors included in this collection are O. Henry, Maupassant, John Cheever, James Thurber and Mark Twain.	CU3-750 ISBN 0-89926-114-0 $17.95 3 Audio CDs More Information on this Book.


A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo	When it first appeared, A Rumor of War brought home to American readers, with terrifying vividness and honesty, the devastating effects of the Vietnam War on the soldiers who fought there. And while it is a memoir of one young man’s experiences and therefore deeply personal, it is also a book that speaks powerfully about the larger themes of human conscience, good and evil, and the desperate extremes men are forced to confront in any war. A platoon commander in the first combat unit sent to fight in Vietnam, Lieutenant Caputo landed at Danang on March 8, 1965, convinced that American forces would win a quick and decisive victory over the Communists. Sixteen months later and without ceremony, Caputo left Vietnam a shell-shocked veteran whose youthful idealism and faith in the rightness of the war had been utterly shattered. Caputo gives us an unflinching view not only of remarkable bravery and heroism but also of the atrocities committed in Vietnam by ordinary men so numbed by fear and desperate to survive that their moral distinctions had collapsed.	CU8-475 Narrated by Barry Cooper $47.95 10 Audio CDs Unabridged More Information on this Book.


ALL THINGS WISE AND WONDERFUL by James Herriot	A wonderfully entertaining account of a Yorkshire Veterinary surgeon. All those things which shouldn't happen to a vet did in fact happen to Herriot, and they're all in this great book for the entire family.	CU10-111 Narrated by Edmund Stoiber $59.95 10 cassettes


ALL THINGS WISE AND WONDERFUL by James Herriot	Selected chapters from the bestseller.	CA2-110 ISBN 0-89926-121-3 Narrated by Edmund Stoiber $14.95 2 cassettes


American Humorists	Narrated by a variety of personalities, 10 selections from the pens of America's great wits - provides hours of delightful enjoyment. Included are selections by Will Rogers, Mark Twain, James Thurber, Dorothy Parker, Art Buchwald and Ellis Parker Butler.	CU2-700 ISBN 0-89926-119-1 $14.95 2 Audio CDs Unabridged Anthology More Information on this Book.


AMERICAN HUMORISTS	A lengthy sampling of American humor read by a variety of voices, includes the works of Washington Irving, Artemus Ward, Bret Harte, Mark Twain, Joel Chandler Harris, Will Rogers, Robert Benchley, Ogden Nash and James Thurber	CU6-701 $35.95 6 cassettes


ANOTHER I, ANOTHER YOU by Richard Schickel	A contemporary novel about love on the rebound between two middle-aged friends facing the bitterness of divorce. Charming and forthright.	CU6-440 Narrated by Anne Mavrolean $35.95 6 cassettes


14 AMERICAN MASTERPIECES	America's best loved stories are combined in this collection to provide listening enjoyment for the entire family. Each story is by a treasured American writer. Included are works by John Greenleaf Whitter, Abraham Lincoln, Henry Thoreau, Ring Lardner, John Cheever, O. Henry, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Edgar Allen Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Benjamin Franklin, Mark Twain, Joel Chandler Harris, and Washington Irving.	CU2-717 ISBN 0-89926-115-9 $14.95 2 cassettes


BENEATH THE WHEEL by Herman Hesse	Herman Hesse is one of the great literary figures to emerge from Germany in this century. He earned a Pulitzer Prize for his work, which includes Siddharta, Steppenwolf and Narcissus and Goldmund. Beneath the Wheel is one of his earlier novels in which he reveals to youth the vital breathings of vernal growth, quickening their heartbeats with mysteries too deep for words. It is the story of Hans Giebenrath and his journey from adolescent schoolboy to manhood and how he endured the pain of finding his soul had left that childhood land which can never be found again.	CU6-135 Narrated by Marvin Miller $39.95 6 cassettes


THE BEST FROM ENGLAND	A double set of popular stories that became hit shows on television.	CU8-250 $47.95 8 cassettes


THE DUCHESS OF DUKE STREET by Mollie Hardwick	The story of Louisa Trotter, a beautiful and remarkable cockney girl who became a friend to royalty and proprietor of an unusual hotel.	Narrated by Valerie Singleton


DOCTOR AT LARGE by Richard Gordon	Follow the hilarious adventures of Dr. Gordon. From St. Swithin graduate to country doctor, to an exclusive London practice and back to St. Swithin.	Narrated by Robin Nedwell


The Best Of Mark Twain by Mark Twain	17 hilarious stories and sketches from the immortal pen of America's great humorist. This collection includes: The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County (from Sketches New and Old) A Day at Niagara Punch, Brothers, Punch (from Tom Sawyer Abroad and Other Stories) Jim Baker’s Bluejay Yarn (from Tramp Abroad) The Facts in The Case of the Great Beef Contract (from Sketches New and Old) Journalism in Tennessee (from Sketches New and Old) Guying The Guides (from the Innocents Abroad) Jim Blaine and His Grandfather’s Ram (from Roughing It) How I Edited an Agricultural Paper An Encounter With An Interviewer (from Tom Sawyer Abroad and Other Stories) The Ant (from A Tramp Abroad) Speech on the Weather From A Pilot's Needs (from Life on the Mississippi) When the Buffalo Climbed a Tree (from Roughing It) I Ride a Bucking Horse (from Roughing It) Scotty Briggs and the Parson (from Roughing It) Markiss, King of Liars (from Roughing It)	CU2-580 ISBN 0-89926-117-5 Narrated by Marvin Miller $14.95 3 Audio CDs Unabridged Anthology More Information on this book.


The Best of O. Henry Volume 1 by O. Henry	In this audio book we have collected the best of the stories O. Henry wrote for the New York World newspaper. A marvelous collection of O. Henry's best short stories . . . 6 in all includes Gift of the Magi, The Ethics of Pig, The Passing of Black Eagle, The Ransom of Red Chief, After 20 Years and The Last Leaf.	CU2-320 ISBN 0-89926-163-9 Narrated by Marvin Miller $14.95 2 Audio CDs Unabridged Anthology More Information on this book.


The Best of O. Henry Volume 2 by O. Henry	In this audio book we have collected the best of the stories O. Henry wrote for the New York World newspaper. A marvelous collection of O. Henry's best short stories . . . 6 in all includes Innocents of Broadway, From the Cabby's Seat, The Furnished Room, The Cop and the Anthem, The Enchanted Kiss and A Retrieved Reformation.	CU2-321 ISBN 0-89926-000-0 Narrated by Marvin Miller $14.95 2 Audio CDs Unabridged Anthology More Information on this book.


BLACK BEAUTY by Anna Sewell	The imaginary autobiography of a highbred horse.	CA2-150 ISBN 0-89926-139-6 Narrated by Roy Begley $14.95 2 cassettes


BLACK BEAUTY by Anna Sewell	The full, unabridged reading	CU5-151 Narrated by Roy Begley $29.95 5 cassettes


THE BLUE LAGOON by H. De Vere Stackpoole	The charming story of two children marooned on a South Seas Island.	CU2-155 ISBN 0-89926-164-7 Narrated by Warren Stevens $14.95 2 cassettes


THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI by Pierre Boulce	The dramatic story of a captured British officer and his men who aid the Japanese in building a bridge during World War II	CU4-160 Narrated by Sir John Mills $23.95 4 cassettes


Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch	For almost a century and a half, Bulfinch's Mythology has been the text by which the great tales of the gods and goddesses, Greek and Roman antiquity; Scandinavian, Celtic, and Oriental fables and myths; and the age of chivalry have been known. On cassette one we offer the introduction to the stories, Prometheus and Pandora, Apollo and Daphne, Venus and Adonis, Apollo and Hyacinthus, Cupid and Psyche. On cassette two you will find Echo and Narcissus, Minerva, Niobe, the Graeae and Gorgons, Medusa, Perseus, Atlas, The Golden Fleece, Jason, and Hercules.	CU2-170 ISBN 0-89926-173-6 Narrated by Barry Cooper $14.95 2 Audio CDs Unabridged Anthology More Information on this Book.


The Call of the Wild by Jack London	Published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is one of London'smost-read books, and it is generally considered one of his best. This great adventure novel is the story of Buck, a dog abducted from his home in Northern California and thrust into the merciless world of the Arctic north to be trained as a sled dog. It is the story of desperate men and the lure of new-found gold in the 1890’s Klondike Gold Rush. To survive on the outer edges of civilization, Buck mustendure the bitter cold and treacherous landscape and adapt to the savagery of a life ruled by the laws of club and fang. In the process, his natural killer instincts, made dormant by his brush with civilization, awaken. He must answer the lure of a strange and age-old call.	CU4-186 ISBN 0-89926-123-X Narrated by Jeff Chandler $14.95 3 Audio CDs Unabridged More Information on this Book.


CANTERBURY TALES by Geoffrey Chaucer	7 tales by the Pilgrims on the way to Canterbury. Includes: Man of Laws, Wife of Bath and Clerk of Oxford. This collection has been rendered into modern English.	CA2-195 ISBN 0-89926-171-X Narrated by Bob Frence $14.95 2 cassettes


A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens	First published in 1843, A Christmas Carol has been called the most inspired of Dickens' writings. In this deeply moving story, he has immortalized the spirit of the happiest and the most beautiful of all our holidays. A Christmas Carol is a Victorian morality tale of an old and bitter miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, who undergoes a profound experience of redemption over the course of a Christmas Eve night. If the experience doesn't change Scrooge's ways, he will end up walking the Earth forever being nothing but an invisible and lonely ghost, like his deceased friend Jacob Marley. Mr. Scrooge is a financier/moneychanger who has devoted his life to the accumulation of wealth. He holds anything other than money in contempt, including friendship, love, and the Christmas season.	CU2-215 ISBN 0-89926-140-X Narrated by Dan O' Herlihy $17.95 3 Audio CDs Unabridged More Information on this Book.


The Complete Sonnets of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare	William Shakespeare wrote many poems in the unique style of Sonnets. A sonnet is a rhymed poem of only 14 lines expressing a single idea or sentiment. The Shakespearean Sonnet has four stanzas, or three quatrains and a couplet. Now all 154 of Shakespeare’s sonnets—the complete collection—are presented for your enjoyment in this audio book. Only Ronald Coleman could maintain the inspiration of the noblest lyrics in our language. This reading by the distinguished actor is so devoid of personal ego, it allows the listener to recapture the pure beauty of the words—truly a masterpiece of re-creation.	CU2-510 ISBN 0-89926-145-0 Narrated by Ronald Colman 2 Audio CDs Unabridged More Information on this Book.


THE COUP by John Updike	Updike's novel describes violent events in the imaginary African Nation of Kush - large, landlocked, drought-ridden sub-Saharan territory ruled by Colonel Hakim Felix Ellellou. It takes place during the last year of Nixon's Presidency with flashbacks to the Eisenhower era.	CU8-230 Narrated by Robert Ryan $47.95 8 cassettes


DELTA OF VENUS, EROTICA by Anais Nin	Commissioned privately by a collector in Paris in the 20's, this explicitly erotic work may offend some, both by it's subject matter and it's language. It's recent publication created a stir and Nin's collection enjoyed a month of popularity on the bestseller list.	CU6-246 Narrated by Amy Judd $35.95 6 cassettes


DELTA OF VENUS by Anais Nin	This collection of stories presents unexpurgated selections of erotica that were written for a private collector.	CA2-245 ISBN 0-89926-178-7 Narrated by Anne Mavrolean $14.95 2 cassettes


EVERGREEN by Belva Plain	The epic novel of a woman's rise from poverty to wealth covering several decades of hope and tragedy.	CU16-275 Narrated by Connie Stothart $95.95 16 cassettes


GREAT MOMENTS IN AMERICAN LITERATURE	Dramatic highlights of classics of the stage, with an all star cast. Includes: The Grapes of Wrath, Moby Dick, The House of Seven Gables, A Farewell To Arms and Little Women	CA6-720 $36.96 6 cassettes


HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad	A powerful novel about a man who travels to the interior of Africa on a unique post.	CU4-315 Narrated by Dan O'Herlihy $23.95 4 cassettes


LADY CHATTERLY'S LOVER by D. H. Lawrence	This is the classic tale of the frustrated wife of an aristocrat drawn to one of her husband's employees. Two lovers separated by their class, in love by fate.	CA2-350 ISBN 0-89926-156-6 Narrated by Elizabeth Coulter $14.95 2 cassettes


THE LADY WITH CARNATIONS by A. J. Cronin	"Lady with Carnations" is the name of a famous Holbein miniature. Katherine Lorimer, by hard work, flair and courage, has worked her way to the top of a trade that traditionally belongs to men. Having acquired the Holbein despite fierce competition, she feels not triumph, but a terrible anxiety and desolation.	CU4-355 Narrated by Judy Geeson $23.95 4 cassettes


LEAVES OF GRASS by Walt Whitman	36 imperishable poems are masterfully read by the distinguished actor Dan O' Herlihy. Listen to these timeless words of a literary genius who is part of Americana — hear America singing.	CA2-365 ISBN 0-899226-160-4 Narrated by Dan O' Herlihy $14.95 2 cassettes


LEAVES OF GRASS by Walt Whitman	64 poems by the American master.	CU6-366 Narrated by Dan O' Herlihy $35.95 6 cassettes


MAUPASSANT'S BEST KNOWN STORIES by Guy de Maupassant	The master of the short story has six of his best known presented in this collection. Included are The Necklace, In the Moonlight, The Piece of String, Babette, The Wedding Night and A Passion.	CU2-390 ISBN 0-89926-165-5 Narrated by Charlotte Harrison and Mary MacDonald-Lewis $14.95 2 cassettes


MORTAL FRIENDS by James Carroll	A rich novel sweeping from the bloostained Irish rebellion of the early twenties to the tumultous Boston of the Kennedy's.	CU18-400 Narrated by Dana Craig $107.95 18 cassettes


MOVIOLA MAN by Bill and Collen Mahan	Here is a fast-paced novel of Hollywood brimming with the look and feel of life as it really lived behind the cameras. It is the story of a decent man caught up in a looking-glass world where competition, backstabbing and madness are the only reliable rules of the game.	CU8-405 Narrated by Marvin Miller $47.95 8 cassettes


PERDIDO by Jill Robinson	A wonderful novel about a true Hollywood Princess living in one of the stately homes at the beginning of the end of the old Hollywood.	CU10-435 Narrated by Connie Stothart $59.95 10 cassettes


PERSUASION by Jane Austin	An exhilirating novel of the second chance, from the greatest master of romantic fiction. Another superb classic by the author of Pride and Prejudice.	CU6-440 Narrated by Anne Mavrolean $35.95 6 cassettes


THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY by Oscar Wilde	This novel, in a wide sense, covers the growth, education and development of an exceptional youth. It is the stury of a soul, or more particularly of a young man who sells his soul for eternal youth. This was Wilde's only novel and is a classic of English literature.	CA2-450 ISBN 0-89926-214-7 Narrated by Marvin Miller $14.95


THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY by Oscar Wilde	The unabridged reading.	CU7-451 Narrated by Marvin Miller $41.95 7 cassettes


POEMS OF LOVE AND BEAUTY	A collection of 80 of the world's best loved and known poems. Includes the works of Marlow, Milton, Browning, Shelly, Keats and Tennyson.	CU2-740 ISBN 0-89926-215-5 Narrated by Marvin Miller $14.95 5 cassettes


THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE by Stephen Crane	This is Crane's masterful noveel of an individual soldier's stress during battle in the American Civil War.	CU4-465 Narrated by Robert Ryan $23.95 4 cassettes


SHAKESPEARE	Eight of William Shakespeare's finest works in condensed form are presented by some of England's finest actors. Includes: Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth night, King Lear and Macbeth.	CA8-511 $47.95 8 cassettes


SHOES WERE FOR SUNDAY by Molly Weir	In spite of what may seem a grim background there was fun and laughter, and Molly Weir brings lively observation and warm affection to her pictures of a Glasgow upbringing.	CU4-490 Narrated by Molly Weir $23.95 4 cassettes


THE STORIES OF JOHN CHEEVER	Selected stories of one of America's greatest writers.	CU2-205 ISBN 0-89926-176-0 Narrated by Barry Cooper $14.95 2 cassettes


THE STORIES OF JOHN CHEEVER	We are pleased to present in this Cassette Book a collection of marvelous stories by John Cheever. In 1978 these stories won The National Book Critics Circle Award and the coveted Pulitizer Prize. Many of these stories first appeared in The New Yorker. Everyone will recognize in Mr. Cheever's stories the enduring eccentricity of men, women, children and dogs pursuing their capricious ends. The characters are more often amourous and thirsty than tradition directed. The scenes in John Cheever's stories represent a place or climate where most of us have lived or visited at least once. These stories are included for your listening pleasure: The Jewels of the Cabots, The Housebreaker of Shady Hill, The Enormous Radio, The Pot of Gold, The Sorrows of Gin, The Country Husband, The Five-Forty Eight, The Swimmer, Christmas is a Sad Season for the Poor and Torch Song.	CU8-206 Narrated by Barry Cooper $47.95 8 cassettes


STRYKER	A network superstar ruins his career when he calls Richard Nixon an idiot on national TV.	CU8-505 Narrated by Marvin Miller $47.95 8 cassettes


TABLE STAKES by Ernest Tidyman	A brawling story that sweeps from the 30's to the present. Prepare yourself to be totally caught up in a story that slices hard into the world of gambling, big business and Hollywood.	CU9-515 Narrated by Robert French $53.95 9 cassettes


A TALE OF TWO CITIES by Charles Dickens	The abridgement of this classic book has been done so skillfully that it retains Dickens' style and character. It captures life in England during the reign of George III and the horror of the events surrounding the French Revolution.	CA4-525 Narrated by Michael Clark Lawrence $23.95 4 cassettes


THEATRE HIGHLIGHTS Volume One	Dramatized highlights of classics of the stage, with all-star casts. Includes: Death of a Salesman, Of Mice and Men, The Petrified Forest, Victoria Regina and A Doll's House. Stars include Paul Douglas, Anthony Quinn, and Helen Hayes.	CA7-535 $41.95 7 cassettes


THEATRE HIGHLIGHTS Volume Two	Dramatized highlights of classics of the stage, with all-star casts. Includes: Bible Spirit, School For Scandal, Grand Hotel, What Every Woman Knows and The Front Page. Stars include John Loder, Marlene Dietrich and Helen Hayes.	CA5-536 $29.95 5 cassettes


THESE GOLDEN PLEASURES by Valerie Sherwood	This tempestuous historical novel follows a lusty lady from Baltimore to the Klondike.	CU16-540 Narrated by Connie Stothart $59.95 16 cassettes


THE THORNBIRDS by Colleen McCullough	The Thornbirds is the robust and romantic saga of the Cleary family set against the backdrop of an Australian sheep station.	CU16-546 Narrated by Edmund Stoiber $95.95 16 cassettes


THE THORNBIRDS by Colleen McCullough	Section 3, the story of Paddy, is presented in its entirety.	CU2-545 ISBN 0-89926-151-5 Narrated by Edmund Stoiber $14.95 2 cassettes


THE TURN OF THE SCREW by Henry James	For sheer measureless evil and horror there are few tales in the world that can compare to THE TURN OF THE SCREW. In an English manor house, a spinster governess attempts to cope with two lovely children now "possessed" by deceased former members of the household.	CA2-570 ISBN 0-89926-159-0 Narrated by Robert Eldredge $14.95 2 cassettes


THE TURN OF THE SCREW by Henry James	The chilling story read in it's entirety.	CU4-571 Narrated by Anne Mavrolean $23.95 4 cassettes


THE VICAR OF CHRIST by Walter F. Murphy	A big, old fashioned novel about a man who led three astonishing lives: War hero, Chief Justice of the United States, Roman Catholic Pope.	CU19-590 Narrated by Marvin Miller $113.95 19 cassettes


WIFEY by Judy Blume	Judy Blume hits home with this adult novel about the emotions of a suburban housewife caught in the generation gap between the 60's and 70's.	CU8-605 Narrated by Connie Stothart $47.95 8 cassettes


WILLA CATHER - Her collected stories by Willa Cather	Six of Willa Cather's best loved short stories are presented in the collection: The Enchanted Bluff, The Namesake, A Wagner Matinee, The Way of the World, The Sentimentality of William Tavenerand On the Divide.	CU2-190 ISBN 0-89926-212-0 Narrated by Barbara Mee $14.95 2 cassettes


THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP by John Irving	The humorous and profound story of T. S. Garp and his imaginary world.	CU18-625 Narrated by Marvin Miller $106.95 18 cassettes


THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS by Charles Dickens	Dramatic highlights from 3 immortal classics by Charles Dickens: Pickwick Papers, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations.	CA5-248 $29.95 5 cassettes


WUTHERING HEIGHTS by Emily Bronte	A skillful abridgement of Bronte's timeless classic of English literature.	CA2-635 ISBN 0-8926-118-3 Narrated by Charlotte Harrison $14.95 2 cassettes

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