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Books in Classic Books on Casettes series

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream

    William Shakespeare, Kimberly Schraf (Narrator)

    Audio CD (Audio Book Contractors, Inc., Sept. 16, 2011)
    In this, Shakespeare s most fantastical comedy, the fairy world wreaks havoc with the foolish mortal one and a lover s nightmare melts into an innocent dream. Under the canopy of a moonlit forest, four sets of lovers and five delightfully inept mechanicals weave a magic web. Narrated by Kimberly Schraf. (Two CDs)
  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,

    Mark Twain, Christopher Hurt (Narrator)

    Audio CD (Audio Book Contractors, Inc., Oct. 31, 2007)
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  • Black Beauty

    Anna Sewell, Flo Gibson (Narrator)

    Audio CD (Audio Book Contractors, LLC, Sept. 20, 2007)
    HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. '!we call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words.' When his beloved owners are forced to sell him, Black Beauty leaves his life as a young, care-free colt behind him and embarks on a working life of misery. Cruelly treated by his new masters, Anna Sewell rails against animal mistreatment in this poignant tale of a horse whose spirit can not be broken.
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  • Billy Budd

    Herman Melville, Flo Gibson (Narrator)

    Audio CD (Audio Book Contractors, Inc., Dec. 13, 2007)
    Written some 40 years after "Moby Dick", Melville's "Billy Budd" is a moving tale of good versus evil. Set aboard a British navy ship at the end of the 18th century, the envious Master-at-Arms becomes obsessed with the destruction of the "Handsome Sailor", Billy Budd.
  • There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

    Pam Adams

    Paperback (Child's Play International, May 1, 2005)
    Almost forty years after publication this much-loved classic is as popular as ever. Ingenious die-cut holes bring this well-known nursery rhyme to life, and Pam Adams' illustrations lend humour and vibrancy to the proceedings. Bouncy illustrations, innovative die cutting and popular rhymes make Books with Holes a must for every child. Available in three formats, suitable for babies, toddlers, pre-schoolers and the nursery or classroom.
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  • This Old Man

    Pam Adams

    Board book (Childs Play Intl Ltd, Oct. 16, 2000)
    An illustrated version of the traditional counting song includes die-cut pages that permit a portion of the next illustration to be seen.
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  • This Is the House That Jack Built

    Pam Adams

    Board book (Childs Play Intl Ltd, Oct. 1, 2000)
    An illustrated version of the cumulative nursery rhyme about the chain of events that started when Jack built a house; some pages are die-cut, permitting a portion of the next illustration to be seen.
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  • Measure For Measure

    William Shakespeare, Flo Gibson (Narrator)

    Audio Cassette (Audio Book Contractors, LLC, Jan. 30, 2004)
    Duke Vincentio charges Angelo to enforce the laws of Vienna and stays to observe the proceedings disguised as a friar. When Claudio is sentenced to death, his sister Isabella pleads for his life. Angelo is so moved by her beauty that he promises Claudio's release if she will yield herself to him. (Two 90's)
  • Timon of Athens

    William Shakespeare

    Audio Cassette (Audio Book Contractors, Inc., Jan. 15, 1991)
    The noble Timon lavishes wealth and kindness on his friends, who then betray him him when his fortunes fall. One 90-minute cassette and one 60.
  • The Comedy Of Errors,

    William Shakespeare, Flo Gibson (Narrator)

    Audio Cassette (Audio Book Contractors, LLC, Jan. 30, 2002)
    Twin brothers and their twin slaves, separated as infants by a shipwreck, cause much confusion when their paths cross in Ephesus as adults. (One 90 and one 60)
  • Julius Caesar

    William Shakespeare, Flo Gibson (Narrator), Flo Gibson

    Audio Cassette (Audio Book Contractors, LLC, Jan. 30, 2004)
    Caesar s would-be assassins are heroes to the public...until they assassinate Caesar. Discover where political back-stabbing really got its start in this timeless tale of murder and revenge. (Three CDs)
  • Shakespeare's Sonnets

    William Shakespeare, Flo Gibson (Narrator)

    Audio Cassette (Audio Book Contractors, LLC, Jan. 30, 1995)
    All 154 sonnets to a friend about the woman he loves and to his muse. (One 90-minute cassette and 0ne 60).