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Sarah, Plain and Tall, Skylark, and Caleb's Story, all unabridged and all performed beautifully by Academy Award-winning actress Glenn Close, make up this exquisite CD collection.

"I will come by train. I will wear a yellow bonnet. I am plain and tall," Sarah writes Papa. And so begins the journey for Sarah, Papa, Anna and Caleb in Patricia MacLachlan's masterpiece, Sarah, Plain and Tall. In Skylark, a drought turns the land dry and brown and Sarah takes Anna and Caleb back to the city as Papa stays behind. Will the family ever be reunited? Caleb's Story continues the saga of Sarah and her family on the prairie. All the beloved characters return for another important episode in their lives, this time narrated by Caleb, offering a new perspective.

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Short & Sweet
Good Book. It was the first book in our book club. At age 8, it was a good read for my daughter, introducing her to another time. The book was short and sweet. The events happened quickly.

A great gift!
I bought this for my seven year old granddaughter to enjoy in the car with her younger brothers.It was a big hit.

Timeless Good Read
An award winning book, later made into a Hallmark movie, the story of Sarah, Plain and Tall will win your heart.As an adult, it seems a short story.To younger readers, it's a sizable book, but the chapters are short and the characters and story engaging.The author has made the family seem very real.The triumph over the difficulties of their situation make this an ideal book either to read or have read to you.It is a great break from cell phones, computers,TV, and video games with a bit of history sneaked in on family life several generations before us. My feeling is that girls will appreciate and be more interested in it than boys will be. I'm waiting for my granddaughters to be old enough for me to read it to them, for the book is a pleasure for me as well.

Classic
I just finished reading "Sarah, Plain and Tall" to my two oldest children, 6 and 5. We are now reading its sequel, "Skylark." The children LOVE them, and beg for more. I was surprised at some of the reviews I read for this book. The book was written for children. It wasn't meant to be an "on-the-edge-of-your-seat" page-turner. Naturally, anyone expecting that would be disappointed. The language is also simple, considering that the narrator in the story is a child, Anna; and it was written to be read by, and read to, children. I highly recommend this book. It truly is a classic. It captures the very real hardness, difficulty, and loneliness that Prairie life used to be (and sometimes still is). It shows the strength of love. It respects things that are good. It is short; but it is honest, and memorable.

A Newbery I can agree with
Usually I have to pre-read the Newbery award winners before I give them to my kids, because the Newbery people seem to give the award to books that are "edgy" -- broken families, abuse issues, violence, mistreatment of animals, sexual situations...

Seriously, if you try to explain to a librarian that you have reservations about the Newbery books, the librarian will roll his eyes at you, purse his lips, maybe even raise an eyebrow.Who am I, the parent, to impose my tastes on my children's reading selections?

It's to the point where a Newbery award on a book causes my alarm bells to go off.

"Sarah, Plain and Tall" is a good book about a strong family that becomes stronger when the widowed father advertises for a mail-order wife.Seriously -- single women were scarce on the prairie.The book looks lovingly at natural beauty -- the sea versus the prairie -- and it has gentle and patient adult role models.Happy ending, too.

The children's personalities are normal and kind.The little brother is described as "pesky," but in a loving way.

The language is descriptive and the dialog is brief.The whole book is about anticipation and hope.

This book is about as far from recent-Newbery-winner "Despereaux" as any book can be.And that's a GOOD thing. ... Read more

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From From the celebrated Rabbit Ears series comes an enchanting morality play from well-loved classicist Hans Christian Anderson: The Emperor and the Nightingale. In far away China, a small bird's rapturous singing enchants an emperor. Preferring a bejeweled mechanical bird over the nightingale's rather plain appearance, the ruler forsakes the source of the entrancing songs for many years, until, on his deathbed, he learns the true value of the of the nightingale's melody. Several lesser characters--such as the young kitchen maid--play pivotal roles in this eventual truth. Accompanied by the richly dissonant tones of the traditional Asian music, Glenn Close is a marvelous storyteller. The lauded actress, whose educated voice is quite at home with such an upper-crust tale, perfectly captures the mood and tone of aristocracy. And while this presentation is truly a gem, a treasure for ages 7 to 97, the action may be a bit slow and the lesson slightly subtle for the very active kindergarten-aged child. ... Read more

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A recording of Mike Nichols acclaimed 1984 Broadway staging, which won Tony Awards for best play and for actors Jeremy Irons and Glenn Close. ... Read more

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Cover: Picturing Glenn Close. Contents of several articles, two more from cover: Pay Less for Everything; What You Can Do To Keep Your Money Safe ... ... Read more

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This is the story of two famillies. One was human, and the other was a gruop of apes. It had taken a long time, but at last, after twenty years, the two families had become one. It would never have happened without a mother's love, a father's understanding, and the strength of Tarzan, their adopted son. ... Read more

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This full-color catalogue presents a broad overview of Katharina Sieverding's technically processed and manipulated photographic close-ups. They are reproduced here as full-bleeds--faces close to the lens, eyes staring directly into the camera with proposed implication. Sierverding creates what has been described as a "phantasmagoric series of characters . . . relentless, confrontational and frightening but also seductive and vulnerable." Accompanying these 300 images is Joseph Beuys's overview of Sieverding's early work, up to her current works that focus on self-portraits.Essays by Norman Bryson, Klaus Biesenbach, Sabeth Buchmann, Katja Diefenbach,Alanna Heiss, Brian O'Doherty, DanielMarzona, Abigail Solomon-Godeau, and Amy Smith Stewart.Paperback, 9.5 x 12 in./548 pgs / 400 color and 100 b&w. ... Read more

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How many people in your life have refrigerator rights? You know who they are for you. They can open your fridge and make themselves a sandwich. How many people who are close by you are actually close to you?This paradigm-shifting book, full of leading-edge research, reveals an enormous, yet unrecognized crisis.Our constantly plugged in, increasingly isolated, regularly relocating lifestyles leave us with little opportunity to maintain the community that we needleading research shows that the lack of close relationships to family and friends is ruining our emotional and physical health.Understanding the facts from Refrigerator Rights will help you: Relieve stress Lessen feelings of depression Reduce emotional pressure in your marriage Develop meaningful connectionFind out how!This 3rd edition is Updated and Expanded with a New Chapter and New Questions for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection.Coauthor Will Miller, Ed.D., is a psychotherapist who lectures, and serves as a police & hospital chaplain and campus minister at Purdue University. A former stand-up comedian, he also hosted NBCs The Other Side, and Nick-at-Nights Why We Watch. Will has discussed Pop Culture on the Today show, Good Morning America, Larry King Live, and The OReilly Factor. He is the author of the satirical book Why We Watch: Killing the Gilligan Within, and has been a regular contributor to Premiere Radio & Entertainment Weekly. Coauthor Glenn Sparks, Ph.D., is professor of communications at Purdue University. He has studied the effects of media for more than 25 years, and is recognized as one of the top scholars in the world in the area of the effects of media technology on relationships. Glenn is author of the widely-used college text, Media Effects Research: A Basic Overview (Wadsworth, 2006). ...A must read for every person seeking to build true community. -Dr. Henry Cloud, author of Boundaries and Safe People ... Read more

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Publication: Siempre! (Refereed)
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Title: "Las amistades peligrosas", de Choderlos de Laclos: Juegos del amor fatal.(TT: "The dangerous friendship", by Choderlos de Laclos: games of fatal love.)(Reseña)
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