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The Legend of Bagger Vance: A Novel of Golf and the Game of Life

The Legend of Bagger Vance: A Novel of Golf and the Game of Life

by Steven Pressfield

In the Depression year of 1931, on the golf links at Krewe Island off Savannah's windswept shore, two legends of the game, Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen, meet for a mesmerizing thirty-six-hole showdown. Another golfer will also compete--a troubled local war hero, once a champion, who comes with his mentor and caddie, the mysterious Bagger Vance. Sage and charismatic, it is Vance who will ultimately guide the match,... (more)

Rosemary's Baby

by Ira Levin

The basis of the 1968 Oscar-winning film, a tale of the demonic follows a young couple who move into a Manhattan apartment and are haunted by their eccentric elderly neighbors. By the author of The Stepford Wives. Reissue. NYT. "

Shane

by Jack Warner Schaefer, Jack Schaeffer

A stranger rode out of the heart of the great glowing West, into the small Wyoming valley in the summer of 1889. It was Shane, who appeared on the horizon and became a friend and guardian to the Starrett family at a time when homesteaders and cattle rangers battled for territory and survival. Jack Schaefer"s classic novel illuminates the spirit of the West through the eyes of a young boy and a hero who changes... (more)

The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made (Film Critics of the New York Times)

The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made (Film Critics of the New York Times)

by Vincent Canby

From the film critics of The New York Times come these uncut, original reviews of the most popular and influential movies ever made -- from the Talkies to blockbuster megahits like Chicago and The Wizard of Oz; from timeless classics like Casablanca and Notorious, to beloved foreign films by Truffaut and Kurosawa, Fellini and Almodovar. The reviews, eloquent, incisive, and intuitive, reflect Hollywood... (more)

Oz: Book 9

The Scarecrow of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

Come along on a magical journey to Oz with a whole new group of intrepid adventurers. Trot, a young girl from California, and her peg-legged sailor friend, Cap'n Bill, find themselves on a perilous and exciting voyage when a whirlpool leaves them stranded in an underwater cave. There they are befriended by a most curious creature--the Ork. With four paddle-like wings, legs like a stork's, a parrot's head, and a... (more)

Terms of Endearment: A Novel

by Larry McMurtry

In this acclaimed novel that inspired the Academy Award-winning motion picture, Larry McMurtry created two unforgettable characters who won the hearts of readers and moviegoers everywhere: Aurora Greenway and her daughter Emma. Aurora is the kind of woman who makes the whole world orbit around her, including a string of devoted suitors. Widowed and overprotective of her daughter, Aurora adapts at her own pace... (more)

The Children's Hour (Kessinger Publishing's Rare Reprints)

The Children's Hour (Kessinger Publishing's Rare Reprints)

by Lillian Hellman

The Children's Hour

Gidget

by Frederick Kohner

Surf's up! The classic novel of 1950's American youth-now back in print with rare photos and a new foreword by the "real" Gidget.

5001 Nights at the Movies

by Pauline Kael

Smart, funny, and unforgettable, Pauline Kael is the most interesting and influential film critic in America. Her ability to skewer an actor or director and her wit, insight, and thorough knowledge of the film business make her by far the most rewarding regular observer of the movie scene.

The graduate / by Charles Webb

by Charles Richard Webb

The basis for Mike Nichols' acclaimed 1967 film starring Dustin Hoffman -- and for successful stage productions in London and on Broadway -- this classic novel about a naive college graduate adrift in the shifting social and sexual mores of the 1960s captures with hilarity and insight the alienation of youth and the disillusionment of an era. The Graduate When Benjamin Braddock graduates from a small Eastern... (more)

Apocalypse Movies: End of the World Cinema

Apocalypse Movies: End of the World Cinema

by Kim Newman

501 Must - See Movies

by Bounty Books

Babe, the Sheep-Pig (Acting Edition)

by Dick King-Smith, Stephen Thorne, David Wood

Babe is a heroic pig with an unprejudiced heart. He spends his days watching Farmer Hoggett and Rex and Fly (world-class sheepdogs) teching their pups to be sheepdogs. Babe decides he wants to grow up to be a sheep-pig. This is the charming tale of what can happen when the underdog is an under-pig with an oversized heart. 2 cassettes.

Gone with the Wind

by Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell's epic novel of love and war won the Pulitzer Prize and went on to give rise to two authorized sequels and one of the most popular and celebrated movies of all time. Many novels have been written about the Civil War and its aftermath. None take us into the burning fields and cities of the American South as Gone With the Wind does, creating haunting scenes and thrilling portraits of characters... (more)

Oz: Book 1

Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

One of the true classics of American literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has stirred the imagination of young and old alike for over four generations. Originally published in 1900, it was the first truly American fairy tale, as Baum crafted a wonderful out of such familiar items as a cornfield scarecrow, a mechanical woodman, and a humbug wizard who used old-fashioned hokum to express that universal theme,... (more)

Out of Africa

by Isak Dinesen

In this book, the author of Seven Gothic Tales gives a true account of her life on her plantation in Kenya. She tells with classic simplicity of the ways of the country and the natives: of the beauty of the Ngong Hills and coffee trees in blossom: of her guests, from the Prince of Wales to Knudsen, the old charcoal burner, who visited her: of primitive festivals: of big game that were her near neighbors--lions,... (more)

Marathon Man

by William Goldman

William Goldman's remarkable career spans more than five decades, and his credentials run the gamut from bestselling novelist to Oscar-winning screenwriter to Hollywood raconteur. He's beloved by millions of readers as the author of the classic comic-romantic fantasy The Princess Bride. And he's notorious for creating the most harrowing visit to the dentist in literary and cinematic history--in one of the seminal... (more)

Fletch (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)

by Gregory Mcdonald

Fletch He’s an investigative reporter whose methods are a little unorthodox. Currently he’s living on the beach with the strung-out trying to find to the source of the drugs they live for. Fletch He’s taking more than a little flack from his editor. She doesn’t appreciate his style. Or the expense account items he’s racking up. Or his definition of the word deadline . Or the divorce lawyers who keep showing... (more)

The Lord of the Rings: Book 1

The Fellowship of the Ring

Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings

by J. R. R. Tolkien

Frodo Baggins knew the Ringwraiths were searching for him--and the Ring of Power he bore that would enable Sauran to destroy all that was good in Middle-earth. Now it was up to Frodo and his faithful servant Sam to carry the Ring to where it could be detroyed--in the very center of Sauron's dark kingdom.

Godfather: Book 1

The Godfather

by Mario Puzo

More than thirty years ago, a classic was born. A searing novel of the Mafia underworld, The Godfather introduced readers to the first family of American crime fiction, the Corleones-and became the definitive novel of the virile, violent subculture that remains steeped in intrigue, in controversy, and in our collective consciousness.

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by Steven Pressfield

by Ira Levin

by Jack Warner Schaefer, Jack Schaeffer

by Vincent Canby

by L. Frank Baum

by Larry McMurtry

by Lillian Hellman

by Frederick Kohner

by Pauline Kael

by Charles Richard Webb

by Kim Newman

by Bounty Books

by Dick King-Smith, Stephen Thorne, David Wood

by Margaret Mitchell

by L. Frank Baum

by Isak Dinesen

by William Goldman

by Gregory Mcdonald

Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings

by J. R. R. Tolkien

by Mario Puzo