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Arrived on time and I enjoy being able to put on a set of headphones and listen.

My mother asked for this as a Christmas present. She is legally blind and very active in church and wanted the comfort of a convenient and accessible Bible. She is very happy with it, although she does require assistance to use it, since she cannot read instructions on the TV screen. It was a pleasant experience.

For my 90 year old mother who's eyesight is failing, this has been a true gift. She LOVES it and uses it almost daily. Thanks

DVD IS REALY GOOD.THE READER OF THE BIBLE HAS A GOOD VOICE AND DOES A GREAT JOB.NICE TO LISTEN TO WHILE ON THE COMPUTER.I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS TO ALL.OVER 70 SOME HOURS LONG.

This product is the complete KJV Bible and many photos of the Holy Land. It presents the audio and print versions of The KJV Bible for very effective devotiona and study.

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Here are the tracks that are only availalbe on the single disc sampler version of this set The Best of Broadway - The American Musical (PBS Series) 5 Oklahoma from Oklahoma 8 America from West Side Story 13 Cabaret from Cabaret Of course this five disc version has many many more tracks than the sampler but the above three are only on the sampler. Great set though!

BROADWAY-THE AMERICAN MUSICAL was originally, I believe, a PBS Documentary that can now be purchased on DVD. I haven't seen any of the PBS Show. However, I am a huge fan of Broadway shows and music. I am a firm believer that the best music of America can be sewn across the tapestry of Broadway: here we have Sondheim and Streisand, Armstrong and Astaire, Merman and Martin, Berlin and Buckley. Listen to this music and you'll hear the music of America itself. Okay, enough of my philosophical observations on Broadway. I already know that you love Broadway music. If you don't, you would have stopped reading before the end of the first paragraph. The question you want answered is this: I want a set of great Broadway music that I'll love; some that I know, some that I don't. Is this the set that I should buy? The answer is: yes. This set is brilliant, and well-worth the money you'll spend for it. That amount of money is quite a bit. However, with five CDs, 109 songs, and a twenty-something page booklet that is interesting and well-written, you will feel very satisfied with your purchase. Quick, now, look back to the first paragraph and reread the names listed there. All of those were taken straight from this CD collection, and there are lots more besides those. I still haven't gotten to Jolson, Rivera, Andrews, Orbach, Grey, Lansbury, Mostel, or Channing (plus more). Initially, with this set, you will be overwhelmed with all of the great names and great music. It helps if you listen to it in order (Disc One before Disc 3, etc.), since all of the songs (excluding the first, GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY, which opens every Broadway set) are in chronological order. Listen to a song, and then read the annotation in the book. It will help you comprehend why this song, and the musical it belongs to, are important in Broadway history. Or, you could just listen for enjoyment. There are tons of beautiful songs here that I will cherish for the rest of my life: "Memory" from Cats, "Hello, Dolly!" from, well, Hello Dolly, "Open a New Window" from Mame, "Try to Remember" from The Fantasticks. Believe it or not, I had never heard any of these songs in their entirety before I purchased this set. Just think of what I was missing! Of course, there are some slight disputable errors. There is nothing here from RAGTIME or ASPECTS OF LOVE. And, a couple of songs are sort of unnessecary (I could have done without "I Enjoy Being a Girl" from FLOWER DRUM SONG, 1958.) However, there are many gems I would have overlooked if I had purchased a less comprehensive set: songs like "Luck Be a Lady" from GUYS AND DOLLS or "The Party's Over" from BELLS ARE RINGING. Overall, this is the set to have. It is a bit pricy, but the money is well worth the many hours of memories and pure enjoyment. Appreciate the magic of Broadway!

Of course there should have been much more. I remember there been a Metropolian Opera series called CAST ALBUMS- 100 YEARS that was put out for a limited time only and had like five volumes. As Peter Filichia noted they left out SHE LOVES ME, BRIGADOON and SWEENEY TODD. Also nothing from PACIFIC OVERTURES, BIG RIVER, CHESS, CRAZY FOR YOU, JEKYLL & HYDE, TITANIC, THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL, FOOTLOOSE- THE MUSICAL, THE FULL MONTY, URINTOWN... But they couldn't have put it all. I would have done without Lee Remick's "Anyone Can Whistle", because the show was a flop. I guess because it was Sondheim's first "serious" show...

The first three discs were only OK. I had forgotten how much better the later Broadway musical recordings were. The last two discs were very good, maybe because I could relate better to the shows or perhaps the productions were better.

Packs into 5 CD's a sampling of Broadway tunes from the 20's thru (almost) today, mostly from original cast recordings. Includes not just well-known hits, but also some lesser-known gems. Sound quality is first rate, booklet is informative too. Have given this as a gift to several friends with rave reviews.

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cant be bothered searchng for the cd i bought it was ok just anoying i only wanted 1 song had to pay $30 to get it

This is one more example of hymns in the Anglican Tradition, sung by the always excellent choir of King's College, Cambridge. It is a splendid example of the sonorous sound of men and boys, accompanied by a classic English organ and, for the quieter hymns, the gentle sound of harp. All the familiar hymns and hymn tunes are here. You will not regret adding this CD to your collection.

I always enjoy listening to this Cd and particularly because of the orchestra and mellifluous choir. I especially enjoy: A Mighty Fortress, Come Down, O Love Divine, Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, and Thine Be The Glory. Some of the selections are soft such as "The Lord's My Shepherd" and "Drop, Drop, Slow Tears." Still, it is a fabulous selection and one of my favorites.

This was one of my Christmas gifts and I really looked forward to listening to it. I had just visited King's College, Cambridge back in August and really liked it--you should try to make it out there if possible. Anyway, this CD was great to listen to. Some hymns are scored for orchestral accompaniment, choir and organ, while the majority of tracks are just for choir and organ. Recorded in the King's College Chapel (the front cover has a great shot of the ceiling's trademark "fan" stone carving), the hymns are pure English sound--boys' treble voices along with men's changed voices singing with a pure, clean, straight tone. It's very sweet-sounding. The hymns chosen are also great; "Be Thou My Vision," an Irish classic, appears along with "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross," "All People That on Earth Do Dwell," and "Morning Has Broken" (later recorded by Cat Stevens). The singing isn't especially elaborate--they're just simple hymns. They're orchestrated very well, however, and they sound great. Religious people may prefer these recordings more in general--these are Christian hymns after all--but I think it's a great recording and is worth listening too, especially if you enjoy that English sound!

Having heard Kings College Choir twice, in the flesh, at Kings, this CD is a wonderful example of what you might hear. If you can't make it to Cambridge, buy this CD. It contains many of the old favorites and also some hymns that are not found on other English hymn CD's.

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Paul Edgecomb is a slightly cynical veteran prison guard on Death row in the 1930's. His faith, and sanity, deteriorated by watching men live and die, Edgecomb is about to have a complete turn around in attitude. Enter John Coffey, He's eight feet tall. He has hands the size of waffle irons. He's been accused of the murder of two children... and he's afraid to sleep in a cell without a night-light. And Edgecomb, as well as the other prison guards - Brutus, a sympathetic guard, and Percy, a stuck up, perverse, and violent person, are in for a strange experience that involves intelligent mice, brutal executions, and the revelation about Coffey's innocence and his true identity. "The Green Mile" is a rare gem. This movie is a work of art, at it's very best. The depth of the cast is extraordinary, with all of the players delivering excellent performances. There is a clear sense here that all involved in the production knew that this was something special, and gave it their all. "The Green Mile" is a very touching drama, with the joys and sorrows of the life pictured with great skill. Mesmerizing and thought provoking movie. Enjoy.

This an amazing movie and would recomend it to anyone. My husband has it on VHS, CD'S and now BLU-RAY. We have purchased many movies from Amazon and I am pleased with the price and quality

it was unwatchable.it had pauses in it so it could not be recorded. i did not want to record it.it was a terrible disappointment.

This movie is exceptional both in terms of a moving story line as well as the performance of the actors. I strongly recommend this DVD for anyone who enjoys good movies.

Stephen King movies tend to be really good or really bad. Usually the longer they are, the less they deliver. This film is a little long, but worth every minute in terms of characterization & plot. On another level, I tend to filter out Tom Hanks films (I couldn't get myself to watch DA VINCI CODE until a month ago. A lot of hype for paltry reiteration of "truths" well known & blatant imitation of JFK style. Tom Hanks looking out of it for most of the movie.) Anyway, THE GREEN MILE quickly overcame my little foibles with a very satisfying story & intelligent action & script. Excellent direction too. The horror element is slightly subdued--and that's a good thing too, particulary if you're tired of the horror-of-the-obvious genre. The racial overtones were handled with sensitivity. I'm glad I took the plunge & watched THE GREEN MILE. The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer

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Forget the Counter-Terrorist aspects of this DVD set.....forget all about Cops..or Good vs Evil...this is SOAP OPERA of the highest order....what DAYS OF OUR LIVES and the late ANOTHER WORLD aimed for, so gallantly....this is serious Brain/Eye Candy...and it took me a couple of viewings to realize as much...Kiefer Sutherland i "admire" at second hand..his father, Donald, was very good...'when he was good"...but when he was bad he was horrid...same for the son.....if you like Car Chases...Gun Play to the Max..and Screaming Women...this one's for you....will I watch it again?...You bet.....and i want to know what happens in Season 2, anyway.....

I think 24 is one of the best shows going. The first season was great, though I think later seasons were even better. I enjoyed it with my wife and 25 year old son.

24 has been one of the best television shows for a long time now, but season one of 24 is the best season of ANY television show. EVER. Watching this season on dvd is one of the best entertainment experiences you'll ever have. What makes 24 season one so great is the intensity and pacing of each episode. Each episode leaves you wanting more and more. Its almost like one long 24 hr episode that you can't turn away from. Its addicting, rewarding, surprising, fun, cool, suspenseful,and tragic. The show also takes more risks than other tv shows which pays off tremendously. Jack is an awesome main character. His violent bad boy side, combined with his good heart and love for his family make him one of the best tv protagonists ever. Later seasons tend to have crazy plot twists that borderline on the bizarre, but season one has one main plot that paces perfectly. What also makes this season awesome is how it is centered on family. While later seasons try to be bigger and badder by killing more people and making the scope more grand, in season one, its PERSONAL. And thats what makes it more powerful. You actually care about these characters while in later seasons you tend to laugh when the killings begin. If you have an inkling of interest in this show, CHECK it OUT. It's a hell of a ride.

Received series 1 of the TV show 24. So far we have gotten through 3 discs out of 6. The discs are not in very good condition. Had to get a disc cleaner and use it in between each episode on disc. 1. Now we just use it automatically when we start a new disc. Very frustrating when trying to watch and it keeps on freezing.

I'm a late newcomer to this series and have just finished watching the first season. While I don't have the benefit of having seen any later seasons, I can maybe offer other newbies a concentrated perspective on what to expect. What this show has going for it in this season are solid acting, suspense, exciting action, and a cloak-and-dagger plot full of red herrings. These are all great, if you like this sort of thing. It all kept me reaching for disc after disc to find out what happens next. In this sense 24 is addictive and very fun. The show succeeds on its own terms, and that will be enough for most. But there are some weaknesses that, though aware people will catch them, shouldn't make a huge difference in the viewing enjoyment of most. These small things can perhaps be summed up this way: the plausibility of what you see is strained in that everything is just a little too tidily packaged. First, the show ignores the little mundanities that aren't exciting but that still sap some credibility at real-life/real-time portrayal if they're missing. Lots of little things added up after a while - when did these people go to the bathroom? How did all that driving to and from places in LA not add up to more than the time we saw? Why were the little lapses of very tired /stressed people pretty much missing in the last hours? Etc Etc. Second, a lot is asked of us to believe that double agents, special forces, and others could conform to such intricate machinations when we see utter human error on display in our real life government agencies and bureaus. In other words, there's a bit too much agents-as-superheroes. Third, when so much is crammed into one day in this season, and in what looks like 7 more seasons, we have a situation of lightning striking 8 times. We're asked to accept that the wildest series of events unfold only in the space of a mere day not once, but multiple times over 8 years. It's a bit incredible, even for a TV show. But these are little things. It's all still a lot of fun, and I intend to try the next season.

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I didn't see all of this movie until recently-- only snatches. When it originally came out in the theaters in 1999, it looked like a "Raiders of the Lost Ark" rip-off and the reviews were bad. Then, as now, I considered "Raiders" to be the closest thing to a perfect movie there would ever be, so I wasn't about to entertain lesser imitators. 11 years later, having let down my guard a bit, I have to say The Mummy was an awesomely good time. Brendan Fraser is a sweet hero. There's an openness about his Rick that you don't usually see in action leads. Rachel Weisz is perfect as the plucky, klutzy smart girl, in classic movie actress fashion. There's a lot of humor, which I believe is the only way to make an action movie click. I'm sorry I was such a snob. I thoroughly enjoyed it. In the DVD extras, please don't miss the behind the scenes look at the battle between the mummy army and Rick as he saves Evelyn. The chorography involved in the scene is amazing, since there is no one there for Brendan Fraser to play against. It's an unbelievable solo dance that worked perfectly once the CG monsters were added later. You just have to see it to understand how improbably, stunningly good it is.

If you think this movie is to boring because it's history, your wrong! This movie is great with all of the action in it! The story line is good, the acting is also good.

Originally, The Mummy genre was typically a horror film, but this revised version, adds, action, adventure, with a blend of light hearted drama. The result, is a satisfying, and entertaining film, in the style of the Indiana Jones films. With good visual effects, and characterizations.

T^his movie is the best Mummy movie ever made. This is an awesome movie. i love this film. I Recommend This Movie For Everyone

Came very fast damage free kind of hate that shipping is 3 times what i paid for dvd

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I purchased this for my husband who is blind and hearing impaired and gave it to him for Christmas. The narrator's speech was excellent and Charles was able to understand him. The clarity was as good as Alexander Scourby which Charles had years ago in long playing disks which are not in existence. Thank you for having this in your collection!

There were few reviews regarding this product. To help those how hesitate the purchase, I decided to write my review. If you purchase a computer speaker, you don't need to use ear phones to listen to the MP3 player. Even as a non-native English speaker I don't think the speed of the voice is too fast.If you read the bible once, listening often to the audio bible would help you to register some of the short bible verses to your heart. I highly recommend the product. The qulity of the voice is very enjoyable to me.

Problem Number 1: The sound "quality" if there is any, is not very good at all. Perhaps this is due to the MP3 compression of the original source, but it's definitely not very pleasant to listen to. Problem Number 2: While the narrator; "Stephen Johnston" has a nice voice, although difficult to ascertain due to the aforementioned poor sound quality, he is simply reading through the text in a hurried, "lets get this over with ASAP" manor, which makes actually digesting what's being read nearly impossible. In the end I was very disappointed with this product, and I'm returning it to Amazon for the reasons stated above. I would have rated it with "no star" if I could have. I strongly recommend looking elsewhere for a better product.

This really is a good product and vocally excellent. It does not have an index that my MP3 player picks up, so I never know where it will start after I've turned it off. That's my only complaint, and that is probably the fault of my MP3 player and not the product.

New King James Version Audio Bible, Voice Only I was very pleased with this product. I prefer listening to a "voice only" version. The background music can be distracting. I love this mans voice. He speaks clearly and is very easy to listen to. I would recommend this to anyone who is looking for the Bible on disc. Very convenient to have in a vehicle, at the gym while on the treadmill or at home to listen to. It also comes in a very nice carrying case.

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There has been only one review of Stephen Johnston's reading of the NKJV so far, and the review and reviewer have been extremely unfair and inaccurate. Since 1980, Stephen Johnston has been recognized as an outstanding reader of many different intepretations of the Bible. His achievements have not only earned him an Emmy, but also 9 Angel awards for his accomplishments. As much as I respect Alexander Scourby's classic reading of the Bible from the early 1950's, the pacing is quite rapid, when compared to Stephen Johnston. My only suggestion to the other reviewer would be to give Mr. Johnston a second listen with an open mind.

Difficult to listen to and absorb the details of the narration, as it is done in a very rushed, unexpressive and unthoughtful manner. I would suggest Scourby or Waggoner (eBible) as much better, realistic and well-done editions.

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You'd figure King would come up with something a little more chilling, but this is nothing more than a shameless Kindle promotional, and not worth the price. I did think it interesting that he tried to tie it in with The Dark Tower Universe, but that was about it. Not something I can in good conscience recommend.

When I bought my kindle this title was suppose to come with my Kindle order.

This is some classic King mixed with a little Twilight Zone and Tales from the Darkside. Reminds me a little of another story about a Baseball Batter who strikes out but gets a glimpse of the future of what would have happened if he had hit a home run, in which a man comes in carrying a child who was injured in a car accident caused by a baseball hitting his Windshield.(anyone know the name of this story please leave a message) This is King and priced right. Well worth the $3. Enjoy all.

Great read from Mr. King. Playfully applying his classic art to a new age topic. Kindle readers rejoice! We`ve been given a tasty text tapas!

Short stories such as this one and the Kindle fiction released by The Atlantic make having the Kindle a joy. On a two or three hour subway commute to and from Tokyo, I can read at least one short story, and being able to select from a variety of authors gives me the opportunity to experience a variety of voices and genres. I hope that Amazon, the authors, and the publishers can make anthologized short stories available for individual purchases. This would be good because then readers could try out "new" authors before investing in one of their longer novels or short story collections. As for Ur, it is classic King. He is often at his best with short stories because every word has to make an immediate impact on the plot. Ur is a tightly written, exciting read, and I am anticipating the ending, I stopped reading so I could write this review. Thanks to Mr. King for taking the lead and allowing Amazon to publish his novels in the Kindle format.

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For a road trip, there is nothing like a good book.... on audio. Stephen and his wife, and other narrators, read the text with the appropriate nuances.... excellent product. And no one else can scare the heck out of you like Stephen King!