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I have really enjoyed listening to these CDs with words to Classical Music. Being a trained classical musician this is such a fun way to teach Classics to the younger generation. Keep it up!!!

Believe the people who say this one is not as good as the first. The whole thing just seems like rejects from the first volume. And the reasons they were rejected become clear. None of the songs on this CD, or any of the others that follow, impart the same type of info as the first CD. You can listen to this one for months and still not know the composers or the real name of the pieces. Only the first CD does that--and does it well!!

The whole family loves this CD! It's a fun way to introduce the kids to classical music.

There are just as many great sing alongs in this CD as in the first. Most of the tracks are very singable (the Brahms piece is difficult). Lots of fun and plenty of goofy lyrics.

My kids absolutely love this. They could listen to it over and over. I like it as well. A great, fun way to learn to love classical music.

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I loved this whole show, I only wish there was a soundtrack for this version of the show and not the older one with julie Andrews, everyone was amazing, i downloaded the original versions of the songs from the shows they were originally in and it just doesn't have the same feeling

I first saw parts of the show on youtube and fell in love with it because Ruthie Henshall was in it and she is really amazing!!! I had to buy the dvd just to see what the other songs were like. The show is unbelievably entertaining. I read reviews saying that there's no plot. Well if you watch the songs fit together perfectly. or example "Hello, Little Girl" "My Husband The Pig/Everyday a Little Death" & "Everybody Ought To Have a Maid" show that the older man wanted to get with the younger girl but the older woman saw it and is disgusted so she gets a maid to cheat with. I thought that was a clever, Considering they are only using Sondheim songs!!! The actors did a great job Bronson Pinchot was unbelievable especially on "Bang!" & "Buddy's Blues" John Barrowman has a beautiful voice as displayed in his duet with Ruthie "Unworthy Of Your Love" Ruthie Henshall did amazing i hate when people say that she sings through her teeth, she only really does it in "Lovely" but she does have great teeth. Also her perormance of "More" really shows off her skills as a Dancer and shows that she's a Triple Threat!!! George Hearn does great as always! And Last But not least Carol Burnett!!! Carol really puts some humor in the show. She's amazing in "(Not) Getting Married Today" which is a very hard song. Overall a great musical review!!!

From start to finish a marvelous evening of Broadway in your own home. The performers are at the top of their craft, and the musical arrangements from various shows are artfully blended. A winner on all counts. Thank you Mr. Sondheim for your creativity that provides viewers with such a literate and pleasureable musical treat.

I expected a central theme with an underlying score but all I saw was a disjointed attempt to showcase the various talents. The title says it all Putting it together. Yet. Very disappointing. ECurry

I know what you might be thinking: "ANOTHER Sondheim revue/concert/performance?" There are only so many "fresh" and "new" versions of "Send in the Clowns" and "Being Alive" a person can take, even if you have stars like Bernadette Peters singing them... Don't write this production off though. First, it does have a skeleton of a plot (although Pinchot himself admits in the opening number that "there's not an awful lot") which gives some structure to the show and lends to the emotion of several pieces. Carol Burnett and George Hearn play the rich, older couple and Ruthie Henshall and John Barrowman play the younger couple, with Bronson Pinchot acting as narrator/butler/any additional character who is needed. The plot involves the older couple finding themselves falling out of love with each other and the younger couple in the midst of falling in love with each other. All perform admirably, although for me Carol Burnett was the standout. Her performance is alternately devestating, cuttingly sarcastic, and hilariously hysterical. Thankfully, the production also avoids trying to include all of Sondheim's "hits." Although you will find a version of "Being Alive" (as a quintet!) and "Getting Married Today" (done only as Carol Burnett can do it), you will also find several of Sondheim's more obscure songs (at least for me). Songs such as "Bang!" and "Unworthy of Your Love" are perhaps less well-known, but brilliant all the same, especially as performed by Ruthie Henshall and John Barrowman. It was also interesting for me to see how each one of Sondheim's songs is taken out of the context of its original show and worked into a brand new setting. A song like "Hello Little Girl" takes on an entirely different meaning when sung by an old man as opposed to an actual wolf... Overall, the show was just the thing after huge megahits like Wicked, Spring Awakening, Jersey Boys, Legally Blonde, and in the Heights. An intimate night at the theatre, albeit viewed in your own home. You might not experience an exhilirating high after watching the show, but you'll leave with a renewed appreciation for Sondheim, his masterpieces, the theatre, and, ultimately, the different aspects of love.

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Hail hail Jeanette MacDonald! Thanks to TCM, I "discovered" this wonderously beautiful songbird after viewing the movie "San Francisco" with Jeanette and Clark Gable. Several more movies later (including "The Merry Widow") I became mesmerized by those wonderful eyes and opera-etic singing. This packaging of Jeanette MacDonald's music is simply fantastic, the sound quality is superb for songs of this era and the timelessness of these incredible melodies are incredible. This is more than nostalgic, this is the real deal. This is original and one of a kind music that hearkens back to a long-ago time when movies and music of this nature were lovingly created. As I have enjoyed discovering the greats of movies and music that came long before myself, it's an absolute treasure-chest to have found this particular CD captured in such great quality; this will be part of my listening soundtrack for many years to come. If you are even reading this-don't miss this one!

Received my copy of San Francisco and other Jeanette MacDonald Favorites very quickly and was very pleased with the CD. Sound was crisp and clear. Amazing, considering most of the recordings were made in 1950. The earlier recordings from 1939 and even earlier were also clear. Although I am not fond of the singing style used in the San Francisco song,(I think my father would have catagorized it as 'caterwalling') you have to give Jeanette credit for being spunky and brave enough to try out this music style. Maybe when I've heard it fifty more times I will even come to like it. I certainly like the other 21 selections.

The first time I heard Jeannette MacDonald, she sang The Italian Street Song and I was amazed that anyone could be so lucky to have such an incredible voice. I have always said that if I could sing, I would love to be able sing like her. No matter what kind of music you like, this is a miracle. Try it.

As usual, I love it! She was one of a kind, and I always enjoy listening to her.

I received this CD 'San Fracisco and other Jeanette MacDonald Favorites' a few days ago and have listened to it carefully several times. She is about a generation before my time; so far I have seen only two pictures of her: 'San Francisco' and 'The Merry Widow'. In San Francisco, I discovered she can also sing opera successfully to some degree As for The Merry Widow, I much prefer the later version performed by Lana Turner and Fernando Lamas although Turner didn't sing by herself in the film and Lamas is a lot more convincing than Maurice Chevalier as a Casanova type beau; to be truthful, I can't stand grandpa Chevalier. I beleive I also saw another of her movie which she played quite late in her career because she played mother to Jane Powell, this one I saw in the theater in my teenage days, for your information, I saw almost every MGM musicals in those heyday years. Unfortunately though, I don't quite remember the story of it, but I do remember vaguely that MacDonald sang Un bel di from Puccini's Madama Butterfly and when she sang she formed her mouth so beautifully that one could forget it if she didn't sing well. One thing I can assert with confidence is that MacDonald is a very beautiful lady exudes with glamour, and is very classy. Classiness was a very prominent and widespread quality of female stars in that era, Lana Turner who played the wealthy merry widow was just one case. If I were to make a list it would occupy a full page, nowadays, it would be impossible to name just three or four female stars with class, no offense, please. Now let me come back to the main subject that is MacDonald's art of singing. Well, she certainly has good vocal technigue, her high note is firm to the very top and she is able to sustain it for a considerable duration as she has displayed quite often in this disc. The voice itself is delicate and sweet, just like her person. However, she tends to sing with monotone which make her singing sounds bland, like no. 4, Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life, may be if she move a notch down the scale it would sound more pleasant. Songs My Mother Taught Me is just about the only song she successfully sings with feelings. Here, I would like to point out that a few songs are worth repeated listenings: Ciribiribin, The Donkey Serenade, Italian Street Song, and of course, Songs My Mother Taught Me. Songs no. 16 to 22, I'm sorry to say that they are not up to my standard, I have been listening to opera singing for over thirty years you know. I must mention here that MacDonald's French seems very good, I don't know French though, nevertheless, I can tell just by listening Queen of Songs is a title crowned her by the Chinese people in that time, she was indeed highly esteemed.

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When the first film in the epic "Lord of the Rings" trilogy thrilled fans and topped the box office for weeks, expectations rose even higher for the sequel, "The Two Towers." But if he second part of Peter Jackson's astounding adaptation lacks the surprise of the first movie, it continues the strong storytelling, amazing acting, and one of the greatest battles of the silver screen. Too bad this blu-ray is only the theatrical version! The fellowship has been split, and two members are dead. Now Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen), Legolas (Orlando Bloom) and Gimli (John Rhys-Davies) are pursuing a band of orcs who kidnapped Merry and Pippin (Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd). But soon Merry and Pippin are rescued by an ancient treelike creature, and the others encounter an old friend -- Gandalf (Ian McKellen), reborn as the White Wizard. Meanwhile, Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Sean Astin) are making their way towards Mordor, and soon Frodo realizes that they are being followed by Gollum (Andy Serkis), who once possessed the One Ring and still lusts after it. But Frodo begins to pity the degenerate creature, and agrees to let Gollum lead them to Mount Doom -- but Sam suspects that Gollum cannot be trusted. "The Two Towers" is not really a sequel. Instead, it's just a continuation of the story that left off at the end of "Fellowship of the Ring," and suddenly it's not all about Frodo and the hobbits anymore, but about whole kingdoms being crushed by the bad guys. And to top his previous work, Jackson creates three simultaneous climaxes, including the grimy, rain-soaked battle of Helm's Deep. But as he tells the epic stories, Jackson doesn't neglect the smaller stories, like the hobbits befriending treelike ents and battling a wizard. The scripting is impeccable, mixing the funny moments ("Don't talk to it! Don't encourage it!" Pippin wails when a "tree" speaks to them) with the dramatic speeches, and ending with a simple, powerful speech by Sam. And while there are some amusing moments, this movie is far darker than the previous one -- Gollum's eerie double-personality alone can make your skin crawl. And WETA Workshop's CGI effects don't disappoint. Not only do they manage whole armies and battles, but they brought the gruesome Gollum to life. He's probably the first convincing CGI character, to the point where you can actually forget that this Ring junkie is just a bunch of pixels. Elijah Wood continues his magnificent performance as Frodo Baggins, with the deep friendship, compassion and weariness that he started to show before. But his performance deepens to include some serious Ring-lust. Sean Astin's performance grows as well, as he does whatever it takes to protect Frodo -- from soldiers, Gollum, ringwraiths, whatever. But the supporting cast gets plenty of attention too, including a love triangle involving Aragorn and the warrior-maid Eowyn, and Legolas and Gimli becoming best buddies (even competing to see who kills the most orcs). McKellen gets to play "Gandalf 2.0," a less grumpy and wiser Gandalf, and movie veteran Christopher Lee gets more juicy scenes as the warped wizard Saruman. The scene where he sees the ents attacking is outstanding. And for this blu-ray? For some insane reason, The Powers That Be just WILL NOT release the extended edition of this movie, even after all these years -- meaning that a giant chunk of the narrative is missing. Yes, it's the theatrical release... yet AGAIN. And the extras are from the theatrical version as well: spots, previews, an Emiliana Torrini music video, featurettes, trailers, Sean Astin's short film "The Long and the Short of It," and some documentaries about making the movies. The journey continues in "The Two Towers," crammed with so much action and pathos that it never has time to suffer from "middle chapter syndrome." But you may want to hang tight for the blu-ray of the full story.

"The Two Towers" is the inevitable sequel to Peter Jackson's dramatization of "The Fellowship of the Ring". The epic battle at Helm's Deep is the climax of the movie, but the real superstar is Gollum. Talk about being worth waiting for! The nasty and unpredictable creature was only momentarily included in the trailer, since Jackson just knew it would bring the house down anyway. Which, of course, it did. The inner struggle between the evil Gollum and the good-hearted but confused Sméagol is a real classic. Is anybody surprised that the evil side eventually wins? Still, Gollum is to be pitied rather than hated. To him, the ring is like a narcotic. That too is nicely captured. That being said, the weaknesses of Tolkien's LOTR trilogy also shines through at various points. The characters lack depth. There is no real tension between Aragorn and Eowyn, or even between Aragorn and Arwen. Faramir is extremely boring, and the tension between him and his father is somehow missing, too. Ironically, the only figure that undergoes some kind of character development is Gollum, which may be one of the things that make him so interesting! Another problem is that Tolkien couldn't make up his mind whether LOTR should be a children's story or a fantasy epic for adults. "The Two Towers" is mostly the latter, but the childish aspect comes across in the subplot involving the Ents, giant talking trees spouting beards and very slow minds. I know that the Entish attack on Isengard is supposed to be some kind of symbolic "revenge of nature", but the whole thing nevertheless strikes me as quite ridiculous. Jackson probably didn't dare excise the Ents from the plot, but he should have! There is also one problem which will bug Tolkien fans - the only actor with a reasonably correct elvish pronunciation is Christopher Lee (Saruman). The others pronounce "Sauron", "Mordor", "Sméagol" and "Déagol" in English rather than in Tolkienesque... I'm not a great fan of the LOTR universe, but, yes, I did notice! That being said, "The Two Towers" is nevertheless worth watching. Apart from poor Gollum and the battle at Helm's Deep, I was also somewhat fascinated by Rohan. Is that some kind of Viking village? I think I recognize some of the symbols from Old Norse picture stones... Four stars - one star off for Treebeard.

The Two Tower Continues Frodo Struggle To Get Rid Of the one ring, the two towers is the second movie to the lord of the rings series. this is such an excellent movie i recommend it to eveyone.

Sauron's forces increase. His allies grow. The Ringwraiths return in an even more frightening form. Saruman's army of Uruk Hai is ready to launch an assault against Aragorn and the people of Rohan. Yet, the Fellowship is broken and Boromir is dead. For the little hope that is left, Frodo and Sam march on into Mordor, unprotected. A number of new allies join with Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, Pippin and Merry. And they must defend Rohan and attack Isengard. Yet, while all this is going on, Sauron's troops mass toward the City of Gondor, for the War of the Ring is about to begin. The battle sequence alone represents successful movie making in its highest form. The choreography of the battle, the visual effects, the pacing, acting, cinematography, and music, all work together in perfection to achieve grand movie making which is as entertaining and enjoyable as a movie can be. For this very reason, no one, whether a fan of Fellowship or not, should miss The Two Towers.

I ordered three videos from this same seller. The items arrived promptly and in great condition. My only negative feedback is that I ordered three videos and had to pay shipping for each individual item even though they arrived in the same package. It would be great to receive a multiple item discount.

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I enjoyed the whole series very much. I have always liked Keifer Sutherland and the movies he has done. The price for this series was very resonable.

I love buying this product, do not have time to watch my favorite show, I buy it once a year and can watch it all at once like a movie. Best thing they ever inventet DVD after TV seasons. Inge Coffman24: Season Eight

On the first few episodes I wasn't sure if I wanted to keep watching but then it got really good. Sometimes I coudn't stop watching because the end of each episode leaves you wanting to see more. This is a great tv show with lots of unexpected things so you never know whats going to happen!

I have to say that it starts off pretty slow and moves steady at first but then bam the story changes things changes and its just a thrilling roller coaster ride.

Where do you start with reviewing the action-thriller series that has defined a decade? With the main man himself, Jack Bauer. Kiefer Sutherland, in the role he was born to play, shines as America's most deadly counter-terrorist agent. Due to the nature of the show, the main cast changes frequently due to character death and betrayal, but no matter who is by his side, Sutherland gives Emmy-award winning displays throughout the seven seasons and film. How does 24 work? Each season is set in one 24 hour day. There are 24 episodes, each lasting one hour of "real time" in Jack Bauer's life. These aren't your average days however, they are filled to the brink with terrorism, explosions, conflict and anger. The ideas come from real world fears, including threats of assassinations, nuclear bombs, pathogen outbreaks, suicide bombers and more. Although some of the latter seasons do recycle old ideas with a fresh twist, the writer's have always come up with new ways to shock the audiences. Viewers have lost days and weeks following the traumatising events in 24, with many intending to watch one episode and eventually turning off the TV after completing their 4th or 5th, it really is like a book you can't put down. I seriously recommend it!

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The Shining is a classic horror movie that actually caused me to lose some sleep when I first saw it back in the '80s. I'm glad that it is available "On-Demand" so my son and daughter (now that they are old enough) could see this with us. Jack Nicholson and Shelly Duvall put in great performances as "Jack" and "Wendy", respectively, and young Danny Lloyd plays a very creepy Danny\Tony. This is an adaptation of Stephen King's novel by the same name, while it is not as accurate as the later TV movie, it is every bit as creepy and even somewhat more disturbing. Even though this is an older movie and book, there will be no plot spoilers from me: The story centers around a family (Jack, Wendy, and Danny) who take on the winter upkeep of a mountain hotel in the "off season". Jack is hoping to use the time to write a novel, while Wendy and Danny are left to their own devices. Like many King stories, the location and history (both explained very early) of the hotel are key plot elements. Nicholson's portrayal of a man slowly going insane is truly brilliant and some of the lines are very memorable. Many of the scenes are often spoofed on popular modern shows, which is why we wanted our teens to see it. I should note that there are a lot of disturbing and gory images all throughout this movie, including some full frontal nudity that I honestly hadn't remembered was in it (likely because I first saw this on "Network" TV). While not a traditional family movie, there are obviously some scenes that can be somewhat awkward. Even with all of that, this is still a fantastic movie that has become part of our popular culture. Highly Recommended! CFH

IMO, 'The Shining' is a fantastic movie. So much so, before purchasing the VHS, I taped it from tv..Eventually, I bought the VHS. When DVD's first came out, I had no intention of buying duplicates. 'That is,' except for a few favorites. The Shining, which falls in my favorite catagory, was then bought on DVD. Then, Amazon had a deal, The Shining & The Shining remake, for 'X' price..the set ended up in my collection. Jack Nicholson, Shelly Duvall, Danny Lloyd and Scatman Crothers played excellent roles. Each character, realistic. Wendy and Danny held haunting looks, Jack, mad. 'wonder if he was acting, lol, and Scatman, going out of his way to help a family he didn't know but pitied. I get goose bumps thinking about The Shining: The howling wind, Jack conversing with the dead, walking around hypnotically, intending to chop up his family, Wendy and Danny hiding and terrified. Although I love Steven King, I wouldn't buy a novel/movie because his name is on the cover. In fact, I prefer his older writing to new. It wouldn't have mattered who wrote The Shining; it was a great story. It's true King wasn't satisfied with the first Shining film. I think he felt cutting certain parts, like the topiary scenes, didn't do his movie justice, didn't express meanings he conveyed through his writing. Yet, he agreed the show would go on, despite his opinions and feelings. The Shining was one of the first movies that made him what he is today. Mention Steven King and most think, Here's Johnny... Another thing. Some people complain the book and movie differs. That's understandable. I can't think of one book, made into a movie, with word by word lines and deeds. Despite the author. Cujo is a good example. Totally different ending. King once said, the only movie he's seen that is true to the book, is Rosemary's Baby. Close, but untrue. For those who love horror, check out The Shining. Rent/buy the tape, don't bother watching on TV. Dubbing ruins it. Not to mention annoying commercials.

Even though I've always had the highest regard for Stanley Kubrick's work, I do have mixed feelings for "The Shining". Even from the first viewing, I never felt that it terrified me as much as it should have. But it is a film I do re-watch from time to time simply because visually, like most of Kubrick's films, it is so satisfying and the Blu-ray version is even more so. I won't dwell on the screenplay or performances except to say that they are sometimes yes, sometimes no. But the Blu-ray disc does bring out the technical achievements of the movie. The cinematography is excellent as one would expect, but the frequent use of the Steadicam, being used here by Kubrick for the first time, does begin to call attention to itself. I'm glad the BD was released in the 1.78:1 aspect ratio since I'm quite certain that it was presented in theaters using a 35mm print in 1.37:1 aspect and masked in the projector to get 1.78:1 or something close to it. In the early aerial shot of the hotel as shown in the 1.33:1 DVD, the blades of the camera helicopter are clearly visible at the top of the frame. I'm certain Kubrick would never have allowed this, given his attention to detail and I don't think that by 1980 there were many theaters in the U.S. showing movies in 1.37:1. The video quality of the Blu-ray release is impressive in its clarity, color balance and freedom from graininess and the helicopter blades are nowhere to be seen. Somehow I get the impression that the musical portion of the soundtrack is a little too much of a good thing having been, I believe, remixed at a higher volume level relative to the dialogue track for this release. The music for this film was taken mostly from existing concert pieces by Bartok, Ligeti, et. al. To have the greatest effect for this film, the music, in many places, should be rather quiet and needling rather than intrusive or overbearing as it often is. Playing this film in a totally dark room and at a lower than usual audio level will help provide the feelings of uneasiness that the viewer should have. This release makes me pine for a Blu-ray release of Barry Lyndon.

This is my favorite Steven King-novel-based movie of all time. Honestly, I have never read the book, so I guess you can take that statement half serious. My second favorite is "The Mist", still having never read the book. Any tweener or twenty-something that has never seen this really owes it to themselves to watch this masterpiece. Patience is necessary as you need to watch every scene and let it build. There is absolutely no CGI, of course.. and this film uses spectacular camera work, background noise, and the best visual effects of the time to produce some very chilling scenes. It's jump out of your seat scary. This film makes junk like "13 Ghosts" look pathetic! If you think that was scary, watch "The Shining". I stress to you that you must watch the original and not the remake with Steven Wright. Pop culture has borrowed much from this film, from recent TV commericals (where a family was booked in a place similar to "The Overlook") and of course lines like "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy". Highly recommended to all! Thank you for reading!

My son and I were excited to watch this movie again!! We couldn't wait to get home from the post office!! I was pleased with my purchase - thank you.

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I love this! You get a DVD with MP3s at 128bit (more than enough for voice) and the DVD is interactive. I can't use the interactive part (I use Linux) but I like how all the MP3s are in file format and you can just copy them. This makes reading through your Bible so easy to do! The quality is great: it's not dramatized, just normal human speech. As for Stephen Johnston (?), his voice is great for listening to. This must be the same man that narrated the King James Version as well (I used to own it on audio cassettes). I would definitely buy this for my friends!

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.

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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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I know all books start out boring. The author needs to set up the characters. In this book the entire first chapter is a waste of time. In the book two old men tell a story to a young secretary and in the story that they tell leaves more questions than answers. Stephan King got off to a good start and I would give 5 stars if the author answered all those questions. I have read other Hard Case Crime books and most of them are good, so try one of those instead.

It was stated early on that the reader will either hate or love it, and somehow I came out neutral in that decision. As always, I like King's writing and his entry into the 'hard case crime -hard-boiled crime fiction' category just wasn't there for me. This was not Mickey Spillane or Robert B. Parker, but it was still a good read. Other reviewers have discussed the plot and the meaning of 'The Colorado Kid' title, and the non-clearance of the mystery, so I will simply say, buy the book and make your own decision. Worth your time and a few bucks.

This charming short story by Stephen King is slowly revealed by two old and seasoned reporters to their young, new partner. No set answers to the crime are provided, but the story-telling is at its finest. Loved it!

Two old Maine newspapermen regale a young intern with the story of the only real mystery ever to present itself on their peaceful little island. Stephen King's entry in the Hard Case series of modern noir thrillers is neither a noir nor a thriller. Instead, it is a cozy little puzzle with no thrills and no sense of danger. The real mystery is that it was ever published. Of course, even that is not a real mystery. A writer of King's stature is popular enough to get virtually anything published, as he has demonstrated on occasion. The real question is: why would he allow this to be published? I do not think King is a lazy writer or one who does not care about his craft. I have certainly not read the majority of his work, but what I have read is almost always compelling and sometimes brilliant. I have seen some god-awful work from him, but, prior to reading this novel, I always found it among his short fiction. I can only conjecture that these types of old Yankee characters are so close to his heart that he deluded himself into believing that he had produced some quality work here and no one around him was willing to tell him differently.

I'm a long time Stephen King lover, but this little story there's rarely anything to love. The characters are very one dimentional. The muder if you can call it that is decribed with great detail which everyone should exspect of King. And that parts interesting, but little else. The solving process is so repetive as if written for a child. The Cover to this book looks so good, like who is this raven haired beauty, she looks like she could cause some trouble but no!! She just solves a murder for a small paper that no one really cares about and is not that interesting. It's a short read that should take less than three hours, if your a true King fan your going to read it regaurdless of what I say, this is more for those people that have never read King because his books are too big, and they might see this and go I've always wanted to read a Stephen King, well don't pick this up get something earlier please. This is not King or Bachman by any means.

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For the price, this was a decent read and one of King's better work for engaging the reader. The whole parallel dimension/changing the future story is an entertaining concept, and King demonstrates a mastery for the formula. However, the story does have its problems: the moment that the English professor finds out what his Kindle can do insofar as going to parallel worlds, he immediately begins growing sick to his stomach and feels as though he has lost his mind. While this technique may have worked had the professor had more time to work with the device and see its consequences, at this stage it was premature. I felt that King dove too fast into the darkness of it. Also, as with other King works, this story was awkwardly tied into the Dark Tower series at the end (I won't say how so as to not spoil it). While it serves aptly to bring together a taught literary universe, it bogs down the story. I do feel though that the story was good for the $3.19 price-well worth the time invested to read it.

I really enjoyed listening to this short story by Stephen King. The reader was engaging and the story typical of Mr. King's prowess with "new-fangled gadgets." Loved it!

I received my Kindle earlier this week and after perusing through what was available, i wanted to make a cheap, short purchase to test her out. This story is an absolute must for a Kindle King fan. It's got a great premise with the Kindle and it reads quite quickly and the last chapter ties into other King works quite nicely. Well worth the $3.

This was my first purchase on my new Kindle. 3 dollars is a steal for this story. King has treated his readers to a story that is unique and engrossing. And for the hardcore fans, you will love where the story goes. Highly recommended!

UR is my favorite Stephen King offering of the last decade. He is at his best when writing short stories and novellas. But the cynic in me doubts that there could ever be a happy ending for our hero.

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Product was received in a timely manner in excellent condition. I am very pleased with service and the book.