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Gone with the Wind (Four-Disc Collector's Edition) 1939Gone with the Wind (Four-Disc Collector's Edition) 1939
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The best movie of all time. A love story with the Civil War and Reconstruction as a backdrop. Great theme music and unforgettable lines. Tomorrow's just another day.
Alice In WonderlandAlice In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
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One of the best books of all time. Great characters, unforgettable dialogue and terrific poetry. Off with her head!
THE VISITORSTHE VISITORS by Adam Pfeffer
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A great story about aliens who visit the Earth and the media blitz that ensues.
Citizen Kane (Two-Disc Special Edition)Citizen Kane (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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Another great movie, although I don't think it's as good as Gone With the Wind. The story of a sensationalist newspaper publisher, like William Randolph Hearst (Charles Foster Kane).
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age Stories (Penguin Classics)The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age Stories (Penguin Classics) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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The hilarious short story used as the basis for the movie starring Brad Pitt. A man ages backwards.
The Missing LinkThe Missing Link by Adam Pfeffer
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A great book, although not conventional story book. The future of biotechnology and genetic engineering. Parahumans, the human genome and what it means to be human.
CasablancaCasablanca
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Some of the best dialogue of all time. A great love story with interesting flashbacks. Round up the usual suspects.
The Godfather - The Coppola Restoration Giftset DVDThe Godfather - The Coppola Restoration Giftset DVD
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Great dialogue with fantastic performances by the main characters. A great book, too. I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.
To Kill a MockingbirdTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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A great movie, too. Pleasant reading with Scout as the first-person narrator.
Jaws (30th Anniversary Edition)Jaws (30th Anniversary Edition)
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This has to be one of the scariest films of all time. Will make you think about swimming in the ocean. You're gonna need a bigger boat.
The Exorcist (The Version You've Never Seen)The Exorcist (The Version You've Never Seen)
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This is also one of the scariest films of all time. A good story with heads turning around and split pea vomit. Erin!
Candide: Or, Optimism (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)Candide: Or, Optimism (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Francois Voltaire
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If you want to read a really good short book, this is the one. Really shows the barbarism of the past. The best of all possible worlds.
Kolak of the WerebeastsKolak of the Werebeasts by Adam Pfeffer
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The only novel that describes the transformations associated with therianthropy or the changing into an animal. A man changes into a tiger after a nightmarish trip to Malaysia. What evil lies within a man's soul?
Dracula (Enriched Classics Series)Dracula (Enriched Classics Series) by Bram Stoker
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The movie was good, too. The book includes all the vampire lore, some of it invented by Stoker. The Undead.
A Clockwork Orange (Two-Disc Special Edition)A Clockwork Orange (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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This is better than the book. A great film by Stanley Kubrick and should be watched unedited. I was cured.
The Phantom of the Opera: The Original NovelThe Phantom of the Opera: The Original Novel by Gaston Leroux
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I love the book, but the movie and play are good, too. A great old-fashioned monster story set in Paris. Sacra bleu!
Twilight of the GodsTwilight of the Gods by Adam Pfeffer
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I think this is a great original story about the first android president of the United States. A cautionary tale about the future. Er--ror.
The ShiningThe Shining by Stephen King
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This is a pretty scary story to read. Telepathy and ghosts and people freaking out. A general good time.
PapillonPapillon
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One of my favorite movies with Dustin Hoffman and Steve McQueen on Devil's Island. A great prison movie with the characters aging through the movie. I'm still here!
Alien Quadrilogy (Alien/ Aliens /Alien 3 /Alien Resurrection)Alien Quadrilogy (Alien/ Aliens /Alien 3 /Alien Resurrection)
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Love the Alien movies. The second one is probably better than the original, although the scene of the alien busting out of the guy's stomach really can't be topped.
To Change The World and Other StoriesTo Change The World and Other Stories by Adam Pfeffer
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Some great short stories included here. The Devil's Christmas, Specialty of the House, To Change the World, the Last Soldier, all good. The Thinking Asylums and Holy Sh-t. Great.
Caligula (The Unrated Edition)Caligula (The Unrated Edition)
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A great raunchy affair with lots of nudity and the depraved Roman empire. Get it unedited.
Delta of VenusDelta of Venus by Anais Nin
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Considered the best erotic book of all time. Some real sexy passages with a lot of the old up and down.
Blue Movie (Terry Southern)Blue Movie (Terry Southern) by Terry Southern
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Great erotic book with some real funky sexual tales and situations. Will get you off, guaranteed.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Special Edition)Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Special Edition)
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Funny movie if you like English humor. Some great bits with a raging rabbit and a cowardly hero.
The Jerk (26th Anniversary Edition)The Jerk (26th Anniversary Edition)
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This is a good one from Steve Martin. I was born a poor, young black child.
The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Standard EditionThe Tales of Beedle the Bard, Standard Edition by J. K. Rowling
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Five short fairy tales of the imagined magical world, including "The Warlock's Hairy Heart."
Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde (Signet Classics)Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde (Signet Classics) by Oscar Wilde
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Great fairy tales by one of the best. Happy Prince is a classic.
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Vol. 2) (Vol 2)We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Vol. 2) (Vol 2) by Philip K. Dick
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Some really good short stories, the basis for such movies as Total Recall. King of the Elves is another good story that will be a Disney movie.
Forrest GumpForrest Gump by Winston Groom
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A great, likable book. I enjoyed the sequel, Gump & Co., as well. Just as good as the movie.
Jurassic ParkJurassic Park by Michael Crichton
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Good story with almost believable science. Dinosaurs in the modern world is always a good gimmick.
A Christmas Carol (Ultimate Collector's Edition)(B/W & Color)A Christmas Carol (Ultimate Collector's Edition)(B/W & Color)
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Always loved this movie. A great treatment of the Dickens story. The one with Alistair Sim is the best. Reginald Owen next. God bless us, everyone!