Why Buy A Witches of Breastwick/Witches of Breastwick 2?
Producer Jim Wynorski (Busty Cops series, Bare Wench Project series) offers up a hot double feature with a two heaping helping of soft-core sensuality in these ultra sexy thrillers. David Carter is haunted by a recurring dream-turned-nightmare in which three mysterious women seduce him in an orgy of steamy eroticism, and then kill him at the moment of climax. David and his wife (Monique Parent) are able to locate the forested landscape he has seen so vividly each night, but they also stumble upon an isolated home inhabited by three luscious witches (Julie K. Smith, Glori-Anne Gilbert and Stormy Daniels). This special double feature DVD includes the sequel WITCHES OF BREASTWICK PART 2 – available for the first time on DVD!

Over 4 Five Star Customer Reviews On Amazon!

boobs, boobs, boobs
Boobies, boobies, boobies, and very big ones at that. Just when you thought that you had seen all of the most beautiful ones that there could be, they come out with Witches of Breastwick 2. Slightly different story line, but just as big boobs.

THE HOTTEST EROTIC WITCH BREASTFEST EVER
I LOVE THIS DVD; WE GET TWO HOT HOT HOT EROTIC MOVIES ON ONE DELUXE DISK; THE TOP OF THE DISK HAS BEEN BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED SHOWING PICTURES OF THE FEMALE WITCH HONEYS ON THE TOP OF THE DISK; AND IT IS FORMATTED IN BEAUTIFUL WIDESCREEN FORMAT; WHICH FEATURES THE OPTION TO PLAY EITHER MOVIE; THE WITCHES OF BREASTWICK OR THE WITCHES OF BREASTWICK II. ; WITHOUT HAVING TO FLIP THE DISK; LIKE YOU GET WITH SOME DVD OFFERINGS.; WHICH IS WHAT I HAD HOPED THIS DVD FORMAT WOULD BE, AND TO MY SURE DELIGHT, IT WAS EXACTLY THAT… AND THE WIDESCREEN FORMAT IS NOT THE NARROW FORMAT FOR WIDESCREEN, BUT THE WIDER OPEN FORMAT FOR WIDESCREEN,WHICH IS WHAT I ALWAYS PREFER…

ONE REWIEWER CRITICISED THIS MOVIE SAYING HE WAS ANOYED BECUASE THE GIRLS APPEARED TO BE LOOKING AT THE DIRECTOR WHILE HE WAS FILMING THIS DVD.. BUT I HAVE TO TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH THAT REVIEWER;;; THOSE GIRLS WERE NOT LOOKING AT THE DIRECTOR, DUDES, THEY WERE LOOKING AT THEIR AUDIENCE,, THAT IS YOU AND I ,, WHO ARE WATCHING THE MOVIE.. WHICH I FOUND VERY EROTIC…AS THEY WITH THEIR INVITING EYES LURE THE VIEWER INTO THEIR WORLD;; BEWITCHING THE VIEWER AND ENTICING THE VIEWER CAUSING THE VIEWER TO WANT TO JOIN IN WITH THESE WITCH BABES..SEXUAL EXPLOITS WITH EACH OTHER AND WHOMEVER THEY CAN GRAB IN THEIR CLUTCHES…

THESE TWO MOVIES, ARE LOADED WITH BEAUTIFUL WOMEN; GLORI ANN GILBERT, JULIE K SMITH, TAMMIE HANNUM, NICOLE SHERIDAN; AND A HOST OF OTHER HOT BABES; WHOM DO NOT HESITATE TO BARE IT ALL IN FULL FEMALE FRONTAL NUDITY ; UNRESERVEDLY SHOWING BARE BREASTS, PUBIC HAIR, AND PUSSY SHOTS;

THESE TWO MOVIES ARE NOT ONLY VERY EROTIC, BUT THEY ARE FILLED WITH FUN AND ADULT HUMOR,, WHICH INCLUDES ALOT OF FEMALE ON FEMALE AND FEMALE ON FEMALE ON FEMALE, IN HOTTUB SCENES, IN DOCTORS OFFICES LOL,, WHICH MY FAVORITE IS WITH TAMMIE HANNUM ;(KATE) WHILE SHE IS WAITING ON HER HUSBAND ;(DAVID) IN THE SEQUEL, THE WITCHES OF BREASTWICK II , TO SEE A DOCTOR, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE A FEMALE SHRINK; TAMMIE HANNUM ;(KATE) GETS IT ON WITH THE HOT FEMALE RECEPTIONIST WHICH OFFERS HER A DRINK,, WHILE HER HUSBAND; (DAVID) IS ASKED BY THE HOT FEMALE SHRINK IF HE WILL GIVE HER PERMISSION TO PUT HIM UNDER SENSUAL HYPNOTISM, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE FEMALE SHRINK DISROBING AND ENJOYING HOT EROTIC SEX WITH THE PATIENT IN EVERY POSITION KNOWN TO MANKIND; ALL IN THE NAME OF SCIENCE AND HIS MEDICAL RECOVERY FROM A REOCCURING DREAM DAVID HER HUSBAND KEEPS HAVING OF BEING RAVAGED BY 3 HOT NAKED WITCHES EVERY NIGHT.. I DO NOT GET IT, WHY WAS THIS GUY COMPLAINING,,, UNLESS HE HOPED HIS WIFE WOULD RECOMMEND HIM TO THIS HOT FEMALE DOCTOR, ,, GUESS WE WILL NEVER KNOW,, SO YOU WILL HAVE TO DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS.. WE CAN NOT BLAME DAVID, BECAUSE HIS WIFE; PLAYED BY TAMMIE HANNUM (KATE) DID RECOMMEND THIS HOT EROTIC VIXEN SHRINK TO HER HUBBY.. LOL

ANOTHER COOL FEATURE IN THE SEQUEL THE WITCHES OF BREASTWICK II, IS THEY HAVE NICOLE SHERIDAN AS A JEANNIE, CALLED BREASTIVA,, LOL,, THIS WAS GREAT, AFTER SEEING HER IN THE EROTIC DREAMS OF JEANNIE DVD, I OWN..

AND DID I MENTION TAMMIE HANNUM IS IN THIS DVD EXTRAVAGANZA,, I LOVE HER,, SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE IS NATIVE AMERICAN,, THE FIRST MOVIE I SAW TAMMIE HANNUM IN WAS TIMEGATE: TALES OF THE SADDLE TRAMPS;; ANOTHER HOT MOVIE, IN WHICH TAMMIE HANNUM PLAYS THE PART OF A NAVAJO HOTTIE.. BUT EVEN IN THIS MOVIE SHE LOOKS LIKE AN , NATIVE AMERICAN,, AND I BOUGHT THIS MOVIE JUST BECUASE TAMMIE HANNUM AND NICOLE SHERIDAN ARE IN IT,,

I HAVE NEVER SEEN A MOVIE OFFERING LIKE THE WITCHES OF BREASTWICK/ WITCHES OF BREASTWICK II, MORE LOADED WITH MORE LUCSIOUS BEAUTIFUL WOMEN, AND MORE LOADED WITH HOT EROTIC SEX BETWEEN BOTH MEN AND WOMEN;

DAVID GETS TO HAVE SEX WITH HIS WIFE, AND EVERY WITCH IN BOTH MOVIES AND WITH BREASTIVA , IE, NICOLE SHERIDAN TOO,,,

ONE REVIEWER SAID THIS MOVIE WAS NOT EROTIC,, HA,, I TOTALLY DISAGREE, THIS MOVIE IS HOT,, FOR EXAMPLE THE THREE WITCHES WITH MONIQUE PARENT IN THE WITCHES OF BREASTWICK IN THE HOTTUB RUBBING EACH OTHERS BREASTS TOGETHER AND AGAIN IN THE WITCHES OF BREASTWICK II, ANOTHER HOTTUB SCENE WITH THE WITCHES SHARING A HOTTUB WITH TAMMIE HANNUM AND RUBBING THEIR BREAST TOGETHER AND HOT FRENCH KISSES EXCHANGED WITH EACH GIRL,, AND IN THE FIRST MOVIE, THE WITCHES OF BREASTWICK, DAVID GETS IT ON WITH MONIQUE PARENT ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN BROAD DAYLIGHT IN THE WILD OPEN SPACES WITH NO REGARD IF A PASSERBY SHOULD STOP AND WATCH.. VERY HOT EROTIC SEX SCENE WITH MONIQUE PARENT..SMOKING HOT…

GLORI ANN GILBERT IS ANOTHER ACTRESS IN BOTH MOVIES, WHICH DOES A GREAT JOB ACTING AND BARING IT ALL FOR US TO SEE…. I FIRST SAW GLORI ANN GILBERT’S TALENTS IN THE DVD MOVIE: COUNTESSS DRACULA’S ORGY OF BLOOD;BY DONALD GLUT, ANOTHER HOT EROTIC FUN FILLED MOVIE.

IN THE SEQUEL; THE WITCHES OF BREASTWICK II,, THE END IS SO COOL,, DAVID IS DANCING AROUND THE MAYPOLE WITH THE 3 FEMALE WITCHES WHEN AN EVIL WITCH TRYS TO CAPTURE DAVIDS ESSENSE,, WHEN THE THREE WITCHES SEND OUT ELECTRICAL ZAPPING RAYS AT THIS EVIL WITCH,, AND THEN WHILE ALL THIS IS GOING ON,, HIS WIFE TAMMIE HANNUM LOOKS ON BEHIND A TREE NEAR BYE AND DECIDES SHE IS GOING TO FIGHT FOR HER MAN, AND GRABS THE MAYPOLE AND SENDS A LAZER BEAM AT THE EVIL WITCH DESTROYING HER AND THEN ALL THE OTHER WITCHES LAUGH WITH GLEE.. THE END,,

THESE MOVIES ACTUALLY HAVE A VERY NICE TIGHT FOLLOWABLE PLOT ALSO,, WHICH ANOTHER REVIEWER SAID IT DID NOT HAVE, BUT I DID NOT FIND THIS TO BE THE CASE..

I GIVE THIS DVD, WHICH FEATURES THE WITCHES OF BREASTWICK/THE WITCHES OF BREASTWICK II, A 10 OUT OF 10 RATING FOR PLOT AND HOT EROTIC SEX FROM HOT EROTIC WITCH BABES.. FOR ALL THOSE WHOM LOVE GLORI ANN GILBERT, JULIE K. SMITH AND TAMMIE HANNUM AND NICOLE SHERIDAN, ; THIS DVD OFFERING IS A MUST HAVE IN YOUR DVD COLLECTION..

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Why Buy A Coming Up by Suede?
Japanese edition of the new album featuring thesingle Trash and the bonus track Young Men. Other 9 trx:Filmstar, Lazy, By The Sea, She, Beautiful Ones,Starcrazy, Picnic By The Motorway, The ChemistryBetween Us and Saturday Night.

Over 67 Five Star Customer Reviews On Amazon!

Never has mainstream success sounded so good
After the gloomy and sprawling sounds of “Dog Man Star”, and the new addition of guitarist Richard Oakes and keyboardist Neil Codling, most were concerned on how the “new Suede” would fare without departed guitarist Bernard Butler.

When the first single, “Trash”, hit the airwaves, all doubts went out through the window. Few bands have the ability to change their image and sounds as rapid and effectively as Suede can. Richard Oakes fills in nicely for Butler here with more simplistic, riff-based guitar work that contrasts nicely with Anderson’s nasally vocals. Codling also help fills the band’s sound with bubbly synths that keeps things flowing.

Featuring five top 10 singles and five other songs equally worthy of being singles, “Coming Up” is how mainstream records should be done. Normally I would give this album a 4 star because in respect to intelligence, this album is sleazy and dumb fun which was missing in the first two classic albums.

It gets 5 stars, however, because as a stand alone pop record, it pleases in every way. The up-tempo tracks like “Beautiful Ones”, “Filmstar”, “Starcrazy”, and “Lazy” are all drenched in catchy guitar riffs, singalong choruses, and thumping bass lines that will have you dancing through it all.

“Coming Up” was the high that Suede needed to bring them the attention they deserved. Sure, “Starcrazy” and “The Chemistry Between Us” may not be lyrically thoughtful, but the music and tone help carry it.

To keep things organic, the bouncy numbers are matched with equally stunning ballads like “By the Sea”, “Saturday Night” and “Picnic by the Motorway”, that will continue to tug on your emotional strings just as the previous releases did.

Suede did what other Britpop bands failed to do in the mid-90’s, and that is to keep the public guessing and the fanbase enthralled with releases that defied their presumed image.

To sum things up, if you like pop, there is a good amount of it here, and chances are this will be the perfect soundtrack to your emotional highs and lows.

You can always come back to this album
I’m not even really sure that this is a 5 star CD, probably a 4, but because it was released almost 10 years ago and I still pop it in every once in a while and still sing along to it, that had to give it an extra point.

Before getting into the music, one of the things I love most about this CD is the cover artwork. It looks like a university project, kind of hastily put together, but with a certain amount of appeal.

If you didn’t have any idea what direction this CD was going to go in, “Trash” pretty much sets the tone. This is about as opposite of DogmanStar as you can get. While a few of the faster songs tend to blend together (why were “Filmstar” and “Lazy” put back to back?), they are written well. But let’s be honest, the strength of this album rests in the ability of Suede to play those faster tracks and then stick a fabulous ballad in the middle, like they do with “By the Sea”.

The closing track, “Saturday Night” was also a good fit for that position and if you’ve seen the video, that was also well done.

Although they may have more critically acclaimed releases, this one is my favourite, not because of its radio-friendly nature, but just because the whole album is worth listening to, something Suede has had a bit of trouble with on their previous recordings.

Original brit pop
My favorite album since I was in high school . Every song is absolutely cool. Great for brit pop fans!

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Why Buy A Kodak Easyshare M340 10Mp Digital Camera With 3X Optical Zoom And 2.7 Inch Lcd (Imperial Blue)?
Who says you cant have it all? The Kodak EASYSHARE M340 Digital Camera blends the latest picture-taking technology with the ultimate in style -and with Kodaks innovative Smart Capture feature, its the take-anywhere camera that does it all – automatically.When the perfect picture taking opportunity arises, Kodak will make sure youre ready – with features like face detection, Kodak Perfect Touch technology, scene modes, and much more. And after you take the shot, do even more. Turn your pictures into a multimedia slideshow, complete with music and effects.The M340 is part of the Kodak EASYSHARE system, so sharing your pictures is amazingly simple. Just press share.

Features

• 10.2-megapixel resolution for stunning prints up to 30 x 40 inches
• 2.7-inch LCD screen; Face Detection, Blur Reduction features
• Capture beautiful HD pictures in 16:9 format; view in high definition on an HDTV or other HD device
• Capture images to SD/SDHC memory cards (not included)
• Kodak AF 3x optical aspheric zoom lens (35 mm equivalent: 35 – 105 mm)

Over 7 5-Star Customer Reviews On Amazon!

Great gift
Bought this camera as a gift and it is fantastic! The recipient is a novice, but other members of her family have had years of experience with digital cameras. She has had absolutely no problems with learning to take pictures and has taken some beautiful ones! The other members of her family have tried to “borrow” this camera. The pictures are crystal clear. No one has used the video on the camera. Other members of her family who have used this camera and printed pictures are now in the process of buying this same camera for themselves.

Excellent inexpensive camera that delivers excellent photos
Don’t let the Kodak EasyShare M340’s price fool you. It delivers stunning photos with amazing color in an incredibly small package. While it doesn’t have a lot of the controls of more expensive models, it performs well in most lighting conditions. However, do note that this camera will not perform very well in dim lighting — it does not have an autofocus assist light. Personally, the lack of this feature doesn’t bother me as I wanted a simple snapshot camera to carry around and take pictures mindlessly.

The best feature of this camera is the Smart Capture mode. I’m able to take photos knowing that I’ll get a photo that’s been optimized for that “Kodak” look – bright photos with great saturation and contrast, all without the need of Photoshop. It color corrects photos (where possible), and changes contrast in dark areas to reveal details that might otherwise be hidden.

I highly recommend this camera for people who want a simple snapshot camera who simply want to take pictures good/bright lighting who simply don’t care to tweak their photos in a photo editing program.

If you’re wondering about video — it’s okay, but then again, it’s digital camera, not a digital video camera, so don’t expect too much. They’re good enough for posting on the web, but otherwise that’s really about it. With low cost, dedicated video cameras capable of HD like the Kodak Zi6, Flip and Sony cameras, you’ll be happier with a better tool designed to deliver video.

love it!
My husband got this for a birthday gift for me and I love. Just have to hold the camara very still to get best results!!

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Why Buy A Kodak Easyshare M340 10Mp Digital Camera With 3X Optical Zoom And 2.7 Inch Lcd (Kodak Classic Red)?
Who says you cant have it all? The Kodak EASYSHARE M340 Digital Camera blends the latest picture-taking technology with the ultimate in style -and with Kodaks innovative Smart Capture feature, its the take-anywhere camera that does it all – automatically.When the perfect picture taking opportunity arises, Kodak will make sure youre ready – with features like face detection, Kodak Perfect Touch technology, scene modes, and much more. And after you take the shot, do even more. Turn your pictures into a multimedia slideshow, complete with music and effects.The M340 is part of the Kodak EASYSHARE system, so sharing your pictures is amazingly simple. Just press share.

Features

• 10.2-megapixel resolution for stunning prints up to 30 x 40 inches
• 2.7-inch LCD screen; Face Detection, Blur Reduction features
• Capture beautiful HD pictures in 16:9 format; view in high definition on an HDTV or other HD device
• Capture images to SD/SDHC memory cards (not included)
• Kodak AF 3x optical aspheric zoom lens (35 mm equivalent: 35 – 105 mm)

Over 7 5-Star Customer Reviews On Amazon!

Great gift
Bought this camera as a gift and it is fantastic! The recipient is a novice, but other members of her family have had years of experience with digital cameras. She has had absolutely no problems with learning to take pictures and has taken some beautiful ones! The other members of her family have tried to “borrow” this camera. The pictures are crystal clear. No one has used the video on the camera. Other members of her family who have used this camera and printed pictures are now in the process of buying this same camera for themselves.

Excellent inexpensive camera that delivers excellent photos
Don’t let the Kodak EasyShare M340’s price fool you. It delivers stunning photos with amazing color in an incredibly small package. While it doesn’t have a lot of the controls of more expensive models, it performs well in most lighting conditions. However, do note that this camera will not perform very well in dim lighting — it does not have an autofocus assist light. Personally, the lack of this feature doesn’t bother me as I wanted a simple snapshot camera to carry around and take pictures mindlessly.

The best feature of this camera is the Smart Capture mode. I’m able to take photos knowing that I’ll get a photo that’s been optimized for that “Kodak” look – bright photos with great saturation and contrast, all without the need of Photoshop. It color corrects photos (where possible), and changes contrast in dark areas to reveal details that might otherwise be hidden.

I highly recommend this camera for people who want a simple snapshot camera who simply want to take pictures good/bright lighting who simply don’t care to tweak their photos in a photo editing program.

If you’re wondering about video — it’s okay, but then again, it’s digital camera, not a digital video camera, so don’t expect too much. They’re good enough for posting on the web, but otherwise that’s really about it. With low cost, dedicated video cameras capable of HD like the Kodak Zi6, Flip and Sony cameras, you’ll be happier with a better tool designed to deliver video.

love it!
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Why Buy A Kodak Easyshare M340 10Mp Digital Camera With 3X Optical Zoom And 2.7 Inch Lcd (Pegasus Silver)?
Who says you cant have it all? The Kodak EASYSHARE M340 Digital Camera blends the latest picture-taking technology with the ultimate in style -and with Kodaks innovative Smart Capture feature, its the take-anywhere camera that does it all – automatically.When the perfect picture taking opportunity arises, Kodak will make sure youre ready – with features like face detection, Kodak Perfect Touch technology, scene modes, and much more. And after you take the shot, do even more. Turn your pictures into a multimedia slideshow, complete with music and effects.The M340 is part of the Kodak EASYSHARE system, so sharing your pictures is amazingly simple. Just press share.

Features

• 10.2-megapixel resolution for stunning prints up to 30 x 40 inches
• 2.7-inch LCD screen; Face Detection, Blur Reduction features
• Capture beautiful HD pictures in 16:9 format; view in high definition on an HDTV or other HD device
• Capture images to SD/SDHC memory cards (not included)
• Kodak AF 3x optical aspheric zoom lens (35 mm equivalent: 35 – 105 mm)

Over 7 5-Star Customer Reviews On Amazon!

Great gift
Bought this camera as a gift and it is fantastic! The recipient is a novice, but other members of her family have had years of experience with digital cameras. She has had absolutely no problems with learning to take pictures and has taken some beautiful ones! The other members of her family have tried to “borrow” this camera. The pictures are crystal clear. No one has used the video on the camera. Other members of her family who have used this camera and printed pictures are now in the process of buying this same camera for themselves.

Excellent inexpensive camera that delivers excellent photos
Don’t let the Kodak EasyShare M340’s price fool you. It delivers stunning photos with amazing color in an incredibly small package. While it doesn’t have a lot of the controls of more expensive models, it performs well in most lighting conditions. However, do note that this camera will not perform very well in dim lighting — it does not have an autofocus assist light. Personally, the lack of this feature doesn’t bother me as I wanted a simple snapshot camera to carry around and take pictures mindlessly.

The best feature of this camera is the Smart Capture mode. I’m able to take photos knowing that I’ll get a photo that’s been optimized for that “Kodak” look – bright photos with great saturation and contrast, all without the need of Photoshop. It color corrects photos (where possible), and changes contrast in dark areas to reveal details that might otherwise be hidden.

I highly recommend this camera for people who want a simple snapshot camera who simply want to take pictures good/bright lighting who simply don’t care to tweak their photos in a photo editing program.

If you’re wondering about video — it’s okay, but then again, it’s digital camera, not a digital video camera, so don’t expect too much. They’re good enough for posting on the web, but otherwise that’s really about it. With low cost, dedicated video cameras capable of HD like the Kodak Zi6, Flip and Sony cameras, you’ll be happier with a better tool designed to deliver video.

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Why Buy A A Very Long Engagement: A Novel By Sebastien Japrisot?
January 1917: five French soldiers are marched to their own front lines where they will be tossed out into no mans land with their hands tied behind their backs and left for the Germans to shoot. They were, in civilian life, variously a pimp, a mechanic, a farmer, a carpenter, and a fisherman; now they are condemned because each had sought to leave the war by shooting himself in the hand. Taken to a godforsaken trench nicknamed Bingo Crépuscule, the five are reluctantly sent out into the darkness; days later, five bodies are recovered and the families are notified, merely, that the men died in the line of duty.

August 1919: Mathilde Donnay receives a letter from a dying man. In it, the former soldier tells her that he met her beloved fiancé, the fisherman Manech, shortly before he died. Mathilde goes to meet Sergeant Daniel Esperanza at his hospital and there hears the story of the execution. She also receives a package with a photograph of the men and copies of their last letters. As Mathilde reads and rereads the letters and goes over Esperanzas tale, she begins to suspect that perhaps the story didnt end quite so neatly. And so begins her very long investigation into the mysterious circumstances surrounding the deaths of five condemned prisoners–one of whom, at least, might not really be dead.

In Mathilde Donnay, Sebastien Japrisot has created one of the most compelling and delightful heroines in modern fiction. Though confined to a wheelchair since childhood, Mathilde has other lives, varied and quite beautiful ones. She paints, cares for her pets, enjoys a rich fantasy life, and is relentless in her search for the truth about Manechs death. But she is by no means the only vibrant personality leaping off Japrisots pages. This author has a remarkable ability to draw even minor characters in three dimensions with economy and wit. Take Mathildes mother, for instance, caught in mid-card game: At bridge, manille, bezique, Mama is a dirty rotten swine. Not only is she an ace with the pasteboards, but she throws her opponents off their mettle by insulting or making fun of them. And even the characters we meet only through other peoples memories–the condemned men–are so fully realized that you find yourself torn over which one you hope may have survived. As Mathilde comes ever closer to solving the mystery of what happened at Bingo Crépuscule that January morning in 1917, Sebastien Japrisot proves himself a master storyteller and A Very Long Engagement a near perfect novel. –Alix Wilber

Over 79 5-Star Customer Reviews On Amazon!

Great Movie, Better Book
I’m one of those people who never watches the movie first. The book is simply the better experience, and it’s lessened, typically, by having seen the film first.

That truism didn’t exactly hold for A Very Long Engagement. I actually saw the movie first (didn’t know there was a novel at the time), and I loved it. I watched it twice and immediately recommended it to my friends. About a year later, then, I happened upon the book and picked up a free copy. I doubted that I’d ever read it, but one rainy day, I picked it up. Before that day was over I was finished.

The movie does follow the novel very closely, but I was still swept away. The mystery is so complex, and yet tight and logical. Once you’re grabbed by it, you must follow it through to the end. The characters, especially Mathilde and Manech (who we’ve gotten to know through memory), are so engaging.

Mainly though, it’s just so hopeful. I think that’s what got me each time I’ve experienced the story, the romantic notion that no matter how absurd and confused and sorrowful and illogical this life can seem, perhaps truth and love at least have a fighting chance.

I think everyone needs to be told that sort of story every once in a while. This one does it awfully well.

One of my favorite reads of aall-time

“Once upon a time, there were five French Soldiers who had gone off to war, because that’s the way of the world.” So begins Sebastien Japrisot’s haunting novel which chronicles not only the horrors of war and the endurance of love, but the ways in which World War 1 forever changed the lives of those who were caught up in the conflict.

I have already read this book several times. For some reason, I seem to find myself returning to it every few years. Japrisot’s writing is so beautiful and flows so well in translation (the novel was originally written in French) that it makes me want to take language lessons so that I could enjoy his writing in his native language.

The story concerns Mathilde Donnay, an intelligent and strong-willed protagonist who happens to be confined to a wheelchair because of an early childhood injury. Don’t let this detail bother you, as it certainly doesn’t bother Mathilde. She has far too many fish to fry to let a little thing like partial paralysis get in her way. As a young girl, Mathilde formed a lasting friendship with a boy named Manech, who became her fiancee after their childhood friendship developed into a strong and loving relationship. At the tender age of 19, Manech was sent off to the war, serving as an infantryman on the front of the French lines. Literally driven past the point of endurance by the horrors he has witnessed, Manech arranges for an accommodating soldier in German trench to shoot him in the hand. Manech is sentenced to death for this self-mutilation, along with four other soldiers. Their sentence is to be thrown into no-man’s land, the space between the French and German trenches, with no weapons and their hands tied behind their backs. What happened to Manech and his fellow inmates becomes a mystery, one which Mathilde is not willing to let remain unsolved, and spends seven years trying to uncover. In pursuing this mystery she will uncover not only Manech’s ultimate fate, but also learn the stories of those who witnessed it.

This is such a beautiful novel, and Mathilde is such a likable character. Each time I read it I find myself furiously turning the pages, hoping for a resolution to lives that were so unfairly interrupted.

Very engaging mystery
I love the book. I couldn’t wait to see the movie. I must admit the movie fell flat. Don’t waste your time with movie, but definitely read the novel. It is set during and just after WWI. Wheelchair-bound Mathilde Donnay is told that her fiancé has died honorably during the war. She notices discrepancies in the official story and is convinced that her fiancé is still alive. This is a love story set in a historical setting, but what I loved about the novel was the mystery or I should say mysteries because there are several in this novel that Mathilde must solve. I really admired Mathilde’s tenacity to find the truth about her fiancé. The twists and turns this story took while investigating her fiancés whereabouts and the mysteries that are discovered and solved during this time really keep you guessing about what actually happened to her fiancé right up to the end of the novel. I read this novel in 2 days, something I haven’t done in quite some time.

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Women in Evidence

Product Description
2003 compilation of B-sides & rarities from the UKs best. This limited edition includes a bonus disc with seven rare & previously unreleased remixes, Words (Echoboy Remix), NY (Chris Coco Remix), M62 Song (Four Tet Remix), Sulphur Man (Rebelski Remix), Last Broadcast (Magnet Remix), Where Were Calling From (Hebden Bridge Remix), & Satellites (Soulsavers Remix). Heavenly.

Why Buy A Lost Sides By Doves?
2003 compilation of B-sides & rarities from the UKs best. This limited edition includes a bonus disc with seven rare & previously unreleased remixes, Words (Echoboy Remix), NY (Chris Coco Remix), M62 Song (Four Tet Remix), Sulphur Man (Rebelski Remix), Last Broadcast (Magnet Remix), Where Were Calling From (Hebden Bridge Remix), & Satellites (Soulsavers Remix). Heavenly.

Customer Reviews & Opinions

Amazing, as usual
This should never have gone out of print. The B-sides are awesome, but for me, the real treasure here is the second disc of remixes. Buyer beware, the version of this album still in print doesn’t have the bonus disc!

The remix of “The Last Broadcast” haunts my sleep: it turns what was an already great song into one of the most achingly beautiful ones I’ve ever heard. Doves have wowed me with every album they have released. Don’t miss out on anything they do. If you are unfamiliar with their sound, I recommend listening to their ENTIRE first album. Then you’ll be hooked.

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