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(0)Mark Rylance
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English
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On a frozen Minnesota lake, the ice is beginning to creak and groan. It's the end of the fishing season and on the frostbitten, unforgiving landscape, two friends are out on the ice, angling for something big, something down there that, had it the wherewithal, could swallow them whole.
With the existentialism of a Beckett two-hander but set in the icy and folksy depths of the Midwest, Nice Fish is a unique portrayal of a friendship forged out of...
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Language
English
Description
The Magistrate of an isolated frontier settlement on the border of an unnamed empire looks forward to an easy retirement until the arrival of Colonel Roll, whose task it is to report on the activities of the 'barbarians' and on the security situation on the border. Joll conducts a series of ruthless interrogations, which leads the Magistrate to question his loyalty to the empire.
10) Wolf Hall (DVD)
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Follow Thomas Cromwell and his rise to power through a Tudor household.
11) Dunkirk
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A World War II thriller about the evacuation of Allied troops from the French city of Dunkirk before Nazi forces can take hold.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
It's the greatest literary mystery of all time; who wrote the works of Shakespeare? Although the official story has held sway for centuries, questions over the authorship of the plays and poems have persisted. Mark Twain, Sigmund Freud, Charlie Chaplin, and Orson Welles are among the many famous figures who doubt that a grain-dealer from Stratford-upon-Avon was England2s 3Star of Poets.4
13) The Outfit
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
An expert tailor must outwit a dangerous group of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night.
14) Ready player one
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
It's 2045, with the world on the brink of chaos and collapse, but the people have found salvation in the OASIS, an expansive virtual reality universe created by the brilliant and eccentric James Halliday. When Halliday dies, he leaves his immense fortune to the first person to find a digital Easter egg he has hidden somewhere in the OASIS, sparking a contest that grips the entire world. When an unlikely young hero named Wade Watts decides to join...
15) 30-Second Shakespeare: 50 Key Aspects of his Works, Life and Legacy, each explained in Half a Minute
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Language
English
Description
The bestselling “30-Second” series takes a revolutionary approach to learning about those subjects you feel you should really understand. Each title selects a popular topic and dissects it into the 50 most significant ideas at its heart. Every idea, no matter how complex, is explained in 300 words and one image, all digestible in just 30 seconds. “30-Second Shakespeare” uses this unique approach to grapple with the world’s most famous playwright....