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The Red and the Black, by Stendhal, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
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2014
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Things seem to be going swimmingly for Mr. Peabody, then one day his life takes a whimsical turn. While fishing, he snags a beautiful mermaid. In a flight of youthful fancy, the stodgy Bostonian falls for the mermaid and takes her to a pond at his villa. The seemingly harmless crush creates all sorts of comical mix-ups! When Mr. Peabody's jealous wife's car is found abandoned, the discovery leads the police to believe he bumped off his own wife!
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2014
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Howard Brubaker is a newly promoted man trapped in a loveless marriage. Catherine's marriage would be ideal if her husband weren't a womanizer. When Howard and Catherine meet at a trendy party for New York's corporate elite, they decide to escape and explore the city instead. Soon the pair fined themselves falling in love and deciding to run off to Paris. All they have to do now is tell their spouses.
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Dracula's Guest is a short story by Bram Stoker, first published in the short story collection Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories (1914). "Dracula's Guest" follows an Englishman (whose name is never mentioned, but is presumed to be Jonathan Harker) on a visit to Munich before leaving for Transylvania. It is Walpurgis Night, and in spite of the hotelier's warning to not return late, the young man later leaves his carriage and wanders toward the...
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2013
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A pair of siblings from London purchases a surprisingly affordable, lonely cliff-top house in Cornwall, only to discover that it actually carries a ghostly price. Soon they're caught up in a bizarre romantic triangle from beyond the grave. A tragic family past, a mysteriously locked room, cold chills, and bumps in the night - this gothic Hollywood classic has it all.
"Proceed at your own risk, we warn you, if you are at all afraid of the dark."--New...
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2014
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Deborah Kerr stars as an emotionally fragile governess who comes to suspect that there is something very, very wrong with her precocious new charges. A psychosexually intensified adaptation of Henry James's classic The Turn of the Screw, co-written by Truman Capote (In Cold Blood) and directed by Jack Clayton (Room at the Top).
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In “Madame Bovary”, Charles, an awkward country doctor courts and weds Emma, the beautiful young daughter of a patient. Emma, unsuited to the role of housewife, quickly gets restless and begins to explore her passions. This leads to infidelities which she hides from Charles and, eventually, mounting debts as she turns to merchandise for her happiness. Flaubert’s novel is cited as the first example of literary realism and has been called a “perfect”...
10) The Big Combo
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The Big Combo is a gripping gangster movie, often overlooked, this movie is a fine example of the evocative film noir style that became so popular during the 40's and 50's.
11) A Star Is Born
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A young actress Janet Gaynor arrives in Hollywood with hopes of stardom. A chance encounter introduces her to an actor Fredric March, but he descends into alcoholism, and she must decide between her dream and caring for him. Remastered in 4K UHD.
12) Sounder
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Set in rural Louisiana during the Depression, this heartfelt story tells of a sharecropper family struggling to overcome adversity.
14) Just A Gigolo
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After World War I, a war hero returns to Berlin to find that there's no place for himhe has no skills other than what he learned in the army, and can only find menial, lowpaying jobs. He decides to become a gigolo to lonely rich women.
15) Breaker Morant
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Three soldiers become scapegoats in a trial meant to draw attention from the crimes of their commanders.
16) Charro
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Vince Hackett's gang steals a prized victory canon from Mexico and blames the deed on exgang member Jess Wade who wants to go straight.
17) My Man Godfrey
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My Man Godfrey is a 1936 American hilarious screwball comedy starring William Powell and Carole Lombard.
20) Fitzcarraldo
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Fitzcarraldo, an obsessed opera lover intent on building an opera in the jungle, makes a fortune in the rubber business in order to haul an enormous river boat across a small mountain with aid from the local Indians.
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