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41) Cousin Bette
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Cousin Bette (1846) is a novel by French author Honoré de Balzac. Part of Balzac's La Comédie humaine sequence, the novel is recognized as being the author's last fully-realized work, and features several characters who appear elsewhere throughout his legendary series. It has inspired several film and television adaptations, as well as earned comparisons to Shakespeare's Othello and Tolstoy's War and Peace.
The novel focuses on the life and exploits...
42) Charade
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Romance and suspense ensue in Paris as a woman is pursued by several men who want a fortune her murdered husband had stolen. Whom can she trust?
43) Sissi
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Romy Schneider makes an impressive starring debut in the delightful Austrian comedy Sissi. Sissi, a 19th century young woman of noble birth, is pursued by Franz Joseph, emperor the Hapsburg Empire.
44) The Stepfather
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After murdering his entire family, a man remarries a widow with a teenage daughter in another town and prepares to do it all over again.
45) Free Air
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Bored of the parties and luxuries that come with her socialite lifestyle, Claire Boltwood longs for something more authentic in her life. Desperate for adventure, Claire and her father decide to travel from New York City to the Pacific Northwest in their automobile, a new privilege enjoyed by the rich. Though he is a clever businessman, Claire's father knows nothing about cars, so he encourages Claire to drive, challenging the gender stereotypes of...
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Sentimental Education, by Gustave Flaubert, 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:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies...
48) Another Country
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The great Australian Aboriginal actor David Gulpilil tells the tale about when his people's way of life was interrupted by ours.
52) Shiraz
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A historical romance set in the Mughal Empire and shot in India, it tells the dramatic love story behind the Taj Mahal.
53) Kim
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Kim, an Irish orphan, journeys throughout India and accompanies a holy man on his quest for a mystic river
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2006
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Buck is living the good life in the soft South when he is snatched and transported to the savagery of the Northland. There, the Klondike gold rush has brought out rough basic instincts of survival in men and dogs. He adjusts to the grueling regime of a sled dog, which almost kills him, but he survives to find a new and fulfilling way of life.
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2010
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English
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When Karen places a special top hat on a snowman's head, he magically comes to life. So begins one of the most beloved Christmas programs in television history. Along with Frosty the Snowman, this DVD includes Frosty Returns as well as featurettes and deleted scenes.
57) Swann's way
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Swanns Way, by Marcel Proust, 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:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies of contemporary...
58) Pan
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2016
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This is the story of Lieutenant Thomas Glahn, an ex-military man, who lives alone in a hut in the woods with his faithful dog Aesop. Glahn's life changes when he meets Edvarda, a merchant's daughter from a nearby town, with whom he quickly falls in love. While they feel strongly for each other, they do not truly understand the other's perspective and tragedy soon befalls the lovers. Edvarda is not entirely faithful to Glahn, and he is profoundly affected...
59) Heidi (Playaway)
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2006
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English
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Few heroines are more beloved than Heidi, the spirited orphan who wins the hearts of her gruff grandfather, her lively friend Peter, and the lonely invalid, Clara.
"This story has been a favorite for more than a century."--School Library Journal
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First published in 1852, "The Blithedale Romance" is the third of Nathaniel Hawthorne's romantic novels. Set in the utopian communal farm called Blithedale in the 1840's, the novel tells the story of four inhabitants of the commune: Hollingsworth, a misogynist philanthropist obsessed with turning Blithedale into a colony for the reformation of criminals; Zenobia, a passionate feminist; Priscilla, a mysterious lady with a hidden agenda who turns out...
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