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[2013]
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"The Wolves of Willoughby Chase is a children's novel by Joan Aiken, first published in 1962, and set during the fictional nineteenth-century reign of King James III ..."--Page v.
"A thrilling adventure set in an alternative history of England, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase tells the story of two brave and determined girls as they fight against ferocious wolves, snowy wastelands and their very evil guardian, Miss Slighcarp. The opening of the Channel...
23) Othello
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English
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Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
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English
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After Pip, an orphaned blacksmith's apprentice inherits a fortune from an anonymous benefactor, his future seems promising. But a bitter heiress is intent on preventing Pip from finding true love.
"...skillfully made and adeptly performed..."--Los Angeles Times
"...a fine introduction to the story..."--New York Post
"...an absorbing addition to the roster of Dickens films..."--Chicago Sun-Times
"Great Expectations will be a happy addition to the...
25) Arcadia
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English
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In a large country house in Derbyshire in April 1809 sits Lady Thomasina Coverly, aged thirteen, and her tutor, Septimus Hodge. Through the window may be seen some of the "five hundred acres inclusive of lake" where Capability Brown's idealized landscape is about to give way to the Gothic style: "everything but vampires," as the garden historian Hannah Jarvis remarks to Bernard Nightingale when they stand in the same room 180 years later. Bernard...
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The Normal Heart, set during the early years of the AIDS epidemic, is the impassioned indictment of a society that allowed the plague to happen, a moving denunciation of the ignorance and fear that helped kill an entire generation. It has been produced and taught all over the world. Its companion play, The Destiny of Me is the stirring story of an AIDS activist forced to put his life in the hands of the very doctor he has been denouncing.
27) Henry V
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English
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Believed to have been written in 1599, William Shakespeare's "Henry V" forms the final installment of a tetralogy of plays, which includes "Richard II", "Henry IV, Part I", and "Henry IV, Part II". The play focuses on the events surrounding the Battle of Agincourt during the Hundred Years' War. Henry, who is introduced in the earlier plays as a wild and undisciplined youth, has now come of age and ascended to the thrown following the death of his...
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NOW THE OSCAR-WINNING MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING EMMA STONE, RAMY YOUSSEF, MARK RUFFALO, AND WILLEM DAFOE, DIRECTED BY YORGOS LANTHIMOS.
"Witty and delightfully written" (New York Times Book Review), Alasdair Gray's Poor Things echoes Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in this novel of a young woman freeing herself from the confines of the suffocating Victorian society she was created to serve.
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2015
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English
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The story of a grandfather who is suddenly left to care for his beloved granddaughter, but when her paternal grandmother seeks custody with the help of her brother, the little girl is torn between two families who love her deeply. With the best intentions at heart, both families fight for what they feel is right and are soon forced to confront their true feelings about race, forgiveness, and understanding.
"The filmmaker and his on-screen proxies...
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Headstrong farmer Rosemary Muldoon has her heart set on winning her neighbor Anthony Reilly's love. The problem is, Anthony seems to have inherited a family curse, and remains oblivious to his beautiful admirer. Stung by his father Tony's plans to sell the family farm to his nephew. Anthony is jolted into pursuing his dreams in this comedic, moving and wildly romantic tale.
32) Moneyball (DVD)
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
The story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
"A smart, intense and moving film that isn't so much about sports as about the war between intuition and statistics."--Roger Ebert
"...the perfect sports movie..."--Chicago Tribune
"...a thinking person's baseball movie, and a baseball fan's thinking movie."--Orlando...
33) Birdsong (DVD)
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Birdsong is the story of Stephen Wraysford, a young Englishman who arrives in Amiens in Northern France to stay with the Azaire family and falls desperately in love with Isabelle Azaire. They begin an illicit and all-consuming affair, but the relationship falters. Years later, Stephen finds himself serving on the Western Front in the very area where he experienced his great love. He must learn to endure the ravages of war and make peace with his feelings...
34) Hitchcock (DVD)
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Plagued by both a reckless ego and nagging self-doubt, Hollywood legend Alfred Hitchcock becomes obsessed with a grisly murder story that the studios won't back. Determined, he risks his reputation, his home, and even the love of his wife Alma as he sets out to make the film. Ultimately, Hitch wins Alma over, and the two collaborate to create an enduring masterpiece: Psycho.
"...This is one of the best movies of 2012."--Rex Reed
"...It's a perfect...
35) Madame Bovary
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English
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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”...
36) Luce (DVD)
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
A married couple is forced to reckon with their idealized image of their son, adopted from war-torn Eritrea, after an alarming discovery by a devoted high school teacher threatens his status as an all-star student.
"It's a drama that moves like a thriller with a stark, uncomfortable score and a series of seat-edge confrontations both heating up a difficult debate over trust, expectation and racial stereotypes."--Guardian (UK)
"[Luce] preserves what...
37) The master (DVD)
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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A striking portrait of drifters and seekers in post-World War II America, Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master unfolds the journey of a naval veteran who arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future, until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader.
"... breathtaking cinematic romanticism..."--Village Voice
"...brilliant performances by Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams ..."--New York Post
"...a new...
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Witness the meeting and reunion of French grad student Celine and American traveler Jesse in this convenient two-pack that explores the meaning of relationships and romance. Nine years ago, two strangers met by chance, spent a night together in Vienna, and parted before sunrise. Now, they're about to cross paths again, in Paris, where they will get the chance we all wish we had.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
The remarkable true story of Catana Starks from historically black university Tennessee State who became the first African-American woman to coach an all-men's team at the collegiate level. When she signed up to run the club, she expected it to be tough but she had no idea just how challenging it would be. With no scholarships to offer and only one US student willing to work with her, she was forced to reach out across the globe and assemble a ragtag...
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Follows a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. He is at a crossroads. Guitar in tow, huddled against the unforgiving New York winter, he is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, some of them of his own making.
"The Coen brothers' latest is one of their best, a bittersweet rumination on creative ambition and youthful dreams."--Newsday
"The whims...
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