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Publisher
Ambrose Video
Pub. Date
1979.
Language
English
Description
This production is part of a famous series produced by BBC of all of William Shakespeare's plays. The resulting films, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilized the best theatrical and television directors and brought highly praised performances from leading contemporary actors. The trickiest sort of play -- a comedy with tragic relief. With her brother condemned to die for the crime of premarital sex, Isabella is torn between her vows to God...
23) Twist
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eighteen-year-old Twist, one of the most daring street artists in London, does not have much, but when he finds himself on the run from the police, he knows that he could be about to lose the last thing he has left - his freedom.
Publisher
Frederick Wiseman (Zipporah)
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
Français
Description
THE LAST LETTER is based on a chapter of Vasily Grossman's novel Life and Fate. It is 1941. A Ukrainian ghetto has fallen to the Nazis and all of its Jewish residents are slated to be murdered. In the midst of the impending horror, the town's physician, a woman named Anna Semionova, dictates one final letter to her son, who is safe outside of enemy lines. The letter, with its detailed observations of daily life in a ghetto, reveals the fear, courage,...
Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pub. Date
c1964
Edition
[1st ed.].
Language
English
Description
A survey of the Aesop tradition. Forty of his sardonic anecdotes, in translations by authors ranging from William Caxton to Marianne Moore, and with illustrations by such artists as Gustave Dore?, Alexander Calder, and Antonio Frasconi.
26) Memento
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Three-time Oscar nominee Christopher Nolan (Interstellar, Inception) directs this critically acclaimed mystery. Leonard (Guy Pearce) is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty, however, of locating his wife's killer is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago,...
27) Neon gods
Author
Series
Dark Olympus novels volume 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Society darling Persephone Dimitriou plans to flee the ultra-modern city of Olympus and start over far from the backstabbing politics of the Thirteen Houses. But all that's ripped away when her mother ambushes her with an engagement to Zeus, the dangerous power behind their glittering city's dark facade. With no options left, Persephone flees to the forbidden undercity and makes a devil's bargain with a man she once believed a myth...a man who awakens...
Author
Publisher
IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A faithful graphic-novel adaptation of the concluding movie in the third Star Wars trilogy follows Rey's destiny-shaping decision alongside Kylo Ren, while Poe, Rose and Finn confront devastating choices to inspire a new generation of rebels.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After Margherita's father steals parsley from the walled garden of the courtesan Selena Leonelli, he is threatened with having both hands cut off, unless he and his wife relinquish their precious little girl. Selena is the famous red-haired muse of the artist Tiziano, first painted by him in 1512 and still inspiring him at the time of his death. She is at the center of Renaissance life in Venice, a world of beauty and danger, seduction and betrayal,...
Author
Series
Grimmtastic girls volume 6
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Goldilocks is so eager to make friends at Grimm Academy, she's even tempted to accept an invitation to join E.V.I.L. -- it's just nice to be included! But she doesn't want to be a villain. Can Goldie get inside the secret society and do some good?
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this fairy tale mixup, the Three Bears get an unexpected visit from Redlocks (otherwise known as Little Red Riding Hood) who has fled her book to get away from the wolf--and the Bears, with some help from the Three Little Pigs, need to mediate betweenRedlocks and the misunderstood wolf.
34) Aesop's fables
Author
Publisher
Michael Neugebauer Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
North American edition.
Language
English
Description
Includes thirteen timeless tales brought to life through illustrations with new exhilarating perspectives.
Publisher
Opus Arte
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
Set in the present day in the world of a women's prison, Brutus wrestles with his moral conscience over the assassination of Julius Caesar, and Mark Antony manipulates the crowd through his subtle and incendiary rhetoric to frenzied mob violence. What follows is the descent of the country into factions and the outbreak of civil war.
What makes a king? What makes a father? Shakespeare's monumental history play travels to the heart of family, duty,...
36) The Corporation
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
One hundred and fifty years ago, the Corporation was a relatively insignificant entity. Today, it is a vivid, dramatic and pervasive presence in all our lives. Like the Church, the Monarchy and the Communist Party in other times and places, the Corporation is today's dominant institution. But history humbles dominant institutions. All have been crushed, belittled or absorbed into some new order. The Corporation is unlikely to be the first to defy...
38) Built for speed
Author
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Introduces the reader to fast animals."--
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This program teaches highlighting the good parts and trouble spots, research, visualizing and dramatization, non-fiction vs. fiction, the echo effect, online reasearch vs. physical, changing directions, genre material, staying fresh and externalizing characters' thoughts. Subjects covered include:--What to include. --How to avoid the 200 page screenplay. --How faithful should you be to the original? --Is it easier to adapt fiction or non-fiction,...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
“Emotional, relatable and binge-worthy." –Tessa Bailey “I'll read anything she writes. An absolute star." –Emily Henry “I was hooked on the very first page. Don't miss this one!" — Carley Fortune A sexy and emotional enemies-to-lovers romance guaranteed to pull on your heartstrings and give you a book hangover from brilliant new voice Yulin Kuang. Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by Entertainment Weekly · Today.com · Paste · Daily...
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