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1) Cymbeline
Author
Language
English
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Performed as early as 1611 and published in the "First Folio" in 1623, Shakespeare's "Cymbeline" weaves an elaborate tale of palatial envy and power in Ancient Britain. Cymbeline, King of Britain, commands that his lovely young daughter Imogen marry Cloten, the violent and callous son of the current Queen by her former husband. With her heart already promised to the poor yet heroic Posthumus, Imogen refuses. Disgusted at the prospect of his daughter...
3) Othello
Author
Series
Language
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.
Publisher
Sony
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Set in 1967, a heartwarming film that follows the story of three generations of close friends, Lily, Eileen, and Dolly of Ballygar, a hard-knocks community in Dublin, who have one tantalizing dream: to win a pilgrimage to the sacred French town of Lourdes, that place of miracles that draws millions of visitors each year. When the chance to win presents itself, the women seize it. However, just before their trip, their old friend Chrissie arrives in...
5) Judy
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
Thirty years after rising to global stardom in The Wizard of Oz, showbiz legend Judy Garland arrives in London to perform a five-week sold-out run at The Talk of the Town. While preparing for the shows, Garland battles with management, reminisces with friends and adoring fans, and embarks on a whirlwind romance with soon-to-be fifth husband Mickey Deans, all while bravely struggling to overcome intensifying anxiety and physical decline.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Living in a comfortable retirement community in Southern Oregon, estranged from her family and generally not happy about life, Marie decides to journey 80 miles on foot to the coast and revisit the ocean of her past for the first time in 45 years. Once reluctant to attend her granddaughter's wedding, she now arrives as an unexpected guest. Along the way, she meets an extraordinary cast of characters and discovers that she's never too old to learn...
Author
Language
English
Description
Bastard Out of Carolina, nominated for the 1992 National Book Award for fiction, introduced Dorothy Allison as one of the most passionate and gifted writers of her generation. Now, in Two or Three Things I Know for Sure, she takes a probing look at her family's history to give us a lyrical, complex memoir that explores how the gossip of one generation can become legends for the next.
Illustrated with photographs from the author's...
Illustrated with photographs from the author's...
Publisher
Indican Pictures
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Central Khmer
Description
It follows the journey of Hope, a young American girl visiting her relatives in Cambodia for the first time. Determined to learn the history of her parents, Hope discovers the story of how one song, PChampa Battambang played an integral part in three generations. Starting with how her parents met and fell in love in 1968, to their fight for survival during the war-torn Khmer Rouge years of the 70s, and finally finishing in the modern day.
11) King John
Author
Series
Publisher
ACMRS Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"King John navigates the political twists and turns of early English monarchy through this modern translation that parses Shakespeare's language carefully, with a focus on its sonic qualities"--
14) The resort
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Lex is a writer obsessed with the paranormal. For her birthday, Lex's three closest friends decide to take her on a surprise trip to an abandoned resort in Hawaii. The resort is the supposed haunt of an infamous ghost, The Half-Faced Girl, and Lex is determined to find her. When they arrive on the island, they find a massive, beautiful and eerily empty resort. Just as Lex decides that this was just an urban legend, her friends start to disappear one...
15) Water
Publisher
Eagle Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Hindi
Description
Set in colonial India against Gandhi's rise to power, it's the story of eight-year-old Chuyia, who is widowed and sent to a home to live in penitence; once there, Chuyia's feisty presence deeply affects the lives of the other residents.
16) Rocketman
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
The incredible human story of Elton John's breakthrough years.
18) Land
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A bereaved woman seeks out a new life, off the grid in Wyoming.
Series
Adventures in Odyssey audio volume 51
Publisher
Focus on the Family
Pub. Date
p2010
Language
English
Description
Get answers to the deep questions of life, like: Why would Eugene Meltsner shave his head? Why did the Parkers have a family meeting in the bathroom? How does a hole in a baseball glove change the course of a winning game? The answers to those questions give practical lessons about responsibility, the meaning of true treasure, and God's calling.
Series
Boston Legal volume 2
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Ethically-challenged attorney Alan Shore settles in at a wealthy and powerful legal firm that focuses primarily on civil cases. With some help from veteran attorney Denny Crane, Shore quickly makes his mark winning cases no one would take. In doing so, he develops a rival in his colleague Brad Chase, who has been assigned to the office partly to keep an eye on the increasingly eccentric (and possibly senile) Denny Crane. Though his questionable conduct...
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