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These updated editions of classic plays feature new cover art along with the complete text of each work, full explanatory notes, scene-by-scene plot summaries, a key to famous lines and phrases, and illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books. Reissue. (Plays/Drama)
3) Electra
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Although it has been at times overshadowed by his more famous Oedipus Tyrannus and Antigone, Sophocles' Electra is remarkable for its extreme emotion and taut drama.
Electra recounts the murders of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus by Clytemnestra's son Orestes, to avenge their murder of his father Agamemnon, commander of the Greeks at Troy, upon his return home. Sophocles' version is presented from the viewpoint of Electra, Orestes' sister, who laments...
4) Pygmalion
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One of George Bernard Shaw's best-known plays, Pygmalion is based on ancient Greek mythology. Pygmalion fell in love with one of his sculptures, which then came to life. The general idea of that myth was a popular subject for Victorian era British playwrights.
Shaw's updated and revised version of this ancient Greek legend was first presented in England in 1914. Poking fun of the antiquated British class system, it introduces Henry Higgins, a professor...
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Escrita en 1932, Bodas de Sangre se basa en un suceso real, acaecido en Almería en 1928. Todo empezó con una boda a la que la novia no acudió. Poco después se encontró el cadáver de uno de sus primos y muy cerca de ahí apareció ella, con el vestido desgarrado. Lorca teje una obra en la que se dan cita las pasiones que nos hacen humanos, desde el amor hasta el sufrimiento, la venganza, el miedo y el odio. El resultado es una sobrecogedora tragedia...
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Dexter's laboratory (TV series) volume season 1
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Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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Dexter's Laboratory Season 5. Includes the episodes: Streaky Clean/ A Dad Cartoon/ Sole Brother; Mind Over Chatter/ A Quakor Cartoon/ Momdark; Cropping An Aptitude/ A Failed Lab Experiment/ The Grand-Daddy Of All Inventions; Poppa Wheely/ A Mom Cartoon/ The Mock Side Of The Moon; If Memory Serves/ A Mandark Cartoon/ Tele Trauma; A Boy Named Sue/ Lab On The Run; Dos Boot/ A Dee Dee Cartoon/ Would You Like That In The Can; That Magic Moment/ A Silent...
8) Belfast
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[2022]
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English
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A poignant story of love, laughter, and loss in one boy's childhood, amid the music and social tumult of the late 1960s.
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Violette Toussaint is the caretaker at a cemetery in a small town in Bourgogne. Casual mourners, regular visitors, and sundry colleagues-gravediggers, groundskeepers, and a priest-visit her to warm themselves in her lodge, where laughter, companionship, and occasional tears mix with the coffee she offers them. Her life is lived to the rhythms of their funny, moving confidences. Violette's routine is disrupted one day by the arrival of Julien Sole-local...
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Folger Shakespeare Library
The world's leading center for Shakespeare studies
Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play
Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play
Scene-by-scene plot summaries A key to famous lines and phrases
An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language
An essay by leading Shakespeare scholar, Christy Desmet, providing...
11) Retribution
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Lionsgate
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[2023]
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English
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In this ticking-clock thriller of redemption and revenge, Matt Turner begins a high-speed chase across Berlin to complete a specific series of tasks after a mysterious caller puts a bomb under his car seat. With Matt's kids trapped in the back seat and a bomb that will explode if they get out of the car, a normal commute becomes a twisted game of life or death as Matt follows the stranger's increasingly dangerous instructions in a race against time...
12) The hard problem
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Hilary believes fervently that consciousness is more than the sum of our biology. When she receives a position at a prestigious think tank, she develops a novel experiment to prove that humans are intrinsically altruistic, but the results are something she never anticipated.
Includes a post-show discussion with Mark Tramo, a neuroscientist, neurologist, and musician who is a professor in the UCLA Schools of Medicine, Music, and Letters & Science.
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We have Czech writer Karel Čapek to thank for the invention of the word robot and generally for the introduction of the idea of artificial intelligence to the world of literature. His play, "R. U. R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)" was written in 1920 and was first performed in 1921. The play was an instant success and was translated into over 30 languages within two years of its first performance. The play begins in a factory that makes the "robots",...
14) A thousand acres
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Kino Lorber, Inc
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[2018]
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English
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When an aging father retires, he passes the thriving family farm on to his three daughters. But this generous gift ignites an explosive series of events that threaten to tear the family apart.
15) The color purple
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English
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A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to freedom. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds remarkable strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
16) Touchback
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Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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Former high school football star turned farmer and family man, Scott Murphy finds himself with a unique opportunity to revisit the championship game where he permanently injured his knee in a game-winning play. Given a second shot at football fame, Scott seeks counsel from his longtime mentor on and off the field, Coach Hand to help him decide whether to let his fate unfold, or follow a path that will change his future.
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These updated editions of classic plays feature new cover art along with the complete text of each work, full explanatory notes, scene-by-scene plot summaries, a key to famous lines and phrases, and illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books. Reissue. (Plays/Drama)
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LucasFilm
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Daredevil archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary dial that can change the course of history. Accompanied by his goddaughter, he soon finds himself squaring off against Jürgen Voller, a former Nazi who works for NASA.
19) La celestina
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"La Celestina es el nombre con el que se ha popularizado la Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea, atribuida a Fernando de Rojas. Su composición se remonta a los últimos años del siglo XV, durante el reinado de los Reyes Católicos en España y su extraordinario éxito editorial comenzó en el siglo XVI y continuó, con altibajos, hasta su prohibición en 1792. Por su argumento amoroso, su finalidad didáctica, la abundancia de citas de autoridad,...
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Kate and Allie (TV series) volume season 2
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Divorce may be the end of their marriages, but it's the beginning of a fresh start for Kate and Allie, lifelong friends who combine two halves from two different households by moving into one New York City home. If they thought living with their ex-husbands was a headache, wait until their own personalities clash while trying to raise three children. Freely outspoken Kate and hilariously uptight Allie have their hands full juggling new romances, new...
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