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A collection of poems evoking the world and feelings of childhood, including "The land of Counterpane, " "My Shadow, " "The Swing, " "The Moon, " and "Looking Forward, " complemented by digitally restored, retro-style illustrations by two Caldecott Medalists.
3) Gladiator
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A man robbed of his name and his dignity strives to win them back, and gain the freedom of his people. In the year 180, the death of the emperor throws the Roman Empire into chaos. Maximus is set to be executed. He escapes, but is captured by slave traders. Renamed Spaniard and forced to become a gladiator, Maximus must battle to the death with other men for the amusement of paying audiences.
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Published to great acclaim and fierce controversy in 1866, Fyodor Dostoevskys Crime and Punishment has left an indelible mark on global literature and our modern world, and is still known worldwide as the quintessential Russian novel. Readers of all backgrounds have debated its historical, cultural, and spiritual dimensions, probing the moral and ethical dilemmas that Dostoevsky so brilliantly stages throughout his narrative. Yet, at its heart, this...
6) The prince
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Need to seize a country? Have enemies you must destroy? In this handbook for despots and tyrants, the Renaissance statesman Machiavelli sets forth how to accomplish this and more, while avoiding the awkwardness of becoming generally hated and despised. "Men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot; therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought to be...
7) Plays
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At a time when the Russian theatre was dominated by melodramas and farces, Chekhov created a new sort of drama that laid bare the lives, loves and yearnings of ordinary people. This collection of plays shows his subtle blend of comedy, tragedy and psychological insight.
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"In this program, Ken Kesey, Kesey scholar John Clark Pratt, psychiatrist and critic Frank Pittman, 'Rolling Stone's' Jann Wenner, 1960's icon Wavy Gravy, and others set 'One flew over the cuckoo's nest'--an indictment of Eisinhower Era conformity--within the context of its times. Together they talk about the novel, the Academy Award-winning movie, and Kesey's role as leader of the Merry Pranksters and the star of the West Coast psychedelic scene....
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Brighter Days Ahead: Utopian Novels
Classics - St. Charles Public Library
HPL Irish Authors 2024
Brighter Days Ahead: Utopian Novels
Classics - St. Charles Public Library
HPL Irish Authors 2024
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Gulliver's Travels tells of the fantastic voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, an Englishman and ship's surgeon, who travels to the "several remote nations of the world." In the beginning, he becomes shipwrecked in the land of Lilliput, where the distressed inhabitants are only six inches tall. His second voyage takes him to Brobdingnag, where lives a race of giants. At Glubdubdrib, the Island of Sorcerers, he speaks with great men of the past and learns from...
10) Romeo and Juliet
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In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare creates a violent world, in which two young people fall in love. It is not simply that their families disapprove; the Montagues and the Capulets are engaged in a blood feud. In this death-filled setting, the movement from love at first sight to the lovers' final union in death seems almost inevitable. And yet, this play set in an extraordinary world has become the quintessential story of young love. In part because...
11) The Analects
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Few individuals shaped their country's civilization more than Confucius (551-479 BCE). Compulsory reading in the late Imperial period for all who wished to enter the government or civil service, his sayings and those of his disciples formed the foundation of a distinct social, ethical, and intellectual system that is still admired in today's China. This new translation by a foremost scholar of classical Chinese includes an introduction, textual and...
12) Hamlet
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Featuring the images of some of the world's most famous stage and film actors, these additions to the all-new Oxford School Shakespeare introduce--and enthrall--young people to one of the greatest writers of all time. This season brings revised editions of five of the Bard's most famous plays--As You Like It, Othello, Hamlet, Love's Labour Lost and The Taming of the Shrew. Designed specifically for students unfamiliar with Shakespeare's rich literary...
13) The Rainmaker
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A rookie lawyer in over his head on a high-profile case hires a feisty paralawyer who specializes in flunking the bar. Their chances of winning are slim to none, until they uncover a trail of corruption.
14) Othello
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"The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in the year approximately 1603, and based on the short story Un Capitano Moro ("A Moorish Captain") by Cinthio, a disciple of Boccaccio, first published in 1565. This tightly constructed work revolves around four central characters: Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army; his beloved wife, Desdemona; his loyal lieutenant, Cassio;...
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Ray Donovan, Boston bouncer turned Hollywood crisis fixer, can protect just about anything except the unity of his family. As his estranged ex-con father dodges the law, Ray's lonely wife Abby finds herself drawn to a cop. Son Conor may be too close to home while daughter Bridget is slipping away. Can he hold the pieces of his family together while going to bat for celebrities in crisis? In this sharp, edgy second season, Ray finds that what he wants...
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Pierre is involved in a terrible car accident. Fatally injured, he sees his life pass before his eyes. Only now does he realize the importance of all the details of existence, the pleasures and sorrows that makeup life's happiness. Official Selection at the **Cannes Film Festival**.
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THE PARALLAX VIEW, a superb drama about one man's paranoia that turns out to be total, incredible fact, ranks amount the best political thrillers. Warren Beatty is a news reporter who, along with seven others, witnesses the assassination of a political candidate. When the other seven die in "accidents," the newsman begins to doubt the official position: that a lone madman was responsible for the crime. He imagines a sophisticated network of highly...
20) The Wizard of Oz
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Dorothy Gale lives with her Aunt Em, Uncle Henry and dog, Toto in Kansas. When a horrible neighbor, Miss Gulch, takes Toto away, Toto escapes back to Dorothy. Soon, she runs away from home, and runs into the fake psychic, Professor Marvel. When he tells Dorothy that her Auntie Em is sick, Dorothy and Toto run back home just ahead of a tornado that whisks Dorothy and Toto to Oz, a place somewhere over the rainbow. When the house lands in Munchkinland,...
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