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As You Like It (1599) is a comedy by William Shakespeare. As You Like It was probably inspired by Thomas Lodge's Rosalynd, Euphues Golden Legacie (1587), a story based on "The Tale of Gamelyn," a Middle English romance. For its deconstruction of traditional gender roles and depiction of homoeroticism, As You Like It remains an important and frequently performed play in Shakespeare's oeuvre. "All the world's a stage, / And all the men and women merely...
2) King Lear
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English
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Themes: Adapted Classics, Low Level Classics, William Shakespeare, Fiction, Tween, Teen, Young Adult, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Timeless Shakespeare-designed for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the original play. These classic plays...
3) The tempest
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Series
Language
English
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Presents Shakespeare's play about a shipwrecked Duke who learns to command the spirits.
4) The tempest
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
This modern retelling of William Shakespeare's final masterpiece is an exciting, mystical, and magical fantasy. Exiled to a magical island, the sorceress Prospera conjures up a storm that shipwrecks her enemies, and then unleashes her powers for revenge
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (200 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On a drunken impulse, Henchard sells his wife and daughter at a country fair. Years later, when he has become a respected and prosperous man, his wife and daughter seek him out in Casterbridge.
7) Crawl
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
When a hurricane hits her hometown, Haley ignores evacuation orders to search for her missing father. Finding him injured in the crawl space of their family home, the two become trapped by floodwaters. As time runs out to escape the storm, Haley and her father discover that the rising water level is the least of their fears.
8) The thin man
Series
Thin man collection volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nick and Nora Charles, a former detective and his rich, playful wife, investigate a murder case mostly for the fun of it.
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After an exhausting night of saving a little girl from a raging house fire, Fireman Tom Hatcher is at the end of his rope. He couldn't save his wife from cancer, and worse yet, his six-year-old daughter, Tiffany, is now facing the same possible fate. When he finds himself in a cold jail cell after punching a pastor out of frustration with a seemingly absent God, Tom begins to reflect on his downward spiral into despair.
10) In good company
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
A successful middle-aged ad executive suddenly find himself working for a young hotshot half his age, who also develops a romantic interest in his daughter
11) The whale
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.
12) Light of my life
Publisher
Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The world has been caught in an epidemic that killed all of the Earth's population. A father and his child begin to navigate this new landscape which is no longer hospitable or safe. Along the way, he must fight off dangers that threaten the family as well as a lack of moral compasses in others they meet. It's a journey of survival that leads to treacherous territories and the ultimate quest.
13) Blame it on Rio
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A middle-aged man becomes involved with his best friend's daughter on a vacation in Rio de Janeiro.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
After returning from World War II, a young G.I. finds he has little in common with the wife he left behind. Disillusioned, he heads north to work as a travelling salesman where he meets the daughter of a wealthy vineyard owner. On her way home, she is terrified of what her father will do when he learns she is unmarried and pregnant. The young man gallantly offers to help by posing as her husband for one night, unaware that doing so will change both...
15) Ponyo
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
A young boy named Sosuke rescues a goldfish named Ponyo, and they embark on a fantastic journey of friendship before Ponyo's father forces her to return to the sea. Ponyo's desire to be human upsets the balance of nature and only Ponyo's mother, a beautiful sea goddess, can restore nature's balance and make Ponyo's dreams come true. The story echoes, though distantly, the western myth of Persephone
16) Stillwater
Publisher
Focus Features
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (139 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
Language
English
Description
A father travels from Oklahoma to France to help his estranged daughter, who is in prison for a murder she claims she didn't commit.
17) King Richard
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story that will inspire the world, follow the journey of Richard Williams, an undeterred father instrumental in raising two of the most extraordinarily gifted athletes of all time, who will end up changing the sport of tennis forever.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A black comedy story of an actor famous for portraying an iconic superhero as he struggles to mount a Broadway play. In the days leading up to opening night, he battles his ego and attempts to recover his family, his career, and himself.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After the death of his wife, Carson Drew decides to leave Chicago behind and make a fresh start with his daughter in River Heights. But for sixteen-year-old Nancy Drew, life in a small town is mighty dull. She longs for excitement, adventure, and the chance to make a difference. Nancy gets that opportunity when she is asked to help solve the ghostly activity at the Twin Elms mansion. Can she help explain the creaking footsteps, exploding lightbulbs,...
20) Never look away
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 189 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Deutsch
Description
German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR-regime.
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