Paul Scofield

Retells the adventures of the orphan boy who is forced to practice thievery and live a life of crime in nineteenth-century London. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.

Hard Times, by Charles Dickens, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: • New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars • Biographies of the authors • Chronologies of contemporary...

The Pickwick Club was founded by the most learned minds in London for the purpose of making a scientific tour of the world. No sooner have the distinguished members begun their historic journey than they are set upon by a charming but notorious con man. So begins a series of hilarious misadventures that takes the incorrigibly innocent Pickwicks wandering around England, coming in contact with some of the most colorful and comical characters in all...

The Chancellor of England, Sir Thomas More, butts heads with King Henry VIII over the king's desire to divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn. Torn between his conscience and duty to the crown, Sir Thomas chooses to say nothing.

In the heyday of the Cold War an aging C.I.A. agent suspected of selling secrets to the Russians becomes the target of a C.I.A.-hired assassin, code named Scorpio. The two men follow each other in a deadly duel that takes both of them half way around the globe.

The video outlines the key stories in the Book of Genesis and features stunning visuals and a beautiful score from an Academy Award winner.

During the World War II Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, Miep Gies risks everything she has to hide two Jewish families in the attic over the office where she works. She was their lifeline - provider of food and gentle encouragement - and it was through her courageous actions that Anne's diary was preserved and lives on today.

A group of teenage girls meets in the woods at midnight for a secret love-conjuring ceremony. When the ceremony is witnessed by the town minister, the girls are accused of witchcraft. Soon the entire village is consumed by hysteria, and innocent victims are put on trial, leading to a devastating climax.

Hamlet, a prince of medieval-era Denmark, senses treachery behind his royal father's death. His mother is all too dangerously entangled in that treachery. This film portrays Shakespeare's immortal tale of high adventure and evil deeds.