Michael Sheen
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A story of a family fued between the Capulets and the Montagues continuing through the ages, as one generation picked up where the last one left off and of the forbidden love between two teenagers, Romeo, the son of the Montagues and Juliet, the daughter of the Capulets.
This is a story of two young people in love, but the families do not approve.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A remarkably handsome youth, Dorian Gray, meets Lord Henry Wotton and is corrupted into a life of terrible evil. Granted eternal youth, Dorian Gray lives a wild, dissipated life while his portrait grows old and haggard. Oscar Wilde's story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is one of his most popular works. Written in Wilde's characteristically dazzling manner, full of stinging epigrams and shrewd observations,...
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 35
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 40
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
Poor and in desperate circumstances, Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov plots the murder of a pawnbroker to steal what he considers her ill-gotten gains. To his mind, he is justified in eliminating an unscrupulous person who thrives on the misfortunes of others and using her money for more benevolent purposes. When his well-wrought plans go awry, Raskolnikov finds himself little better off financially, and now, a murderer. Wracked with guilt, he finds...
Author
Series
Book of dust volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
When Malcolm finds a secret message inquiring about a dangerous substance called Dust, he finds himself embroiled in a tale of intrigue featuring enforcement agents from the Magisterium, a woman with an evil monkey daemon, and a baby named Lyra.
7) Passengers
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two passengers board a spaceship transporting them to a new life on another planet. The trip takes a deadly turn when their hibernation pods mysteriously wake them 90 years before they reach their destination. As Jim and Aurora try to unravel the mystery behind the malfunction, they begin to fall for each other, unable to deny their intense attraction, only to be threatened by the imminent collapse of the ship and the discovery of the truth behind...
8) Good Omens
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (750 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The classic collaboration from the internationally bestselling authors Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, soon to be an original series starring Michael Sheen and David Tennant.
?Season 2 of Good Omens coming soon!
"Good Omens . . . is something like what would have happened if Thomas Pynchon, Tom Robbins and Don DeLillo had collaborated. Lots of literary inventiveness in the plotting and chunks
...Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"A romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better"--IMDB.com.
11) Resistance
Author
Language
English
Description
It's 1944 and D-Day has failed. The women of a remote British village awake to find their husbands gone to fight with the resistance. Soon after Nazi soldiers arrive to occupy the village and the women must boldly form their own resistance.
12) Tron: legacy
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Flynn, the world's greatest video game creator, sends out a secret signal from an amazing digital realm, his son discovers the clue and embarks on a personal journey to save his long-lost father. With the help of the fearless female warrior Quorra, father and son venture through an incredible cyber universe and wage the ultimate battle of good versus evil.
13) Heartlands
Author
Language
English
Description
Colin is a simple guy who had always settled for the simple things in life. But it's not until his wife runs off with a friend that Colin realizes just how good things might have been. Determined to win her back, Colin hops on his moped and embarks on a chaotic cross-country journey of discovery that opens his eyes to places he's never seen and introduces him to people he never expected to meet!
14) Frost/Nixon
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Richard Nixon is the disgraced president with a legacy to save. David Frost is a jet-setting television personality with a name to make. This is the legendary battle between the two men and the historic encounter that changed both their lives. For three years after resigning from office, Nixon remained silent. But in the summer of 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy about Bathsheba Everdene who is an independent woman who attracts three different suitors: a sheep farmer; a dashing soldier; and a prosperous, older bachelor. This timeless story of Bathsheba's passions explores the nature of relationships, love and resilience.
16) Admission
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Year in and year out, Princeton admissions officer Portia Nathan has lived her life by the book. But during her annual recruiting trip, she finds herself reconnecting with a former college classmate, free-spirited teacher John Pressman. As she bends the entrance rules for one of his very unconventional students, Portia puts at risk the future she thought she always wanted.
Author
Series
Book of dust volume 2
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 30
Lexile measure
HL 830L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The windows between the many worlds have been sealed and the momentous adventures of Lyra Silvertongue's youth are long behind her--or so she thought. Lyra is now a twenty-year-old undergraduate at St. Sophia's College and intrigue is swirling around her once more. Her daemon Pantalaimon is witness to a brutal murder, and the dying man entrusts them with secrets that carry echoes from their past. The more Lyra is drawn into these mysteries, the less...
18) Home again
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Recently separated from her husband, Alice decides to start over by moving back to her hometown of Los Angeles with her two young daughters. During a night out on her 40th birthday, Alice meets three aspiring filmmakers who happen to be in need of a place to live. Alice agrees to let the guys stay in her guest house temporarily, but the arrangement ends up unfolding in unexpected ways. Alice's unlikely new family and new romance comes to a crashing...
19) The Queen
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Queen's restrained reaction following the death of Princess Diana causes a public relations debacle that Prime Minister Blair must defuse. The two struggle to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal family and the public's demand for an open display of mourning.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Susan is living through an unfulfilling marriage when she receives a package containing a novel manuscript from her ex-husband, Edward. The novel is dedicated to her but its content is violent and devastating. Susan cannot help but reminisce over her past love story with the author. Increasingly she interprets the book as a tale of revenge, a tale that forces her to re-evaluate the choices that she has made, and reawakens a love that she feared was...