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1) Hamlet
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Hamlet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. Set in Denmark, the play depicts Prince Hamlet and his revenge against his uncle, Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father in order to seize his throne and marry Hamlet's mother.
2) Macbeth
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
A classic tragedy about the lust for power and its ultimate bloody consequences. Macbeth is a Scottish war hero whose insane ambition unleashes a cycle of violence. Prompted by the supernatural prophecy of three witches, Macbeth is then goaded by his lady into slaying King Duncan in order to assume the throne. He plunges further into murder and moral decay to keep the unsteady crown on his head.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 45
Language
English
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Description
"It seems too good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another into an uneasy truce. Or so it appears... With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey, Cersei is ruling as regent in King's Landing. Robb Stark's demise has broken the back of the Northern rebels, and his siblings are scattered throughout the kingdom like seeds on barren soil. Few legitimate claims to...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Alex O'Connell sets out to help combat the resurrected a Han Emperor. When Alex is tricked into awakening the ruler from eternal slumber, the reckless young archaeologist must seek the help of the only people who know more than he does about taking down the undead: his parents. This time, the O'Connells must stop a mummy that has awoken from a 2,000-year-old curse who threatens to plunge the world into his merciless, unending service. As the monarch...
Language
English
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Description
Set in a world where summers span decades and winters can last a lifetime. From the scheming south and the savage eastern lands, to the frozen north and ancient Wall that protects the realm from the mysterious darkness beyond, the powerful families of the Seven Kingdoms are locked in a battle for the Iron Throne. This is a story of duplicity and treachery, nobility and honor, conquest, and triumph. In the Game of Thrones, you either win or you die....
Language
English
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Description
As the second season opens, the cruel young Joffrey rules in King's Landing, counselled by his mother Cersei and his uncle Tyrion. But the Lannister hold on power is under assault on many fronts. Meanwhile a new leader is rising north of the Wall and Daenerys Targaryen is attempting to restore her power in the East with her 3 newborn dragons.
7) Stardust
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Tristan hopes to win the heart of his beautiful but shallow love, Victoria. He promises to recover a star that fell somewhere beyond the stony wall that sits between the mundane England and the fantasy kingdom of Stormhold. Meanwhile in that magical land, the dying king of Stormhold has sent his four surviving sons on a quest for the crown. And the witch Lamia is seeking the heart of the star for an entirely different purpose, one that involves her...
8) Shrek
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
A reclusive ogre and a chatterbox donkey go on a quest to rescue a princess from a tyrannical lord.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of King George VI of Britain, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it.
10) Shrek the third
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Shrek married Fiona the last thing he had in mind was becoming the next King of Far Far Away. But when Shrek's father-in-law, King Harold, suddenly croaks, that is exactly what he faces. Recruiting Donkey and Puss in Boots for a new quest, Shrek sets out to bring back the rightful heir to the throne. Meanwhile back in the kingdom, Fiona's jilted Prince Charming storms the city with an army of fairy tale villains to seize the throne. Fiona and...
11) The lion king
Language
English
Formats
Description
Simba begins life as an honored prince, son of the powerful King Mufasa. The cub's happy childhood turns tragic when his evil uncle Scar murders Mufasa and drives Simba away from the kingdom. In exile, the young lion befriends the comically bumbling pair of Pumbaa the warthog and Timon the meerkat and lives a carefree jungle life. As he approaches adulthood, however, he is visited by the spirit of his father, who instructs him to defeat the nefarious...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tale of the mighty knights: Join the Backyardigans in a special Medieval style world, complete with dragons and kings! Blazing paddles: Raï rocks the desert as Sheriff Uniqua practices her paddling to protect the town. Garbage trek: Captain Tasha and her crew are on a mission to collect the universe's garbage.
13) Apocalypto
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Language
Mayan
Formats
Description
As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, the rulers insist the key to prosperity is to build more temples and offer human sacrifices. Jaguar Paw is a young man who is captured for sacrifice, but flees to avoid his fate. He is taken on a perilous journey to a world that is ruled by fear and oppression, where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate...
14) Black Panther
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
King T'Challa returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne from divisions within his own country. When two enemies conspire to destroy Wakanda, the hero known as Black Panther must join forces with C.I.A. agent Everett K. Ross and members of the Wakandan Special Forces, to prevent Wakanda from being drawn into a world war.
15) King Lear
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.
16) Alexander
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Director's cut; full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (167 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of Alexander the Great, who in 4th century BC conquered ninety percent of the known world of the time by defeating Greece, Persia, Afghanistan, and India in just eight years.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
When a bloodthirsty legion of half-man/half-beast Krugs rampages through his village, one man picks up a sword and undertakes a quest of vengeance and honor. Haunted by the memory of his son's death and the kidnapping of his wife by the Krugs, Farmer ignites a duty-call for others to join his crusade to stop the campaign of terror waged by an evil sorcerer whose ruthless quest for the crown could spell doom for the entire Kingdom.
Publisher
Home Box Office, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 558 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Description
After the shocking developments at the end of season 5 -- including Jon Snow's bloody fate at the hands of Castle Black mutineers, Daenerys' near-demise at the fighting pits of Meereen, and Cersei's public humiliation in the streets of King's Landing -- survivors from all parts of Westeros and Essos regroup to press forward, inexorably, towards their uncertain individual fates. Familiar faces will forge new alliances to bolster their strategic chances...
19) Aquaman
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Rental; wide screen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
An action-packed adventure that reveals the origin story of half-human, half- Atlantean Arthur Curry and takes him on the journey of his lifetime--one that will not only force him to face who he really is, but also to discover if he is worthy of who he was born to be: a king.
Publisher
Home Box Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 559 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"This season begins with a power vacuum that protagonists across Westeros and Essos look to fill. At Castle Black, Jon Snow struggles to balance the demands of the Night's Watch with those of the newly-arrived Stannis Baratheon, who styles himself as the rightful king of Westeros. Meanwhile, Cersei scrambles to hold on to power in King's Landing amidst the Tyrells and the rise of a religious group led by the enigmatic High Sparrow, while Jamie embarks...
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