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1) Othello
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12 - AR Pts: 27
Lexile measure
1100L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jane Austen's classic tale of love overcoming preconceptions centers on the two eldest daughters of the Bennet family: Jane and Elizabeth. Elizabeth has to fend off an unwelcome offer of marriage from the Rev. Collins, while mistakenly falling for the charms of the dashing Mr. Wickham, before realizing that appearances are deceptive and that her prejudice against Mr. Darcy has blinded her to his real character.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.6 - AR Pts: 69
Lexile measure
1080L
Language
English
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Description
The story of a high-born woman and the tragic fate that befalls her when she allows her passion for a handsome officer, Count Vronsky, to dominate her life. Anna's tempestuous story is contrasted with that of Konstantin Levin, who also demands something more of life than his position allows. Tolstoy uses the stories of these two characters and their different worlds to explore social, moral, and philosophical issues. He exposes the Russian aristocracy's...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An epic love story that explores the American Dream between the monolith of Jim Crow, the inflexible world of the original Black upper class, and the violence of 1920s Chicago"--
1921, Chicago. Nelly Sawyer is the daughter of the "wealthiest Negro in America," whose affluence catapulted his family to the heights of Black society. After the unexpected death of her only brother, Nelly becomes the premier debutante overnight. But Nelly has aspirations...
5) Keeping two
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"20 years in the making, the long-awaited graphic novel masterpiece from acclaimed cartoonist Jordan Crane. A young couple is stuck in traffic, reading a book aloud to each other to pass the time. The relationship is already strained, but between the encroaching road rage, and a novel that hits way too close to home, tensions are running especially high by the time they arrive back at their apartment. When one of them leaves to get takeout and a movie,...
6) Emma
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 30
Lexile measure
GN 1070L
Language
English
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Description
"Emma, perhaps the most technically accomplished of all of Austen's novels, is also, after Pride and Prejudice, her most popular one. Its numerous film and television adaptations testify to the world's enduring affection for the headstrong, often misguided Emma Woodhouse and her many romantic schemes. Like the previous volumes in Harvard's celebrated annotated Austen series, Emma: An Annotated Edition is a beautiful and illuminating gift edition that...
7) The Odyssey
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.3 - AR Pts: 24
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
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Description
"The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty, and power; about marriage and family; about travelers, hospitality, and the yearning for home. In this fresh, authoritative version--the first English translation of The Odyssey by a woman--this stirring tale of shipwrecks, monsters, and magic comes alive in an entirely new way. Written in iambic pentameter verse...
Language
English
Formats
Description
A hilarious look at marriage, divorce, and everything in between. With a thriving Santa Barbara bakery, a new romance heating up, and her divorce finally behind her, Jane Adler has her life all figured out, until she finds herself trapped between the perfect new beau and her philandering ex-husband who's determined to win her back. When opposites attract all over again, will love be sweeter the second time around? It's... complicated!
9) Amelia
Language
English
Description
A perfectly sound biopic, well directed and acted, about an admirable woman.--Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times.
Most of all, Earhart wanted to be able to fly free as a bird above the clouds, and director Nair and star Swank make her quest not only understandable but truly impressive.--Hollywood Reporter.
Swank is no mere impersonator. Her Amelia, like Maggie in 'Million Dollar Baby,' is unwavering in her gaze, ambition, and drive..--Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Author
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 Videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When college students Marcus and Lucia make a surprise engagement announcement, their feuding fathers threaten to turn a dream wedding into a battle royal. Throw in eccentric relatives and clashing cultures, and you've got a recipe for laugh-out-loud lunacy and nonstop fun!
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 470 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jim is the macho Everyman who challenges his gorgeous and feisty wife, Cheryl, with his stubborn manliness but contagious charm. Tagging along with Jim and Cheryl are their three precocious kids. A success at his construction business and the family breadwinner at home, Jim feeds his other passion - blues music - playing with his six-man garage band. He keeps Cheryl in turmoil with his boyish bravado and ever willful antics, but their underlying love...
Publisher
Freestyle Digital Media
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Bryan, an unassuming pet photographer, finds himself caught in a Croatian crime lord's path when a photo shoot gone awry almost kills the boss's cat. The angry mobster offers an alternative to death: marry his daughter Masha so she can get her green card. Bryan's mother is so desperate for her son to marry she is unfazed by the circumstances. Complicating matters is Bryan's sexy but delusional assistant Tonya, who thinks Bryan is hers. The high jinx...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (ca. 1345 min.) sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Bolt brothers own a mountain and logging camp in Seattle, and as the area's only employer the brothers borrow money and head east to bring back a shipload of lovely ladies to boost morale. But if any of the women leave Seattle within a year, the Bolts lose their mountain to the man that lent them the money.
14) Dom Casmurro
Author
Language
English
Description
"Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson's critically acclaimed translations of Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas and The Collected Stories of Machado de Assis introduced a new generation of readers to one of Brazil's most groundbreaking authors. Hailed as "the greatest writer ever produced in Latin America" (Susan Sontag), Machado's genius is on full display in this fresh translation of the 1899 classic Dom Casmurro. In his supposed memoir, Bento...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 484 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows the continuing events and developments in the family life of Mike Baxter, his wife Vanessa and their three daughters, Eve, Kristin and Mandy. Returning from a fantastic two-month road trip, Mike finds a lot has happened at home and at work. Vanessa has changed careers and Kristin is now part of Mike's "work family" as the manager of Outdoor Man Grill.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (449 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Coming to America: Pampered African Prince Akeem is a rebel who is against an arranged marriage and heads to Queens, New York to find a new bride. His regal father agrees to allow the prince 40 days to roam the U.S., sending the prince's faithful retainer Semmi along to make sure nothing untoward happens. To avoid fortune hunters, Prince Akeem conceals his true identity and gets a "regular" guy job at a fast-food restaurant.
Harlem nights: In 1938,...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (449 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Coming to America: Pampered African Prince Akeem is a rebel who is against an arranged marriage and heads to Queens, New York to find a new bride. His regal father agrees to allow the prince 40 days to roam the U.S., sending the prince's faithful retainer Semmi along to make sure nothing untoward happens. To avoid fortune hunters, Prince Akeem conceals his true identity and gets a "regular" guy job at a fast-food restaurant.
Harlem nights: In 1938,...
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