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1) King Lear
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Featuring the images of some of the world's most famous stage and film actors, these additions to the all-new Oxford School Shakespeare introduce--and enthrall--young people to one of the greatest writers of all time. This season brings revised editions of five of the Bard's most famous plays--As You Like It, Othello, Hamlet, Love's Labour Lost and The Taming of the Shrew. Designed specifically for students unfamiliar with Shakespeare's rich literary...
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The definitive text of this American classic—reissued with an introduction by Edward Albee (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and A Delicate Balance) and Williams' essay "Person-to-Person."
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof first heated up Broadway in 1955 with its gothic American story of brothers vying for their dying father's inheritance amid a whirlwind of sexuality, untethered in the person of Maggie the Cat. The play also daringly...Language
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"If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off watching some other movie," warns our narrator, Lemony Snicket. "In this movie," he continues gravely, "not only is there no happy ending, there is no happy beginning and very few happy things in the middle." This is the story of the Baudelaire children -- three "clever and reasonably attractive orphans"--Who embark on a shaky adventure after their home burns down, killing...
5) Tommy boy
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Party animal Tommy Callahan is definitely a few cans short of a six-pack. But after seven years, Tommy's finally earned his diploma -- and a cushy job at Callahan Auto Parts. Returning home, Tommy gets some more great news: his dad is marrying a real "10, " and Tommy will get the stepbrother he always wanted. But as fast as you can say "Who killed the keg?, " the family business starts tanking. Now Tommy's got to hit the road with his dad's right-hand...
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A Gothic story of four siblings who, after the death of their father, are torn from a peaceful life and subjected to abuse resulting from a dark, family secret. Abandoned by their mother and forced to endure unimaginable treatment living in the attic of their grandparents' mansion, the children form their own family unit. But as the oldest boy and girl come of age, they are entrapped by their family's sordid past as they try to survive and escape...
10) Bleak House
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Bleak House, Dickens's most daring experiment in the narration of a complex plot, challenges the reader to make connections - between the fashionable and the outcast, the beautiful and the ugly, the powerful and the victims. Nowhere in Dickens's later novels is his attack on an uncaring society more imaginatively embodied, but nowhere either is the mixture of comedy and angry satire more deftly managed. Bleak House defies a single description. It...
11) Ninja's creed
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When a female assassin is sent to the U.S. to kill the last living heir to the modern-day Himalayan Kingdom, a royal soldier is also sent to protect the princess. When he comes face-to-face with the assassin, his duty to the Kingdom becomes compromised. As they battle, secrets are uncovered and the line between good and evil is erased. Only one mission can be completed and only one person can survive.
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Montgomery Brewster is a down-and-out baseball player who discovers that he is the only living relative of an eccentric multimillionaire. Monty stands to inherit $300 million, but only if he can spend $30 million in a single month without acquiring any assets. If he fails, it's back to zero again.
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Would-be babe magnets Calvin and Leonard thought that the only way they could ever get girls was by getting rich and by getting hitched ... to the elderly! And now that they have managed to waltz down the aisle with two giddy biddies, can these two gold diggers achieve their American Dream? Or have they just dug themselves into their own worst nightmare?
14) Brilliant legacy
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Eun-sung is a kind, hardworking young woman from an affluent family, but she goes from riches to rags when her father suddenly passes away and her duplicitous stepmother devises an evil plan. Hwan, the arrogant heir to his grandmother's large food company, has no interest in working and takes everyone around him for granted. In a series of twists and turns, Hwan's grandmother decides to groom Eun-sung to be her company's successor instead. Sparks...
15) Gone Hollywood
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After heading to Hollywood, Al skyrocketed to stardom on a hit television show but has had a tough time since his one big break. Down on his luck, he gets a surprise curveball when his late father leaves him a fortune, but there's a catch: Al must go back home to reopen his dad's bar. Reconnecting with old friends and maybe the woman of his dreams turns out to be the role of a lifetime in this fresh, funny look at getting a second chance and finding...
16) King Lear
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Shakespeare's tragedy of a royal father and his daughters is presented scene by scene in comic book format.
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Teenage millionaire Yoshikata lives on his own in a magnificent mansion, and, having fired the original maids, needs help keeping up the place. Enter Izumi and Mitsuki, two girls of Yoshikata's age, who accept his offer of to fill in as live-in maids. Along with Anna, another maid, the three girls live with the eccentric Yoshitaka in a goofball comedy that brings laughs with every episode. Contains all 12 episodes.
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Royal matchmaker: A struggling NYC matchmaker is hired by a king to find his son a suitable wife in time for a national celebration. As the clock ticks towards her deadline, the matchmaker finds him the perfect wife, only to realize that she's fallen in love with him!
Royal New Year's Eve: Magazine assistant and aspiring fashion designer Caitlyn's world is turned upside down when Prince Jeffrey and his presumed future finance Lady Isabelle come to...
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Stargate: An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra. At stake, the freedom of an ancient civilization from slavery and any chance of ever getting home.
10 things I hate about you: Cameron falls for the most beautiful girl in school. However, she is forbidden to date until the most hated girl in school, her ill-tempered older sister, goes out too. Cameron...