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| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | ||||
| 9780451524935 | 1984 | George Orwell | view Our Feature On George Orwell’s 1984.written In 1948, 1984 Was George Orwell’s Chilling Prophecy About The Future. And While 1984 Has Come And Gone, Orwell’s Narrative Is Timelier Than Ever. 1984 Presents A Startling And Haunting Vision Of The World, So Powerful That It Is Completely Convincing From Start To Finish. No One Can Deny The Power Of This Novel, Its Hold On The Imaginations Of Multiple Generations Of Readers, Or The Resiliency Of Its Admonitions—a Legacy That Seems Only To Grow With The Passage Of Time. examines Different Aspects Of Orwell's Anti-utopian Classic, With A Biographical Sketch Of The Author And Critical Essays On This Work. | Signet Classic |
| 9780883682791 | A Divine Revelation Of Hell | Mary Baxter | Visions of Hell...In A Divine Revelation of Hell, over a period of thirty nights, God gave Mary K. Baxter visions of hell and commissioned her to tell people still alive on earth to reject sin and evil, and to choose life in Christ. Here is an account of the place and beings of hell contrasted with the glories of heaven. Follow Mary in her supernatural journey as she enters with Jesus into a gateway to hell and encounters the sights, sounds, and smells of that dark place of torment, including its evil spirits, cells, pits, jaws, and heart. Be an eyewitness to the various punishments of lost souls and hear their shocking stories. This book is a reminder that each of us needs to accept the miracle of salvation before it is too late—and to intercede for those who do not yet know Christ. Time is running out. | Whitaker House |
| A Farewell To Arms | ||||
| 9780375702709 | A Lesson Before Dying (Oprah's Book Club) | Ernest J. Gaines | NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • A deep and compassionate novel about a young man who returns to 1940s Cajun country to visit a Black youth on death row for a crime he didn't commit. Together they come to understand the heroism of resisting."An instant classic." —Chicago TribuneA “majestic, moving novel...an instant classic, a book that will be read, discussed and taught beyond the rest of our lives" (Chicago Tribune), from the critically acclaimed author of A Gathering of Old Men and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman."A Lesson Before Dying reconfirms Ernest J. Gaines's position as an important American writer." —Boston Globe"Enormously moving.... Gaines unerringly evokes the place and time about which he writes." —Los Angeles Times“A quietly moving novel [that] takes us back to a place we've been before to impart a lesson for living.” —San Francisco Chronicle | Vintage |
| A Lesson Before Dying Dvd | ||||
| 9781566193238 | A Tale Of Two Cities | Charles Dickens | This novel provides a highly charged examination of human suffering and human sacrifice, private experience and public history, during the French Revolution. A Tale of Two Cities is one of Charles Dickens's most exciting novels. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, it tells the story of a family threatened by the terrible events of the past. Doctor Manette was wrongly imprisoned in the Bastille for eighteen years without trial by the aristocratic authorities. Finally released, he is reunited with his daughter, Lucie, who despite her French ancestry has been brought up in London. Lucie falls in love with Charles Darnay, another expatriate, who has abandoned wealth and a title in France because of his political convictions. When revolution breaks out in Paris, Darnay returns to the city to help an old family servant, but there he is arrested because of the crimes committed by his relations. His wife, Lucie, their young daughter, and her aged father follow him across the channel, thus putting all their lives in danger. | Barnes Noble Books |
| 9781481463348 | All American Boys | Reynolds, Jason, Kiely, Brendan | When Sixteen-year-old Rashad Is Mistakenly Accused Of Stealing, Classmate Quinn Witnesses His Brutal Beating At The Hands Of A Police Officer Who Happens To Be The Older Brother Of His Best Friend. Told Through Rashad And Quinn's Alternating Viewpoints. | Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books |
| American Literature | ||||
| 9780451526342 | Animal Farm | George Orwell | Signet | |
| Billy Budd And Other Tales | ||||
| 9780553213607 | Cyrano De Bergerac (A Bantam Classic) [Paperback] Edmond Rostand | Edmond Rostand | this Innovative Translation Brings Cyrano De Bergerac, The Classic Comedy In Five Acts, To Modern Actors. Cyrano, The Poet, Lover, And Swordsman, Is One Of Comedy S Greatest Heroes, And This English Version Provides The Inspiration To Revive His Character. | BANTAM CLASSIC |
| 9780553210798 | David Copperfield | Charles Dickens | ||
| OS_64343007FB791F00B43EBFF1 | David Copperfield | Charles dickens | ||
| Death Of A Salesman | ||||
| Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde Vhs | ||||
| 9781451673319 | Fahrenheit 451 | Ray Bradbury | In A Society In Which Books Are Outlawed, Montag, A Regimented Fireman In Charge Of Burning The Forbidden Volumes, Meets A Revolutionary School Teacher Who Dares To Read. Suddenly He Finds Himself A Hunted Fugitive, Forced To Choose Not Only Between Two Women, But Between Personal Safety And Intellectual Freedom. Introduction / By Neil Gaiman -- Fahrenheit 451. The Hearth And The Salamander ; The Sieve And The Sand ; Burning Bright. History, Context, And Criticism / Edited By Jonathan R. Eller. Pt. 1. The Story Of Fahrenheit 451. The Story Of Fahrenheit 451 / By Jonathan R. Eller ; From The Day After Tomorrow: Why Science Fiction? (1953) / By Ray Bradbury ; Listening Library Audio Introduction (1976) / By Ray Bradbury ; Investing Dimes: Fahrenheit 451 (1982, 1989) / By Ray Bradbury ; Coda (1979) / By Ray Bradbury -- Pt. 2. Other Voices. The Novel. From A Letter To Stanley Kauffmann / By Nelson Algren ; Books Of The Times / By Orville Prescott ; From New Wine, Old Bottles / By Gilbert Highet ; New Novels / By Idris Parry ; New Fiction / By Sir John Betjeman ; 1984 And All That / By Adrian Mitchell ; From New Maps Of Hell / By Sir Kingsley Amis ; Introduction To Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 / By Harold Bloom ; Fahrenheit 451 / By Margaret Atwood ; The Motion Picture. Shades Of Orwell / By Arthur Knight ; From The Journal Of Fahrenheit 451 / By François Truffaut. Ray Bradbury. | Simon & Schuster |
| For Whom The Bell Tolls | ||||
| Great Expectations | ||||
| 9780439598033 | HAMLET | SHAKESPEARE | SCHOLASTIC |