Jennifer Bruce's Library
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| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
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| Julius Caesar (DVD) | ||||
| King Lear (DVD) | ||||
| 9780399501487 | Lord of the Flies | William Golding | Golding’s iconic 1954 novel, now with a new foreword by Lois Lowry, remains one of the greatest books ever written for young adults and an unforgettable classic for readers of any age. This edition includes a new Suggestions for Further Reading by Jennifer Buehler. At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first, with no adult supervision, their freedom is something to celebrate. This far from civilization they can do anything they want. Anything. But as order collapses, as strange howls echo in the night, as terror begins its reign, the hope of adventure seems as far removed from reality as the hope of being rescued. | Penguin |
| Macbeth (DVD) | ||||
| 9780812035711 | Macbeth (Shakespeare Made Easy) | William Shakespeare | Here are the books that help teach Shakespeare plays without the teacher constantly needing to explain and define Elizabethan terms, slang, and other ways of expression that are different from our own. Each play is presented with Shakespeare's original lines on each left-hand page, and a modern, easy-to-understand "translation" on the facing right-hand page. All dramas are complete, with every original Shakespearian line, and a full-length modern rendition of the text.Helpful background information that puts each play in its historical perspective. Discussion questions that teachers can use to spark student class participation, and which students can use as springboards for their own themes and term papers. Fact quizzes, sample examinations, and other features that improve student comprehension of what each play is about. | Barron's Educational Series |
| 9780743477567 | MERCHANT OF VENICE : FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY | WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE | In The Merchant of Venice, the path to marriage is hazardous. To win Portia, Bassanio must pass a test prescribed by her father’s will, choosing correctly among three caskets or chests. If he fails, he may never marry at all.Bassanio and Portia also face a magnificent villain, the moneylender Shylock. In creating Shylock, Shakespeare seems to have shared in a widespread prejudice against Jews. Shylock would have been regarded as a villain because he was a Jew. Yet he gives such powerful expression to his alienation due to the hatred around him that, in many productions, he emerges as the hero.Portia is most remembered for her disguise as a lawyer, Balthazar, especially the speech in which she urges Shylock to show mercy that “droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven.”The authoritative edition of The Merchant of Venice from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, includes:-Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play-Newly revised explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play-Scene-by-scene plot summaries-A key to the play’s famous lines and phrases-An introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language-An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play-Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books-An up-to-date annotated guide to further readingEssay by Alexander LeggattThe Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, is home to the world’s largest collection of Shakespeare’s printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit Folger.edu. | Simon & Schuster |
| 9780982302279 | No Escape From Berlin | Rudi London | If you are a romantic history buff, you'll love Alex's challenging journey to purpose. We previously met Alex (from Philippi, West Virginia) in Rudi London's first book, The Operator Is Calling. Now we're telling his story. We learn how he grew up to fall in love with Tamlyn, which was not an easy task. Tamlyn had a mind of her own, but so did Alex. It was complicated; on their wedding day, suddenly one of them was missing. Many other members of the US Army Air Forces had issues with pilot Highland and his unit flying over Berlin that night in early June of 1944. We don't know for sure what specific night it was because all records of that raid were immediately destroyed afterward and Adolf Hitler took the secret with him to his grave-or did he really go to the grave? | Amazing Road |
| Paradise Lost (DVD) | ||||
| 9780131317208 | Prentice Hall Literature: The British Tradition, Penguin Edition | PRENTICE HALL | Prentice Hall Literature, Penguin Edition (High School 2007)British TraditionPrentice Hall Literature, Penguin Edition (©2007) components for The British Tradition.Combining fresh, contemporary selections with classic favorites, this language arts program delivers explicit instruction within a student-friendly design to create the new standard for today's literature classroom.Exclusive leveled selection pairings for differentiated instruction. Focused instruction that ensures skills mastery. Frequent, built-in progress monitoring to catch small learning problems before they become big ones. Real authors who act as teaching partners to guide students through literary concepts. More writing support than any other program, including practice in writing-on-demand—skills that students need for high-stakes tests. | PRENTICE HALL |
| 9781580493994 | Pygmalion - Literary Touchstone Classic | George Bernard Shaw | This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Classic includes a glossary and reader's notes to help the modern reader appreciate Shaw's wit and cynicism. In this delightful romance about the man too self-centered to fall in love and the woman too unsure of herself to want more out of life than the little she already has, George Bernard Shaw shakes the dust off the Cinderella story and tells it as only he can. Eliza Doolittle, the Cockney flower girl who wants to work in a flower shop, and Henry Higgins, the phoneticist who turns her into a princess, are no mythological knight and maiden. Instead, even today, they resound with sharp humor and cutting dialogue. Originally published in 1914, Pygmalion invites readers and audience members to examine the roots of social prejudice and the true value of a human being, while also involving them in the improbable lives of Shaw's one-dimensional, yet endearing characters.From the PublisherPygmalion was originally a play written for the stage by George Bernard Shaw in 1913. It was a typical five-act play: Act I taking place in the street outside of Covent Garden Theater; Act II taking place in the library of Henry Higgins s home on Wimpole Street. Act III takes place in the drawing room of Higgins s mother at her at-home. Act IV returns to Higgins s home, and Act V returns to Mrs. Higgins s drawing room. There are, in all, three sets: the London street, Higgins s library, and Mrs. Higgins s drawing room.The 1913 stage play is the version reproduced in the Prestwick House Literary Touchstone.It is interesting to note that, after theater audiences and critics complained about the ambiguous ending of the 1913 stage play and the apparent lack of a happy ending, Shaw wrote an epilogue, which is included in the Touchstone edition. In this epilogue, Shaw narrates the events of the years following the close of the play. Eliza marries Freddy. He drops the Eynsford from his name and with financial assistance from Colonel Pickering opens a green-grocer shop. Eliza, also with Pickering s help, opens a florist shop next door to Freddy. The couple remains close friends with the Colonel and Higgins, neither of whom ever marry.In 1938, Shaw adapted his stage play for the screen. This film version of Pygmalion starred Leslie Howard as Higgins and Wendy Hiller as Eliza. There are several notable differences between the 1913 stage play and the 1938 screenplay. While the stage play has a decidedly Victorian flavor, the screen play is definitely twentieth-century. Whereas in the stage play, Higgins and Pickering intend to take Eliza to an ambassador s garden party, in the screenplay, they take her to an embassy ball.The movie also presents the scene of Eliza s triumph at the ball, which the play does not. To do so in the play would have required an additional set change, costume changes, and a host of stage extras, all of which Shaw and his producer apparently deemed unnecessary.Probably the most significant difference between the 1913 stage play and the 1938 screen play, however, is the ending. Shaw s epilogue must not have satisfied the public, as, at the end of the 1938 movie, Eliza returns to Higgins.It is the 1938 screenplay that served as the basis for the 1956 stage musical and the 1964 movie musical, My Fair Lady. Again, however, there were significant changes. The visit to Mrs. Higgins s home in Act III becomes a visit to the Ascot Racecourse. The role of Eliza s father and his marriage in Act V are greatly expanded. How Eliza spends the night after the embassy ball is expanded, and so on. | Prestwick House Inc. |
| Rhyme Of The Ancient Mariner (DVD) | ||||
| Romeo And Juliet (DVD) | ||||
| Sir Gawain And The Green Knight (DVD) | ||||
| Star Wars: A New Hope (DVD) | ||||
| 9780375725609 | Stories Through The Ages Baby Boomers Plus 2017 | Peavler, Henry E., Peavler, Dan, Concannon, Tony, Greasley, Nadia, Jorgensen, Dan, Lebduska, Lisa, Lowell, Susan, Marcos, Ernesto, Mattaboni, Suzanne Grieco, McPherson, Richard | two Men, Each Handsome And Unusually Adept At His Chosen Work, Embodied An Element Of The Great Dynamic That Characterized America’s Rush Toward The Twentieth Century. The Architect Was Daniel Hudson Burnham, The Fair’s Brilliant Director Of Works And The Builder Of Many Of The Country’s Most Important Structures, Including The Flatiron Building In New York And Union Station In Washington, D.c. The Murderer Was Henry H. Holmes, A Young Doctor Who, In A Malign Parody Of The White City, Built His “world’s Fair Hotel” Just West Of The Fairgrounds—a Torture Palace Complete With Dissection Table, Gas Chamber, And 3,000-degree Crematorium. Burnham Overcame Tremendous Obstacles And Tragedies As He Organized The Talents Of Frederick Law Olmsted, Charles Mckim, Louis Sullivan, And Others To Transform Swampy Jackson Park Into The White City, While Holmes Used The Attraction Of The Great Fair And His Own Satanic Charms To Lure Scores Of Young Women To Their Deaths. What Makes The Story All The More Chilling Is That Holmes Really Lived, Walking The Grounds Of That Dream City By The Lake.the devil In The White City draws The Reader Into A Time Of Magic And Majesty, Made All The More Appealing By A Supporting Cast Of Real-life Characters, Including Buffalo Bill, Theodore Dreiser, Susan B. Anthony, Thomas Edison, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, And Others. In This Book The Smoke, Romance, And Mystery Of The Gilded Age Come Alive As Never Before.erik Larson’s Gifts As A Storyteller Are Magnificently Displayed In This Rich Narrative Of The Master Builder, The Killer, And The Great Fair That Obsessed Them Both.to Find Outmore About This Book, Go To Http://www.devilinthewhitecity.com.from The Hardcover Edition.publishers Weeklythis Is A Steady Performance Of A Book That, While Gripping In Its Content And Crisply Paced, Isn't Quite A Gold Mine For An Audio Performer. It Relies On Journalistic Narration And Includes Almost No Quotes, So There Isn't Much Chance For Interesting Characterization. But It Is Excellent Nonfiction, Chronicling The Hurly-burly Planning And Construction Of The 1893 Chicago World's Fair (which Did, As The Title Suggests, Include Building What Amounted To An Entire City) And A Cruelly Calculating Sociopath Who Used The Event's Tumult And Crowds To Serve His Homicidal Compulsion. Goldwyn Is An Experienced Narrator With A Keen Dramatic Sense, And His Resonant Voice Is Well-suited To The Project. Music Is Used Only Sparingly, But The Few Subdued, Creepy Bars Goldwyn Reads Over In The Beginning Do An Excellent Job Of Creating Atmosphere For A Tale That Is Subtle But Often Genuinely Unsettling. Listeners Will Also Be Fascinated By Descriptions Of The Sheer Logistics Of The Fair Itself, Which Serve As Not Only Carefully Crafted And Informative History, But Also As Welcome Breaks From The Macabre And Relentless Contrivances Of The Killer. In All, It's A Polished Presentation Of An Intriguing Book That Outlines The Heights Of Human Imagination And Perseverance Against The Depths Of Our Depravity. Simultaneous Release With The Crown Hardcover (forecasts, Dec. 16, 2002). (feb.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information. | Living Springs Publishers |
| Strongbow: The Story Of Richard And Aoife | ||||
| 9780062315007 | The Alchemist, 25Th Anniversary: A Fable About Following Your Dream | Coelho, Paulo | A Special 25th Anniversary Edition Of Paulo Coehlo's Extraordinary International Bestselling Phenomenon--the Inspiring Spiritual Tale Of Self-discovery That Has Touched Millions Of Lives Around The World.combing Magic, Mysticism, Wisdom And Wonder, The Alchemist Has Become A Modern Classic, Selling Millions Of Copies Around The World And Transforming The Lives Of Countless Readers Across Generations. Paulo Coelho's Masterpiece Tells The Mystical Story Of Santiago, An Andalusian Shepherd Boy Who Yearns To Travel In Search Of A Worldly Treasure. His Quest Will Lead Him To Riches Far Different--and Far More Satisfying--than He Ever Imagined. Santiago's Journey Teaches Us About The Essential Wisdom Of Listening To Our Hearts, Of Recognizing Opportunity And Learning To Read The Omens Strewn Along Life's Path, And, Most Importantly, To Follow Our Dreams. -- | HarperOne |
| The Birds (DVD) | ||||
| The Goonies (DVD) | ||||
| 9780486264783 | The Importance Of Being Earnest (Dover Thrift Editions: Plays) | Oscar Wilde | Here is Oscar Wilde's most brilliant tour de force, a witty and buoyant comedy of manners that has delighted millions in countless productions since its first performance in London's St. James' Theatre on February 14, 1895.The Importance of Being Earnest is celebrated not only for the lighthearted ingenuity of its plot, but for its inspired dialogue, rich with scintillating epigrams still savored by all who enjoy artful conversation.Rich in humor, and memorable characters, Wilde offers a captivating satire of Victorian society and its repressive values and traditions, particularly in the pursuit of love and marriage. To recapture their freedom, the characters liberate themselves by leading double lives.From the play's effervescent beginnings in Algernon Moncrieff's London flat to its hilarious dénouement in the drawing room of Jack Worthing's country manor in Hertfordshire, this comic masterpiece keeps audiences breathlessly anticipating a new bon mot or a fresh twist of plot moment to moment.From ancient Greek dramas to great 20th-century masters, Dover publishes low-priced editions of just about every major work of drama, including those by William Shakespeare, Anton Chekhov, and Henrik Ibsen. Bestsellers include A Doll's House, Cyrano de Bergerac, Dr. Faustus, The Importance of Being Ernest, Medea, Oedipus Rex, Pygmalion, Romeo and Juliet, among many others. | Dover Publications |