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1) $The tempest
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English
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Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan, uses his skill at controlling natural forces to cause the shipwreck of his old opponents, forcing them to seek refuge on the island where he and his daughter Miranda have been living in exile, and setting the stage for Miranda to fall in love with Ferdinand, the prince of Naples. Includes explanatory notes, plot summaries, critical essay, and illustrations.
2) King Lear
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Series
Language
English
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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.
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Language
English
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Description
These mass market editions of six of Shakespeare's plays feature freshly edited text based on the best early printed versions of each play, full explanatory notes, scene-by-scene plot summaries, a key to famous lines and phrases, an introduction to reading Shakespeare's language, and illustrations. Reissue.
5) The missing
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English
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Description
Maggie is a young plainswoman raising her two daughters in the desolate wilderness of New Mexico. When daughter Lily is kidnapped by a dark-hooded phantom with shape-shifting powers, Maggie's long-estranged father offers to help find her. Though stunned by his return, Maggie knows she must swallow both hurt and pride if she is ever to see Lily again. Unaware of the frightening events that lurk in the distance, father and daughter set out to track...
6) The tempest
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Language
English
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Description
This modern retelling of William Shakespeare's final masterpiece is an exciting, mystical, and magical fantasy. Exiled to a magical island, the sorceress Prospera conjures up a storm that shipwrecks her enemies, and then unleashes her powers for revenge.
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Series
Paul Madriani novels volume 14
Language
English
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Description
Defending a client accused of mercy-killing her father, attorney Paul Madriani is drawn into a treacherous conspiracy involving the victim's former unit from World War II and a feared Nazi relic.
Publisher
[Distributed by] Gaiam/Vivendi Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Desiree Harper's perfect life as the wife of a high-powered Manhattan doctor comes to a sudden end when her husband says he wants a divorce. He invokes their ironclad pre-nup, leaving her penniless. Desiree moves back to New Jersey to help her father run his struggling bakery. Desiree wants nothing more than to return to her high-class life, spending time with her father causes her to see things differently. She rediscovers her love of baking and...
Series
Love Comes Softly volume 10
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
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Description
A heartwarming story adapted from the bestselling 'Love Comes Softly' series by Janette Oke. When the wife of a struggling homesteader on the western frontier unexpectedly dies, the man searches for the strength and courage to raise his young daughter, and finds it, with the help of his parents.
Publisher
Hallmark Entertainment
Language
English
Description
At the edge of the mortal world lies a mystical vortex leading to the Nine Kingdoms, a fantastic land where fairy tales are reinvented--and not with happily-ever-after endings. An evil queen has doomed Prince Wendell to life as a dog. His quest to recapture the throne leads him through a portal to the mythical Tenth Kingdom--Central Park! With the help of ordinary mortals Virginia and Tony, he battles evil in a parallel universe of trolls, goblins...
12) Guess who
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A man tries to break up his daughter's relationship when he finds out her boyfriend is white.
13) The descendants
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
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Description
Matt King is an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family's land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries.
14) As you like it
Publisher
HBO Video
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
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Description
The daughter of a duke is banished to the forest. She encounters the young gentleman with whom she has fallen in love and attempts to win his love, though disguised as a man herself.
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[Distributed by] Feature Films for Families
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English
Description
Following the death of her mother, Sarah is sent to live with her estranged father. While riding her horse in the mountains she meets an old hermit who protects the animals of the mountain, including a mysterious stallion. When poachers threaten the animals, the hermit, Sarah, and her father team up to protect the animals from the poachers.
16) Say anything
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Lloyd, an eternal optimist, seeks to capture the heart of Diane, an unattainable high school beauty and straight-A student. Everyone is amazed that she returns the sentiment, but Diane's over-possessive father comes between them.
17) Hanna
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Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Language
English
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Description
A 16-year-old who was raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe, tracked by a ruthless intelligence agent and her operatives.
Publisher
Sentai Filmworks
Language
English
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Description
When she hears a strange song from a crystal radio, Asuna is transported to a mysterious world where mythical beasts roam and brave warriors fight for their lives. Agartha is a land of breathtaking beauty and unimaginable danger--a place where it is believed even the dead can be brought back to life. But at what cost?
19) About Schmidt
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version(1.85:first).
Language
English
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Description
Warren Schmidt is about the taste the not-so-sweet slice of life. When he retired, he and his wife, Helen, had big plans - but an unexpected twist changes everything. Now, all of Schmidt's attention is focused on his daughter's upcoming wedding to a loser waterbed salesman. From meeting the groom's hippie parents to sponsoring a Tanzanian foster child, Schmidt embarks on a search for answers, only to discover that life is full of trick questions.
Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen Edition
Language
English
Description
The story of Laura, a working mother who just wants to spend more time with her daughter Kelsey. Unfortunately, her demanding boss Paul has other ideas. When Kelsey's father Dylan files for joint custody, Laura is forced to take Kelsey to Texas, where she confronts the lifestyle, church, and father that she left behind. With the help of the local church minister, Pastor Frank, Laura and Dylan will find their way back to the commitment they made to...
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