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1) Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice

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English

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Celebrates the 500th anniversary of the birth of the last great artist of the Italian Renaissance, the most unexpected mind that the art of painting has ever produced: Tintoretto. Narrated by Helena Bonham Carter.

2) The Heart of Me

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Carter, Helena Bonham

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English

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1930's London. Two sisters - Madeleine and Dinah - One marries Rickie, the other falls in love with him. He begins an affair which is to have repercussions throughout their lives.

3) Burton and Taylor

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Carter, Helena Bonham

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English

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This is the story of the first celebrity couple: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were the original fabulous stars, and many were enthralled by their illicit romance, two tempestuous marriages, frequent break-ups and extravagant reunions.

4) Wings of the Dove

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Carter, Helena Bonham

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English

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The highly acclaimed provocative tale of passion, temptation and greed. Kate is a beautiful young society woman whose desire for a common journalist presents her with an impossible decision: leave him, or marry - and face a life of poverty. Events take an

5) The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

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Carter, Helena Bonham

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English

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From the acclaimed director of AMÉLIE comes the story of a prodigious ten-year-old cartographer who secretly leaves his family's ranch and travels across the country aboard a freight train to receive a prestigious award at the Smithsonian Institute.

6) Lady Jane

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Carter, Helena Bonham

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English

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In 1553, England's idle rich were anything but idle. With the blessing of the royal family, they plundered the riches of the church, stole the finest farmlands, and generally took all the best things the country had to offer. A cousin to the infamous Henry VII, Lady Jane Grey disapproved of the way her fellow nobles behaved, and disagreed with their religious beliefs. But as a sheltered 16-year-old, there wasn’t much she could do about it. Then,...

7) The heart and the bottle

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Jeffers, Oliver

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English

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Book, eAudiobook

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After safeguarding her heart in a bottle hung around her neck, a girl finds the bottle growing heavier and her interest in things around her becoming smaller.

8) Hamlet

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Gibson, Mel

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English

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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudies killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.

9) Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Motion Picture Soundtrack (Highlights)

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Stephen Sondheim

Language

English

10) Till Human Voices Wake Us

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Pearce, Guy

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English

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Dr. Sam Franks, is travelling home to bury his father in the Australian town where he was raised. It is a journey that forces him to confront the memories of a long-ago summer/

11) The King's Speech

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Firth, Colin

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English

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After the death of his father King George V (Michael Gambon of HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE) and the scandalous abdication of King Edward VIII (Guy Pearce of MEMENTO), Bertie (Academy-Award®-winner Colin Firth) who has suffered from a debilitating speech impediment all his life, is suddenly crowned King George VI of England. With his country on the brink of war and in desperate need of a leader, his wife, Elizabeth (Golden-Globe®-nominee...

12) Words For You

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Various Artists

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English

13) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

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Depp, Johnny

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English

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Depp stars in the title role as a man unjustly sent to prison who vows revenge, not only for his punishment, but for the devastating consequences that happened to his wife and daughter.