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Series
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
A lighthearted story that follow the adventures of a brave young boy who, emboldened by tales of brave knights, decides to pursue the horrible dragon this is terrifying the villagers. But what he discovers is a surprisingly friendly dragon that is more interested in receiting poetry and making music than devouring fair damsels. Now the young boy will have to stop the local hero before he challenges the dragon to a fiery battle.
82) Superman
Series
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
This Superman series from 1988-1989 brought back a few familiar foes, along with new unfriendly faces, and a peek into the private life of the man with the 'S' on his chest.
Series
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
When the first two brother pigs answer 'not I' to the big bad wolf question, they go on to build their new homes, one out of straw and the other of sticks. But when the wolf huffs and puffs and blows their houses down, the brothers seek protection in the third pig's house. He made his house out of bricks. When the wolf comes to blow down the house, the brothers hope it is strong enough. Includes 6 more Disney animated films.
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Language
English
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Description
Born a free man in New York State in 1808, Solomon Northup was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., in 1841. He spent the next 12 years as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation, and during this time he was frequently abused and often afraid for his life. This is his detailed description of slave life and plantation society.
Series
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Mr. J. Thadeus Toad has got himself into a bit of money trouble - from buying fancy new cars to dealing with some weaselly weasels. Now his beloved home, Toad Hall, is at risk of being lost. It will take the help of his dear friends Ratty, Moley and Angus MacBadger, and a promise to change his ways, for Mr. Toad to set things right again.
87) Naya daur
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Hindi
Description
A story set in a village experiencing the pains of industrialization when the city-bred son of the town's timber processing factory owner replaces workers with machines and then introduces a bus to replace the taxi-carts which ferry pilgrims from the railway station to the nearby temple. Shankar, one of the cart drivers, wagers a bet that in three months time, his cart can outrace the bus to the temple. If he wins, the displaced workers will keep...
88) Puss in boots
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A clever cat helps his poor master win fame, fortune, and the hand of a beautiful princess. Includes historical notes on versions of this tale and other fairy tales.
89) Rapunzel
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A retelling of a folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a witch. Includes a note on the origins of the story.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A midsummer night's dream: Cagney, de Havilland, Rooney and others play foolish mortals and immortals in this winner of 2 Academy Awards. Othello: A proud general brought low. Romeo and Juliet: A lavish retelling of the world's foremost romantic tale. Anthony and Cleopatra: A thoughtful and colorful adaptation of the fatal attraction that ensnares the worldly ROman soldier and the alluring Egyptian ruler.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Local hero: Comedy about an American oil company representative and the sleepy seaside Scottish village he must buy.
Seven days in May: It happens with startling swiftness and violence. An armed cadre seizes state control. Fortunately, a coup d'etat can't happen here. Or can it? ...At odds are a popular general and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman and an unpopular President with a pacifist agenda. At stake is the survival of the Republic. A vigilant...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The long, long trailer: Lucy and Desi play newlyweds who hit the honeymoon road with a 40-foot trailer in tow.
Forever darling: A couple experiences difficulty in their marriage. Then a Guardian Angel appears with a few surprises to set them on the road to marital bliss.
Room service: A riotous romp about a cash-strapped theatrical troupe trying to nail down a backer for their new Broadway venture.
Du Barry was a lady: Their friendship is a perfect...
94) Oblomov
Author
Language
English
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Description
Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov (1812-1891) was a Russian novelist who achieved literary fame later in life, after a career in the civil-service which spanned more than thirty years. His first novel, "A Common Story", was a definitive success and his notoriety was cemented with the publication of his second novel, "Oblomov", in 1850. Based on a short story written a year prior, "Oblomov" is about a cultured, intelligent, upper middle class man experiencing...
95) Pocahontas
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English
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Description
In 1607, a group of British adventurers, including John Smith, led by the greedy Virginia Company governor Ratcliffe, set sail for the New World, seeking gold and other treasures. In Virginia, Pocahontas, Chief Powhatan's daughter, ponders her life as she is faced with marriage to the stern warrior, Kocoum. The British establish the settlement of Jamestown, Virginia and dig up the countryside for gold. Smith meets Pocahontas and they overcome their...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the dimly lit alleys of Victorian London, a dense fog cloaks the city, wrapping its secrets in an enigmatic shroud. The air is thick with anticipation as a mysterious letter arrives at 221B Baker Street, the famed residence of the unparalleled detective, Sherlock Holmes. The sender, a shadowy figure known only as "The Midnight Scribe," beckons Holmes and his ever-loyal companion, Dr. John Watson, into a web of intrigue that will test the limits...
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
My favorite wife: A funny thing happens to Nick on his way to his honeymoon suite. He meets his wife. No, not his bride. He meets the wife that was lost at sea seven years ago and presumed dead ; Mr. & Mrs. Smith: New York sophisticates David Smith and Ann Smith née Krausheimer have been lovingly and passionately married for three years, or so they believed. They are told individually that due to a technicality - an unresolved municipal and state...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Français
Description
Young Queen Margot finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage amidst a religious war between French Catholics and Protestants. Six days after her wedding, La Mole, a young man wounded by several sword injuries, frantically knocks on Margot's door. He is Protestant and must die like all the others, but Margot hides him, nurses him back to help and grows to love him.
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