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1) Cleopatra
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Cleopatra, from her ascent to the throne at age seventeen to her downfall and suicide is the one of the most controversial figures in ancient history. A great love story woven around the establishment of the Roman Empire.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"A tragic legend written down in the sixteenth century wherein a learned scientist honoured with the laurels of his university, sold his soul to the devil for still greater knowledge and power in the unknown."--Title screen. Deeply unsatisfied with God's decree that the reward of sin is death, Dr. John Faustus, a scholar at Wittenberg, opts to cut a deal with Lucifer. The contract--signed in Faustus's blood--stipulates that the doctor receive the...
3) X Y & Zee
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
When Robert's fancy for the beautiful young widow Stella threatens to break up her marriage, Zee takes matters into her own hands to try to gain the advantage in their tumultuous relationship. She goes to outrageous lengths to eliminate her husband's mistress.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Collector's edition.
Language
English
Description
Marge and Homer make whoopee while Bart and Lisa attend summer camp. Lisa is crowned Little Miss Springfield. Marge puts her charm and smarts to work in the power plant and when Mr. Burns notices, it leads to a cozy dinner for two. Home becomes the power plant's union negotiator and tries to bargain away the dental plan for beer.
9) Ivanhoe
Pub. Date
[2005?]
Language
English
Description
Adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's classic tale set in England in the Middle Ages. Also includes a Tom and Jerry cartoon, The Two Mouseketeers, and a swashbuckler movie trailer gallery.
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Reporter Charles Wills (Johnson) falls in love and marries the gorgeous Helen Elsworth (Taylor). He supports her with a low paying job, devoting his evenings to writing a novel. After numerous rejections, he gives up writing, quits his job and lives of investments. The marriage falters when he enters into self-destructive behavior that is halted by a devasting tragedy.
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The hijacking was executed flawlessly. Minutes after departing Athens on June 27, 1976, Air France Flight 139 was commandeered by militant German and Palestinian terrorists. On board were 256 passengers and crew, 106 of them Jewish. Their new destination: Entebbe Airport in Uganda. Their only hope: a desperate rescue by Israeli commandos.
16) The Flintstones
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
Collector's edition.
Language
English
Description
After an aptitude test mix-up, Fred Flintstone trades his job as bronto-crane operator for a vice presidency. But there's trouble brewing in Bedrock: an evil executive and his sinister secretary are now plotting to use Fred as the fall guy in an embezzlement scheme!
17) Little women
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Louisa May Alcott's Civil War story of four sisters who share their loves, their joys, and their sorrows.
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Previously filmed in 1931 under its original title, Theodore Dreiser's bulky but brilliant novel An American Tragedy was remade in 1951 by George Stevens as A PLACE IN THE SUN. Montgomery Clift stars as George Eastman, a handsome and charming but basically aimless young man who goes to work in a factory run by a distant, wealthy relative. Feeling lonely one evening, he has a brief rendezvous with assembly-line worker Alice Tripp (Shelley Winters),...
19) National Velvet
Author
Pub. Date
1944.
Language
English
Description
A determined girl and boy and a spirited thoroughbred horse join forces to attain the seemingly impossible dream of winning the Grand National Steeplechase.
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