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Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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"The United States has anticipated and averted countless attacks from terrorist groups--thanks in large part to the extralegal counterterrorist unit known as the Taskforce. But in The Insider Threat, a much more insidious evil is about to shatter the false sense of safety surrounding civilized nations. While world powers combat ISIS on the battlefield, a different threat is set in motion by the group--one that can't be defeated by an airstrike. Off...
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Publisher
L.A. Theatre Works
Language
English
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First performed in 1905 and published in 1907, "Major Barbara" is a dramatic play by the famed Irish playwright and activist George Bernard Shaw. The story centers around its title character who, as an officer in the Salvation Army, becomes disenchanted by the increasing social problems that she sees and the willingness of her organization to accept money from armament manufacturers. Barbara is disillusioned about the good work the Salvation Army...
4) Candida
Author
Publisher
L.A. Theatre Works
Language
English
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"Candida" is the story of its title character, a woman who is married to the Reverend Morell. Candida is a woman of many talents and her husband has his wife to thank for much of his success. When a young man by the name of Marchbanks professes his love for Candida, Morell must reexamine his relationship with his wife and ultimately discovers a side to her that he never knew existed. "Candida" is a play written during a time of great empowerment of...
5) The tempest
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Duke Classics
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Themes: Adapted Classics, Low Level Classics, William Shakespeare, Fiction, Tween, Teen, Young Adult, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Timeless Shakespeare-designed for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the original play. These classic plays...
6) 1984
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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Portrays life in a future time when a totalitarian government watches over all citizens and directs all activities.
Author
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
"On August 21, 2015, Ayoub El-Khazzani boarded train #9364 in Brussels, bound for Paris. There could be no doubt about his mission: he had an AK-47, a pistol, a box cutter, and enough ammunition to obliterate every passenger on board. Slipping into the bathroom in secret, he armed his weapons. Another major ISIS attack was about to begin. Khazzani wasn't expecting Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos, and Spencer Stone. Stone was a martial arts enthusiast...
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English
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The Taming of the Shrew (1592) is a comedy by William Shakespeare. Written between 1590 and 1592, The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare's earliest works. Frequently critiqued by scholars for its demeaning portrayal of Katherina and for Petruchio's violence, the play has also been considered as an ironic treatment of the inequality experienced by women in marriage. The Taming of the Shrew has served as source material for countless film and...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Themes: Adapted Classics, Low Level Classics, William Shakespeare, Fiction, Tween, Teen, Young Adult, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Timeless Shakespeare-designed for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the original play. These classic plays...
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Project Gutenberg
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English
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All's Well That Ends Well (1607) is a comedy by William Shakespeare. All's Well That Ends Well was likely inspired by the tale of Giletta di Narbona from Boccaccio's Decameron. Unpopular during Shakespeare's lifetime, the play remains one of his least staged works to this day. Despite this, scholars praise All's Well That Ends Well for its moral ambiguity. "The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together, our virtues would be proud...
11) The Fugitive
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Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
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This 1913 play is a study of that peculiar English malady: good form. Clare Dedmond, the unhappy wife of George Dedmond, longs for a life of freedom and art. A friendship with the novelist Malise seems to offer her the chance to escape the deadening Dedmond household.... but at a great cost.
Author
Publisher
Bitter Lemon Press
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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A selection of the most remarkable places, sites, sights in Italy by a veteran visitor, distinguished scholar and intrepid traveler.
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"The author has achieved the near impossible...a must-squeeze-into-hand-baggage or the back pack."—House and Garden
"A minor classic."—The Times Literary Supplement
This personal, and wonderfully well-informed, selection of the most rewarding towns, cities, villages,
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Project Gutenberg
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English
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First performed in 1773, "She Stoops to Conquer" is the timeless comedic drama by Anglo-Irish author Oliver Goldsmith. The play depicts the story of Charles Marlow, a wealthy young man who is promised in marriage to a woman, Kate Hardcastle that he has never met. While he is eager to meet her and is travelling to her home with his friend, George Hastings, Charles is quite shy in the company of women of wealth. He prefers those of a lower class and...
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Project Gutenberg
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English
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Gerald Arbuthnot receives a promotion from Lord Illingworth, a worldly politician who has a sordid history of women, one of whom is Gerald's widowed mother. When their connection is revealed, the young man questions his past, present and future aspirations.
A Woman of No Importance opens with a high-class party featuring a group of society's most illustrious citizens. In the midst of the event, Gerald Arbuthnot enters and announces his new position...
15) Arcadia
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Series
Publisher
L.A. Theatre Works
Language
English
Description
In a large country house in Derbyshire in April 1809 sits Lady Thomasina Coverly, aged thirteen, and her tutor, Septimus Hodge. Through the window may be seen some of the "five hundred acres inclusive of lake" where Capability Brown's idealized landscape is about to give way to the Gothic style: "everything but vampires," as the garden historian Hannah Jarvis remarks to Bernard Nightingale when they stand in the same room 180 years later. Bernard...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audio, Inc
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"Absolutely marvelous…lively and learned….Marilyn Yalom's book is a distinguished contribution to our experience of a great literature, as well as an endearing memoir." -Diane Johnson, author of Lulu in Marrakech and Le Divorce
"[An] enchanting tour of French literature-from Abelard and Heloise in the 12th century to Marguerite Duras in the 20th and Philippe Sollers in the 21st." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)
How the French Invented Love...
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Publisher
ePublishing Works!
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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". . . deeply touching, drawing the reader into the lives of the family and the community with quirky characters and a peek into village life." ~Margaret Watkins, eBook Discovery Reviewer
Cornish Business Mogul Weds Housekeeper's Daughter in the Classic Contemporary Romance, Married to Deceive, by Kay Gregory
—1998, Cornwall, England—
As Phaedra's husband nears death, Iain Trebanian—the man she's always loved—returns...
Cornish Business Mogul Weds Housekeeper's Daughter in the Classic Contemporary Romance, Married to Deceive, by Kay Gregory
—1998, Cornwall, England—
As Phaedra's husband nears death, Iain Trebanian—the man she's always loved—returns...
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Publisher
ePublishing Works!
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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"Double the romance, double the fun! A good old fashioned romance that pulls you into the story line and keeps you there!" ~Evonne Hutton, eBook Discovery Reviewer
Two Couples from Two Continents Confront Preconceived Ideas to Find Wedded Happiness in Married Times Two, a contemporary romance, by Kay Gregory
—1997, Linconshire, England—
In need of a bride, wealthy Simon Sebastian has no use for love.
But...
Two Couples from Two Continents Confront Preconceived Ideas to Find Wedded Happiness in Married Times Two, a contemporary romance, by Kay Gregory
—1997, Linconshire, England—
In need of a bride, wealthy Simon Sebastian has no use for love.
But...
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Publisher
Project Gutenberg
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English
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In 1844, Charles Dickens embarked on a year-long visit to Italy, where he turned his perceptive views of the human condition toward a thoughtful appraisal of the country's soul and character. Combining travelogue with social commentary, he formed a kaleidoscopic portrait of nineteenth-century Italian life as seen by an outsider. Rather than serving as a guidebook, his "pictures" from Italy entertain rather than instruct. Dickens' eye for detail and...
20) Othello Novel
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Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"Othello" by William Shakespeare is a captivating tale of love, jealousy, and the destructive power of deceit. Set against the backdrop of Venice, this timeless tragedy follows the noble Moorish general Othello as he falls deeply in love with the beautiful Desdemona. However, their happiness is short-lived as the ensign Iago, consumed by jealousy and ambition, begins to manipulate Othello into believing that Desdemona has been unfaithful.
What unfolds...