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1) Siddhartha
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The classic novel of a quest for knowledge that has delighted, inspired, and influenced generations of readers, writers, and thinkers.
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
Though set in a place and time far removed from the Germany of 1922, the year of the book’s debut, the novel is infused with the sensibilities of Hermann Hesse’s time, synthesizing...
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
Though set in a place and time far removed from the Germany of 1922, the year of the book’s debut, the novel is infused with the sensibilities of Hermann Hesse’s time, synthesizing...
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The Wings of the Dove, by Henry James, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies of...
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Unsatisfied with the expectations of Creole society and unhappy with her family life, Edna Pontellier begins to fall in love with the dapper Robert Lebrun. Lebrun's flirtations, along with the lifestyle of renowned musician Mademoiselle Reisz, rejuvenates Edna's sense of freedom and independence. However, an affair with the womanizer Alcee Arobin provides Edna with a taste of the danger that comes with living outside of social convention. Trapped...
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Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies of contemporary...
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One of the major works of fiction written during the twentieth century, D. H. Lawrence's last novel is an erotic celebration of life. Described by the New York Times as "our time's most significant romance," the controversial book was banned, burned, and the subject of a landmark obscenity trial. Printed privately in Florence in 1928, it was not published in Great Britain until 1960, after having long scandalized society with its sexually explicit...
9) The Bounty
Publisher
Kl Studio Classics
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
William Bligh, a real-life sea captain who, in 1787, steered The Bounty on a 27,000-mile voyage into danger, chaos and madness. After 31 days of battling severe sea squalls and Bligh's ever-increasing cruelty, the weary crew is relieved to finally land on a remote island. But soon their tyrannical captain wants to sail again, and the desperate men turn to first mate Fletcher Christian to help them take the ship back, or die trying.
10) Ramrod
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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Connie Dickason has inherited a sheep ranch from her ex-husband and is determined to run the ranch with the help of her new Ramrod and his crew of anti-Ivey locals despite the opposition of Ivey and her father. The resulting bloody range war is much to the dismay of Dave, who wants to resolve Connie's problems with Ivey legally.
11) Fort Apache
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
The soldiers at Fort Apache may disagree with the tactics of their glory-seeking new commander. But to a man, they're duty bound to obey - even when it means almost certain disaster.
13) Condemned
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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A suave, self-centered thief learns to give instead of steal. A fear-fraught shut-in finds the courage to brave fate. A cold-blooded killer finds something worth dying for. An all-powerful prison warden discovers how small and weak he is. These four souls are condemned to be forever transformed within the crucible of Devil's Island.
14) Four Faces West
Publisher
Kl Studio Classics
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In New Mexico, a cowpoke forces a banker at gunpoint to give him a loan without collateral, in exchange for an IOU but the marshal and his posse chase after him.
16) The Letter
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
Description
A woman shoots a man and claims self defense. However, a letter in her handwriting turns up that may prove otherwise.
Publisher
Vci Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
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English
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Circuit judge Richard Thorne comes to a small western town in the course of making his rounds and discovers that it is under the feudal thumb of an oldline family headed by Josiah Bannerman. Despite opposition and obstacles, Thorne fingers Bannerman's spoiled son and defies the whole clan by seeing that justice is done. In doing so he wins the grudging respect of the old cattle baron, gains the love of the baron's niece, and awakens the sheriff to...
18) My Favorite Year
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Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In 1954, the era of live TV, a hapless production assistant is given the task of keeping his alcoholic film idol out of trouble long enough to appear on the King Kaiser Hour.
19) Nevada Smith
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A boy witnesses the murder of his parents at the hands of three men. He devotes his whole life to finding these men in order to kill them.
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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A lonely little boy peeks into the window of a Skid Row dive. Mesmerized by the soaring magic played by a small jazz combo, he longs to create the same sounds. So with the guidance of a brilliant bluesman, the boy develops into a superb artist.
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