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Each of the dozen stories in this collection reveals a hidden and often dangerous world, and pivots around the gravitational… pull of obsession and the captivating personalities of those caught in its grip. There is the world's foremost expert on Sherlock Holmes who is found dead in mysterious circumstances; an arson sleuth trying to prove that a man about to be executed is innocent; and sandhogs racing to complete the brutally dangerous job of building New York City's water tunnels before the old system collapses. Throughout, Grann's hypnotic accounts display the power--and often the willful perversity--of the human spirit. 2010.
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A dramatic comedy about a family divided exactly in half by a shipwreck. Each half contains one parent, one twin… son and one twin slave. Their attempts to become reunited cause many mistaken identity mix-ups and are complicated by the father's impending execution if he does not produce a ransom. 1993.
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Ghost and horror stories, Movie and television tie-ins, Drama
Screenplay for a TV miniseries. General store owner Mike Anderson recounts what happened when a blizzard struck Little Tall Island,… Maine, and Andre Linoge arrived for a horror-filled visit. Eighty-year-old Martha Clarendon was the first to see the stranger, and he killed her with his wolf-headed cane. Some violence. c1999. Uniform title: Storm of the century (Motion picture)
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A romantic tragedy of two teenagers from rival families who fall in love. A sentence of exile and an impending… arranged marriage force the two to flee. A friar suggests a ruse to accomplish their union, but miscommunication causes it to backfire. This is a fully dramatised unabridged version. For Senior High readers. Originally published in 1597. 1997.
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This edition accurately reproduces the First Folio of the plays of William Shakespeare. As a further aid to understanding, on… each opposite page, the same text appears, but this time in a fully modernized version. Edited by Shakespeare scholar Nick de Somogyi, it also contains two introductions, textual notes, and an appendix giving variant versions from the Quarto where appropriate. 2002, c1592.
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Movie and television tie-ins, Literature, Drama
A tragedy concerning a petulant king and his three daughters. Amid the political action, Lear is taken in by false… avowals of love from two of his daughters, and disinherits his third because of her refusal to flatter him. This is a fully dramatised version. Believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606. 2002.
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A play inspired by music and death revolves around the bitter jealousy of Antonio Salieri, the court composer who played… second fiddle to the more brilliant Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Some strong language. c1981. Uniform title: Amadeus
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Movie and television tie-ins, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Law and crime, True crime
Le 22 novembre 1897, Cordelia revient de chez son père où elle a passé la nuit. Affreuse découverte; son mari… gît dans son lit; assassiné. Elle ne se doute pas que bientôt, à Sainte-Scholastique, la rumeur publique l'accusera du meurtre. 1979.
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The proud would-be lovers Beatrice and Benedick circle each other warily, and as they draw closer and closer to their… inevitable union, their scathing witticisms and sly innuendoes reach a feverish intensity that befits the passionate longing they both vainly seek to deny. First publicly acted prior to 1600. c1996.
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First performed in 1598, this comedy in five acts concerns two pairs of lovers. Before Hero and Claudio can find… happiness together, they must sort out the complications of Don John's false accusations. Meanwhile, Beatrice and Benedick match wits and fall in love. Includes notes and explanatory essays. 1995.
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When Vincentio leaves the city government in the hands of Judge Angelo, the laws against fornication, which had been loosely… enforced, are now more strictly observed. When a young couple is caught expecting a child out of wedlock the man is sentenced to death. Vincentio is disguised as a friar to spy on the doings in his city and aids in a plan to stop Angelo. 1973, c1604.
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Late sixteenth-century dramatic comedy in which the king of Navarre and three of his friends swear to avoid the company… of women for three years and to devote themselves to study. Their plans go awry when the charming princess of France arrives on a diplomatic mission with three vivacious ladies. When the princess's father dies, the ladies impose a year-long interruption of the merriment. 1990.
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Roberto Saviano a enquêté pendant plusieurs années sur les activités de la Camorra, l'organisation criminelle qui règne sur Naples et… toute la Campanie. Une organisation moins connue que la mafia sicilienne mais bien plus dangereuse, car la mafia se pose comme un 'contre-État', a un code d'honneur et respecte certaines règles, alors que la Camorra est une forme 'd'entreprenariat' criminel dont le seul but est de maximiser ses profits, ses membres étant prêts à tout pour atteindre cet objectif. Elle constitue pour l'auteur l'avant-garde de l'économie mondialisée, dont elle pousse les mécanismes jusqu'à leurs conséquences les plus extrêmes. Les rapports avec la Chine et le rôle du port de Naples, l'importance du textile en Italie et au-delà, le trafic d'armes et de drogue, les activités de construction et l'immobilier. Passant en revue tous ces dossiers, Saviano présente des faits, des chiffres et des éléments concrets sur la portée de la criminalité au sein du 'Système', le véritable nom de la Camorra. 2007.
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Historical drama. The newly ascended king of England first deals with three suspected traitors. Then, on a pretext, Henry invades… France to claim the throne. After his victory in the battle of Agincourt, there is a huge celebration, and Henry turns his attention to his courtship of Catherine of France, as two knaves and a braggart provide comic relief. 2001, c1599.
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Compiled together for the first time, here are three plays by Argentine novelist and playwright Manuel Puig, who died in… 1990. The centrepiece of the volume is Puig's "Kiss of the Spider Woman", made into an acclaimed film starring William Hurt. Also included are the compelling works "Under a mantle of stars" and "Mystery of the rose bouquet". 1984. Uniform title: Beso de la mujer araña.
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This historical drama, written in the early seventeenth century, deals with the fall and death of the Duke of Buckingham;… the question of the king's divorce from the dignified Queen Katherine and his marriage to Anne Bullen; and the disgrace and demise of Cardinal Wolsey. Later, the play turns to Anne's coronation; to the Archbishop of Canterbury's success over his enemies; and to the christening of a princess, who becomes Queen Elizabeth I. 1990.
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Loved by the Roman crowd but more and more feared by the Senators, Caesar increasingly shows signs of his desire… to abolish the Republic and crown himself emperor. A conspiracy is hatched, led by Cassius and Brutus, who murder Caesar on the steps of the Capitol. Mourning over his dead friend's body, Mark Antony gives one of the most famous rhetorical speeches in literature, asking "Friends, Romans, Countrymen" to lament Caesar's death, privately vowing to "let slip the dogs of war" against those who have shed Caesar's blood. 1967, c1599.
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Movie and television tie-ins, Award winning non-fiction, Literature, Drama
The Bronx, 1964. Sister Aloysius, stern principal of St. Nicholas Catholic School, is convinced that school chaplain Father Flynn is… a pedophile, and that instead of mentoring the school's only black student, he has seduced him. Through meetings with Flynn, young teacher Sister James, and the student's mother, she gathers her evidence and plans a course of action. No one is totally right or truthful, keeping everyone in a state of doubt. Pulitzer Prize winner. 2005.
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Investigative journalists expose FBI corruption. In 1975 Boston FBI agent John Connolly began using Irish mobster Jim "Whitey" Bulger as… an informant. Though Bulger committed outrageous crimes, the state police and federal drug agents were never able to get a conviction, and authorities became suspicious of a fix. 2013.
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When Louisiana nun Helen Prejean and death-row inmate Patrick Sonnier become pen pals, Sonnier’s friendly nature and ambiguities about his… crime reinforce Prejean’s feelings against the death penalty. After fighting unsuccessfully to have Sonnier’s sentence commuted, Prejean continues her activism, including work with victims’ groups. Includes violence and strong language. 1992.