(0)
(0)Paul Scofield
Author
Series
Chronicles of Narnia volume 4
Appears on list
Description
"Four children help Prince Caspian and his army of talking beasts to free Narnia from evil."--T.p. verso.
Author
Appears on these lists
Boylston - Entering Fourth Grade
Marlborough Public Library Children's Books Published Over 50 Years Ago
Townsend Adult Books Set in the Wilderness
WILBRAHAM - MA Center for the Book Student Reading Challenge June 2025
Marlborough Public Library Children's Books Published Over 50 Years Ago
Townsend Adult Books Set in the Wilderness
WILBRAHAM - MA Center for the Book Student Reading Challenge June 2025
Description
Just in time for the 50th anniversary of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe comes the only picture-book adaptation of the most popular and best-selling title in The Chronicles of Narnia. Younger readers can now take the first of many trips to Narnia in a brand-new edition of the story that has enchanted millions. Beautifully evocative art by renowned British illustrator Christian Birmingham complements this carefully abridged text of one of the...
Description
When Henry VIII's first wife, Catherine of Aragon, is unable to produce an heir to the throne, he uses that as a pretext for the Pope to grant him a divorce, so he can marry his newest conquest, Anne Boleyn. The King is backed by everyone on this request except the highly regarded and religious Sir Thomas More. When Cardinal Wolsey, Chancellor of England, names More as his successor, it becomes important for Henry to get More's support, but More cannot...
5) Bleak House
Author
Series
Description
A tale of family secrets and the damaging corruption of the British legal system from the author of Great Expectations and Oliver Twist. In Bleak House, Charles Dickens not only pries apart the stultifying and ponderous conduct and contracts of British moneyed society, but also takes specific aim at an English judicial system in desperate need of modernization and reform. Featuring the voice of Esther Summerson-Dickens's only female narrator-the story...
Author
Series
Formats
Description
On the French Rivera, the lights of a yacht are reflected in the water and in the eyes of four hilariously mismatched lovers. Perhaps Coward's greatest comedy, Private Lives shimmers with wit, romance, desire and bittersweet truth. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Rosalind Ayres, Marnie Mosiman, Ian Ogilvy, Begonya Piazza and Kristoffer Tabori.
7) King Lear
Author
Series
Appears on list
Description
Featuring the images of some of the world's most famous stage and film actors, these additions to the all-new Oxford School Shakespeare introduce--and enthrall--young people to one of the greatest writers of all time. This season brings revised editions of five of the Bard's most famous plays--As You Like It, Othello, Hamlet, Love's Labour Lost and The Taming of the Shrew. Designed specifically for students unfamiliar with Shakespeare's rich literary...
8) Hamlet
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Hamlet, a prince of medieval-era Denmark, senses treachery behind his royal father's death. His mother is all too dangerously entangled in that treachery. This film portrays Shakespeare's immortal tale of high adventure and evil deeds.
Author
Series
Description
"For the first time, the world-renowned Arden Shakespeare is producing Performance Editions, aimed specifically for use in the rehearsal room. Published in association with the Shakespeare Institute, the text features easily accessible facing page notes - including short definitions of words, key textual variants, and guidance on metre and pronunciation; a larger font size for easier reading; space for writing notes and reduced punctuation aimed at...
Description
In August 1944 the Allied army is closing in on Paris. German commander and art fanatic Colonel Von Waldheim steals a vast collection of rare French paintings and loads them onto a train bound for Berlin. When a beloved French patriot is murdered while trying to sabotage Von Waldheim's scheme, Labiche, a stalwart member of the Resistance, vows to stop the train at any cost.
Author
Series
Appears on list
Description
Chiltern creates the most beautiful editions of the Worlds finest literature. Your favorite classic titles in a way you have never seen them before: the tactile layers, fine details and beautiful colors of these remarkable covers make these books feel extra special and look striking on any shelf. This hardcover book has a matching blank lined journal (sold separately). They make a great gift when paired together but are also just as beautiful on their...
12) Henry V
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000], c1989
Description
Historical play about the English king who defeated the French at Agincourt.
13) The crucible
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Description
A group of teenage girls meets in the woods at midnight for a secret ceremony. When the ceremony is witnessed by the town minister, the girls are accused of witchcraft. Soon the entire village is consumed by hysteria, and innocent victims are put on trial, leading to a devastating climax.
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
It traces the beloved Christian stories of creation. Genesis shows viewers Adam and Eve in Paradise until they are tempted by the snake, traces the trials of Cain and Abel as Abel is driven to murder his brother and recounts the epic story of Noah and the Ark where Noah is commanded by God to save two of every creature from the flood.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
Description
Who will inherit the riches of wealthy old Martin Chuzzlewit? The only person he trusts is his companion and nurse, the young orphan Mary Graham, but she is employed on the understanding that she will not inherit a penny. He has disinherited his grandson, Young Martin, suspicious of the motives of the young man's love for Mary. With such a fortune at stake, the rest of the family closes in like sharks. The obsequious Pecksniff, whit his daughters,...
Author
Series
Publisher
BBC Audiobooks America
Pub. Date
2004
Description
The waste land is one of the most influential poems of the 20th century. Erudite and allusive, it borrows from poets as diverse as Dante and Webster, and incorporates languages from German to Sanskirt. Its disillusioned tone and innovative, audacious tyle have made it a modern classic. Four quartets consists of four long poems linked by common themes: "Burnt Norton", "East Coker", "The Dry Salvages" and "Little Gidding". Symbolising the cyclical nature...
18) The train
Publisher
KL Studio Classics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Paris, August 1944, with the Allied army closing in on German commander and art fanatic Colonel Franz Von Waldheim, he decides to steal a vast collection of rare French paintings and loads them onto a train bound for Berlin. But when a beloved French patriot is murdered while trying to sabotage Von Waldheim's scheme, Labiche, a stalwart member of the Resistance, vows to stop the train at any cost.
19) Scorpio
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
In the heyday of the Cold War an aging C.I.A. agent suspected of selling secrets to the Russians becomes the target of a C.I.A.-hired assassin, code named Scorpio. The two men follow each other in a deadly duel that takes both of them half way around the globe.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Adam and Eve in Paradise, the trials of Cain and Abel, and the beloved story of Noah and the Ark come to life in an epic yet poetic portrait of the creation of the world, painted with unforgettable imagery, words, and music. Narrated by Paul Scofield.
