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61) Our daily bread
Series
Publisher
American Pop Classics
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Depression-era drama in which a young couple leads a group of unemployed people in forming a successful communal farm.
63) Puss in boots
Author
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A clever cat helps his poor master win fame, fortune, and the hand of a beautiful princess. Includes historical notes on versions of this tale and other fairy tales.
64) Shock corridor
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Seeking a Pulitzer Prize, reporter Johnny Barrett (Peter Breck) has himself committed to a mental hospital to investigate a murder. As he closes in on the killer, insanity closes in on him. Constance Towers costars as Johnny's coolheaded stripper girlfriend. With its startling commentary on racism and other hot-button issues in sixties America and its daring photography by Stanley Cortez, Shock Corridor has had far-reaching influence."--Container....
65) Dishonored
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
In 1915, the Austrian Secret Service sends its most seductive agent, a former prostitute, to spy on the Russians.
66) Pinocchio
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents the adventures of Pinocchio, a mischievous wooden puppet, who wants more than anything else to become a real boy.
68) Faust I & II
Author
Series
Works volume 2
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
69) Hail Mary
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Français
Description
A young teenage girl claims to be a virgin despite being pregnant and must cope with her family and her boyfriend's reactions.
Series
Publisher
American Pop Classics
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Based on an actual strike against the Empire Zinc Mine in New Mexico, the film deals with the prejudice against the Mexican-American workers, who struck to attain wage parity with Anglo workers in other mines and to be treated with dignity by the bosses. In the end, the greatest victory for the workers and their families is the realization that prejudice and poor treatment are conditions that are not always imposed by outside forces.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Español
Description
Maryellen tiene grandes planes para su cumpleaños, y se pone muy feliz cuando su viejo amigo Davy aparece para ayudarle. Si tan sólo Wayne 'el insoportable' los dejara en paz...pero está pegado a Davy todo el tiempo. Quizá su hermana Joan tenía razón cuando dijo que las niñas no podían ser amigas de los niños en cuarto grado. Luego, en las vacaciones familiares, Maryellen descubre que Joan no está muy segura sobre sus planes. Lo que sí...
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Español
Description
Maryellen Larkin is nine years old and longs to stand out, but in a family with five brothers and sisters it's easy to get lost in the shuffle! This is the first volume of Maryellen's stories about growing up in the 1950s.
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Published when David Foster Wallace was just twenty-four years old, The Broom of the System stunned critics and marked the emergence of an extraordinary new talent. At the centre of this outlandishly funny, fiercely intelligent novel is the bewitching heroine, Lenore Stonecipher Beadsman. The year is 1990 and the place if a slightly altered Cleveland, Ohio. Lenore's great-grandmother has disappeared with twenty-five other inmates of the Shaker Heights...
Author
Series
American girl BeForever. Melody, 1964 volume 1
American Girls collection. Beforever. Melody 1964 volume 1
American girl BeForever. Melody 1964 volume 1
Melody classic volume 1
American Girls collection. Beforever. Melody 1964 volume 1
American girl BeForever. Melody 1964 volume 1
Melody classic volume 1
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Melody is an optimistic, enthusiastic girl growing up in Detroit, Michigan during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. She is excited and proud to share a special surprise with her family. She's been chosen to sing a solo for Youth Day at her church! But what song will she choose? She gets advice from her big brother, and is also inspired by her older sister, but it's the inspirational words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that help her pick the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Music broadcaster and composer Stephen Johnson explores how Shostakovich's music took shape under Stalin's reign of terror, and how it gave form to the fears and hopes of an oppressed people. Johnson writes of the healing effect of music on sufferers of mental illness and tells of how Shostakovich's music lent him unexpected strength in his struggle with bipolar disorder. Through interviews conducted with surviving members of Soviet orchestras, through...
Author
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lupin III: Greatest Heists is a collection of twelve classic stories from throughout Lupin's history. Taken from Monkey Punch's Lupin III and New Lupin III, these stories have been fully retranslated and are collected in one volume for the first time. Monkey Punch's immortal creations are among the most beloved characters of all time, from master thief Lupin III to his trusted sidekicks and tenacious rivals. Lupin III is also an icon of animation,
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