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"Measure for Measure," while listed among William Shakespeare's comedies, is doubtless among the darkest of his lighter works and remains one of the Bard's most popular plays.
When the Duke of Vienna decides to go undercover in his own city, he leaves Angelo, his deputy, in charge and disguises himself as a monk to see how things progress in his absence. Angelo, who purports to be a man of honor and a stickler for the rules, arrests young Claudio...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," is a classic comedy of mistaken identities, a device employed in a number of the bard's plays, which is believed to have been written sometime between 1601 and 1602. When Viola is shipwrecked on the coast of Illyria she is separated from her twin brother Sebastian, who she mistakenly believes to be dead. With the help of the ship captain who rescues her, she enters into the service of Duke Orsino, who has fallen...
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(94 min) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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In the 19th century the Fitzgerald sisters, Ginger and Brigitte, take refuge at Fort Bailey, home of the Northern Legion Trading Company. But the ground is cursed, and no one leaves for fear of the monstrous beasts lurking in the area. Now Ginger and Brigitte's vow to stay "together forever" gets tested as one of the sisters slowly slips into a darkening fate.
Pub. Date
©2015.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 minutes) : (DVD video) sound, colour ; 12 cm.
Language
English
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Two estranged sisters are forced to live together when they inherit their father's struggling horse farm. The strain of reconciliation and financial difficulties put the future of the family farm in jeopardy.
6) Le divorce
Pub. Date
2003.
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1 videodisc (DVD) (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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When Isabel Walker receives word that her pregnant stepsister Rosy has been left by her philandering French husband, artist Charles-Henri de Persand, Isabel travels to Paris to offer her help and moral support.
7) Serenity
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English
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River Tam and her brother Simon are hiding out from the totalitarian government that experimented with River's brain aboard a space-freighter. Captained by a down on his luck soldier, the crew of Serenity must take jobs, whether they are legal or not, while trying to avoid the Alliance, and keeping the Tams safe. Then things get out of control and the true extent of River's powers becomes known. At the same time, the Alliance sends a new Operative...
8) Dark river
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Following the death of her father, Alice returns to her home village for the first time in fifteen years, to claim the tenancy to the family farm she believes is rightfully hers.
9) Vox lux
Pub. Date
[2019]
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1 videodisc (DVD) (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of Celeste's rise from the ashes of a national tragedy to stardom. It follows her life from 1999 to 2017 including her survival of a violent tragedy as a teenager, her rise to fame with the help of her sister and talent manager, and her mounting a comeback after a scandal.
10) Polite Society
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English
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A merry mashup of sisterly affection, parental disappointment, and bold action, Polite Society follows martial artist-in-training Ria Khan, who believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (149 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The four Pevensie children - Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy - return to Narnia, only to discover that hundreds of years have passed since they ruled there. Now, crowning himself king, the evil General Miraz has taken charge. The children enlist the help of a heroic mouse called Reepicheep. They set out find the exiled Prince Caspian, determined to see him rightfully named king.
12) White Christmas
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English
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Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. One winter they join forces with a sister act and trek to Vermont for a white Christmas. The result is the stuff dreams are made of.
13) The color purple
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English
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A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to freedom. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds remarkable strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
14) Please stand by
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young woman escapes from her group home hoping to get her Star Trek script produced in Hollywood. With her sister and psychiatrist at her heels, she must conquer a new world full of challenges.
15) About Scout
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When two opposites meet and decides to take a journey across Texas, a convenience store robbery goes wrong and now they are on the run.
16) Priceless
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A widower who loses custody of his daughter finds himself unable to hold down a job. He agrees to drive a truck across the country, no questions asked. When he discovers what he is delivering, he is faced with a life-changing choice.
17) In her name
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An art house dramedy; about estranged sisters bonding as thirty-somethings forced to confront reality. While dealing with their egomaniacal formerly-important artist father's decent they experience a somewhat psychedelic liberation from the pain of their past and find themselves in a vortex of awareness of what matters most. Love.
18) The forest
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A woman goes into Japan's suicide forest to find her twin sister, and confronts supernatural terror.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Merricat, Constance and their Uncle Julian live in isolation after experiencing a family tragedy six years earlier. When cousin Charles arrives to steal the family fortune, he also threatens a dark secret they've been hiding.
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