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Pub. Date
2013
Description
Six episodes combine history, biography, iconic performances, new analysis, and the personal passion of their celebrated hosts (Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Irons, Derek Jacobi, Trevor Nunn, Joely Richardson, and David Tennant) to tell the story behind the stories of Shakespeare's greatest plays.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
A revealing portrait of Richard Oakes, the brilliant, charismatic Native American leader who was instrumental in the takeovers of Alcatraz, Fort Lawton, and Pit River and whose assassination in 1972 galvanized the Trail of Broken Treaties march on Washington, DC. The life of this pivotal Akwesasne Mohawk activist is explored in an important new biography based on extensive archival research and key interviews with activists and family members. Historian...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Combines elements of analysis, history, biography, performance, and the personal passions of six presenters to tell the stories behind the stories of six Shakespeare plays. Includes interviews with actors, directors, and scholars; visits to key locations; clips from celebrated film and television adaptations; and illustrative excerpts from performances staged at Shakespeare's Globe in London especially for the series.
Author
Series
Richard Stark's Parker volume 1
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Parker, who was betrayed by a woman he loved and by his partner in crime, travels across the country to obtain revenge and recover that which he is owed while navigating a world of criminals and grifters.
Pub. Date
©2001
Description
A companion to fifteen classic and contemporary novels that provides an author biography, plot summary, character sketches, discussion of themes and style, historical context, a critical overview, and selections of criticism for each; also includes sidebars on media adaptations, comparisons between authors' cultural settings and modern Western culture, and further-reading lists.
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"The U.S. Civil War's Battle of Fredericksburg is known for its brutal fighting, but another story from this battle deserves to be told. At age 19, Confederate soldier Richard Rowland Kirkland was moved to show compassion for suffering Union soldiers. Putting his own life at risk, Kirkland took water to the weakened men on the battlefield. Learn about his selfless act in this inspiring graphic novel"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
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Description
"In 1966 in a small town in Louisiana, a 19-year-old black man named Gary Duncan pulled his car off the road to stop a fight. Duncan was arrested a few minutes later for the crime of putting his hand on the arm of a white child. Rather than accepting his fate, Duncan found Richard Sobol, a brilliant, 29-year-old lawyer from New York who was the only white attorney at "the most radical law firm" in New Orleans. Against them stood one of the most powerful...