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Although one of his lesser known plays, Shakespeare's considerable abilities as a playwright are readily apparent in "Troilus and Cressida." This historical and tragic 'problem play', thought to be inspired by Chaucer, Homer, and some of Shakespeare's history-recording contemporaries, is initially a tale of a man and woman in love during the Trojan War. When Cressida is given to the Greeks in exchange for a prisoner of war, Troilus is determined to...
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"Arms and the Man, George Bernard Shaw's play hung on the cunningly told tale of the lost coat with the photograph in the pocket. dialogue is marked by Shavian verbal exchanges. The play in an example of Shaw's dramatic axiom '[I] imagine characters and let them rip.'" -- Back cover.
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John Dos Passos's second novel, Three Soldiers, was published in 1921 after many rejections from publishers and censorship squabbles. The novel, which was hailed as a masterpiece on its original publication, stands as one of the most grimly honest portraits of World War I. This anti-war novel focuses on three soldiers, Fuselli, an Italian American store clerk from San Francisco; Chrisfield, a farm boy from Indiana; and Andrews, a musically gifted...
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The skies over ancient Rome blaze with terrifying portents, and soothsayers warn Julius Caesar of approaching doom. As conspiracy swirls through the city, Shakespeare explores the deep repercussions of political murder on the human heart. The classic tale of duplicity and murder is masterfully performed by an all-star, all American cast.
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E. E. Cummings, was an American poet, essayist, painter, author, and playwright. His body of work encompasses 2,900 poems, two autobiographical novels, four plays and several essays, as well as numerous paintings and drawings. He is remembered as an unsurpassed voice of 20th century poetry, as well as one of the most popular, even today. Cummings attended Harvard, receiving both his bachelor's and master's by 1916. A year later, he enlisted in the...
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"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes Kristin Hannah's next novel. It is an epic love story and family drama set at the dawn of World War II. She is the author of twenty-one novels. Her previous novels include Home Front, Night Road, Firefly Lane, Fly Away, and Winter Garden"--
"Viann and Isabelle have always been close despite their differences. Younger, bolder sister Isabelle lives in Paris while Viann lives a quiet and content life...
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"The Return of the Soldier" is British author Rebecca West's remarkable 1918 novel of the struggle of a World War I veteran and the three women who love him as he returns home and tries make sense of the life that he had before he went to war. Told from the perspective of his cousin Jenny, who lives with him and his wife Kitty, it is the story of British soldier Chris Baldry, who has just returned home from fighting in France. Chris has amnesia and...
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Abraham Lincoln is one of the earliest film biographies of America's sixteenth president. Lincoln (Walter Huston) is shown from his early days to his assassination at age fifty-six. Featuring a superb ensemble that also includes Jason Robards Sr., Una Merkel, and Kay Hammond, the Lincoln saga was directed by groundbreaking filmmaker D.W. Griffith (The Birth of a Nation) and will leave you enthralled!
9) Abadan 1160
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The struggle of a local radio station in Abadan in the begging of the Iraq invasion against Iran. A group of youngsters try to keep the station live and give the people hope under the shelling and bombarding by Saddam's forces.
10) Private Peaceful
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Set in WW1, two brothers fall for the same girl while contending with the pressures of their feudal family life, the war, and the price of courage and cowardice.
11) Korkoro
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In this passionate WWII drama, a tightly knit family of Gypsies journeys through occupied France, trying to avoid the violent Vichy patrols. Directed with wit and vigor by Tony Gatlif (Latcho Drom), Korkoro unearths the hidden story of the Romany people's joys and struggles during the war. Along the way a young French orphan named Claude (Mathias Laliberté) joins their ranks, and is initiated into their culture. Under the tutelage of acrobatic wild...
13) Paths Of Glory
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This powerful, fact-based absurdity-of-war film stars Kirk Douglas as a commanding officer who defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.
17) The Inspection
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Rejected by his mother and with few options, a young, gay Black man joins the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside, unexpectedly finding camaraderie, strength, and support in this new community.
18) Good
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A literature professor faces a crisis of conscience when his book advocating compassionate euthanasia is enlisted by the government in 1930s Germany.
19) American Son
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What would you do if you had just four days to say goodbye to everyone who was important to you? Nineteen-year-old Mike Holland has 96 hours to make peace with his friends and family - and maybe even begin a new relationship - on the eve of his deployment to Iraq. Get a glimpse of the emotional battlefield our troops navigate as they leave America to fight in a completely different world.
20) The Great Escape
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Steve McQueen jumps on his motorcycle and leads the way in this thrill-packed adventure that blends top stars, a true-life WWII saga and Hollywood's gift for storytelling into a bravura, blockbuster film.
