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Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Melvin B. Tolson is a professor at Wiley College in Texas. Wiley is a small African-American college. In 1935, Tolson inspired students to form the school's first debate team. Tolson turns a group of underdog students into a historically elite debate team which goes on to challenge Harvard in the national championship. Inspired by a true story.
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
John Wilmot, a 17th century poet, is the Earl of Rochester and from the beginning he treats his wife cruelly, drinks to relentless excess, abuses his friendships, and generally wallows in dissipation, much to the dismay of King Charles II. The king hopes that Rochester will write a play glorifying his reign. But Rochester finds his true inspiration when he sees a young actress named Lizzie Barry. Rochester sets out to make her the greatest actress...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
In 2004 a tsunami ravaged the coast of Thailand and hundreds of thousands lost their lives. This story follows a group of people whose lives are irrevocably transformed in the aftermath including: a young couple searching for their child; a Thai survivor who loses his family and tries to prevent developers from seizing the land his village is built on; an Englishwoman whose husband and son are missing; an ambitious reporter; a relief worker; an overwhelmed...
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
In Mutiny on the Bounty, first officer Fletcher Christian refuses to give in to the cruel command of his captain on an eighteenth-century British ship.
Julius Caesar is an adaptation of Shakespeare's play about the conspiracy and death of Rome's greatest leader and its aftermath.
Reflections in a golden eye tells the story of a hidebound career officer wrestling with inner demons and his wife, a caged lioness needful of love, whatever the source.
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