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The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic. Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, To Kill A Mockingbird takes readers to the roots of human behavior...
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A beautiful new clothbound edition of Alexandre Dumas's classic novel of wrongful imprisonment, adventure and revenge. Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of the Château d'If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and becomes determined not only to escape but to unearth the treasure and use it to plot the destruction of the three men responsible...
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It was the time of the French Revolution - a time of great change and great danger. It was a time when injustice was met by a lust for vengeance, and rarely was a distinction made between the innocent and the guilty. Against this tumultuous historical backdrop, Dickens' great story of unsurpassed adventure and courage unfolds.Unjustly imprisoned for 18 years in the Bastille, Dr. Alexandre Manette is reunited with his daughter, Lucie, and safely transported...
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Imagine growing up among wolves, being friends with a panther and a bear, and hunting the most fearsome animal in the wild-the man-killing tiger Shere Khan. These are the stories of Mowgli ""the frog,"" a man-cub raised by wolves, and his journey to adulthood with the help of Baloo the bear, and Bagheera the black panther. The Jungle Book is collections of short stories. Each story begins with a few lines of poetry. The best known of these jungle...
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2003
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Sinbad: Take a thrilling voyage with the bravest hero on land or sea as you sail through, the excitement of a lifetime ans share the dangers and narrow escape that await Sinbad on his many exotic adventures.
The Three Musketeers: It's all for one and one for all as D'Artagnan and his friends Athos, Porthos, and Aramis -- the Three Musketeers -- battle to clear the Queen's name and save all of France from the evil Cardinal Richelieu.
The Count of...
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2004
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Two Weeks to Live : When Abner is mistakenly diagnosed as having only two weeks to live, his partner gets the idea that they can make a ton of money by having Abner perform all kinds of dangerous stunts.
The Bashful Bachelor : Lum Edwards is annoyed with his partner in Pine Ridge's Jot-'em-Down general store, Abner Peabody, because Abner has swapped their delivery car for a racehorse. Lum is also too timid to propose to Geraldine, so he involves...
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An ex-Confederate soldier searches for his niece, captured by Comanches who massacred his family.
A Civil War veteran spends five years on the trail of a Comanche raiding party that kidnapped his dead brother's daughters. Breathtaking scenery gives a picture of frontier families separated by miles of emptiness.
10) Teacher's pet
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1958
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The hardboiled city editor of a newspaper is not pleased when his managing editor orders him to help a college professor with her journalism class. Finding himself attracted to her, he pretends to be a student in her class and is soon teacher's pet.
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The Maid of Honor ; Horror for OZ ; Chaperones ; Ricky and The Law Clerk ; The Randolph's Niece ; Any Date in a Storm ; The Petition ; Wally's Traffic Ticket6 ; Hairstyle for Harriet ; Rick's Raise.
Television's longest-running situation comedy was created, directed and written by Ozzie Nelson, who also starred in it with his wife and two sons. The Nelson's TV home - a two story Colonial at 822 Sycamore Road in the town of Hillsdale - was an exact...
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2007
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Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy burst onto the big screen in the year 1917 in their debut film, "Lucky Dog." It was only a matter of time before their hilarious antics and off-the-wall adventures would propel the duo to celebrity of legendary proportions. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this fun-loving team of comic geniuses in fourteen of their classic episodes, including the pair's first film ever, "Lucky Dog."
13) Oliver Twist
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c2005
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A story of a young orphan boy who gets involved with a gang of pickpockets in 19th Century London. Oliver's rescue by the kindly Mr. Brownlow is only the beginning of a series of adventures that lead him to the promise of a better life.
17) Red dawn
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[2007]
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From the windows of a high school classroom, students see paratroopers land on the varsity football field. The invasion of the United States has begun. As their town is overrun by foreign nationals, eight teenagers escape to the mountains. Taking the name of their high school football team, the Wolverines, they wage an unremitting guerrilla action in defense of their parents, their friends and their country.
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