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Series
Criterion collection volume 405
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
Deutsch
Description
"Set in the impoverished back alleys of Victorian London, The threepenny opera follows underworld antihero Mackie Messer (a.k.a. Mack the Knife) as he tries to woo Polly Peachum and elude the authorities. With a palpable evocation of corruption and dread, set to Weill's irresistible score, The threepenny opera remains a benchmark of early sound cinema." -- container.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Fifty years ago, a single bullet robbed us of one of the world's most eloquent voices for human rights and justice. [This book] goes beyond the iconic view of Martin Luther King Jr. as an advocate of racial harmony, to explore his profound commitment to the poor and working class and his call for 'nonviolent resistance' to all forms of oppression--including the economic injustice that 'takes necessities from the masses to give luxuries to the classes.'...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (716 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Robin Hood, prince of thieves: When Robin and his Moorish companion come to England and the tyranny of the Sheriff of Nottingham, he decides to fight back as an outlaw.
Wyatt Earp: The story of Wyatt Earp as he interacts and battles other famous figures of the Wild West era.
The postman: A nameless drifter dons a postman's uniform and bag of mail as he begins a quest to inspire hope to the survivors living in post-apocalyptic America.
JFK: New...
Author
Publisher
Bold Type Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 357 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Women's House of Detention, a landmark that ushered in the modern era of women's imprisonment, is now largely forgotten. But when it stood in New York City's Greenwich Village, from 1929 to 1974, it was a nexus for the tens of thousands of women, transgender men, and gender-nonconforming people who inhabited its crowded cells. Some of these inmates--Angela Davis, Andrea Dworkin, Afeni Shakur--were famous, but the vast majority were incarcerated...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Director's cut.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In this musical, Mushnik's Flower Shop houses an exotic potted plant called Audrey II. People are rushing in to see it but if they knew the truth, they would rush right out.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 374 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The definitive history of the Kerner Commission, whose report on urban unrest reshaped American debates about race and inequality In Separate and Unequal, historian Steven M. Gillon offers a revelatory new history of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders--popularly known as the Kerner Commission. Convened by President Lyndon Johnson after riots in Newark and Detroit left dozens dead and thousands injured, the commission issued a report...
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
x, 211 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Offering a new view into the lives and experiences of plebeian men and women, and a provocative exploration of the history of the body itself, this text approaches the bodies of the poor in early national Philadelphia as texts to be read and interpreted.
Author
Series
Washington County Historical Society. Booklet volume no. 58
Publisher
Washington County Historical Society
Pub. Date
1971.
Physical Desc
95 pages : portraits ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Descendants of Vinett Fine of Shenandoah Valley, Va. and allied families, pioneers of Washington County, Arkansas. "Vinett, the second son of Phillip Peter who was killed by Indians in 1738, left a wife (name unknown) and six children."--P. 10. He died " ... in the mountains of North Carolina (Haywood Co.)."--P. 6, on what became known as Fine's Creek in Fine's Creek Township. Descendants lived in Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma and elsewhere....
452) The Snow Queen
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Gerda and her mother take in a penniless beggar boy, Kay, and powerful forces take both children on a magical journey, testing their friendship to the extreme along the way. Kay goes missing, so with faith, love, and courage, Gerda goes to find him.
454) Planet of slums
Author
Publisher
Verso
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
228 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
xii, 258 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
This book gives voice to the 57 million Americans--including 21 percent of the nation's children--who are sandwiched between poor and middle class. While government programs help the needy and politicians woo the more fortunate, the "Missing Class" is largely invisible and ignored. Through the experiences of nine families, sociologists Newman and Chen trace the unique problems faced by individuals in this large and growing demographic--the "near poor"--who...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
12 DVDs (1,363 min.) : sound, black and white with some color sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 books (128 pages : chiefly black and white photographs ; 31 cm)
Language
English
Description
Sunrise: A sophisticated urban woman seduces a farmer in the hopes that he will murder his neglected wife and join her in the city, but he soon finds himself rekindling his romance with the latter when she discovers their scheme.
City girl: A Chicago waitress falls in love with a Minnesota farmer, and decides to face a life in the country.
Lazybones: Steve Tuttle, the titular lazybones, takes on the responsibility of raising a fatherless girl, causing...
457) My brilliant friend
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
254 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
It tells the enduring story of the complex friendship between Lila and Lenù in post-war Naples.
458) Drama for students: Volume 7 :presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied dramas
Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxi, 364 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Features analysis of the plays most frequently studied in literature classes. Entries include: introduction providing overview of play; brief biography of playwright; plot summary; discussion of play's principal themes; essays on play's construction; and excerpted critical commentary.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
441 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Overview: Homage to Catalonia is both a memoir of Orwell's experience at the front in the Spanish Civil War and a tribute to those who died in what he called a fight for common decency. Down and Out in Paris and London chronicles the adventures of a penniless British writer who finds himself rapidly descending into the seedy heart of two great European cities. This edition brings together two powerful works from one of the finest writers of the twentieth...
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