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Author
Series
Publisher
Washington Square Press
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Discusses the theatrical context of William Shakespeare's classic play, "The Taming of the Shrew," and includes introduction to the play, textual notes, and an essay on the theatrical world of the author.
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
An annotated edition of Shakespeare's comedy in which young lovers enter a world of sprites and fairies, and an amateur play production entertains all; also includes essays on Shakespeare's theatrical world and his texts, and a scholarly introduction.
Language
English
Description
Builder Robert is visiting his ailing wife in a nursing home and is having problems getting a taxi home due to an intense snow storm. One of the doctors, Katherine offers him a lift home however their car gets stuck and they have to spend the night in an empty cabin nearby. They talk and bond, but afterwards seem to have difficulty beginning a relationship.
4) Lucky 7
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Language
English
Description
Amy has been given a foolproof "time line" to achieve great success in life by her dying mother. Now, a prominent Seattle lawyer, Amy has never gone wrong following her late mother's advice. Crucial to the timeline is her quest for the perfect husband. As pre-determined by her mom, the lucky man will have to be Amy's seventh boyfriend. But when Amy falls in love with Boyfriend Number Six, Amy must shop around for an "alternate" Number Six, enabling...
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Oliver and Emily meet on a flight from Los Angeles to New York with each of them declaring that they couldn't be more wrong for each other. As they struggle with their respective partners, careers, and breakups, they become closer and closer.
6) Open range
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Language
English
Description
Boss Spearman, a rugged old-timer, free grazes cattle. He and Charley have been partners for ten years. The pair and their employees, Mose and Buttons, are driving their cattle across the West. Mose is attacked and thrown in jail during a visit to a town. The local cattle rancher, Baxter, wants the free grazers off his land and when Boss and Charley retrieve Mose, they are warned that they have until the next day to be out of the area. Charley confesses...
8) Falling up
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Henry O'Shea is on his way to a nursing degree until his father's sudden death forces him to take a job as a doorman in an elite Manhattan apartment building. Against the warning of his boss and co-worker, he ends up falling for the beautiful daughter of one of the wealthiest tenant's in the building. Can a romance between a regular Joe and a 5th Avenue girl make it past the front door?
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
In this suspenseful romantic thriller, Julia Roberts stars as Laura, a young woman who thinks she's found the man of her dreams in Martin (Patrick Bergin). Only after they are married does she discover the real Martin--compulsive, controlling and dangerously violent. After three years of living in fear and dread, Laura finally escapes, only to have Martin track her down.
10) Sweet November
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Nelson Moss moves in with Sara Deever, a woman who shares her heart and her apartment each month with a different troubled man.
11) Hot pursuit
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Prep-schooler Dan Bartlett (Cusack) takes off in hot pursuit of his island-bound girlfriend. Although he's better prepared for the S.A.T. than jungle warfare, Dan summons up some Everyman moxie, saves the day (and his neck) and takes you along every riotous step of the way!
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
When last we saw George, he and his bride Ursula were living in wedded bliss in the peaceful jungle. Unfortunately this is about to change. Scheming mother-in-law, Beatrice Stanhope, is not about to let her daughter and grandson hang out in the jungle forever. In an elaborate plot, she teams up with Ursula's obsessive ex-fiance to hypnotize Ursula into leaving George and turning his beloved jungle into mulch.
13) The good witch
Publisher
distributed by Gaiam
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Cassie is a bewitching woman who moves into a mysterious mansion in a small town. Soon, she opens Bell, Book & Candle, a curiosity shop full of candles, lotions, and such. The children of the local police chief believe that she is a witch, and are enthralled. But not everyone in town is appreciative of their quirky new neighbor, and it may take a little bit of magic for her to truly become part of the community.
14) Love actually
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Language
English
Description
It's all about love and holiday cheer in London. The Prime Minister is smitten with his caterer; a widower's young son nurses the ultimate schoolboy crush; a writer falls for his Portuguese housekeeper; a devoted wife and mother copes with her potentially unfaithful husband; and a lovelorn American is desperately attracted to a colleague.
15) Last holiday
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Georgia Byrd is a department store employee who leads a life of frustrated desires. She particularly likes the bashful salesman from the outdoor furnishings department. But when she learns she only has a few weeks left to live, Georgia gathers her money, quits her job, and flies to the swank European resort she's always dreamed of visiting. Naturally, her new carelessness with money and fearless candor lead everyone around her, including a senator...
16) Hard country
Author
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
An aspiring country-western singer must decide whether or not to leave her boyfriend and pursue her dream.
17) The sure thing
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1985
Language
English
Description
Walter Gibson sets out for California where his friends have assured him he will find the "sure thing". He travels with prim Alison Bradbury and learns that love is better than a passing thing.
18) Overboard
Publisher
Pantelion Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A spoiled, wealthy yacht owner is thrown overboard and becomes the target of revenge from his mistreated employee. A remake of the 1987 comedy.
19) Wild target
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Rose is a free-spirited thief who finds herself in the crosshairs of a world-class assassin named Victor. But when Victor spares Rose's life, the lonely-hearted hitman sets off an outrageous chain of events that turns both their worlds upside down. Joined by a gun-toting apprentice, the unlikely trio teams up to thwart the murderous intentions of Victor's unhappy client.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Rose, a literature professor who lives with her mother, is in search of passion. Gregory, a mathematics professor who has been hurt in the past, is afraid to start a new relationship. Fate brings the two together and they soon agree to a marriage of convenience, built on intellectual passion instead of sexual heat. Then they fall in love.
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