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Alone--it is wonderful how little a man can do alone! To rob a little, to hurt a little, and there is the end. The Original 1897 Classic. A curious man, wearing a long coat, a wide-brimmed hat, and whose face is entirely swathed in bandages save for an obvious fake pink nose, walks into an English inn to the shock and horror of many of the townspeople. Beakers and chemicals in tow, the man demands his solitude. It's strange enough as it is until his...
2) Jane Eyre
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In early nineteenth-century England, an orphaned young woman accepts employment as a governess and soon finds herself in love with her employer who has a terrible secret. Charlotte Bronte's novel about the passionate love between Jane Eyre, a young girl alone in the world, and the rich, brilliant, domineering Rochester has enthralled every kind of reader, from the most critical and cultivated to the youngest and most unabashedly romantic, ever since...
3) The Iliad
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2023-05 - National Inventors Month
March Books on Tap: Greek Mythology
Novels adapted to Graphic Novels
March Books on Tap: Greek Mythology
Novels adapted to Graphic Novels
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"When Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017--revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that was "fresh, unpretentious and lean" (Madeline Miller, Washington Post)--critics lauded it as "a revelation" (Susan Chira, New York Times) and "a cultural landmark" (Charlotte Higgins, Guardian) that would forever change how Homer is read in English. Now Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer's other...
4) Moby-Dick
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A masterpiece of storytelling, this epic saga pits Ahab, a brooding and fanatical sea captain, against the great white whale that crippled him. In telling the tale of Ahab's passion for revenge and the fateful voyage that ensued, Melville produced far more than the narrative of a hair-raising journey; Moby-Dick is a tale for the ages that sounds the deepest depths of the human soul. Interspersed with graphic sketches of life aboard a whaling vessel,...
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Grove Press
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2022.
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"New York Times-bestselling author Jim Harrison (1937-2016) was a writer with a poet's economy of style and a trencherman's appetites. Best known for fiction and poetry, Harrison was also a prolific nonfiction writer, with columns running in Sports Illustrated and Esquire, and work in Outside, Field & Stream, and others. Written with Harrison's trademark ribald humor, compassion, and full-throated zest for life, The Search for the Genuine is a collection...
6) Dr. No
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His name is Bond, James Bond. And here, in his explosive film debut, Ian Fleming's immortal action hero blazes through one of his most spectacular adventures. Sean connery embodies the suave yet lethal cool of Agent 007 as he battles the mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent of destroying the U.S. space program.
7) Dr. No
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James Bond blu-ray volume 1
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007 James Bond's mission takes him to the steamy island of Jamaica, where mysterious energy waves are interfering with U.S. missile launches. As James unravels the astonishing truth, he must fight deadly assassins, sexy femme fatales and even a poisonous tarantula. With the help of CIA agent, Felix Leiter, and the beautiful Honey Ryder, he searches for the headquarters of Dr. No. The doctor is a fanatical scientist who is implementing an evil plan...
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Raconteur, bon vivant, actor, and diplomat, Doublas Fairbanks, Jr., is an American Prince of Wales. Born into a distinguished circle of movie greats, he became a prince of the silver screen, a legend of Hollywood's golden age. His glittering lifestyle has taken him into the world of privilege and power, and his many leading ladies - both on and off the screen - have included Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich, Vera Zorina, Gertrude Lawrence, Rita Hayworth,...
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