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81) Antigone
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Antigone must choose between honoring her dead brother and following the dictates of the state after her brother Polynices dies in a battle, and her uncle Creon commands that Polynices' body is to be left unburied and unmourned. When Antigone defies her uncle's ruling, she is sealed into a cave to die, and her uncle is punished by the gods.
82) Oedipus the king
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This new translation of the great classic of Ancient Greece starts a cycle of drama recordings by Naxos AudioBooks. The anguished tale of Oedipus, who having solved the riddle of the Sphinx and become King of Thebes, gradually realises the crimes he has, unwittingly, committed, remains a drama of unremitting power 2,500 years after it was written. With full drama values, Naxos AudioBooks the atmosphere of the Greek amphitheatre to the soundworld of...
84) Let's play!
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A lively yellow dot leads the reader through a journey through color, shape, and a child's imagination.
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The greatest work in English literature, now in the greatest format of English literature: a chooseable-path adventure! William Shakespeare's Hamlet has finally been restored to its original second-person non-linear branching narrative format. Now it's up to you to decide what happens next. Play as Hamlet and revenge your father's death. Play as Ophelia and make scientific discoveries. Play as King Hamlet, Sr. and die on the first page!
88) 1984: a novel
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Orwell's classic novel of one man's nightmare odyssey through a world ruled by warring states and a power structure that controls not only information but individual thought and memory.
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Murder—a dark, shameful deed, the last resort of the desperate or a vile tool of the greedy. And a very strange obsession. But where did this fixation develop? And what does it tell us about ourselves?Our fascination with crimes like these became a form of national entertainment, inspiring novels and plays, prose and paintings, poetry and true-crime journalism. At a point during the birth of the modern era, murder entered the popular psyche,...
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Books for Infants and Toddlers
Diverse books - Native Americans, American Indians, First Nations, and Indigenous Peoples Around the World
Diverse books - Native Americans, American Indians, First Nations, and Indigenous Peoples Around the World
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"Join celebrated artist Julie Flett on a joyful romp with animals. From chasing, chirping birds, to swimming, squirting whales, this book for young readers reminds them how animals play just like them. This picture book, with gorgeous images and sweet simple text, is a marvelous celebration of the interconnectedness of all creatures, and includes some Cree phrases. It is based on the Cree teaching of wahkohtowin, interconnectedness and play, and includes...
91) Detective story
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An embittered cop leads a precinct of characters in their grim battle with the city's lowlife while his wife suffers from neglect. Based on Sydney Kingsley's play.
93) Watch us dance
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"The rebellions within an interracial family play out against the countercultural rebellions of the 1960s in this sexy, stylish, sophisticated new novel by the award-winning, internationally bestselling author of The Perfect Nanny and In the Country of Others."--
94) Playing the game
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Annette Remmington, a London art consultant and private dealer, is at the top of her game. She's a rising star in the art world and has a roster of wealthy clients who trust her judgment. Her success reaches new heights when she restores and sells a long lost Rembrandt for top dollar. It is her husband Marius who has groomed Annette into the international star she has become and saved her from her dark and gritty past. So it is with much care that...
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