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In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare creates a violent world, in which two young people fall in love. It is not simply that their families disapprove; the Montagues and the Capulets are engaged in a blood feud. In this death-filled setting, the movement from love at first sight to the lovers' final union in death seems almost inevitable. And yet, this play set in an extraordinary world has become the quintessential story of young love. In part because...
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Contained along with the complete text of Shakespeare's classic tragedy about the "two star-crossed lovers" from Verona is full explanatory notes, scene-by-scene plot summaries, a key to famous lines and phrases, and illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books.
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"In Verona, Italy - the beautiful city where Romeo first met Juliet - there is a place where the heartbroken leave notes asking Juliet for her help. It's there that aspiring writer Sophie finds a 50-year-old letter that will change her life forever. As she sets off on a romantic journey of the heart with the letter's author, Claire, now a grandmother, and her handsome grandson, all three will discover that sometimes the greatest love story ever told...
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Caught up in a feud between neighbors, Gnomeo and Juliet must overcome as many obstacles as their namesakes. But with flamboyant pink flamingoes and epic lawnmower races, can this young couple find lasting happiness? Complete with hilarious never-before-seen bonus features, an out-of-the-ordinary animated comedy your entire family will love. We just gnome it! Features music from Sir Elton John.
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This is the story of the brilliant, flashy, playful movies in the English-speaking world in the 90s. We look at what was new in Tarantino’s dialogue and the edge of the Coen brothers. The writer of Starship Troopers and Robocop talks exclusively about their irony. In Australia, Baz Luhrmann talks about Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge and we plunge into the digital world to see how it changed the movies forever..
10) Between friends
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Between friends: "Jillian Lawton and Lesley Adamski. Two girls from very different backgrounds become best friends in the turbulent '60s, but their circumstances and choices--and their mistakes--take them in opposite directions. Lesley stays in their hometown. She marries young, living a life defined by the demands of small children, never enough money, and an unfaithful husband. Jill lives those years on a college campus shaken by the Vietnam War,...
11) West Side story
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This musical sets the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of the rivalry of two street gangs, the Sharks and the Jets, in New York of the 1950s. A young woman who is sister to the Sharks leader has her first taste of love with the former head of the Jets.
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Patrick Ryan has brought together the stories that inspired seven of Shakespeare's masterpieces. He introduces each of them with fascinating information about its history, as well as offering insights into local traditions and political issues that influenced Shakespeare's writing.
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In Verona, Italy, the beautiful city where Romeo first met Juliet, there is a place where the heartbroken leave notes asking Juliet for her help. It's there that aspiring writer Sophie finds a 50-year-old letter that will change her life forever. She sets off on a romantic journey of the heart with the letter's author, Claire, now a grandmother, and her handsome grandson. All three will discover that sometimes the greatest love story ever told is...
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A midsummer night's dream: Cagney, de Havilland, Rooney and others play foolish mortals and immortals in this winner of 2 Academy Awards. Othello: A proud general brought low. Romeo and Juliet: A lavish retelling of the world's foremost romantic tale. Anthony and Cleopatra: A thoughtful and colorful adaptation of the fatal attraction that ensnares the worldly ROman soldier and the alluring Egyptian ruler.
17) Lucky break
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My sister the vampire volume 7
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"This title features hot guys, horses and high school hi-jinks! Ivy and Olivia are super excited - their aunt on their mother's side has invited them to stay at her ranch, to get to know them. But she's not in on the vampire thing, and when Ivy scares off her favourite horse, Lucky, the girls have to find him. Or risk blowing the coffin lid off the secret...Meanwhile, the school is putting on a production of Romeo and Juliet. Surely Olivia's boyfriend...
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"Juliet lived an agonizing lie for most of her young life. Disguised as the Red Whirlwind, she prowled the shadows of Neo Verona, sword in hand, desperate to end the tyrannous reign of vile Duke Montague. Nothing else mattered to this lionhearted beauty until the day she laid eyes on Romeo. Handsome and daring, he swooped into her life and absconded with her heart. But now - just as their love begins to blossom - the mysterious entity known as Escalus...
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