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Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich 1860-1904 Good and evil Good and evil Drama graf Tolstoy, Leo 1828-1910 High schools High schools Drama Reader-response criticism United States Short stories, Russian 19th century History and criticism Short stories, Russian 19th century History and criticism Study and teaching Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich 1818-1883Filter By Series
Books of wonderSummary: Todd and the Gang return for more gore-a-fying adventures at Crowley High. Todd is torn between his horny needs and his dark destiny, Jenny discovers the reason behind her Dad' disappearance, Curtis' ex-girlfriend returns to throw the Gang in turmoil, and Hannah discovers a secret so disturbing that it threatens her own identity. Meanwhile, Atticus is determined to unlock the Book's power for...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TODSummary: Todd, Curtis, Jenny, and Hannah are students at Crowley High, the only high school in a small town secretly founded by Satanists. After encountering a cursed magical tome with a mind of its own, the Book of Pure Evil, which grants the wishes of those who hold it in dark and sinister ways they didn't intend, they team up in an attempt to track down and destroy the book, resulting in chaos,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Entertainment One 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TODSummary: Parvana is an eleven-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. When her father is wrongfully arrested, Parvana cuts off her hair and dresses like a boy in order to support her family. Working alongside her friend Shauzia, Parvana discovers a new world of freedom, and danger. With undaunted courage, Parvana draws strength from the fantastical stories she invents, as she...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BRESmith, Wadada Leo
Contents: Al-Madinah -- Piru -- Zamzam well a stream of pure light -- Kangaroo's hollow -- Year of the elephant -- Miles star in 3 parts. I-II. Star/Seed. III. -- Blue fire.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Pi Records 2002
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ SMIVerne, Jules
Summary: Retells the adventures of a French professor and his two companions as they sail above and below the world's oceans as prisoners on the fabulous electric submarine of the deranged Captain Nemo.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC VERTolstoy, Leo
Summary: "At a glittering society party in St. Petersburg in 1805, conversations are dominated by the prospect of war. Terror swiftly engulfs the country as Napoleon?s army marches on Russia, and the lives of three young people are changed forever. The stories of quixotic Pierre, cynical Andrey, and impetuous Natasha interweave with a huge cast, from aristocrats and peasants, to soldiers and Napoleon...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Classics, an imprint of Penguin Books 2016
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Summary: "In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, George Saunders guides the reader through seven classic Russian short stories he's been teaching for twenty years as a professor in the prestigious Syracuse University graduate MFA creative writing program. Paired with stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, these essays are intended for anyone interested in how fiction works and why it's more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021