Paul Scofield
Author
Series
Chronicles of Narnia volume Book 1
Formats
Description
All seven books in the Chronicles of Narnia are now available together in a hardcover volume which includes an essay by C. S. Lewis, On Three Ways of Writing for Children, where he explains precisely how the magic of Narnia first came to life.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Formats
Description
The story of Prince Rilian's escape from the Emerald Witch's underground kingdom.
A mass-market paperback edition of The Silver Chair, book six in the classic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia, featuring cover art by Cliff Nielsen and black-and-white interior artwork by the original illustrator of the series, Pauline Baynes.Through dangers untold and caverns deep and dark, a noble band of friends is sent to rescue a prince held captive. But...
Pub. Date
[2007], c1966
Description
Chancellor of England, Sir Thomas More, is placed in a difficult position when Henry VIII breaks with the Catholic Church over its refusal to annul his marriage to Katherine of Aragon so he can marry Anne Boleyn. Henry demands More's endorsement of this act. Torn between his conscience and duty to the crown, Sir Thomas chooses to say nothing.
5) The crucible
Description
A group of teenage girls meets in the woods at midnight for a secret love-conjuring ceremony. When the ceremony is witnessed by the town minister, the girls are accused of witchcraft. Soon the entire village is consumed by hysteria, and innocent victims are put on trial, leading to a devastating climax.
7) Henry V
Pub. Date
1989, c2000
Description
Young King Henry of England asserts a hereditary claim to the throne of France, gathering an army and embarking on a course that will lead to one of England's greatest battlefield triumphs and forever change the face of Europe.
8) The Train
Pub. Date
1999
Description
A French railway inspector thwarts the efforts of a Nazi general to make off with stolen art treasures as the Allied forces approach during the last days of World War II.
9) Henry V
Author
Pub. Date
2007, c1989
Description
Presents the film adaptation and Cliff's Notes review guide based on William Shakespeare's play "Henry V".
Historical play about the English king who defeated the French at Agincourt.
Author
Description
"For the character of Little Nell, the beautiful child thrown into a shadowy, terrifying world, Dickens drew on a tragedy in his own life, the death at the age of seventeen of his sister-in-law Mary Hogarth. Five years later he wrote, 'the desire to be buried next her is as strong upon me now ... and I know (for I don't think there ever was love like that I bear her) that it will never diminish.'" "The sorrows of Nell and her grandfather are offset...
Pub. Date
2005
Description
Who will inherit the riches of wealthy old Martin Chuzzlewit? The only person he trusts is his companion and nurse, the young orphan Mary Graham, but she is employed on the understanding that she will not inherit a penny. He has disinherited his grandson, Young Martin, suspicious of the motives of the young man's love for Mary. With such a fortune at stake, the rest of the family closes in like sharks. The obsequious Pecksniff, whit his daughters,...
15) Hamlet
Pub. Date
[2004], c1990
Description
Hamlet, a prince of medieval-era Denmark, senses treachery behind his royal father's death. His mother is all too dangerously entangled in that treachery. This film portrays Shakespeare's immortal tale of high adventure and evil deeds.
16) Hamlet
Pub. Date
[2004], c1990
Description
A tormented prince of Denmark has mixed feelings about avenging his father's murder.
Author
Pub. Date
1986
Description
A Russian museum curator acquires a painting of a public building that includes a modification completed in 1952. The artist: Adolf Hitler. A prominent historian is mysteriously killed while in the final stages of research for his latest book- a biography of the fü hrer. An American architect preparing a book on Third Reich architecture discovers plans for a seventh bunker. All are pieces of an emerging puzzle whose solution...
Pub. Date
[1998]
Description
A forgotten wardrobe becomes the pathway to adventure and intrigue as four children step into another time and place--Narnia. Unlike other destinations, Narnia is an enchanted place inhabited by fauns, talking animals and the evil White Witch, who has turned this once verdant land into one of eternal winter.
