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1) East of Eden
Author
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
Written in his later years, Steinbeck's novel follows the intertwined affairs of two families in southern California. As the saga unfolds, it also becomes a retelling of two powerful stories from Genesis: the fall of Adam and Eve, and the rivalry of Cain and Abel. Steinbeck crafted East of Eden as a profound allegory and considered it, besides The Grapes of Wrath, his most important work.
2) East of Eden
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The saga of three generations of the Trask and Hamilton families in the early 1900's in Northern California.
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 382 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Adam and Charles Trask grow up in the shadow of their father, Cyrus. Cyrus prefers Adam, inciting jealousy in his younger son. Adam is signed up for the cavalry, while Charles works on the family farm. Reuniting years later, the brothers live in peace until a beautiful woman nearly beaten to death arrives on their front porch. Adam nurses her back to health and falls blindly in love. But Cathy hides a cruel past. Adam and Cathy marry and have twin...
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 382 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Adam and Charles Trask grow up in the shadow of their father, Cyrus. Cyrus prefers Adam, inciting jealousy in his younger son. Adam is signed up for the cavalry, while Charles works on the family farm. Reuniting years later, the brothers live in peace until a beautiful woman nearly beaten to death arrives on their front porch. Adam nurses her back to health and falls blindly in love. But Cathy hides a cruel past. Adam and Cathy marry and have twin...
9) Ecclesiastes
Author
Publisher
P & R Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xiv, 248 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Douglas O'Donnell shows, in this redemptive-historical, biblical, practical, and expositional commentary, that Ecclesiastes answers two key questions that worry everybody in the depths of their minds. The first is "What does man gain from all the toil at which he toils under the sun?" the answer being "nothing." The second follows: "In light of such vanity the fact that our work and knowledge and pleasures and possessions are ultimately made futile...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
x, 290 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Shares insights into the symbolism and power of flags representing the beliefs of nations and non-state organizations, revealing how flags and the politics they represent unite and divide world populations.
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xxvii, 259 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Demonstrating the power a single author can have on generations of individuals around the world, The Heart of Steinbeck enables readers to make sense of both the past and our own times today through the prism of John Steinbecks work.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xvii, 468 pages, 24 unnumbered pages plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Draws on the actor, director, and producer's personal documents to offer insight into his complex life behind his famous roles, discussing the death of his son, his relationship with Sydney Pollack, and his establishment of the Sundance Film Festival.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 406 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the Academy Award-winning screenwriter and political activist, a candid, vivid, powerfully resonant memoir about growing up as a gay Mormon in Texas that is, as well, a moving tribute to the mother who taught him about surviving against all odds. Dustin Lance Black wrote the Oscar-winning screenplay for Milk and helped overturn California's anti-gay marriage Proposition 8, but as an LGBTQ+ activist he has unlikely origins. Raised in a military,...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 329 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this explosive tell-all memoir, an Olympic figure skater reveals her battle to survive mental illness, eating disorders, and the self-destructive voice inside that she calls "outofshapeworthlessloser." When Gracie Gold stepped onto center stage (or ice, rather) as America's sweetheart at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, she instantly became the face of America's most beloved winter sport. Beautiful, blonde, Midwestern, and media-trained, she was suddenly...
16) Couples retreat
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Following failed attempts to conceive, Jason and Cynthia are contemplating divorce. In an effort to save their marriage, they book a vacation to a couples therapy retreat, called Eden. To save money they encourage their friends to join them, claiming that their friends can enjoy the party activities and not take part in the therapy. Reluctantly their friends, Dave and Ronnie, Joey and Lucy, and recently divorced Shane and his girlfriend Trudy agree....
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xv, 300 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Most readers know Truman Capote as the author of Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood; or they remember his notorious social life and wild and witty public appearances. But he was also the author of superb short tales that were as elegant as they were heartfelt, as grotesque as they were compassionate. Now, on the occasion of what would have been his eightieth birthday, the Modern Library presents the first collection that includes all of Capote's...
Author
Lexile measure
1440L
Language
English
Description
Guns, Germs, and Steel is a brilliant work answering the question of why the peoples of certain continents succeeded in invading other continents and conquering or displacing their peoples. This edition includes a new chapter on Japan and all-new illustrations drawn from the television series. Until around 11,000 BC, all peoples were still Stone Age hunter/gatherers. At that point, a great divide occurred in the rates that human societies evolved....
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (168 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows author Bruce Feiler as he journeys by foot, jeep, rowboat, and camel through some of the greatest stories ever told, the five books of Moses. Begins in the holy city of Jerusalem and travels to a possible site of the garden of Eden on the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates in Turkey. Climbs Mt. Ararat in search of Noah's ark and explores the sulfurous land by the Dead Sea, with its salt pillars called "Lot's wife." Visits the ancient ruins...