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During WWII, onboard a ship in the U.S. Pacific Fleet, an event occurs unlike any that the United States Navy has ever experianced. A ship's captain is removed from his command by his executive officer in an apparent outright act of mutiny. As the trial of the mutineers unfold, it icomes to light that Captain Queeg was mentally unstable, perhaps even insane. The Navy must then decide if the Caine Mutiny a criminal act or an act of courage to save...
Language
English
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Two rival con men - sophisticated Lawrence (two-time Oscar®-winner Michael Caine, Actor in a Supporting Role for "Hannah And Her Sisters" and Actor in a Supporting Role for"The Cider House Rules") and third-rate American hustler Freddy (Steve Martin, "Three Amigos!") - make a wager. The first one to extract $50,000 from the next woman they meet wins...and the other leaves town. The bet is on and the stakes are high in this hysterically funny, ruthlessly...
4) Zulu
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
A handful of British engineers entrench themselves in an isolated outpost called Rorke's Drift and prepare to face a series of vicious assaults by more than 4,000 Zulu warriors.
Series
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
A collection of the best in mystery writing includes contributions by O. Henry, Dashiell Hammett, Ring Lardner, Ernest Hemingway, Ellery Queen, James Thurber, Sue Grafton, Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Sara Paretsky, John Steinbeck, and Mickey Spillane.
6) Zulu
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Zulu is set in Africa in 1879 only hours after the battle of Isandhlwana. A small group of British soldiers stood their ground at a farm house against an onslaught of wave after wave of Zulus.
Series
Pub. Date
©2001, ©1988.
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Comedy filmed on the Riviera, it's the story of two con men who compete to see who can extract $50,000 from a woman first. The victim is a naive American heiress, and the competition between the two men, one a suave and sophisticated Englishman and the other a bumbling but appealing American, heats up!
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Competing con artists cross paths in the south of France and soon realize the Riviera isn't big enough for the both of them. They agree to a loser-leaves-town wager over the fortunes of a naive American soap heiress, which leads to a hilarious battle of wits that will decide who is the greatest scoundrel of all!
11) X Y & Zee
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
When Robert's fancy for the beautiful young widow Stella threatens to break up her marriage, Zee takes matters into her own hands to try to gain the advantage in their tumultuous relationship. She goes to outrageous lengths to eliminate her husband's mistress.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"The first book to give us the life and times of Raymond Chandler through his own writing-from the acclaimed editor of The Letters of Noël Coward. Chandler never wrote an autobiography or a memoir. Now Barry Day, making use of Chandler's novels, short stories, and letters as well as Day's always illuminating commentary, gives us the life of "the man with no home," a man precariously balanced between his classical English education with its immutable...
14) Novels for students: Volume 7presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Each volume provides discussions of the literary and historical background of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes concise synopses of plot, characters and themes, a brief author biography, discussion of the story's cultural and historical significance, and excerpted criticism.
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