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On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty’s Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. While the Wager had been chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon known as “the prize of...
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William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," is a classic comedy of mistaken identities, a device employed in a number of the bard's plays, which is believed to have been written sometime between 1601 and 1602. When Viola is shipwrecked on the coast of Illyria she is separated from her twin brother Sebastian, who she mistakenly believes to be dead. With the help of the ship captain who rescues her, she enters into the service of Duke Orsino, who has fallen...
3) The tempest
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Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
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Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
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1 DVD (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Aboard the doomed ship Titanic, Edwina toasts her engagement while surrounded by her family, until she loses them. For a decade she holds together the family newspaper empire while raising her siblings.
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
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1 DVD (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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After being shipwrecked on an island as a little girl, Rosella grows up learning to talk and sing with a family of loving animals: the red panda Sagi, the peacock Azul and the baby elephant Tika. But when Prince Antonio discovers their tropical paradise, curiosity about her past leads Rosella to journey with the prince to his castle. As she and her animal friends explore civilization, they uncover an evil plot to take over the kingdom.
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Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
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1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Everest: Dramatic story of a team of climbers who found hope, strength, and triumph in the wake of tragedy.
Titanica: Plunge beneath the surface of the North Atlantic on a high-risk journey to the resting place of the ill-fated Titanic!
8) The tempest
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Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
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1 DVD (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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This modern retelling of William Shakespeare's final masterpiece is an exciting, mystical, and magical fantasy. Exiled to a magical island, the sorceress Prospera conjures up a storm that shipwrecks her enemies, and then unleashes her powers for revenge.
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Crown
Pub. Date
c2012
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x, 338 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
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Brewster, who created several bestselling books on the "Titanic," uses original research to intertwine, for the first time, the lives of the rich and famous within the powerful arc of the ship's demise to convey the poignance of this disaster. "The Titanic has often been called 'an exquisite microcosm of the Edwardian era,' but until now, her story has not been presented as such. In this book, the author seamlessly interweaves personal narratives...
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Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
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48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm.
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"Next set in A TRUE BOOK series. Young readers rediscover the story of the largest and most luxurious ship ever built, The Titanic. Featuring historical imagery, first-hand accounts, and lively text"--
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Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
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48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm.
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"Next set in A TRUE BOOK series. Young readers rediscover the story of the largest and most luxurious ship ever built, The Titanic. Featuring historical imagery, first-hand accounts, and lively text"--
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Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
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1 DVD (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Survivors of a storm at sea are rescued by Captain Nemo of the submarine Nautilus and his crew. The survivors are taken to a secret city located 10,000 fathoms under the sea where they soon realize that the Captain has no intention of ever letting them return to land. The captain doesn't want anyone telling the world about his astonishing ocean realm.
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
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xxvii, 370 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"Lusitania: She was a ship of dreams, carrying millionaires and aristocrats, actresses and impresarios, writers and suffragettes - a microcosm of the last years of the waning Edwardian Era and the coming influences of the Twentieth Century. When she left New York on her final voyage, she sailed from the New World to the Old; yet an encounter with the machinery of the New World, in the form of a primitive German U-Boat, sent her - and her gilded passengers...
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