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"James Fenimore Cooper's romantic adventure brings the wilds of the American frontier and the drama of the French-Indian War vividly to life. The most popular of Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales, The Last of the Mohicans portrays the inevitable conflict of opposed cultures and stands as a testament to the ways in which this struggle has been mythologized. Featuring the well-loved noble woodsman Natty Bumppo, or "Hawk-eye," Cooper's novel is a memorable...
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By the 1763 British victory in the Seven Years War (referred to as the French and Indian War in North America), Britain reigned supreme over the eastern half of North America. Yet, a mere 13 years later, a group of lawyers, merchants, and planters would demand, and eventually win, independence for a huge slice of that American empire. Anderson presents a concise, engrossing narrative of this seminal conflict, convincingly illustrating how it led directly...
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Oxford University Press
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[2018]
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English
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"An authoritative, sweeping, and fresh new biography of the nation's first president, Colin G. Calloway's book reveals fully the dimensions and depths of George Washington's relations with the First Americans."--Provided by publisher.
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Paramount Pictures
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2006.
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English
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Former Vice President Al Gore explains the facts of global warming, presents arguments that the dangers of global warning have reached the level of crisis, and addresses the efforts of certain interests to discredit the anti-global warming cause. Between lecture segments, Gore discusses his personal commitment to the environment, sharing anecdotes from his experiences.
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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[1980]
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English
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"The Romantics to Rodin aims to reveal the aesthetic and historical importance of French nineteenth-century sculpture. ... Not only did French sculpture exert considerable influence upon work produced elsewhere -- especially upon American sculpture at the end of the century ... but France in the nineteenth century probably produced more sculpture than any other country at that time or at any previous time in history. ... Along with the large quantity...
12) Les Miserables
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Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation
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2008
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English
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Yale University Press
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©1996
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English
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A print can sometimes tell us more than a painting about the history of art. Michel Melot illustrates his thesis in this book, analysing relationships between artists, the art market, the critics, collectors and political institutions. This fresh approach reveals Impressionism not as a sort of miracle, but as a response to economic and social upheaval.
This original view of a key movement in the history of art allows the reader to understand its...
15) Persepolis
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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[2008]
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Français
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In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family. Their long dream is realized when the hated Shah is defeated in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, Marji grows up to witnesses first hand how the new Iran has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study....
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HBO Video
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Alice Paul and Lucy Burns were two defiant suffragist women who fought for the passage of the 19th Amendment. The two activists broke from the mainstream women's rights movement and created a more radical wing, daring to push the boundaries to secure women's voting rights in 1920. In a country dominated by chauvinism, this is no easy fight. Along the way, sacrifices are made: Alice gives up a chance for love, and colleague Inez Mulholland gives up...
17) Run Lola run
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1999
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Deutsch
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Lola receives a frantic phone call from her boyfriend Manni, who's lost a small fortune belonging to his mobster boss. If Lola deosn't replace the money in twenty minutes, Manni will surely suffer severe consequences.
18) Hamlet
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Shakespeare's classic drama exploring madness, guilt, justice and self-perception.
19) Fools rush in
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Columbia TriStar Home Video
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[1997]
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English
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On a whim, Alex proposes to Isabel, who became pregnant as a result of a casual night of passion they shared.
20) Roots
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
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Chronicles a black man's search for his heritage and reveals an epic panorama of America's past.