Anthony Burgess
Author
Language
English
Description
In Anthony Burgess's influential nightmare vision of the future, where the criminals take over after dark, the story is told by the central character, Alex, a teen who talks in a fantastically inventive slang that evocatively renders his and his friends' intense reaction against their society. Dazzling and transgressive, A Clockwork Orange is a frightening fable about good and evil and the meaning of human freedom. This edition includes the controversial...
Author
Series
Enderby volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
7 audio discs (CD) (8 hr., 50 min.) : digital, stereo ; 12 cm ; in container.
Language
English
Description
Inside Mr. Enderby introduced to a captivated audience Burgess's dyspeptic poet, whose uniquely idiosyncratic, scatological brand of verse even won the genuine approval of T. S. Eliot. In his first clash with the outside world, Enderby is extracted from his lavatorial sanctuary by the professional widow Vesta Bainbridge in a most peculiar romance.
6) Shakespeare
Author
Pub. Date
1970.
Physical Desc
272 pages, 48 color plates (including coat of arms~ : illustrations, facsimiles ; 27 cm
Language
English
Series
Language
English
Description
"Stamping, whomping, stealing, singing, tap-dancing, violating, Derby-topped hooligan Alex has a good time -- at the tragic expense of others. His journey from amoral punk to brainwashed proper citizen and back again forms the dynamic arc of Stanley Kubrick's future-shock vision of the Anthony Burgess novel"--Container.
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (382 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Maintaining the perfect balance between religious fervor and realism, this film depicts the life of Christ from His birth through His resurrection. It is acclaimed exceptional for its thorough Biblical and historical research written in consultation with leading Anglican, Catholic and Jewish religious authorities.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cyrano is a brash, strong-willed man of many talents whose whimsical aptitude for the spoken word is overshadowed by an attribute that is iconic, outrageous and gigantic—his nose. How can the curiously-snouted Cyrano ever hope to win the affections of the beautiful Roxane? Includes a conversation with Sue Lloyd, author of The Man Who Was Cyrano: A Life of Edmond Rostand. An L.A. Theatre Works full cast recording, featuring Caroline
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