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xxvii, 109 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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Publisher description: An unruly bunch of bright, funny sixth-form (or senior) boys in a British boys' school are, as such boys will be, in pursuit of sex, sport, and a place at a good university, generally in that order. In all their efforts, they are helped and hindered, enlightened and bemused, by a maverick English teacher who seeks to broaden their horizons in sometimes undefined ways, and a young history teacher who questions the methods, as...
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11 CDs (approximately 10 hrs.) : digital ; 12 cm
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English
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Doctor Dolittle has an extraordinary talent - he can talk to the animals. Taught by his parrot, Polynesia, he is soon able to chat to every kind of creature and his skill leads him into all sorts of adventures. A delightful collection of three stories by Hugh Lofting; The Story of Doctor Dolittle ; Voyages of Doctor Dolittle and Doctor Dolittle's Circus.
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1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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In the late eighteenth century, King George suddenly takes ill in both his body and his head. This starts a round of backstabbing in the English court, as his son, the Prince of Wales, tries to take the throne for himself.
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1 videodisc (approximately 92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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An ambitious couple and a V.I.P (Very Important Pig) collide in this outrageous comedy of manners! During a time of extreme food rationing in England following World War II, one town's upper class bends the rules by illegally fattening a prize pig for a feast to celebrate the upcoming royal wedding. When a timid foot doctor and his bossy wife get wind of the plan, they seize the chance to climb the social ladder by kidnapping the pig, which has a...
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4 videodiscs (approximately 415 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Chronicles a half century of British upper-class life through the eyes of Nicholas Jenkins, from the 1920s to the 1960s. See how friendship, adultery, ambition, and failure play out in London's social, political, and artistic scenes.
12) Fortunes of war
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1 videodisc (approximately 407 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Mini-series that chronicles the lives of an English couple who live in Bucharest when WWII breaks out.
13) Untold stories
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English
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Untold Stories brings together some of the finest and funniest writing by one of England's best-known literary figures. Alan Bennett's first major collection since Writing Home contains previously unpublished work-including the title piece, a poignant memoir of his family and of growing up in Leeds-along with his much celebrated diary for the years 1996 to 2004, and numerous other exceptional essays, reviews, and comic pieces. In this highly anticipated...
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English
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A collection of Bennett's diaries and essays, covering 2005 to 2015
Alan Bennett's third collection of prose, Keeping On Keeping On, follows in the footsteps of the phenomenally successful Writing Home and Untold Stories. Bringing together the hilarious, revealing, and lucidly intelligent writing of one of England's best-known literary figures, Keeping On Keeping On contains Bennett's diaries from 2005 to 2015-with everything from his much celebrated...
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