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Hamlet [videorecording] / by Wyver, John.; Grant, Sebastian.; Doran, Gregory.; Tennant, David,1971-; Stewart, Patrick,1940-; Downie, Penny.; Davies, Oliver Ford.; Gale, Mariah,1979-; Englishby, Paul.; Shakespeare, William,1564-1616.Hamlet.; Illuminations (Firm); Royal Shakespeare Company.; British Broadcasting Corporation.Television Service.; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.); Nihon Hōsō Kyōkai.; BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
DVD, region 1; NTSC; Dolby Digital stereo.; widescreen presentation (16:9 enhanced).Originally broadcast on television in 2009.David Tennant, Patrick Stewart, Penny Downie, Oliver Ford Davies, Mariah Gale.Director of photography, Chris Seager ; editor, Tony Cranstoun ; composer, Paul Englishby.This production of Shakespeare's masterpiece from Britain's renowned Royal Shakespeare Company was filmed on location rather than in the theatre. No recent stage production in Britain has attracted the excitement and nearly unanimous critical praise as this Hamlet. Dynamic, exciting, and contemporary, it breathes new life into Shakespeare's greatest play.
Subjects: Television melodramas.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Television programs.; Television adaptations.; Fiction television programs.; Historical television programs.; Television programs; Hamlet (Legendary character); Ghosts; Children of murder victims; Mothers and sons; Melancholy;
© [2010], BBC ; Distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas ; Distributed by Warner Home Video,
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Awaiting the heavenly country : the Civil War and America's culture of death / by Schantz, Mark S.(Mark Saunders),1955-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Emblems of mortality -- The heavenly country -- Melancholy pleasure -- A voice from the ruins -- Better to die free, than to live slaves -- The court of death.
Subjects: Death; War and society;
© c2008., Cornell University Press,
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Jane Eyre / by Brontë, Charlotte,1816-1855.; Davies, Stevie.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxv-xxxix).Jane, a plain and penniless orphan in nineteenth-century England, accepts employment as a governess at Thornfield Hall and soon finds herself in love with her melancholy employer, Mr. Edward Rochester, a man with a terrible secret.
Subjects: Love stories.; Governesses;
© 2006., Penguin Books,
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The life of Schubert / by Gibbs, Christopher Howard.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-200) and index.Prologue: Schubert yesterday -- Representing Schubert: 'A life devoted to art' -- Young Schubert: 'The master in the boy' -- Ingenious Schubert: 'The prince of song' -- Popular Schubert: 'The turning point' -- Dark Schubert: 'A black-winged demon of sorrow and melancholy' -- Poor Schubert: 'Miserable reality' -- Late Schubert: 'Who shall stand beside Beethoven?' -- Immortal Schubert: 'Composing invisibly' -- Epilogue: Schubert today -- Notes -- Further reading."Franz Schubert was a child of Vienna, one of the most richly musical cities: a Vienna that worshipped Beethoven, adored Rossini, and thrilled to Paganini. Schubert, with the help of supportive friends who were themselves immersed in the arts, won fame for himself through songs and dances while aspiring to succeed with larger operas and symphonies. Christopher Gibbs considers how and what Schubert composed, taking a fresh look at this misunderstood figure, particularly the unfolding of his professional career, his relationship to Beethoven, the growth of his reputation and public image and the darker side of drinking, depression and sexual ambiguity.This biography questions the customary sentimental cliches and the recent revisionist views concerning this elusive genius."--Jacket.
Subjects: Biographies.; Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828.; Composers;
© 2000., Cambridge University Press,
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The virgin suicides / [electronic resource]. by Eugenides, Jeffrey.; Landrum, Nick.;
Narrator: Nick Landrum.In a quiet suburb of Detroit, the five Lisbon sisters -- beautiful, eccentric, and obsessively watched by the neighborhood boys -- commit suicide one by one over the course of a single year. As the boys observe them from afar, transfixed, they piece together the mystery of the family's fatal melancholy, in this hypnotic and unforgettable novel of adolescent love, disquiet, and death.Requires the Libby app or a modern web browser.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Fiction.; Literature.;
© 2006., Recorded Books Inc.,
On-line resources: http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=130119&titleID=2943015 -- Click to access digital title in OverDrive.;
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Against depression / by Kramer, Peter D.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-337) and index.What it is to us -- 1. The final memoir -- 2. Return -- 3. What if -- 4. Ambivalence -- 5. Altogether -- 6. Charm -- 7. More charm -- 8. Eros -- 9. Obvious confusion : three vignettes -- What it is -- 10. Altogether again -- 11. Getting there -- 12. Magnitude -- 13. Extent -- 14. Convergence -- 15. Resilience -- 16. Here and now -- What it will be -- 17. The end of melancholy -- 18. Art -- 19. The natural -- 20. Alienation -- 21. After depression.
Subjects: Depression, Mental.; Depression, Mental;
© 2006, c2005., Penguin Books,
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National Geographic guide to medicinal herbs : the world's most effective healing plants / by Johnson, Rebecca.; Johnson, Rebecca L.; Foster, Steven,1957-; National Geographic Society (U.S.);
From headaches to sore feet, muscle cramps to melancholy: the remedies to many ailments can be found in the world of plants. In this guide, both botanists and medical experts explore the healing properties of herbs and other plants to reveal how they have been used in the past and how they can be used today. A resource organized by body system lists the key herbal remedies available, their uses, and cautionary advice, also includes full-color photos, a glossary and several thematic indexes.Foreword / Andrew Weil -- The world of medicinal herbs -- Mental Health and the Nervous System. Butterbur ; Feverfew ; Hops ; Kava ; Lemon Balm ; Passionflower ; Passionflower harvest ; Skullcap ; St. John's Wort ; Valerian. -- Respiratory System. Astragalus ; Echinacea ; Echinacea harvest ; Elder ; Eucalyptus ; Licorice ; Mullein ; Pelargonium ; Sage ; Thyme. -- Heart and Circulation. Bilberry ; Cacao, chocolate ; Cinnamon ; Ginkgo ; Grapes, grape seed ; Hawthorn ; Hibiscus ; Horse Chestnut ; Tea ; Tea harvest. -- Digestive System. Chamomile ; Fennel ; Garlic ; Garlic harvest ; Ginger ; Goldenseal ; Milk Thistle ; Peppermint ; Psyllium ; Slippery Elm ; Turmeric. -- Joints, Muscles, and Skin. Aloe ; Aloe harvest ; Arnica ; Calendula ; Cat's Claw ; Cayenne ; Comfrey ; Devil's Claw ; Rosemary ; Tea Tree ; Willow Bark ; Witch Hazel. -- Urinary and Male Health. Juniper ; Parsley ; Pomegranate ; Pygeum ; Saw Palmetto ; Saw Palmetto harvest ; Stinging Nettle ; Tomato ; Uva Ursi. -- Female Health. Black Cohosh ; Black Haw ; Chaste Tree ; Cranberry ; Cranberry harvest ; Dong Quai ; Raspberry Leaf ; Shatavari ; Soy. -- Wellness and Perception. Ashwagandha ; Bacopa ; Ginseng ; Ginseng harvest ; Goji ; Gotu Kola ; Rhodiola ; Schisandra ; Stevia. -- Index of therapeutic uses -- Plant index.
Subjects: Herbs; Materia medica, Vegetable.; Plants, Medicinal.; Phytotherapy.;
© ©2010., National Geographic,
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Ashes to ashes : America's hundred-year cigarette war, the public health, and the unabashed triumph of Philip Morris / by Kluger, Richard.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [768]-772) and index.Adoring the devil's breath -- The earth with a fence around it -- It takes the hair right off your bean -- The golden age of malarkey -- "Shall we just have a cigarette on it?"" -- The filter tip and other placebos -- The anguish of the Russian Count -- Grand inquisitors -- Marlboro mirage -- Three-ton dog on the prowl -- Stroking the sow's ear -- Let their be light -- Breeding a one-fanged rattler -- The heights of arrogance -- The calling of Philip Morris -- Of dragonslayers and pond scum -- Chow lines -- Melancholy Rose -- Smooth characters -- Blowing smoke.
Subjects: Cigarette habit; Tobacco habit; Cigarette industry; Tobacco industry;
© 1996., Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House,
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Beethoven : anguish and triumph : a biography / by Swafford, Jan,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 946-955) and index.Bonn, electorate of Cologne -- Father, mother, son -- Reason and revolution -- Loved in turn -- Golden age -- A journey and a death -- Bildung -- Stem and book -- Unreal city -- Chains of craftsmanship -- Generalissimo -- Virtuoso -- Fate's hammer -- The good, the beautiful, and the melancholy -- The new path -- Oh, fellow men -- Heaven and Earth will tremble -- Geschrieben auf Bonaparte -- Our hearts were stirred -- That haughty beauty -- Schemes -- Darkness to light -- Thus be enabled to create -- Myths and men -- My angel, my self -- We finite beings -- The queen of the night -- What is difficult -- The sky above, the law within -- Qui venit in nomine Domini -- You millions -- Ars longa, vita brevis -- Plaudite, amici -- Appendix.An esteemed music historian provides a rich, detailed overview of the life of Ludwig van Beethoven, traveling from Enlightenment-era Bonn to the musical capital of Europe, Vienna, to vividly describe the composer's career, ill health and romantic rejections.
Subjects: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.; Composers;
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Edward Hopper, 1882-1967 : transformation of the real / by Renner, Rolf Günter.;
Includes bibliographical references (page 96).European beginnings -- Pictures of the New World -- The frontier of civilization -- Man and nature -- Self and other -- Transformations of the real : Hopper as modernist -- Edward Hopper 1882-1967 : life and work.Edward Hopper (1882-1967) is considered as one of the first important American painters in 20th century art. After decades of patient work, Hopper enjoyed a success and popularity that since the 1950s has continually grown. In canvas after canvas he painted the loneliness of urban people. Many of Hopper's pictures represent views of streets and roads, rooftops, and abandoned houses, depicted in a brilliant light that strangely belies the melancholy mood of the scenes. Hopper's paintings are marked by striking juxtapositions of colour, and by the clear contours with which the figures are demarcated from their surroundings. His extremely precise focus on the theme of modern men and women in the natural and man-made environment sometimes lends his pictures a mood of eerie disquiet.
Subjects: Hopper, Edward, 1882-1967.; Hopper, Edward, 1882-1967; Realism in art.; Painting, American; Art, Modern.;
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