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1) East of Eden
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English
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East of Eden: in his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden "the first book," and indeed it has the primordial power and simplicity of myth. Set in the rich farmland of California's Salinas Valley, this sprawling and often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families -- the Trasks and the Hamiltons -- whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel....
2) East of Eden
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Series
Language
English
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East of Eden (SparkNotes Literature Guide) by John Steinbeck
Making the reading experience fun!
Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, SparkNotes is a new breed of study guide: smarter, better, faster.
Geared to what today's students need to know, SparkNotes provides: chapter-by-chapter analysis
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Lively and accessible, these guides are perfect for late-night...
3) East of eden
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English
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Based on John Steinbeck's novel and directed by award-winning director Elia Kazan. The emotionally charged film tells the story of lonely youth Cal, who vies for the affection of his hardened father and favored brother, Aron.
4) East of Eden
Publisher
Twentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
The saga of three generations of the Trask and Hamilton families in the early 1900's in Northern California.
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Series
Language
English
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A Study Guide for John Steinbeck's "East of Eden," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.
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English
Description
"In Search of the Lost, Volume 3" is the sum accumulation of the authors' personal perspective and search for meaning within the context of the life journey. In hindsight, Volume 1 is the essence of the authors' beginning, while Volume 2 is the poets' attempt at looking toward the light. Volume 3 is beyond the metaphorical Eden, sojourning, into the diversity of the world domain, highlighted by a connection with his deceased father.
It is both Emily's...
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Adam and Charles Trask grow up in the shadow of their father, Cyrus. Cyrus prefers Adam, inciting jealousy in his younger son. Adam is signed up for the cavalry, while Charles works on the family farm. Reuniting years later, the brothers live in peace until a beautiful woman nearly beaten to death arrives on their front porch. Adam nurses her back to health and falls blindly in love. But Cathy hides a cruel past. Adam and Cathy marry and have twin...
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
East of Eden (1955): A wayward Salinas Valley youth vies for the affection of his hardened father with his favored brother.
Cat on a hot tin roof (1958): A drama of the problems of a wealthy but decadent family in the South.
A streetcar named Desire (1951): Set in the steamy squalor of New Orleans, the story of a neurotic woman's mental collapse through exposure to her brother-in-law's animal magnetism.
Rebel without a cause (1955): The adolescent...
Publisher
FUNimation Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010], c2009
Language
English
Description
Akira Takizawa wakes up naked outside the White House with no memories. He's got a gun in one hand, a cell phone in the other, and doesn't know if he's a good guy or not. He doesn't remember that the phone gives him instant access to ten billion yen and a woman who can make his most outlandish requests a reality. He doens't recall his connection to the ongoing missile attacks terrorizing the Japanese people -- or the part he played in the sudden...
Author
Publisher
Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
"At the end of the Ice Age, Southeast Asia formed a continent twice the size of India. The South China Sea, the Gulf of Thailand and the Java Sea, which were all dry, formed the connecting parts of the continent. Geologically, this half-sunken continent is the Sunda shelf of Sundaland. In Eden in the East Stephen Oppenheimer puts forward the astonishing argument that here in Southeast Asia was the cradle of civilisation that fertilised the great cultures...
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