Wasatch County Library

30-Minute Shakespeare
Timeless Shakespeare
Plays

Series

Publisher

Project Gutenberg

Language

English

Description

Planning a school or amateur Shakespeare production? The best way to experience the plays is to perform them, but getting started can be a challenge: The complete plays are too long and complex, while scene selections or simplified language are too limited. "The 30-Minute Shakespeare" is a new series of abridgements that tell the "story" of each play from start to finish while keeping the beauty of Shakespeare's language intact. Specific stage directions...

2) The merchant of Venice

Author

Timeless Shakespeare
Plays

Series

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

Believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598, William Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" is considered by some critics as one of his "problem plays." The controversy over the work stems from its portrayal of the character Shylock, a rich Jewish moneylender. The stereotypical depiction of Jews as avaricious usurers was common to the drama of the Elizabethan period. The story centers on the love of Bassanio, a young Venetian nobleman, who...

3) Othello

Author

Graphic Shakespeare (Magic Wagon)
Dover thrift editions
Timeless Shakespeare
Plays
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Series

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

Tor Classics
Timeless Classics
Barnes and Noble classics
iBoo Classics

"Othello" by William Shakespeare is a captivating tale of love, jealousy, and the destructive power of deceit. Set against the backdrop of Venice, this timeless tragedy follows the noble Moorish general Othello as he falls deeply in love with the beautiful Desdemona. However, their happiness is short-lived as the ensign Iago, consumed by jealousy and ambition, begins to manipulate Othello into believing that Desdemona has been unfaithful. What unfolds...

4) The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Author

Hugo, Victor

Series

Publisher

Blackstone Publishing

Pub. Date

2009

Edition

Unabridged

Language

English

Description

Oxford World's Classics
Timeless Classics
David Balfour
Great illustrated classics

The Hunchback of Notre Dame, by Victor Hugo, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: • New introductions commissioned from today’s top writers and scholars • Biographies of the authors • Chronologies...

5) Kidnapped

Author

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Series

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

Tor Classics
Timeless Classics

The adventures of a sixteen-year-old orphan who was kidnapped by his villainous uncle, but later escaped and became involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders against English rule.

6) Captains Courageous

Author

Kipling, Rudyard

Series

Language

English

Formats

eAudiobook, eBook

Description

Captains Courageous is a novel by Rudyard Kipling, that follows the adventures of fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne Jr., the spoiled son of a railroad tycoon, after he is saved from drowning by a Portuguese fisherman in the north Atlantic. The book's title comes from the ballad "Mary Ambree", which starts, "When captains courageous, whom death could not daunt". Kipling had previously used the same title for an article on businessmen as the new adventurers,...

7) A midsummer night's dream

Author

Graphic Shakespeare (Magic Wagon)
Timeless Shakespeare
Plays
New Folger Library Shakespeare
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Series

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 10.9 - AR Pts: 3

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

Presents the text of Shakespeare's comedy in which two sets of lovers get lost in the woods and become caught up in a dispute between the fairy king and queen, along with a group of local artisans preparing a play for Duke Theseus' wedding.

8) King Lear

Author

Graphic Shakespeare (Magic Wagon)
Timeless Shakespeare
Plays

Series

Language

English

Description

Tor Classics
Timeless Classics
Great illustrated classics

King Lear is considered one of Shakespeare's greatest plays. King Lear decides to step down and divide his kingdom between his three daughters. When his youngest and favorite daughter refuses to compete and perform her love for him, he is enraged and disowns her. She remains loyal to him, however, though he slides into madness and his other children betray him.

9) The count of Monte Cristo

Author

Dumas, Alexandre

Series

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Sound Disc

Description

Women of faith fiction
Timeless love

Nineteen-year-old French sailor Edmond Dantes is unjustly imprisoned on his planned wedding day, and--after fourteen years of solitary confinement--a daring escape, hidden riches on the island of Monte Cristo, and a new identity bring him closer to a reunion with his love, Mercedes, and revenge upon his accusers.

10) A time to dance

Author

Kingsbury, Karen

Series

Publisher

Thomas Nelson

Pub. Date

2010

Language

English

Formats

Description

Now a Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel event! Abby Reynolds, the wife of a high-school football coach in a small Illinois town, suspects her husband, John, of having an affair. But is that the real reason their marriage is about to crash?

John and Abby Reynolds are the perfect couple—envied by their friends, cherished by their children, admired by their peers. But John and Abby know they're just pretending to

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11) Around the world in 80 days

Author

Verne, Jules

Series

STEAM tales volume 2
Collins classics
Graphic Revolve Common Core Editions
Timeless Classics
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Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook

Description

Timeless Classics
Tantor unabridged classics

Phileas Fogg wagers twenty thousand pounds against anyone who wishes that he will make the tour of the world in eighty days or less. And Fogg and his French servant Passepartout race across the globe in an attempt to win the bet.

12) The Swiss family Robinson

Author

Wyss, Johann David

Series

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 23

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

Aesop's fables (Child's World)

A family is shipwrecked on an island and must quickly adapt in order to survive their new surroundings. The Swiss Family Robinson, by Johann David Wyss highlights the importance of family, faith and self-sufficiency.

13) The boy who cried wolf

Author

Berendes, Mary

Series

Publisher

Storytime Tales/Child's World

Pub. Date

[2023]

Lexile measure

460L

Language

English

Description

"A bored shepherd entertains himself by falsely telling townspeople a wolf is stealing his sheep. When a wolf really does appear, the twice-tricked townspeople are convinced the shepherd is lying, and no one comes to his aid. Additional features include pages defining fables and morals, an introduction to Aesop, a Think-About-It section, activities for further learning, and an introduction to both the author and illustrator"--Provided by the publisher....

14) A Time to Embrace

Author

Kingsbury, Karen

Series

Timeless Love

Publisher

Thomas Nelson

Pub. Date

2010

Language

English

Formats

Description

Aesop's fables (Child's World)

Their whole life together has been a series of miracles. Can they really hope for more?

After overcoming a crisis in their marriage, Abby and John Reynolds are experiencing a season of joy and restoration. For the first time in years they're making time to enjoy life and embrace each other. And John loves his coaching job . . . at least he did until high-school politics make him wonder if it's time to quit.

As they

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15) The wolf in sheep's clothing

Author

Berendes, Mary

Series

Publisher

Storytime Tales/Child's World

Pub. Date

[2023]

Lexile measure

510L

Language

English

Description

"A hungry wolf disguises himself as a sheep in order to steal and eat other members of the flock. He soon becomes the largest and fattest 'sheep,' which the shepherd then catches and cooks for his own dinner. Additional features include pages defining fables and morals, an introduction to Aesop, a Think-About-It section, activities for further learning, and an introduction to both the author and illustrator"--Provided by the publisher.

16) Timeless

Author

Monir, Alexandra

Series

Timeless (Alexandra Monir) volume 1

Publisher

Random House Children's Books

Pub. Date

2011

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11

Language

English

Formats

Description

Forced to live with her wealthy, estranged grandparents in New York City after her mother dies, sixteen-year-old Michele retreats to her room where she finds a diary that transports her back to 1910--with life-changing consequences.

17) Timekeeper

Author

Monir, Alexandra

Series

Timeless (Alexandra Monir) volume 2

Publisher

Random House Children's Books

Pub. Date

2013

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG+ - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 10

Language

English

Formats

Description

Timeless Regency Collection

Bewildered by a new student at her Manhattan high school who does not know her but seems to be Philip Walker, her lost love from her time travels, and threatened by Rebecca, who has held a grudge against her family for 120 years, sixteen-year-old MicheleWindsor seeks help in her father journals and The Handbook of The Time Society.

18) Autumn Masquerade

Author

Kilpack, Josi S

Series

Publisher

Mirror Press, LLC

Pub. Date

2015

Language

English

Appears on list

Clean Romance Historical

Formats

Description

Timeless Regency Collection

Join three bestselling Regency romance authors, Josi S. Kilpack, Donna Hatch, and Nancy Allen, for three new Regency romance novellas in AUTUMN MASQUERADE.

A MERRY DANCE by Josi S. Kilpack. When Lila overhears her uncle talking about a man coming to look for property in the county, she doesn’t think twice, until her uncle says he hopes Lila will find enough interest to marry the man. How can she marry someone named Mortimer Luthford,

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19) A Country Christmas: Timeless Regency Collection, #5

Author

Kilpack, Josi S

Series

Publisher

Mirror Press, LLC

Pub. Date

2016

Language

English

Appears on list

Clean Romance Historical

Formats

Description

Timeless Regency Collection

From the publisher of the USA TODAY bestselling & #1 Amazon bestselling Timeless Romance Anthology series in Clean Romance, comes A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS.
Three brand new Regency Romance novellas by Josi S. Kilpack, Carla Kelly, and Jennifer Moore.
Other books in the Timeless Regency Collections:
AUTUMN MASQUERADE
A MIDWINTER BALL
SPRING IN HYDE PARK
SUMMER HOUSE PARTY

20) A Midwinter Ball: Timeless Regency Collection, #2

Author

Ashworth, Heidi

Series

Publisher

Mirror Press, LLC

Pub. Date

2016

Language

English

Formats

Description