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Author
Publisher
Hill and Wang
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
viii, 148 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Career fireman Guy Montag, who works for a totalitarian regime burning books, awakens to the dark aspects of government-controlled thought and the value of philosophy, theology, and literature.
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
1985.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (77 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
An anthology series scripted by famed science fiction author Ray Bradbury. Featured actors include William Shatner, Drew Barrymore, Elliot Gould, Jeff Goldblum, Peter O’Toole, Shelley Duval and more.
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a not too distant future, humans live a seemingly care-free existence where they're happy and productive. There is a price though for this life: They must place special drops in their eyes daily and follow the rules perfectly, including the rule that they never own or read books. Guy Montag is a firefighter. He doesn't fight fires though, but instead hunts down those people who refuse to follow the law and burns their books. Like everyone else,...
Author
Series
Publisher
National Endowment for the Arts
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 sound disc (38 min., 30 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Readings of excerpts from and critical analysis of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, a novel about a poor family of sharecroppers who are driven from their home by drought, economic hardship, and changes in the agriculture industry during the Great Depression.
Author
Series
Publisher
National Endowment for the Arts
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 sound disc (38 min., 54 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Readings of excerpts from and critical analysis of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, a novel about a future American society that embraces hedonism and bans critical thought through reading.