Ocean State Libraries

Featuring the images of some of the world's most famous stage and film actors, these additions to the all-new Oxford School Shakespeare introduce--and enthrall--young people to one of the greatest writers of all time. This season brings revised editions of five of the Bard's most famous plays--As You Like It, Othello, Hamlet, Love's Labour Lost and The Taming of the Shrew. Designed specifically for students unfamiliar with Shakespeare's rich literary...

Two sisters, Mandy and Terri, both somewhat estranged from their family return home to help their mother after their father dies suddenly. Shortly thereafter, they discover that the family florist business has been in decline for some time and that their father had been hiding a secret. The sisters team up to rebuild the company using Terri's marketing savvy and Mandy's knowledge of the area. While doing so, old troubles between the sisters emerge...

Mattie Ross is determined to avenge her father's blood by capturing Tom Chaney, the man who shot and killed him for two pieces of gold. Just fourteen, she enlists the help of Rooster Cogburn, a one-eyed, trigger-happy U.S. Marshal with an affinity for drinking, and hardened Texas Ranger LaBoeuf to track the fleeing Chaney. Despite their differences, their ruthless determination leads them on a perilous adventure that can only have one outcome: retribution....

Following the death of her husband in a car crash, a grieving widow in the Australian countryside struggles to help her children deal with their loss.

"[A] twenty-something, fast-talking salesman's latest deal collapses the day he learns his father has suddenly died. Against his wishes, Sam is called home to put his father's estate in order and reconnect with his estranged family. While there, he uncovers a startling secret that turns his entire world upside down--he has a 30-year-old sister he never knew existed"--Container.

"On the tenth anniversary of his father's mysterious death, Gio brings a birthday cake prepared by his mother to a memorial celebration hosted by his uncle Angelo, a Brooklyn mafia boss. Gio's life begins to change as he pieces together what happened to his father all those years ago, coming face to face with a kind of violence he has been trying to avoid his whole life." --

Dreams and memory intertwine in the Depression as a man grieving his father's death leads an unlikely crew in search of freedom in the mountains of Montana.

"After the death of his father, who came out after his wife died, Martin returns home to sell his house while sharing it with Ted, the man who had been living with his father."--

The continuing misadventures of the Wolfpack. After the death of his father, Alan turns to the Wolfpack in his time of grief. This time, there's no wedding, no bachelor party, just one simple road trip. What could possibly go wrong?