7 best dover publications loved short stories

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You may have heard of kung fu, but the girls at Oarai Academy practice gun-fu - really, really BIG gun-fu, in fact. It's called Tankery, and it's the martial art of operating armored tanks! And even though the Tankery program at Oarai has been defunct for years, the student council has taken a sudden interest in the art and no one they set their sights on is safe. Which is how Miho Nishizumi, who transferred to Oarai specifically to stay out of tanks, gets drafted to join the newly revived Tankery divison. But it's not all bad, because joining her in Team Anglerfish are her new found friends Saori, the highly receptive radio operator; Hana, a flower arranger turned gunner; Mako, their brilliant, but chronically sleepy driver; and combustible tank fangirl and loader Yukari. They may not be on the half-track to fame and fortune, and maybe some of them would rather shop for tank tops than become tops in tanks, but once their focus is locked and loaded, they're absolutely driven. It's mad, it's metal and mayhem is guaranteed! It's GIRLS UND PANZER!

The school adventure series Girls Und Panzer (2012) combines a kawaii (cute) cast of teenagers with World War II-vintage tanks, a juxtaposition even more incongruous than the big eyes/big breasts/big guns cliche. Shy Miho Nishizumi comes to Oarai Girls' School because the curriculum doesn't include "tankery." Her family has a long association with tanks, and her brittle older sister has rejected Miho for sacrificing an interscholastic match to save her teammates from drowning. But the Oarai student council president adds the program, announcing that training for amateur tank warfare makes girls "polite, graceful, modest, and gallant." Miho and her friends, a standard array of anime girls' school types, form the crew of one tank. To no one's surprise, Miho's talents for planning strategy and commanding subordinates lead to victories, first in intramural scrimmages, then in contests with expensive, high-ranking academies. They fight on a variety of terrains, all of them built onto a sort of aircraft carrier the size of a large island. As Takaaki Suzuki, who served as military adviser on Strike Witches, also worked on Girls Und Panzer, it's not surprising that the two series have a similar feel. But Strike Witches was an inane fan service adventure set in a British Neverland. Having characters praise a specific tank model as a favorite of Rommel's or a key armament in the Blitzkrieg may strike American viewers as tasteless, if not offensive--as a series about the Enola Gay might offend Japanese audiences. But Girls Und Panzer proved popular, generating a novelization, a video game, and a manga adaptation, plus a theatrical feature slated for 2014. The extras include two programs of "Introductions," recycled footage of the characters with some extra narration describing them. (Rated TV 14V: violence, violence against women, nudity, potentially offensive WW II and Nazi imagery) --Charles Solomon

(1. Tankery, Here It Comes! 2. Tanks, We Ride Them! 3. We're Having a Match! 4. Captain Does Her Best! 5. Veterans of Their Trade: Sherman Corps! 6. Our First Battle Comes to a Climax! 7. Up Next Is Anzio! 8. We're Fighting Pravda! 9. Last Ditch Effort! 10. Classmates! 11. The Battle Gets Fierce! 12. The Battle We Can't Back Down From!)

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En route to Paris to win back her ex-fiance, a neurotic woman becomes involved with a French thief.

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Tom Hanks lights up the screen in this hilarious collection of three of his most popular comedies: The Money Pit, The 'Burbs and Dragnet. Available together for the first time on DVD, this must-own collector's set features some of Hollywood's most well-known stars including Dan Aykroyd, Shelley Long and Carrie Fisher. See one of the world's most talented actors at his comedic peak in Tom Hanks: Comedy Favorites Collection.



Bonus Content:

Disc 1 - The Money Pit:

The Making of the Money Pit

Theatrical Trailer

Disc 2 - Dragnet (1987):

Theatrical Trailer

Disc 2 - The 'Burbs:

Alternate Ending

Theatrical Trailer

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The Tom Hanks Comedy Favorites Collection (The Money Pit / The Burbs / Dragnet)

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Tom Hanks lights up the screen in this hilarious collection of three of his most popular comedies: The Money Pit, The 'Burbs and Dragnet. Available together on DVD, this must-own collector's set features some of Hollywood's most well-known stars including Dan Aykroyd, Shelley Long and Carrie Fisher. See one of the world's most talented actors at his comedic peak in Tom Hanks: Comedy Favorites Collection.

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'My plan was to die before the money ran out,' says 60-year-old, penniless Manhattan socialite Frances Price (Michelle Pfeiffer), but things didn't go as planned. Her husband, Franklin, has been dead for 12 years. With his vast inheritance gone, she cashes in the last of her possessions and resolves to live out her twilight days anonymously in a borrowed apartment in Paris, accompanied by her directionless son, Malcolm (Lucas Hedges), and a cat named Small Frank--who may or may not embody the spirit of Frances's dead husband.

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French Exit

'My plan was to die before the money ran out,' says 60-year-old penniless Manhattan socialite Frances (Michelle Pfeiffer), but things didn't go as planned. Her husband Franklin has been dead for 12 years and with his vast inheritance gone, she cashes in the last of her possessions and resolves to live out her twilight days anonymously in a borrowed apartment in Paris, accompanied by her directionless son Malcolm (Lucas Hedges) and a cat named Small Frank--who may or may not embody the spirit of Frances's dead husband.

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The World's Greatest Short Stories

Prime examples of the classic short story, these enduring literary treasures will be invaluable to students and teachers as well as to anyone who appreciates the finely turned tale.

Joseph Conrad: Heart Of Darkness

Dark allegory of a journey up the Congo River and the narrator's encounter with the mysterious Mr. Kurtz. Masterly blend of adventure, character study, psychological penetration. For many, Conrad's finest, most enigmatic story. (0486264645)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Crime and Punishment

Supreme masterpiece tells the story of Raskolnikov, a student tormented by his own thoughts after he murders an old woman. Overwhelmed by guilt and terror, he confesses and goes to prison. (0486415872)

Kate Chopin: The Awakening

First published in 1899, this controversial novel of a New Orleans wife's search for love outside a stifling marriage shocked readers. Today, it remains a first-rate narrative with superb characterization. (0486277860)

Great American Short Stories

Features 19 gems in the American short-story tradition, including "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe, "Bartleby" by Herman Melville, "To Build a Fire" by Jack London, plus stories by Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Hawthorne, Twain, others. (0486421198)

Gothic/Horror

• Mary Shelley: Frankenstein The story of Victor Frankenstein's monstrous creation and the havoc it caused has enthralled generations of readers and inspired countless writers of horror and suspense. (0486282112)
• Robert Louis Stevenson: Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde This intriguing novel, both fantasy thriller and moral allegory, depicts the struggle of two opposing personalities — one essentially good, the other evil — for the soul of one man. (0486266885)
• Bram Stoker: Dracula A horror romance as deathless as any vampire, this blood-curdling tale carries readers from mystery-shrouded Transylvania to 19th-century London in the frantic hunt for the blood-sucking Count Dracula. (0486411095)
• Oscar Wilde: The Picture Of Dorian Gray Celebrated novel involves a handsome young Londoner who sinks into a life of depravity. His body retains perfect youth and vigor while his recent portrait reflects the ravages of his crime and sensuality.(0486278077)

Romance

• Jane Austen: Pride & Prejudice One of the most universally loved and admired English novels, an effervescent tale of rural romance transformed by Jane Austen's art into a witty, shrewdly observed satire of English country life. (0486284735)
• Emily Bronte: Wuthering Heights Somber tale of consuming passions and vengeance — played out amid the lonely English moors — recounts the turbulent and tempestuous love story of Cathy and Heathcliff. Poignant and compelling. (0486292568)
• Charlotte Bronte: Jane Eyre Jane Eyre tells the tale of an orphan girl's progress from the custody of cruel relatives to an oppressive boarding school and its culmination in a troubled career as a governess. (0486424499)
• Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Scarlet Letter With stark power and emotional depth, Hawthorne's masterpiece explores sin, guilt, and redemption in a story of adultery in the early days of the Massachusetts Colony. (0486280489)

Adventure

• Mark Twain: The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn Join Huck and Jim as their boyhood adventures along the Mississippi River lead them into a world of excitement, danger, and self-discovery. Humorous narrative, lyrical descriptions of the Mississippi valley, and memorable characters. (0486280616)
• Mark Twain: The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer The>
• Jack London: The Call Of The Wild A>
• Herman Melville: MobyDick This thrilling maritime adventure and epic saga pits Ahab, a brooding and vengeful sea captain, against the great white whale that came to dominate his life. (0486432157)

Fantasy

• Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures In Wonderland Beloved>
• Edwin A. Abbott: Flatland Classic of science (and mathematical) fiction describes the adventures of A. Square, a resident of Flatland, in Spaceland (three dimensions), Lineland (one dimension), and Pointland (no dimensions). (048627263X)
• Jules Verne: Journey To The Center Of The Earth A geology professor mounts an expedition into a subterranean world — a living past that holds the secrets to the origins of human existence. (0486440885)
• H.G. Wells: The Island Of Dr. Moreau Mad surgeon-turned-vivisectionist performs ghoulish experiments that transform animals into men. Early Wells personification of the scientific quest to control the natural world and, ultimately, human nature. (0486290271)

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Quirky Laugh-Out-Loud Stories Both Children & Parents Will Love!

• I Need a New Butt - the funny picture book that has gone viral on Facebook with over 1,300,000 views. Grandparents, parents, and kids will laugh out loud at this cheeky story! No ifs, ands, or butts about it!
• Doctor Grundy’s Undies – a strong gust of wind sweeps Doctor Grundy’s best undies off the clothesline. Have you ever lost your favorite undies?
• Seagull Sid: and the Naughty Things His Seagulls Did! We’ll tell you the story of Seagull Sid, and the naughty things his seagulls did to reclaim what gulls had owned before people came to the sandy shore!