Jon Jones
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In Austen's gentle parody of gothic fiction, Felicity Jones (Meadowlands) plays romance addict Catherine Morland. Invited to a medieval country house that appeals to her most lurid fantasies, she forms a close friendship with the younger son on the estate, Henry Tilney (JJ Field, The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton), but their budding romance is mysteriously cut short. Adapted by Andrew Davies.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
"In Jane Austen's gentle parody of gothic fiction, romance novel addict Catherine Morland is invited to a medieval country house that appeals to her most lurid fantasies. She forms a close friendship with the younger son on the estate, Henry Tilney, but their budding romance is mysteriously cut short"--Container.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Language
English
Formats
Description
Emmy Award-winning actor Jeremy Piven stars as American entrepreneur and colorful retail magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge. Pioneering and reckless, with an almost manic energy, Harry Selfridge created a theater of retail for early 1900s Londoners where any topic or trend that was new, exciting, entertaining-or sometimes just eccentric-was showcased. Based on the book Shopping, Seduction and Mr. Selfridge by author Lindy Woodhead.
Publisher
Well Go USA
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
The story of a young girl who had to go into hiding during World War II for being different. Anne Frank's diary manages to create a truthful and timeless picture of domestic life in all its pettiness and normalcy, while never letting us forget the extraordinary threat of death that awaits the characters if they are discovered. This is the first authorized film based on actual entries of the real diary.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In Season One, Pearl juggled her commitments to the restaurant the eponymous Whitstable Pearl with her ₁side hustle₂ as a PI. In Season Two, Pearl prioritizes her detective work and transition from being a chef who solves crimes to a full-time investigator who just happens to own a restaurant. Pearl's cases overlap with DCI Mike McGuire's police investigations. Their relationship is charged by a determination to outdo each other, and a fiery mutual...
6) Zen
Publisher
Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Aurelio Zen is a formidable detective, but he's always put honesty before advancement. The arrival of clever and ambitious Tania to the team sees Zen's vigor reawakened. Driven by romance, re-energized, and armed with a new confidence, Zen's investigations take him from crowded Rome to the spectacular Italian countryside as he negotiates a complex string of murder cases.
7) Archangel
Publisher
Manufactured and distributed by Allumination FilmWorks LLC
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of four eventful days in the life of Fluke Kelso, a dissipated former Oxford historian attending a conference in Moscow on the newly opened Soviet archives. He is about to leave the city when a surprise visit from an ex-officer of the Soviet Secret Police changes his mind. The old man reveals a deadly scandal which promises to expose dark secrets from the Russian underworld and its KGB connections.--Container
8) Archangel
Publisher
Distributed by Allumination FilmWorks
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A British historian, finished with a conference in Moscow on the newly opened Soviet archives, is preparing to leave Russia for good, but a surprise visit from a former Soviet officer suddenly changes his mind. The officer reveals a deadly secret, one which promises to uncover Russia's most closely guarded conspiracy.
9) Spectrum
Author
Language
English
Description
A student sorcerer just can't seem to get a break after he transmogrifies his assistant into a palm tree. Alien Bleeders are coming for Earth, ingesting one terraformed planet after another. A ghoul hungers for souls but still finds time to enjoy art. And a shoeshine boy struggles to make ends meet at the far edge of the Oberon Galaxy.
Markey VI, an android on an orbiting space station, assists an artificial intelligence. David, the AI, ponders the...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Brian Davis was a young lawyer; it was during the Victorian times. After returning to Britain from India, he fulfilled his dreams of owning a fleet of ships. He later faced devastation when his vessels sank at sea, with all his crew and passengers losing their lives. Also, after that, he and his employees were attacked numerous times. Scotland Yard needed help solving the case, which was proving difficult. He acquired a new fleet of advanced ships...
13) Titanic
Publisher
Entertainment One
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Brought to life by a stellar, award-winning ensemble cast and featuring stunning visual effects, Titanic is an extraordinary retelling of the doomed voyage that follows the destinies of the Titanic's victims and survivors as their stories of passion, betrayal, and hope unfold amidst the tragic events of the ship's final hours.
14) The great fire
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The Great Fire of London raged for four days in 1666, making over 70,000 of the city's 80,000 inhabitants homeless. From King Charles II and Samuel Pepys to Thomas Farriner, the King's baker, in whose premises the fire began, witness the chaos of a city imploding, and the fear and rumors of treachery that took hold. This drama recreates the chaos of a city imploding, and the fear and rumors of treachery that took hold.
Author
Series
Archangel volume 2
Language
English
Description
Fluke tries to find out more about the missing notebook, but his investigation is put on hold when he's pursued by a relentless force.
Author
Series
Archangel volume 3
Language
English
Description
As the clock ticks for the forest of Archangel, Professor Kelso is one step away from uncovering the life-altering truth about the legacy of Stalin.
Author
Series
Archangel volume 1
Language
English
Description
While in Moscow to attend a conference about the Soviet Archives, Professor Fluke Kelso meets a mysterious old man with ties to Joseph Stalin.
18) Titanic
Language
English
Formats
Description
Brought to life by a stellar, award-winning ensemble cast and featuring stunning visual effects, Titanic is an extraordinary retelling of the doomed voyage that follows the destinies of the Titanic's victims and survivors as their stories of passion, betrayal, and hope unfold amidst the tragic events of the ship's final hours.
19) Last summer
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
During a long summer in the 1970s, four boys roam free until a devastating murder forces them to take matters into their own hands to hold on to their friendship in the face of a hostile adult world.
20) Last Summer
Author
Language
English
Description
During a long hot summer in the rural paradise of 1970s West Wales, a courageous ten year old boy arms himself against the adult world to salvage the lives of his friends, convincing them to run away with him after a love triangle ends in murder.
