Tim McInnerny
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Where was Agatha Christie during her infamous 1926 eleven-day disappearance? This entertaining speculation suggests that the great mystery novelist was clearing her head by trying to solve one of the era’s great-unsolved crimes, the fatal 1920 bludgeoning of decorated WWI army nurse Florence Nightingale Shore, at the command of Shore’s companion Mabel Rogers.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on an extraordinary, untold true story of hope, this moving and ultimately redemptive story follows child survivors of the Nazi Holocaust and the remarkable team who were responsible for helping these children rebuild their lives as they forge friendships that will become a lifeline to a better future.
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (590 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
For eight years, the old dogs of the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad--veteran detectives Jack Halford (James Bolam, The Beiderbecke Affair), Brian Lane (Alun Armstrong, Garrow's Law), and Gerry Standing (Dennis Waterman, The Sweeney)--have been a close-knit team. Led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman (Amanda Redman, Sexy Beast)their beautiful, younger boss, they have solved cold cases with classic policing skills and easy camaraderie....
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 731 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explores the bitter internal rivalries among police investigators, the political pressures of high-profile cases, and the legal maneuverings of defense attorneys and prosecutors. Police probe an abandoned house concealing multiple murders, a dysfunctional family with a deeply troubled musical prodigy, the mysterious disappearance of a well-connected woman, and a shadowy sex club for London's elite.
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"After the gods, after the myths and legends, came the world of men--and in the front rank stood Pericles. Enter Pericles--the Lion of Athens. Behind him lies the greatest city of the ancient world. Before him stands the ferocious Persian army. Both sides are spoiling for war. But Pericles knows one thing: to fight a war you must first win the peace. It's time for a hero to rise. For his enemies to tremble. And for a city to shine like a beacon...
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Pub. Date
2019
Description
In a bravura feat of storytelling, Mark Haddon calls upon narratives ancient and modern to tell the story of Angelica, a young woman trapped in an abusive relationship with her father. When a young man named Darius discovers their secret, he is forced to escape on a boat bound for the Mediterranean. To his surprise he finds himself travelling backwards over two thousand years to a world of pirates and shipwrecks, of plagues and miracles and angry...