Sean Bean
Author
Series
Sean Bean On Waterloo volume 1
Description
The Battle of Waterloo took place in 1815 and ended the French Emperor Napoleon's reign over Europe. It has been called one of the bloodiest battles in history. Over two-hundred years later, Lord of the Rings actor Sean Bean works with present-day and retired soldiers as well as experts in military history to stage hands-on challenges and experiments to discover the reality of warfare.
Author
Series
Sean Bean On Waterloo volume 2
Description
The Battle of Waterloo took place in 1815 and ended the French Emperor Napoleon's reign over Europe. It has been called one of the bloodiest battles in history. Over two-hundred years later, Lord of the Rings actor Sean Bean works with present-day and retired soldiers as well as experts in military history to stage hands-on challenges and experiments to discover the reality of warfare.
3) Dark River
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (90 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Following the death of her father, Alice (Ruth Wilson) returns home to Yorkshire for the first time in 15 years, to claim the tenancy of the family farm she believes is rightfully hers. Once there she encounters her older brother Joe (Mark Stanley) a man she barely recognizes, worn down by years of struggling to keep the farm going whilst caring for their sick father. Joe is thrown by Alice’s sudden arrival, angered by her claim and finds her presence...
4) The Dark
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (92 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
In mourning over the tragic drowning of their daughter Sarah, James and Adèle are visited by Ebrill, a young girl who claims she died 60 years ago - and bears a startling resemblance to Sarah.
5) Cleanskin
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A British Secret Service Agent must take out a suicide bomber and his terrorist cell before they can create more trouble in the city of London.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A maverick British officer lives a life of adventure during the Napoleonic wars.
When the French seize the King's colours and Sharpe loses an old friend in battle, he steadfastly, but quietly swears to avenge the officer's death and restore England's honour.
7) Drone
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (90 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Drone pilot Neil (Sean Bean) has spent his career conducting deadly missions overseas from the comfort of his home. When a Pakistani businessman shows up at his home seeking revenge, Neil must confront the consequences of his actions.
8) Ca{dollar}h
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (108 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
A man meets up with two "good guys" to recover what is unlawfully his, taking them on his whirlwind ride, doing things they never would have imagined, just to survive.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A maverick British officer lives a life of adventure during the Napoleonic wars.
Sharpe becomes a father and desperately attempts to rescue his Spanish lover Teresa and their daughter before French troops storm the city of Badajoz.
10) Sharpe's battle
Pub. Date
c1995
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
British officer Richard Sharpe is given the task of preparing the hitherto purely ceremonial Royal Irish Company for real battle. The commander's ambitious wife and false rumors of a massacre in Ireland complicate the job.
11) Caravaggio
Pub. Date
1986.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (90 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Derek Jarman's most profound reflection on art, sexuality and identity retells the life of the celebrated 17th-century painter through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld. CARAVAGGIO incorporates the painter's precise aesthetic into the movie's own visuals, while touching on all of Jarman's major concerns: history, homosexuality, violence and the relationship between painting and film. Featuring Tilda...
12) Equilibrium
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (107 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Set in a dystopian future where emotions are outlawed, this sci-fi thriller follows John Preston (Christian Bale), a high-ranking enforcer who suppresses human feelings with a daily dose of “Prozium.” Tasked with eliminating anyone defying the emotion-ban, Preston begins to question the regime’s oppressive control after he misses a dose himself. As he confronts his own awakening, Preston must decide whether to lead a rebellion or continue upholding...
13) The Island
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (136 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson lead an all-star cast as residents of an isolated, high-tech compound. But when they discover they’re actually clones, and worth more dead than alive, they stage a daring escape. Battling an unfamiliar environment and an armed team of mercenaries in hot pursuit, they’ll risk their lives and freedom to save those they left behind-and reveal the truth about THE ISLAND.
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 620 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
One by one, defendants are led into court to face their fate. Willy and Frankie, Helen and Liam, family man Kenny and seventeen-year-old Stephen are ordinary people, or so it seems. Are they innocent or guilty? Will the jury make the right decision? From the writer of Cracker and The Street, winner of two international Emmys, the British anthology series pulls viewers in as the tension builds.
15) Time
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (190 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Mark Cobden is a husband and father like any other. Except that he's responsible for the death of an innocent man. Tortured by visions of his victim, Mark welcomes his four-year sentence as penance for his crime. But in this brutal environment, a former teacher is an easy target for the more ruthless residents. Eric McNally is a dedicated prison officer, doing his best to protect those in his charge. And in an understaffed prison that's brimming with...
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Percy Jackson is no ordinary teenager. He's the son of Poseidon and is accused of stealing Zeus' lightning bolt, the most powerful weapon ever created! With storm clouds brewing, Percy embarks on an incredible cross-country journey to prove his innocence, recover the bolt, and prevent a war among the gods that could destroy our world!
17) Broken: Season 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (347 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Father Michael, a Catholic priest presiding over a Northern urban parish who is Modern, maverick, and reassuringly flawed, must be a confidant, counsellor and confessor to a congregation struggling to reconcile its beliefs with the challenges of daily life.
18) Patriot games
Pub. Date
[2003], c1992
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
His days as an intelligence agent behind him, former CIA analyst Jack Ryan has traveled to London to vacation with his wife and daughter. Meeting them outside Buckingham Palace, Ryan is caught in the middle of a terrorist attack on a member of the Royal Family. But Ryan's courageous act marks him as a target in the sights of the terrorists.
19) Red Riding
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (308 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
These three separate but interrelated films move unflinchingly through a turbulent and tragic decade in the West Riding region of Yorkshire, England. Serial murders, child abductions and rampant police corruption abound -- no one escapes undamaged.
Pub. Date
Ã2002
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs ( 228 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This epic version of Tolkien's classic work, tells the tale of Frodo, a simple hobbit, who must leave his home in Hobbiton, and brave great dangers in a quest to destroy the legendary One Ring. Along the way he is aided by a fellowship of stalwart companions, including the wizard Gandalf, the mysterious Strider, and his hobbit friends, Sam, Merry and Pippin.