James Cosmo
Author
Language
English
Description
The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis has become one of the most globally beloved franchises in history. And yet, there are mysteries about the author and these seven stories that have fascinated scholars and fans for nearly half a century. Enter Michael Ward who takes us inside the pages of Lewis's masterpieces and discovers a "secret imaginative key" - THE NARNIA CODE. Like a detective embroiled in an elusive chase, Ward takes us on an illuminating...
Author
Language
English
Description
Following his death, Constable John Gray's loyal terrier Bobby is entrusted to Ewan, a shy young man whom Gray had taken under his wing. Despite their friendship, Bobby refuses to leave his master's side, sleeping on his grave in Greyfriar's churchyard night after night. However, when a new dog licensing law put's Bobby's life in danger, Ewan must overcome his shyness and embark on a fight to save him, one that will lead Ewan all the way to the Lord...
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Howard is a widowed sailor living alone on the coast of Ireland. His daughter, Grace, hires Annie, a lovely older woman to help around the house. Initially resistant to this support, Howard is soon charmed by Annie's gentle care, and the two fall in love. This new romance illuminates the hurt within Howard's relationship with Grace, tearing at Howard and Annie's seaside love story.
Publisher
VideoMax
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Español
Description
Justin lives in a kingdom where bureaucrats rule and knights have been ousted. His dream is to become one of the Knights of Valor, like his grandfather was, but his father Reginald, the chief counsel to the Queen, wants his son to follow in his footsteps and become a lawyer. After an inspiring visit to his beloved Grandmother and bidding farewell to his supposed lady-love Lara, Justin leaves home and embarks on a quest to become a knight.
Justin...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
First there was an opportunity; then there was a betrayal. Twenty years have gone by. Much has changed but just as much remains the same. Mark Renton returns to the only place he can ever call home. They are waiting for him: Spud, Sick Boy, and Begbie. Other old friends are waiting too: sorrow, loss, joy, vengeance, hatred, friendship, love, longing, fear, regret, diamorphine, self-destruction and mortal danger, they are all lined up to welcome him,...
9) Troy
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
In 1193 B.C., Prince Paris, the son of the King of Troy falls in love with Helen, the wife of the king of Sparta, and convinces her to follow him away from her husband, Menelaus. The result is an epic war in which the Greeks sail to Troy and lay siege. Achilles, the greatest warrior in all the world, is called in to fight against Troy and give Greece the upper hand. Hector, the eldest son of Priam, King of Troy, and the greatest Trojan warrior, embodies...
10) Riverkeep
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
A stunning debut perfect for fans of Patrick Ness and Neil Gaiman!
The Danék is a wild, treacherous river, and the Fobisher family has tended it for generations—clearing it of ice and weed, making sure boats can get through, and fishing corpses from its bleak depths. Wulliam’s father, the current Riverkeep, is proud of this work. Wull dreads it. And in one week, when he comes of age, he will have to take over.
...
The Danék is a wild, treacherous river, and the Fobisher family has tended it for generations—clearing it of ice and weed, making sure boats can get through, and fishing corpses from its bleak depths. Wulliam’s father, the current Riverkeep, is proud of this work. Wull dreads it. And in one week, when he comes of age, he will have to take over.
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Series
Game of thrones volume season 2
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Kings from across the continent of Westeros vie for the Iron Throne. As winter approaches, the cruel young Joffrey sits upon the Throne in King's Landing, counseled by his conniving mother Cersei and his uncle Tyrion, who has been appointed the new Hand of the King. But the Lannister hold on power is under assault on many fronts, with two Baratheons donning crowns, and Robb Stark fighting as the King in the North.
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy decide to play hide-and-seek, and during the game Lucy discovers a mysterious wardrobe. She tucks herself inside and backs to the rear of the cabinet, there she finds herself in an entirely different world. The place is called Narnia, and it's been locked in winter for over 100 years by someone known as "The White Witch."
Series
His dark materials volume season 1
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A young girl is destined to liberate her world from the grip of the Magisterium, which represses people's ties to magic and their animal spirits known as daemons. Based on author Philip Pullman's beloved trilogy.
15) Half Light
Author
Language
English
Description
Real terror and the supernatural conspire to haunt grieving novelist Rachel Carlson (Demi Moore) when she moves to a remote Scottish village after the death of her son.
16) Citadel
Author
Language
English
Description
Tommy Cowley is a young father afflicted with chronic agoraphobia since his wife was brutally attacked by a gang of twisted feral children. Trapped in the dilapidated suburb of Edenstown, he finds himself terrorized by the same gang, who now seems intent on taking his baby daughter. Torn between the help of an understanding nurse and a vigilante priest, Tommy sets out to learn the nightmarish truth surrounding these hooded children.
Author
Series
SS-GB volume 3
Language
English
Description
Breaking the curfew, Archer stays the night and Barbara convinces him not to turn the Resistance down - he knows too much, they could kill him. Archer's call for a police car home is intercepted by Huth and he is driven through early morning London to a huge aerodrome. There he finds a guarded hanger and Huth together with his superior, Professor Maximilian Springer.
Author
Series
SS-GB volume 5
Language
English
Description
Archer meets with Kellermann who gleefully informs him that the army will be licking their wounds following the Highgate bomb. When Archer asks for his help in releasing Harry, Kellermann tells him it will not be easy.
Author
Series
SS-GB volume 2
Language
English
Description
A meeting with Himmler and Huth's boss, Professor Springer, underlines to Archer why the SS desperately needs to track down the elusive Dr. John Spode.
Author
Series
SS-GB volume 1
Language
English
Description
It is 1941 and the Germans have won the Battle of Britain. Detective Douglas Archer finds himself working under the brutal SS in occupied London. Scotland Yard sends Archer to investigate the murder of a black marketeer. When the glamorous US journalist Barbara Barga is spotted at the scene of the crime, Archer's gut feeling is confimred - that this crime is far bigger than it would appear.