Andrew Buchan
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Language
English
Description
When the King of the realm dies after a long illness, his daughter, the Princess Allanah, finds herself facing almost certain death. Her uncle Morgan covets her kingdom, and he has no compunction about taking it away from her. But before he can overthrow her, Allanah finds herself backed by her father's friend, Baron Guile of Moonshade, and his northern tribe. Supported by the Barons, she and her cousin Eden flee the capital for the safety of northern...
Author
Series
Garrow's Law volume 1
Language
English
Description
Garrow is perplexed by his latest client, a man who shot at King George III and missed. Is he a madman or an assassin? Garrow's defense threatens both the state and the king, who has his own mental health problems. Meanwhile, Lady Sarah pines for her son.
Author
Series
Garrow's Law volume 2
Language
English
Description
Garrow defends two Spitalfield silk weavers accused of destroying looms, an act of industrial sabotage. When on testifies against the other, the case becomes more complicated. Lady Sarah confronts Sir Arthur, and Southouse takes ill.
Author
Series
Garrow's Law volume 4
Language
English
Description
Garrow is alone and grieving. Lady Sarah has left him, and he can no longer turn to Southouse for counsel. Persuaded by Southouse's nephew George to defend a man falsely accused of murder, Garrow discovers a cover-up and puts himself in grave danger.
Author
Series
Garrow's Law volume 3
Language
English
Description
When the governor of Trinidad is accused of a brutal crime, Garrow sees a chance to expose the whole colonial system. But his nemesis, Lord Melville, has a proposition: if Garrow will limit his case, Melville will help Lady Sarah gain custody of her son.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Two siblings, Nessa and Ephra Stein, children of a zionist arms procurer, now run a foundation aiming to reduce the conflict through increasing Palestine's economic prosperity. When Nessa's foundation is about to announce a major business contract with a prominent Palestinian businessman, he is found dead in an apparent suicide. As doubt circles around his cause of death, an international investigation turns into a manhunt.
Publisher
Entertainment One Film USA LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In this, the final season of the popular British crime show, it is three years after the events of the last series. Again we return to the small Dorset community of Broadchurch, where yet another horrid crime has the town's harried residents wondering if the death of Danny Latimer, so many episodes back, has somehow painted the place with a great scarlet letter--one that can be seen only from outer space. There are more preposterous scenarios.
9) The mercy
Publisher
Screen Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Donald Crowhurst, an amateur sailor competes in the 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race in the hope of becoming the first person in history to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe without stopping. With an unfinished boat and his business and house on the line, Donald leaves his wife, Clare and their children behind, hesitantly embarking on an adventure on his boat the Teignmouth Electron.
Series
Publisher
Entertainment One Film USA, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When the body of eleven-year-old Danny Latimer is found on the beach in Broadchurch on the Dorset coast, Detective Sergeant Ellie Miller and her newly-appointed boss, Detective Inspector Alec Hardy, are called to investigate. As suspicions mount and the mystery deepens, a national spotlight descends upon Broadchurch, threatening to pull the town, its residents, and their secrets apart.
13) Apartment 7a
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
New York City, 1965. What happened in the apartment before Rosemary moved in? A struggling dancer finds herself drawn into dark forces by a peculiar couple promising her fame.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"'The crown' traces the life of Queen Elizabeth II from her wedding in 1947 through to the early part of the twenty-first century. Season three covers the time period between 1964 and 1977 ... . Beginning with Harold Wilson's election as the Queen's first Labour prime minister and ending with the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II, it follows pivotal moments such as the death and state funeral of Winston Churchill, the Aberfan disaster, the Apollo 11...
15) The Nativity
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Language
English
Description
Mary is an ordinary, 16-year-old girl whose parents arrange to marry her to an older neighbor. When she falls pregnant, supposedly a virgin, she brings shame upon her family, and the threat of death upon herself. The man whom she is told to marry, Joseph, agrees to allow her to travel with him to Bethlehem.
16) Julius Caesar
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Language
English
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Description
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.