Derek Jacobi
2) I, Richard
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Publisher
Harper Audio
Pub. Date
p2002
Physical Desc
7 CDs (ca. 8 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Five original tales of mystery and suspense.
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Series
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Description
Days after the encounter at the Swiss waterfall that claimed the lives of Sherlock Holmes and criminal mastermind Professor Moriarty, Pinkerton detective agent Frederick Chase and Scotland Yard Inspector Athelney Jones, a devoted student of Holmes's methods of investigation and deduction, must track down a sinister figure who is determined to stake his claim as Moriarty's successor.
Publisher
Indican Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006], c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This comedy drama is based on the true story of British Army dentists, Sgt. Peter King and Private Leslie Cuthbertson, a wet-behind-the-ears trainee, who, in 1942, stole a bag of grenades, two revolvers and a set of the best dental equipment that money could buy and went off to invade occupied France on their own, without permission!
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Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"Margaret Atwood's dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid's Tale, has become a modern classic--and now she brings the iconic story to a dramatic conclusion in this stunning sequel. Fifteen years after hte events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At the crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with...
7) Venom
Publisher
BBC Earth/Warner
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 DVD (52 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
15,000 people each year die, of snakebites in the Indian sub-continent and one million people worldwide are bitten by snakes. Understanding nature's chemical arsenal is vital to scientists, and to human life. Venom combines the latest research, remarkable natural history footage, state-of-the-art film techniques and high drama to uncover the astonishing power of nature's offensive chemicals, and how science is racing to combat them.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approx. 336 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Childhood sweethearts Alan and Celia, both widowed and in their 70s, fall for each other all over again when they are reunited on the internet after nearly 60 years. Their relationship is a celebratory tale of the power of love at any age. But this is also a story about family, and with family comes baggage. Celia's respectable, head teacher daughter Caroline is juggling bringing up two boys and dealing with her husband's infidelity.
Publisher
Bbc
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 347 min.) : sound, color. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Award-winning comedy drama and PBS favorite returns for a second season as the two childhood sweethearts work to finally make a life together. After Alan's near fatal heart attack, he and Celia decide to marry secretly, but how will their daughters react? Uptight Caroline and rebellious Gillian discover they actually quite like each other, but will the fact Gillian spent a night with Caroline's ex-husband John jeopardize the stepsisters' fledgling...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Six episodes combine history, biography, iconic performances, new analysis, and the personal passion of their celebrated hosts (Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Irons, Derek Jacobi, Trevor Nunn, Joely Richardson, and David Tennant) to tell the story behind the stories of Shakespeare's greatest plays.
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To save her family from a farmer’s plow, Mrs. Brisby, a mild-mannered mouse, has a plan to move her house! However, Mrs. Brisby will need an engineering miracle to hoist her home, and for that she must face a wicked rat, fend off a vicious cat and claim a magic amulet! But when Mrs. Brisby discovers the astounding secret of NIMH...it will change her life forever! Starring the voices of Dom DeLuise, John Carradine and Peter Strauss, “THE SECRET...
13) The Tenth Man
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (99 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
In this WWII drama based on the Graham Greene novel, a wealthy attorney named Chavel (Anthony Hopkins) strikes a deadly bargain to save his own life. Imprisoned by Nazis and randomly selected for execution, he desperately convinces a poor, dying prisoner to take his place by promising his entire estate to the man's penniless family. Finally released and with nowhere else to go, he returns incognito to his former home where he is taken in by the new...
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In England in 1940, shipyard worker Joe Maddison felt depressed and past his prime because he was too old to serve in World War II. Shocked when his wife leaves him for a sailor, Joe and his friend Harry decide they need a new challenge and volunteer to join the Home Guard which is headed by local pharmacist Mr. Simpson. This decision will lead Joe on a journey of self-discovery, involving lessons in friendship, bravery, and love.
17) Cadfael: Set 1
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 302 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Twelfth century Shrewsbury comes dramatically to life in Ellis Peters' story of Brother Cadfael--a good man in an evil world.
18) Henry V
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Henry V, King of England, invades France to make what he believes is a legal claim to the throne, but a massive army stands in his way and the young king must lead his own army to victory for the British Empire.
19) Cadfael: Set 2
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 228 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Twelfth century Shrewsbury comes dramatically to life in Ellis Peters' story of Brother Cadfael--a good man in an evil world.
20) Dead again
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (107 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Mike Church, an L.A. gumshoe with a knack for wisecracks and tracing missing persons, doesn't have a clue when he's hired to help a beautiful amnesia victim tormented by nightmares. Then an eccentric antiques dealer and hypnotist leads Church to believe the source of the nightmares may lie in a past-life connection to Margaret Strauss, a world-famous pianist allegedly murdered by her composer husband in 1948.