Acorn Media (Firm)
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2012?]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (780 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This atmospheric Cold War-era spy series brims with mystery and suspense. Sharply written and featuring a host of superb guest stars, the drama follows a disgraced American intelligence agent who finds a new career as a gun for hire in Europe.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Murder in the mews: On Guy Fawkes Night, Poirot is called in on a case he suspects is murder made to look like suicide. The adventure of Johnnie Waverly: A country squire hires Poirot to investigate threats against the squire's young son. Four and twenty blackbirds: Poirot's keen powers of observation and culinary know-how help him solve a murder case.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
7 DVDs (16 1/2 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Leading New Scotland Yard's Murder Review Team has Commander Clare Blake feeling trapped in her office. Eager to get back to investigative work, Blake welcomes a transfer to the Homicide and Serious Crime division, where she's assigned to a slate of difficult cases. Ambitious, imperious, and dedicated, Blake keeps her private life separate from her work, until two deeply personal crimes threaten everything she has worked for.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (371 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Inspector George Gently in these feature-length mysteries set in the North East of England during the social upheaval of the 1960s. These episodes follow Gently and his partner as they solve four grisly murders.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (ca. 776 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
David Starkey examines the story of the English crown from the fall of Rome to the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Starkey covers nearly 250 years, from Charles II to Victoria. Replete with infidelities, betrayals, and rivalries, English history emerges as a compelling family saga.
9) Fingersmith
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A rousing adaptation of Sarah Waters' most acclaimed novel. Orphan Sue Trinder, raised in a den of petty thieves or 'fingersmiths,' agrees to help a young con man defraud a wealthy heiress. But Sue's plans didn't include falling in love with the heiress.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
William C.C. Chen demonstrates various tai chi exercise routines. Anyone, regardless of age or physical ability, can enjoy the benefits of Tai Chi. Widely recommended by wellness experts, including the Mayo Clinic, tai chi's low-impact movements are combined with easy-to-follow instructions to help increase flexibility, muscle tone, stamina, and strength.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 281 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Brusque DI Vivien Friend and intuitive DC Rosie MacManus lead an elite murder investigation team for London's Metropolitan Police. Reflecting the reality of police life, their work is part grueling procedure, part gut instinct.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (624 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Cutting-edge Victorian science meets cunningly plotted mystery in this award-winning Canadian TV drama. William Murdoch is a detective in Toronto in 1895, using new forensic techniques like fingerprinting and psychological profiling. He crosses paths with famous figures including Arthur Conan Doyle, and H. G. Wells.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media Group
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (176 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
On the eve of the Beijing Olympics, Ted Koppel takes an in-depth look at the economic ties that bind the U.S. to China. Profiles China's economic rise and expansion, and its effect on American industry and trade.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 275 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
On the job, Janine Lewis deals with drive-by executions, decomposed bodies, and abducted children. At home, she interviews nannies, schedules parent-teacher conferences, and bolts breakfast on the run. Such is the life of a Detective Chief Inspector on the Manchester police force who also happens to be a single mum raising four kids.
Series
No job for a lady. The complete collection volume disc 1
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jean Price has just been elected member of Parliament for the left-wing Labour Party. Now her real work begins: getting along with her chauvinist fellow MP's while navigating the Machiavellian world of Westminster.