Simon Russell Beale
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George Smiley novels volume 6
Publisher
BBC Audiobooks America
Pub. Date
p2010
Physical Desc
3 CDs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Smiley, now head of the Circus, must rebuild trust in the shattered organization. He is also determined to destroy his nemesis, Karla, and his spy networks. He recruits Jerry Westerby, occasional spy, occasional news reporter, full-time romantic?the Honourable Schoolboy of the title?and dispatches him to the Far East, where, amidst the corruption and decay of former colonies, a new battle is about to begin...
2) Dunkirk
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Explores the audacious bid to rescue over 400,000 troops from the British Expeditionary Force besieged on the beaches at Dunkirk, which ranks as one of the greatest maritime evacuations in history. Combines contemporary footage and reenactments to tell the story in 3 episodes.
Pub. Date
2015
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3 DVDs (544 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Vanessa Ives and Ethan Chandler are forming a deeper bond as the group, including Sir Malcolm, Dr. Frankenstein, and Sembene, unite to banish the evil forces that threaten to destroy them. Meanwhile, Dorian Gray, the Creature and Brona are all waging battles of their own.
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Hester Collyer is the wife of an upper-class judge and a free spirit trapped in a passionless marriage. Her encounter with Freddie Page, a troubled former Royal air force pilot, throws her life in turmoil, as their erotic relationship leaves her emotionally stranded and physically isolated.
Publisher
Showtime Networks Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (8hrs. 2min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Vanessa Ives accepting her demons could exact a terrible cost and plunge the world into darkness, while Ethan Chandler, Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, Sir Malcolm, the Creature, and Lily must each face their own monstrous selves.
6) The outfit
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
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A tailor must fight off a gang of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night.
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Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2007]
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4 DVDs (ca. 415 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Chronicles a half century of British upper-class life through the eyes of Nicholas Jenkins, from the 1920s to the 1960s. See how friendship, adultery, ambition, and failure play out in London's social, political, and artistic scenes.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (107 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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When the tyrannical ruler Stalin dies, his hapless inner circle scrambles to come up with the next evolution of the revolution, but it's clear everyone is really out for themselves. Proof that comedy, like politics, is all in the execution.
9) De Profundis
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Oscar Wilde's emotionally raw manuscript details the inner turmoil surrounding his relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas following his controversial arrest and conviction for gross indecency It's an honest and intimate look at the author in his most vulnerable state.
Oscar Wilde spent two years in prison from 1895 to 1897. It was during this time that he wrote a 50,000-word letter to his former lover and friend, Lord Alfred Douglas. Published under...
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"A red rogue wind blows a wicked pirate captain close to the island left off the map of the world. He's searching for solid gold apples from the sea dragon's orchard beneath the waves. Betsy K. Glory and Mr. Tiger take to the air and dive deep to save all the sea dragon's treasures, including a very precious egg." -- Provided by publisher.
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Mr Tiger and Betsy volume 1
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A humorous, perfect, modern fairytale for Christmas about a determined girl, Betsy K Glory, Mr Tiger and his troupe of circus acrobats, a lonely giant and an enchanted toad. This is the story of Betsy K Glory, the daughter of a mermaid and an ice-cream maker. She lives on an island that's been left off the map of the world where she wonders how to make wishes come true. She discovers that only Gongalong berries harvested when the moon is blue, then...
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Today Byron is regarded as the ultimate romantic – a rebel, a Casanova and a man of intense, brooding passion. He was the most famous literary man of his time, and his poetry, endlessly witty and often insightful, was immensely popular and hugely influential. From the delicate romanticism of She Walks in Beauty to the evocative reflections of So We'll Go No More a Roving, Byron's poems were unrivalled in their power and potency. Lesser-known poems...
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Two leading English classical actors, Juliet Stevenson and Simon Russell Beale, open the doors to eight important plays, including Much Ado About Nothing, Antony and Cleopatra, The Winter's Tale, Measure for Measure, and All's Well That Ends Well. These newly written introductions by David Timson have proved eminently useful for young audiences coming to Shakespeare for the first time.
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With more than 80 of the most popular and loved poems in the English language, this collection is one of the most comprehensive anthologies of its kind available. It covers a remarkable range, from the striking vision of Blake and Shelley and the insights of Keats to lighter but equally memorable verse by Tennyson, Kipling, G.K. Chesterton and Edward Lear.
16) John Keats
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This edition of the Great Poets series shares some of John Keats' most influential and popular poems. Having sadly lived a short life, Keats was nonetheless a prolific writer who left an indelible mark on the literary canon.
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (8 hr., 48 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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The Hollow crown: New adaptations of Shakespeare's tetralogy of history plays comprising the 'Henriad' for the BBC's 2012 Cultural Olympiad: King Richard; II King Henry IV, Part 1; King Henry IV, Part 2 and King Henry V. The plays chronicle a continuous period in British history from the end of the 14th century to the aftermath of the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Together, the plays comprise a story with recurring themes of power struggles, redemption,...