Anton Lesser
1) The Odyssey
Author
Formats
Description
In this fresh, authoritative version-the first English translation of The Odyssey by a woman-this stirring tale of shipwrecks, monsters, and magic comes alive in an entirely new way. Written in iambic pentameter verse and a vivid, contemporary idiom, this engrossing translation matches the number of lines in the Greek original, thus striding at Homer's sprightly pace and singing with a voice that echoes Homer's music.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in 1967 and picking up from the dramatic second series finale that saw Endeavour Morse placed in police custody, framed for a murder he didn't commit and DI Fred Thursday's life hanging in the balance after being shot.
4) The courier
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2021.
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Description
The true story of a British businessman unwittingly recruited into one of the greatest international conflicts in history. Forming an unlikely partnership with a Soviet officer hoping to prevent a nuclear confrontation, the two men work together to provide the crucial intelligence used to defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 212 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The tragic tale of Maggie Tulliver, the miller's daughter, who defies her embittered brother in standing by the man she loves - shocking the stifling society in which she lives - in an attempt to pursue her blighted dreams.
7) Disobedience
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Formats
Description
A woman returns to the community that shunned her for her attraction to a childhood friend. Once back, their passions reignite as they explore the boundaries of faith and sexuality
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It's 1969, and things have taken a darker turn for the old Cowley team. With the gang now scattered across Oxfordshire, it takes a series of brutal crimes to reunite them. Now joined by former adversary DCI Ronnie Box and his sidekick DS Alan Jago, the gang must battle crime and corruption to finally solve their greatest challenge, which is to find the truth behind George Fancy's death.
9) Miss Potter
Publisher
Genius Products
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Depicts Beatrix Potter's life from her early fascination with woodland creatures to her days as an independent woman pursuing a career in writing and illustrating.
10) Freud
Publisher
Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 350 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A six-part BBC mini-series, filmed in Austria, New York and London. This series examines Freud's complex life, his groundbreaking work and his relationship with his patients. Special features include a newly filmed interview with David Suchet and a gallery of Suchet's personal Freud archive including production photos, press clippings, etc.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (265 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Endeavour and his colleagues are entering a new decade and era of change. Opening on New Year's Eve 1969, normal order has been resumed and the team reunited at Castle Gate CID, with Chief Superintendent Bright back in charge. However, the events of the past year have left their mark. Old friendships will be challenged, and new relationships will blossom.
12) Charlotte Gray
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 DVD (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A Scottish woman joins the French Resistance in WWII to try to rescue her Royal Air Force boyfriend who is lost in France.
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Young Frances and Elsie believe in fairies. The photographs the girls take of the winged beings put them at the center of a real-life controvery that sweeps through a recovering World War I England during 1917. Everyone is caught up in the excitement, including two of the era's most renowned men: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and master illusionist Harry Houdini. Are the photographs real or just a cleaver hoax?
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (approximately 9 hrs.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
As 1968 dawns, a year of change promises to disrupt the private and professional lives of Endeavour Morse and his colleagues. Endeavour's recent promotion leads him to reluctantly mentor new recruit Fancy, while Thursday is beginning to think about life after the police. But in Oxford, crime never sleeps, and the team continues to be challenged by mysterious and intriguing cases of murder, greed, and deception. Meanwhile, the rise of organized crime...
15) Kindred
Publisher
Scream Factory
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When her boyfriend dies suddenly in an accident, psychologically fragile mother-to-be Charlotte is taken in by his family, but they seem increasingly obsessed with her every move. Her suspicions grow and panic builds, but just how far will they go in their desire to control her and her unborn baby?
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2004], c1995
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (188 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When the tabloids scream the news that Tory up-and-comer and arbiter of family values Duncan Matlock has been caught in an affair with an "escort" girl, no one is more stunned than Flora, his devoted wife. As her husband and the party machinery behind him expect, Flora maintains a loyal façade. But in private, her anguish hardens into rage after erotic telephone tapes reveal the extent of her husband's duplicity. Employing strange sexual games and...
Author
Series
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In the picaresque series of sketches in Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens wrote one of the masterpieces of comic fiction, and presented readers with some of the most colorful and beloved characters of all time. In Dickens' first novel, initially based on a series of illustrations, members of the eponymous club recount their various experiences and encounters as they travel around England. Without the dark themes that dominated so many of his novels,...
Series
Anton Chekhov collection volume disc 6
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (258 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Madfame Ranevsky and her daughter Anya return home from Paris to find that their beloved family estate and cherry orchard are to be auctioned off to pay debts. Lopahin, a former serf on the estate who is now a wealthy landowner, proposes razing the home and cherry orchard and dividing the estate into plots that could be leased at great profit. The family, however, continues to hold out hope that their beloved home can somehow be saved from destruction....
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (280 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Spring 1972 brings with it a new start for Morse, having taken time out to deal with the drink. His return to CID coincides with a gruesome discovery in a college garden. The investigation leads him and Thursday to a celebrated orchestra and when a second tragedy hits, they uncover a web of secrets at the company's core.