Keith Thompson
Author
Series
Formats
Description
Orphaned by the Border Wars, Alina Starkov is taken from obscurity and her only friend, Mal, to become the protegé of the mysterious Darkling, who trains her to join the magical elite in the belief that she is the Sun Summoner, who can destroy the monsters of the Fold.
2) Darkwing
Author
Series
Silverwing saga volume Prequel
Publisher
EOS
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
422 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
Dusk, the world's first bat, must lead his colony to safety in a time of changing species.
3) Leviathan
Author
Series
Leviathan trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
440 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Description
In an alternate 1914 Europe, fifteen-year-old Austrian Prince Alek, on the run from the Clanker Powers who are attempting to take over the globe using mechanical machinery, forms an uneasy alliance with Deryn who, disguised as a boy to join the British Air Service, is learning to fly genetically-engineered beasts.
4) Behemoth
Author
Series
Leviathan trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
485 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
Continues the story of Austrian Prince Alek who, in an alternate 1914 Europe, eludes the Germans by traveling in the Leviathan to Constantinople, where he faces a whole new kind of genetically-engineered warships.
Author
Series
Witherwood Reform School volume 2
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
278 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
"Charlotte and Tobias make more strange discoveries as they attempt to escape the sinister Witherwood reform school"--
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"In Jane Austen's gentle parody of gothic fiction, romance novel addict Catherine Morland is invited to a medieval country house that appeals to her most lurid fantasies. She forms a close friendship with the younger son on the estate, Henry Tilney, but their budding romance is mysteriously cut short"--Container.
7) Goliath
Author
Series
Leviathan trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
543 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
Alek and Deryn encounter obstacles on the last leg of their round-the-world quest to end World War I, reclaim Alek's throne as prince of Austria, and finally fall in love.
Author
Series
Witherwood Reform School volume 1
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
231 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
"Siblings Charlotte and Tobias are trapped within a creepy reform school--and entangled in its dark secrets"--
Publisher
distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2012], c2011
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (ca. 470 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Superintendent Sandra Pullman heads a team of aging detectives pulled out of retirement for a job they're uniquely qualified to do: tackle cold cases--some of them decades old.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Formats
Description
In 1950s London, a widowed cleaning lady falls madly in love with a couture Dior dress, deciding she must have one of her own. After working to raise the funds to pursue her dream, she embarks on an adventure to Paris that will change not only her own outlook, but the very future of the House of Dior.
11) Van der Valk
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 270 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
With a theme song that topped the UK charts, crime stories that weren't shy about sex and drugs and gangsters, a precinct made up largely of Amsterdam canals, and a sulky blond hero at its heart, the British detective series ran for 32 episodes over five series between 1972 and 1992 as British audiences were captivated by their first truly international detective. Reimagined in the Amsterdam of 2018 and beyond, aiming to captivate audiences all over...
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 400 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Invasion: As the first American GIs arrive to build an airbase near Hastings, the murder of a barmaid further strains already-tense relations between the locals and the Yanks.
Bad blood: A top-secret experiment in biological warfare goes horribly wrong, complicating a murder investigation and threatening the life of Foyle's faithful driver, Sam.
Bleak midwinter: The death of a young munitions worker and the murder of Paul Milner's wife seem linked,...
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (270 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Van der Valk and the team investigate cases from alternative artistic communities to the underbelly of the legal profession and a serial killer obsessed with philosophy; from the dazzling displays of the city's diamond trade to the dysfunction of the family that rules it; and from the delights of the classical music world to the dark heart of sex trafficking and a secret that only Van de Valk can unlock.