Alex Jennings
Author
Publisher
Redhook
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
456 pages : map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Music is magic in this vibrant and imaginative debut novel set in a fantastical version of New Orleans where a battle for the city's soul brews between two young mages, a vengeful wraith, and one powerful song. Nola is a city full of wonders. A place of sky trolleys and dead cabs, where haints dance the night away and Wise Women help keep the order. To those from Away, Nola might seem strange. To Perilous Graves, it's simply home. In a world of everyday...
Author
Series
Chronicles of Narnia volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When Digory and Polly try to return the wicked witch Jadis to her own world, the magic gets mixed up and they all land in Narnia where they witness Aslan blessing the animals with human speech.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The film tells the true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who "temporarily" parked her van in Bennett's London driveway and proceeded to live there for fifteen years.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 608 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Season two follows Queen Elizabeth through the late 1950s and early '60s as she struggles to navigate a world that's changing around her. She must face the challenges of a new era, from the Suez Canal crisis to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, while preserving both the monarchy and her marriage.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 599 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The British Empire is in decline, the political world is in disarray, and a young woman takes the throne ... a new era is dawning. Queen Elizabeth II is a 25-year-old newlywed faced with the daunting prospect of leading the world's most famous monarchy while forging a relationship with legendary Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 353 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Maxine Peake returns as QC Martha Costello who, one year into being a member of the Queen's Counsel, is busier than ever. Sparks continue to fly between Martha and fellow QC Clive Reader. Can they keep their relationship professional? Will an Exciting job opening tear the team of barristers apart? Rivalries sizzle and passions flare in the gripping third season of Silk"--Container.
7) The fury
Author
Language
English
Description
"This is a tale of murder. Or maybe that's not quite true. At its heart, it's a love story, isn't it? Lana Farrar is a reclusive ex-movie star and one of the most famous women in the world. Every year, she invites her closest friends to escape the English weather and spend Easter on her idyllic private Greek island. I tell you this because you may think you know this story. You probably read about it at the time -- it caused a real stir in the tabloids,...
8) Denial
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Deborah Lipstadt speaks out against Holocaust denier David Irving over his falsification of history, she discovers that the stakes are higher than ever in the battle for historical truth. Now faced with a libel lawsuit in British court, Lipstadt and her attorney have the heavy burden of proving that the Holocaust actually happened, in a riveting legal fight with stunning consequences.
Author
Series
Chronicles of Narnia volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
A boy and a talking horse share an adventurous and dangerous journey to Narnia to warn of invading barbarians.
Author
Series
Clifton Chronicles volume 4
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Be Careful What You Wish For opens with Harry Clifton and his wife Emma rushing to learn the fate of their son Sebastian, who has been in a fatal car accident. But who died, Sebastian or his best friend? When Ross Buchanan is forced to resign as chairman of the Barrington Shipping Company, Emma Clifton wants to replace him. But Don Pedro Martinez intends to install his puppet, Alex Fisher, in order to destroy the Barrington family firm just as the...
Series
Victoria volume 1
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Full UK-length edition.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 415 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1837, a diminutive, neglected teenager is crowned Queen Victoria, navigates the scandal, corruption, and political intrigues of the Court, and soon rises to become the most powerful woman in the world.
12) Cometh the hour
Author
Series
Clifton Chronicles volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Cometh the Hour opens with the reading of a suicide note, which has devastating consequences for Harry and Emma Clifton, Giles Barrington and Lady Virginia."--
Series
Publisher
Random House Worlds
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 573 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Celebrate the lasting impact of Return of the Jedi with this exciting reimagining of the timeless Star Wars film featuring new perspectives from forty contributors. On May 25, 1983, Star Wars cemented its legacy as the greatest movie franchise of all time with the release of Return of the Jedi. In honor of its fortieth anniversary, forty storytellers re-create an iconic scene from Return of the Jedi through the eyes of a supporting character, from...
15) Best kept secret
Author
Series
Clifton Chronicles volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Embarking on a shared family life, Harry, Emma, Sebastian, and Jessica find their happiness challenged by Emma's brother's engagement to a fortune-seeker, Sebastian's hedonist pursuits, and a grudge-bearing enemy from the past who would destroy their careers.
Author
Language
English
Description
The mysterious new tenant of Wildfell Hall is a strong-minded woman who keeps her own counsel. Helen 'Graham' - exiled with her child to the desolate moorland mansion, adopting an assumed name and earning her living as a painter - has returned to Wildfell Hall in flight from a disastrous marriage. Narrated by her neighbour Gilbert Markham, and in the pages of her own diary, the novel portrays Helen's eloquent struggle for independence at a time when...
Publisher
[Twin Cities Public Television, Inc.]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 6 hours) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Liberty! is an exuberant documentary about the American Revolution and our fight for freedom. This critically acclaimed six-hour series chronicles the events leading up to the declaration of war, and the lasting effects these events had on shaping our country today"--Container.
A documentary of the American Revolution. Chronicles events leading up to the war, the revolution, and the writing of the Constitution. Features dramatic readings from letters...