Arts and Entertainment Network
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The Great Gatsby follows viable writer Nick Carraway as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922. Chasing his own American dream, Nick lands next door to Jay Gatsby, and across the bay from his cousin, Daisy, and her husband, Tom Buchanan. Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the rich and their loves and deceits. As he bears witness, he pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams, and tragedy, and holds...
Series
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple. Set 2 volume 2
Publisher
A & E Television
Pub. Date
[2001], p1986
Language
English
Description
Work 1. When Colonel Lucius Protheroe; the most hated man in the village of St. Mary Mead, is found dead there is no shortage of suspects. Work 2. Miss Marple is asked to solve a crime and right an injustice; there's just one problem, first she must discover what crime was committed.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Description
Sheriff Walt Longmire is back in the saddle and dedicated to serving his community after coming to terms with the devastating loss of his wife. Walt's reign as Sheriff hangs in the balance as he fights for re-election against rival Branch. Vic is visited by the ghost of a past she'd rather forget. Walt's daughter Cady searches for answers about her mother's murder, while Walt's possible connection to the death of his wife's killer threatens to draw...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
It's 1939 and Europe teeters on the brink of war. Ten strangers are invited to Indian Island, an isolated rock near the Devon coast in southern England. Cut off from the mainland, with their generous hosts Mr and Mrs U.N. Owen mysteriously absent, they are each accused of a terrible crime. As each member of the party starts to die one by one, the survivors realize that one of them is a killer and start to turn on each other.
7) Emma
Series
Language
English
Description
Emma: A rich, clever and beautiful young woman can't resist orchestrating other people's love lives. As her romantic plans go ridiculously wrong, however, it's Emma herself who risks missing out on her perfect match.
Jane Eyre: Young governess Jane Eyre falls in love with Mr. Rochester, but they must overcome the dark secrets of his past before they can truly find happiness.
Series
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Based on Peter Mayle's bestseller by the same name, it is the hilarious first year account of the Mayles' adjusting to both the idiosyncracies of the locals and the quaint traditions of this ancient and charming region.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
"He was an uninspired student who won the Nobel Prize for literature. He failed military school examinations twice--and then became Lord of the Admiralty. A disastrous decision during World War I threatened to ruin his political career, but he was named Prime Minister of Britain in 1940. The three programs in this encyclopedic collection explore Winston Churchill's extraordinary life and monumental legacy. Written and hosted by his official biographer,...
11) Roots
Language
English
Formats
Description
The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil War.
12) The planets
Publisher
Marketed and distributed in the U.S. by New Video Group
Pub. Date
[c2000]
Language
English
Description
Reveals a story of personal achievement and technological triumph, seen through the eyes of dozens of leading authorities on the leading edge of planetary exploration and on both sides of the high-stakes Cold War race into space. From our first glimpse of the dark side of the moon to the first high-risk dash through the rings of Saturn; from the search for extraterrestrial life to humanity's possible future on alien worlds, it's an epic journey of...
13) Da Vinci and the code he lived by: the unique vision and determination of the renaissance master
Publisher
A&E
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Examines and recounts the life of Leonardo da Vinci, using a combination of reenactment, commentary by scholars, and narration.
Series
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple. Set 2 volume 1
Publisher
A&E Television
Pub. Date
p1985-1986, c2001
Language
English
Description
The moving finger: Miss Marple is asked to help identifiy the author of the poison pen letters that have been flooding the village of Lymston. At Bertram's Hotel: Bertram's Hotel is a retreat where people can indulge in the comforts of a bygone era, but Miss Marple feels it's a little to proper and something sinister lurks beneath the surface.
Publisher
A & E Television Networks, LLC
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Carrie Watts begrudgingly lives with her busy, overprotective son, Ludie, and pretentious daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae. No longer able to drive and forbidden to travel alone, she wishes for freedom from the confines of the house and begs her son to take her on a visit to her hometown of Bountiful. When he refuses, Mrs. Watts is undeterred and makes an escape to the local bus station, where she befriends Thelma, a young woman traveling home.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In 1920s London, brutal and bloodthirsty murder has stained the plush carpets of a handsome London townhouse. The victim is the glamorous and rich Emily French. All the evidence points to Leonard Vole, a young chancer to whom the heiress left her vast fortune and who ruthlessly took her life. At least, this is the story that Emily's dedicated housekeeper Janet Mcintyre stands by in court. Leonard however, is adamant that his partner, the enigmatic...
Publisher
A&E
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Following his rapid rise through the ranks of the King's Navy, Hornblower is assigned to the HMS Renown which is sailing to the West Indies to subdue a pirate fleet. Her brutal captain is rapidly going insane forcing Hornblower to take action that threatens not only his naval career but his life as well.
