Nigel Hawthorne
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
Previously published in the print anthology Murder in the Mews: Four Cases of Hercule Poirot. A young woman commits suicide while her roommate is away for the weekend. However, the lead inspector is sufficiently doubtful about the cause of death to call for the help of Hercule Poirot.
2) Amistad
Pub. Date
1997.
Description
Chronicles the 1839 revolt on board the slave ship Amistad bound for America. Much of the story involves the court-room drama about the slave who led the revolt.
4) Tarzan
Formats
Description
Deep in the African jungle, a mama gorilla names an orphaned baby boy "Tarzan" and adopts him as her own. Tarzan develops all the instincts and prowess of a jungle animal. But with the sudden appearance of Tarzan's own kind, two worlds are about to become one.
Description
Based on the real-life story of a young naval cadet who is accused of stealing a five shilling postal order. Convinced of the boy's innocence, the Winslow family persuade the country's leading lawyer, Sir Robert Morton to take on the defense. As the case proceeds, it challenges many long-accepted legal notions and sets off a national frenzy--exacting a heavy price on the family.
6) Uncorked
Pub. Date
[1998]
Description
Frustrated by Ross, her unsuccessful boyfriend and his newest moneymaking scheme, wealthy Kendall goes to his country estate, during a holiday. His scheme is to sell off all the valuable wine in the family's collection and buy a mineral mine that has been closed for 30 years. But while there, his eccentric uncle enlists Kendall in a wild plan to throw Ross off track in order to help him find his true calling.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Provides an in-depth account of the country's history from 1924-53, the period of Stalin's rule. Told in ten parts, this astonishing documentary provides the real-life pictures, the witnesses, the documents, and the footage, and gives a remarkable insight into what led to the death of sixty-five million Soviets during Stalin's reign of terror.
11) Gandhi
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
A look at the life of Indian statesman and nationalist Mahatma Gandhi, focusing especially on his theory of non-violent resistance.
13) Twelfth night
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Shipwrecked on an unfriendly Illyrian shore, Viola, believing her twin brother is dead, disguises herself in male attire and joins the retinue of the lovesick Duke Orsino.
14) Demolition Man
Pub. Date
1994
Description
In 2032 archcriminal Simon Phoenix awakes from a 35 year deep freeze in CryoPrison to find a serene, non-violent Los Angeles ready for the taking. Officials seek an old-fashioned cop to fight an old fashioned criminal. They revive Sgt John Spartan.
Pub. Date
2001
Description
Vol. 1. "Kept isolated from the court by her domineering mother, Victoria seems unprepared for the throne when King William IV dies. But the teenage queen shows surprising strength and resolve, defying her mother's schemes to seize power, and puts her full faith in the political counsel of Lord Melbourne, the Prime Minister." -- container.
Vol. 2. "The changing political fortunes of Lord Melbourne finally afford Albert the opportunity to become involved...
16) Madeline
Pub. Date
c1998
Description
Adventures of Madeline, a Parisian schoolgirl with a mind of her own.
18) Madeline
Pub. Date
c1998
Description
Of the twelve little girls in Miss Clavel's Paris school, the smallest and most fearless one is Madeline, who is known for getting into all sorts of trouble.
19) King of the wind
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Follows the adventures of the Arabian stallion--known as the Godolphin Arabian--brought to England to become one of the founding sires of the Thoroughbred breed-- and the mute Moroccan stable boy who tends him with loyalty and devotion all his life.