Summary: Harry, an ex-con turned tailor to the rich and infamous, is married to Louisa, who is smart and sexy. Andy is a suave and ruthless British spy, who had best come through this time, who forces Harry to eavesdrop on the powerful politicians he clothes. Harry's talent for storytelling is not only taken as truth, but sets off a series of events that threatens to destroy everything most important in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER TAISummary: The Hollow crown: "New adaptations of Shakespeare's tetralogy of history plays comprising the 'Henriad' for the BBC's 2012 Cultural Olympiad: King Richard II; King Henry IV, Part 1; King Henry IV, Part 2; King Henry V. The plays chronicle a continuous period in British history from the end of the 14th century to the aftermath of the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Together, the plays comprise a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HOLSummary: The final Viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten, is tasked with overseeing the transition of British India to independence, but meets with conflict as different sides clash in the face of monumental change.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE VICSummary: This series revolves around "a wealthy couple who would do anything to have a baby. When Emily accidentally hits Kaya, a down-on-her-luck 18-year-old, with her car, the two make an instant connection. After learning about her desperate situation, Kaya offers to carry Emily's last embryo as a surrogate. Although Emily's husband, successful businessman Dan, warns about the legal and moral...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2020
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV NESSummary: Danger-courting excursionist James Delaney returns to London in 1814 in order to attend his father's funeral. He not only inherit his notorious father's shipping empire, but all the enemies and debts created by his father's dubious dealings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TABSummary: A moving and inspiring factual drama about the pioneering work on radar by a little know team of scientists in the run up to the Second World War. On 26 February 1935, Robert Watson-Watt demonstrated for the first time that aircraft could be detected by bouncing radio waves off them. By the time the war began in 1939, radar stations were dotted along the British coast, tracking aircraft at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV CASSummary: After taking in her medical school colleague, who has become invisible, a widow witnesses his gradual descent into madness. As he schemes to unleash a reign of terror and murder, she must find a way to stop him from wreaking havoc across the city.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Trinity Creative 2023
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD FEASummary: The fishermen of Cornwall are signed to Universal Records and achieve a top ten hit with their debut album of Sea Shanties.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY FISCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD FISCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FiSummary: Created and written by Lynda La Plante, a long-running British series displays the same hard-bitten sensibility and emotional resonance that made Prime Suspect a television landmark. Follow a case from the scene of the crime to the courtroom verdict. Boasting innovative storytelling and uncompromising realism, Trial and Retribution powerfully portrays the psychological scars that violence...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2013
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV TRIHartman, Davida
Summary: The Growing Up Book for Boys explains the facts behind the growth spurts, body changes and mood swings of adolescence for boys aged 9-14 on the autism spectrum. The pre-teen and teenage years are a confusing time when bodies start acting with a will of their own, friendships change and crushes start to develop. Using direct literal language and cool colour illustrations, this book tells boys...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2015
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Summary: "The Penguin" is a physically deformed young man who lives with his aging mother and father in one of the "temporary" buildings. His father spends his days on the balcony of their apartment, looking at the far-off city and pining for his lost way of life. Mother and father both find their purpose each day in worrying about the future for their son, while he spends his time in an erotic fantasy...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: City Lights Books 2014