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1) The twits
Author
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
The misadventures of two terrible old people who enjoy playing nasty tricks and are finally outwitted by a family of monkeys.
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
xiii, 370 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
A concise portrait of the forefront Victorian novelist by the acclaimed actor and award-winning author of My Life in Pieces draws on his own experiences of portraying his subject on stage and screen to illuminate Dickens' genius and lesser-known status as a celebrity in his own time. - Publishers description.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The extraordinary true story of an unexpected friendship in the later years of Queen Victoria's remarkable rule. When Abdul Karim, a young clerk, travels from India to participate in the Queen's Golden Jubilee, he is surprised to find favor with the Queen herself. As the Queen questions the constrictions of her long-held position, the two forge an unlikely and devoted alliance with a loyalty to one another that her household and inner circle all attempt...
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (355 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The curse of King Tut's tomb: Free-spirited archaeologist Danny Fremon is certain that if found, King Tut's emerald tablet would hold the power to control the world. Unfortunately, the only one who believes Fremont is his nemesis archaeologist Morgan Sinclair, a member of a secret society who wants the table to release unspeakable evil on the world and will stop at nothing to get it.
Merlin's apprentice: The great sorcerer Merlin has returned to...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 186 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The idyllic villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in this British detective series. First, a woman is stabbed in the neck with a quill near a Georgian re-creation event celebrating Jane Austen. Then, the winner of a prestigious music award is found strangled with a violin string moments before a performance.
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Widescreen version ; Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ace Ventura has emerged from a self-imposed exile in a remote Himalayan hideaway. He travels to Africa with explorer Fulton Greenwall to find a sacred albino bat which will avert a war between the Wachootoo and Wachati tribes.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of a disfigured musical genius who haunts the catacombs beneath the Paris Opera, waging a reign of terror over its occupants. When he falls fatally in love with Christine, the Phantom devotes himself to creating a new star for the Opera, exerting a strange sense of control over the young soprano as he nurtures her extraordinary talents.
11) Thunderpants
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An 11-year-old boy's amazing ability to break wind leads him to fame as he fulfills his ambition of becoming an astronaut.
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (265 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a time of brave knights, powerful queens and treacherous kings, Arn, a skilled swordsman, is sent to war as a Knight Templar as a penance for his sins. Separated from his one true love by a jealous nobleman, Arn must battle a cruel and violent world to survive.
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A sane woman is locked up in an asylum by a fraudulent English aristocrat who is afraid she may expose his 'secret.' Escaping while wearing a white gown, she runs into a youthful hero who becomes haunted by his brief meeting with this 'woman in white.'
15) No man's land
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Bosnian
Description
Set during the height of the Bosnian War in 1993, a group of Bosnian soldiers are advancing on Serb territory under the cover of a foggy night. At daybreak, the fog lifts, and the Serbs open fire. Soon there is only one Bosnian survivor because he was able to dive into a trench in no man's land. He then watches as two Serbian soldiers use the body of a fallen Bosnian to bait a land mine. He fires on them, killing one, and taking the second hostage....
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Special edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Adapted from Shaffer's play, the film presents the life of Antonio Salieri, a mediocre 18th century Viennese composer obsessed with and jealous of the musical genius of the age, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
18) Viceroy's house
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
New Dehli in March 1947. The huge and stately Viceroy's Palace is like a beehive. Its five hundred employees are busy preparing the coming of Lord Louis Mountbatten, who has just been appointed new (and last) viceroy of India by prime minister Clement Attlee. Mountbatten, whose difficult task consists in overseeing the transition of British India to independence, arrives at the Palace, accompanied by his Edwina, his liberal-minded wife and by his...
19) Maurice
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
E.M. Forrester's story of two Edwardian-era Cambridge graduates who fall in love, but must abide by British society's strict norms regarding homosexuality.