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1) Outlander
Author
Series
Outlander novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
Absorbing and heartwarming, this first novel lavishly evokes the land and lore of Scotland, quickening both with realistic characters and a feisty, likable heroine. English nurse Claire Beauchamp Randall and husband Frank take a second honeymoon in the Scottish Highlands in 1945. When Claire walks through a cleft stone in an ancient henge, she's somehow transported to 1743. She encounters Frank's evil ancestor, British captain Jonathan "Black Jack"...
Author
Series
Outlander novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
For twenty years Claire Randall has kept her secrets. But now she is returning with her grown daughter to Scotland's majestic mist-shrouded hills. Here Claire plans to reveal a truth as stunning as the events that gave it birth: about the mystery of an ancient circle of standing stones ... about a love that transcends the boundaries of time ... and about James Fraser, a Scottish warrior whose gallantry once drew a young Claire from the security of...
Author
Series
Outlander novels volume 5
Language
English
Description
The Fiery Cross is the fifth book in a series written by Diana Gabaldon about Clare Fraser, who can travel through time by touching stones (think Stonehenge). The first time she time traveled, it was an accident. She traveled two-hundred years backward to the 1740s and met the love of her life, Jamie Frasier, a Scottish highlander. Their love story has developed through out each of the books as Gabaldon details the historical setting that surrounds...
4) Voyager
Author
Series
Outlander novels volume 3
Language
English
Description
Time-travelling Claire Randall returns to her own time, pregnant and weary, and resumes her life, but her memories of her eighteenth-century Scottish lover Jamie Fraser will not die, leading her to a desperate decision to return to him.
6) 45 years
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As Kate and Geoff prepare to celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary, their marriage is shaken when unexpected news threatens to change their lives.
Publisher
Feature Films for Families
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 139 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Guided by the sheepdog Tess, a young boy named Tom is transported from the present to the time of World War II, where his friendship helps an orphaned evacuee named May. Meanwhile, in the present, Tom's parents are separated, and Tom is unhappy with his mother's plans for remarriage. Includes parent guide for family discussion
8) Rebecca
Publisher
Carlton Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (176 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.
Language
English
Description
A timid young girl marries a troubled widower only to find her new home is haunted by the memory of Rebecca, the first wife.
Publisher
AMC Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (4 hr., 59 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Following the death of her son in a hit and run, all Frances Cairnes wants is to hunt down and kill the man she believes is responsible. When she finally tracks him down, she tricks her way into his house and plots his murder from within.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 235 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Based on the classic novel by Anthony Trollope, the story follows Louis and Emily Trevalyan. After a blissful first year of marriage, things turn darker when a roguish Colonel takes an interest in Emily that fans the flames of Louis's jealousy
Publisher
BFS Entertainment
Pub. Date
©1998
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Previous convictions: Kavanagh must defend a woman charged with murder after an RAF plane crashes into a crowd.
The more loving one: Kavanagh is puzzled by ther reluctance of his client to explain the death of his girlfriend.
Time of need: Kavanagh represents a Home Office Minister who brings a case for malicious prosecution against the police after she is acquitted of assault.
End games: An old case comes back to haunt Kavanagh when he must defend...
Series
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
©2009
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 228 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In these 3 episodes, we see Kavanagh defending a Jehovah's witnees mother who refused permission to give a blood-transfusion to her son against charges laid by the hospital ; defending a woman who charges a priest with sexual assualt and later herself is charged with the murder of her husband ; prosecuting a trawler owner who contends a boat that sunk and drowned 5 men actually hit a submerged submarine and the Ministry of Defence is covering up,...
Publisher
distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries inspired by the novels of Caroline Graham. Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby has policed the murderous county for decades, and now he is ready to retire. In these four episodes Barnaby investigates his final cases before leaving the denizens of MIdsomer in the capable hands of his cousin, DCI John Barnaby and his partner,...
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
p2008
Language
English
Description
Four disc set: Beset by the political tension of an unsettled era, Gandhi calls for British removal from India. Police Superintendent Ronald Merrick arrests an Indian news reporter. Daphne Manner arrives from London. Merrick vents his frustrations on Kumar in a vicious jailhouse beating. Daphne gives birth. Mildred Layton prepares for her daughter's wedding. The Governor finds out about Merrick's abuse. Sarah is seduced by an officer. Susan delivers...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (approximately 14.5 hr.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hailed by critics as one of the most thoughtful and important TV dramas ever, the sweeping fourteen-part remastered adaptation of Paul Scott's Raj Quartet is the story of the men and women of both ruling and ruled classes of WWII India, trying amidst the turmoil to come to terms with the drastic changes taking place around them, knowing that their lives will never be the same again.
16) Arthur
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Lovable billionaire Arthur Bach has always relied on his limitless fortune and nanny Hobson to keep him out of trouble. Now he faces his biggest challenge. He must choose between an arranged marriage that will ensure his lavish lifestyle or an uncertain future with the one thing money can't buy, Naomi, the only woman he has ever loved. With Naomi's inspiration and some unconventional help from Hobson, Arthur will finally learn what it means to become...
17) Made in Dagenham
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
In 1968, the female workers at the Ford Dagenham car plant, walked out in protest against sexual discrimination. Their actions played a major role in the battle for equal pay, both nationally and internationally
18) Anne: Season one
Publisher
Entertainment One
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (352 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The series centers on a young orphaned girl in the late 1890's, who, after an abusive childhood spent in orphanages and the homes of strangers, is mistakenly sent to live with an elderly spinster and her aging brother. Over time, thirteen-year-old Anne will transform their lives and eventually the small town in which they live with her unique spirit, fierce intellect and brilliant imagination.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (440 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The adventures of a young orphan girl living in the late 19th century as she learns to navigate her new life on Prince Edward Island, in this new take on L.M. Montgomery's classic novels.
Publisher
Entertainment One
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (440 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The adventures of a young orphan girl living in the late 19th century as she learns to navigate her new life on Prince Edward Island, in this new take on L.M. Montgomery's classic novels.