Jenny Agutter
2) Dominique
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
A greedy millionaire, who frightened his wealthy wife into committing suicide, starts believing that he is being haunted by her ghostly presence.
Pub. Date
1970.
Description
From the novel by E. Nesbit; a delightful story of three children who live in an old cottage near the railway line. Every day they watch the trains go by and become great friends with Perks, the porter and an old gentleman who travels on the "Green Dragon". Their involvement with the railway leads to many great adventures and dangers.
Author
Description
"As the acknowledged "Queen of Crime," P. D. James was frequently commissioned by newspapers and magazines to write a special short story for Christmas. Four of the best have been collected together for the first time in one volume [...] P. D. James's understanding of human nature illuminates each of these stories, making them ideal reading for the darkest days of the year. Each treats the reader to her masterfully atmospheric storytelling, a mystery...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
It's 1966, and it's a testing time for the midwives. But there's excitement, too, as the women's rights movement intensifies. With Trixie's help, Sister Julienne is determined to steer Nonnatus House of its financial quandary. Dr. Turner deals with an array of difficult cases including a former soldier involved in nuclear test explosion. Meanwhile, Sister Monica Joan experiences a crisis of faith, and Sister Frances realizes she needs to be a little...
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged
Description
NARRATOR: Jenny AgutterFORMAT: UnabridgedTwo years ago, Fever Crumb escaped the war-torn city of London in a traveling theater. Now she arrives in the extraordinary city of Mayda, where buildings ascend the cliffs on funicular rails, and a mysterious recluse is building a machine that can fly. Fever is the engineer he needs - but ruthless enemies will kill to possess their secrets.
11) Walkabout
Pub. Date
1998
Description
Stranded in the Australian desert, an English girl and her small brother are rescued by an aborigine boy who has journeyed into the outback on his "walkabout", a tribal initiation into manhood.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Now nearing the 1960s, the community enters a new time of social change, while stories of birth, life and death continue to touch your heart. Will live-wire Nurse Trixie marry her young curate? What new project calls for a heart as big as Chummy's? How will Sister Evangelina react to two new nurses? And why does Sister Julienne appear so unsettled by a mystery benefactor?
13) Logan's run
Pub. Date
c1976, c2000
Edition
Widescreen, standard version.
Description
In a future world where no one lives past thirty, one of the Death Squad decides to escape the city to avoid his own death.
Pub. Date
2020
Description
The life and times of a group of midwives working at Nonnatus House -- a nursing convent serving the impoverished of East London in the late 1950s and early 1960s -- are chronicled in this appealing British series based on true events. The women learn powerful lessons about life's struggles while visiting with expectant mothers and poor children.
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
The night before Christmas: Clement C. Moore's classic poem about a visit from St. Nicholas. Max's Christmas: Max is told he can't stay up to see Santa, but he sneaks downstairs anyway. Will Santa still come if Max is awake? Morris's disappearing bag: Morris thinks his brother and sister have better Christmas presents, but then he finds something very special in the last box under the tree. Owl moon: A young girl and her father take a magical night-time...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
1967 brings fresh medical and personal challenges to the midwifery and district nursing rounds. Thanks to Matthew's continued support, things at Nonnatus House are now settled and going well, and Trixie helps Matthew understand the community he is becoming a part of. Doctor Turner faces some changes in his relationship with Timothy now that he is an adult, while Shelagh continues to support community health programs. Across the series, the team faces...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
A true story of a trailblazing woman who found freedom in the faraway world of the Middle East. Gertrude Bell chafes against the stifling rigidity of life in turn-of-the-century England, leaving it behind for a chance to travel to Tehran. So begins her lifelong adventure across the Arab world, a journey marked by danger, a passionate affair with a British officer, and an encounter with the legendary T.E. Lawrence.