Sara Kestelman
1) Zardoz
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015, c2001
Language
English
Description
The delicate balance between the intellectual Eternals and the earthy Brutals in a fantasy/future world is upset when Zed finds a way to cross into the Vortex.
2) Lady Jane
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1553, England's idle rich were anything but idle. With the blessing of the royal family, they plundered the riches of the church, stole the finest farmlands, and generally took all the best things the country had to offer. A cousin to the infamous Henry VII, Lady Jane Grey (Helena Bonham Carter) disapproved of the way her fellow nobles behaved, and disagreed with their religious beliefs. But as a sheltered 16-year-old, there wasn’t much she could...
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Going wrong: As wild teenagers, Guy Curran and Leonora Chisholm believed that they were soulmates. When they meet again eight years later, Guy aims to reclaim her, no matter who stands in his way.
Harm done: Detective Chief Inspector Wexford faces growing public unrest over the release of a pedophile, an odd series of abductions, and the disappearance of a wealthy couple's daughter from her bedroom.
The fallen curtain: Abducted briefly as a boy,...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Misunderstood Maggie Tulliver is torn. Her rebellious and passionate nature demands expression, while her provincial kin and community expect self-denial. Based closely on the author's own life, Maggie's story explores the conflicts of love and loyalty and the friction between desire and moral responsibility. Written in 1860, The Mill on the Floss was published to instant popularity. An accurate, evocative depiction of English rural life, this compelling...
5) Mind Games
Author
Language
English
Description
In this thriller from the creator of Prime Suspect, DI Frances O'Neil (Fiona Shaw, Harry Potter films) is a former nun turned criminal profiler who gets into the minds of murderers to solve crimes. When two women are found tied to chairs and beaten to death in their own homes, Frances realizes that the murders, which were initially thought to be burglaries gone wrong, are instead the work of a serial killer.
6) Lady Jane
Author
Language
English
Description
In 1553, England's idle rich were anything but idle. With the blessing of the royal family, they plundered the riches of the church, stole the finest farmlands, and generally took all the best things the country had to offer. A cousin to the infamous Henry VII, Lady Jane Grey disapproved of the way her fellow nobles behaved, and disagreed with their religious beliefs. But as a sheltered 16-year-old, there wasn’t much she could do about it. Then,...
7) King Lear
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Featuring the images of some of the world's most famous stage and film actors, these additions to the all-new Oxford School Shakespeare introduce--and enthrall--young people to one of the greatest writers of all time. This season brings revised editions of five of the Bard's most famous plays--As You Like It, Othello, Hamlet, Love's Labour Lost and The Taming of the Shrew. Designed specifically for students unfamiliar with Shakespeare's rich literary...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Crime abounded in late Victorian and Edwardian times--from the streets of London to the country houses of nobility; from the royal apartments of Vienna to the hotel rooms of quiet Copenhagen. Sherlock Holmes took on many of the era's crooks, killers, blackmailers, and schemers, but so did the fictional sleuths of other celebrated writers of the time. (from container.) Stories by Baroness Orczy, George Griffith, Jacques Futrelle, E. Phillips Oppenheim,...
