Jonathan Cake
Author
Series
Publisher
BBC Audiobooks America
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Journalist Mike Watson and his wife, Phylis, trace it back to the strange showering lights they noticed on the final day of their honeymoon cruise: lights which appeared to land and disappear into the water. Reports mount of similar sightings all over the world. Governments embark on missions to investigate the sea, but ships disappear and diving crews never return to the surface. Something deep in the ocean does not want to be disturbed. The Kraken...
2) Empire
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Mini-series about Octavius and Marc Anthony's struggle to control ancient Rome following Julius Caesar's assassination.
3) The gates
Author
Series
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Young Samuel Johnson and his dachshund Boswell are trying to show initiative by trick-or-treating a full three days before Halloween. Which is how they come to witness strange goings-on at 666 Crowley Avenue. The Abernathys don't mean any harm by their flirtation with the underworld. But when they unknowingly call forth Satan himself, they create a gap in the universe. A gap which holds a pair of enormous gates-the gates to Hell. And there are some...
5) Rebecca
Series
Pub. Date
2003
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.
6) Pressure
Author
Publisher
L. A. Theatre Works
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
An intense real-life thriller centred around the most important weather forecast in the history of warfare.
June, 1944. One man's decision is about to change the course of history. Everything is in place for the biggest invasion ever known in Europe – D-Day. One last crucial question remains: will the weather be right on the day? Problematically there are two opposing forecasts. American celebrity weatherman Colonel Krick predicts sunshine, while...
Author
Publisher
BBC Audio
Language
English
Description
At first the fireballs seemed to be nothing more than a dazzling display of lights in the sky, plunging into the deepest oceans and disappearing without trace. But, when ships started sinking inexplicably and the sea-lanes became impassable, it seemed that the world was facing a threat of unprecedented proportions. Mike and Phyllis Watson, both radio journalists, are caught up in the centre of events, well aware that it's not the cold war or international...
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
"Cordially invited to The Hollow for a weekend get-together, Hercule Poirot arrives just in time to see Gerda Christow standing, revolver in hand, over the dead body of her husband. Though it seems obvious she has killed her wayward spouse, Poirot doesn't believe things are so simple, especially when all the guests seem to loathe each other. Love, deceit, mystery, and death -- rest assured Poirot will get to the heart of the matter."
Publisher
Showtime Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Perl spent WWII in charge of the woman's infirmary at Auschwitz. Hoping to leave her nightmares behind her after the liberation, she applies for American citizenship in 1946. However, she is hauled into military court to explain how much she "collaborated" with the Nazis during the war. The U.S. officials are especially disturbed by the number of illegal abortions Perl performed at the camp. Perl struggles to explain how she terminated the lives of...
Publisher
Miramax
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Three critically-acclaimed British romances featuring talented casts. In Becoming Jane, a dashing young man offends an emerging writer's sense and sensibility. In Brideshead Revisited, Charles Ryder is invited to a charming aristocrat's estate where he is seduced by the opulent lifestyle. In Jane Eyre, Jane finds herself in a passionate romance with a handsome, yet mysterious, gentleman.
Series
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Mrs Brown: Queen Victoria was the world's most powerful woman. Rugged Scotsman John Brown was a lowly servant who looked after her horses. Yet when circumstances brought them together the result was a passionate friendship that scandalized a nation.
Ethan Frome: Story of a man torn between his joyless marriage to one woman and his lustful desire for another.
Brideshead revisited: When the charming aristocrat Sebastian invites Charles Ryder to his...