Eileen Atkins
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
King Leontes unjustly accuses his wife Hermione of adultery with King Polixenes. He imprisons Hermione, who falls into a swoon he believes is death, and orders her infant daughter to be abandoned on the shore. Sixteen years later, their daughter falls in love with Polixenes's son and when they come to Leontes' kingdom, her identity is revealed. Leontes and Polixenes become friends again, and Hermione is found to be alive after all.
2) King John
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
First published in the "First Folio" in 1623 and likely written in the 1590s, "King John" is one of William Shakespeare's best historical plays. It centers on the events of King John's reign of England during the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. King John, son of Henry I of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, inherits the throne after the death of his older brother, King Richard I. John's claim to the throne is challenged by the King of...
Series
House of Eliott volume Series 3
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Changing times, cutthroat competition, and romance flavor the dramatic conclusion. As the Roaring Twenties close, the market for haute couture is shrinking. In order to survive, can the House of Eliott realize that ready-to-wear is fashion's future? Title has been repackaged.
Series
House of Eliott volume Series 2
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Sisters Evangeline and Beatrice Eliott, who, with talent nurtured by necessity, establish a fashion house that creates a sensation in Roaring Twenties London. Their star continues to rise, but competition is fierce and customers are fickle. Bea's devotion to the business strains her marriage, while Evie embarks upon a liaison that threatens to ruin both her and the House of Eliott. Title has been repackaged.
Publisher
Burbank, CA
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
One of the most loved television series of all time is brought back to life with a fresh cast and sumptuous production values. It's 1936, and six years since parlor maid Rose left 165 Eaton Place, when fate brings her back as housekeeper to its new owners: Sir Hallam, his wife Lady Agnes, and Maud, Lady Holland, his mother. Rose soon finds she has her work cut out as she recruits a new 'downstairs' family to help run the elegance and finery of the...
6) Wild target
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Rose is a free-spirited thief who finds herself in the crosshairs of a world-class assassin named Victor. But when Victor spares Rose's life, the lonely-hearted hitman sets off an outrageous chain of events that turns both their worlds upside down. Joined by a gun-toting apprentice, the unlikely trio teams up to thwart the murderous intentions of Victor's unhappy client.
7) Vanity fair
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
[Widescreen ed.].
Language
English
Description
Becky is determined to make something of herself. She accepts a job as a nanny for the children of Sir Pitt Crawley. Becky catches the eye of Crawley's son Rawdon. Becky is introduced to London's most exclusive social circle, where she becomes re-acquainted with Amelia. Becky weds Rawdon, but the social and economic stability she dreamed of begins to collapse when he begins drowning his troubles, and soon she turns to the powerful Marquess of Steyne...
Publisher
Rlj Entertainment
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
This final series sees the Doc making efforts to overcome his phobia and beginning to question whether he made the right decision about resigning. He and Louisa have also welcomed a baby daughter, Mary Elizabeth, a sister to four-year-old James Henry.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Harvey, a divorced, down-on-his-luck music jingle composer, and Kate, a lonely British airline employee, are brought together by chance. Harvey comes to London for his daughter's wedding, planning only to attend the wedding ceremony. However, he ends up being let go from his job before going back to America and decides to stay for the reception, asking Kate to accompany him. Thus begins a growing connection between these two guarded strangers.
10) Mrs. Dalloway
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The captivating and romantic story based on the critically-acclaimed Virginia Woolf novel of the same name.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The British Empire is in decline, the political world is in disarray, and a young woman takes the throne... a new era is dawning. Queen Elizabeth II is a 25-year-old newlywed faced with the daunting prospect of leading the world's most famous monarchy while forging a relationship with legendary Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.
12) Wit
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
Letterbox ed.
Language
English
Description
An English professor, who alienates her students, has always had control over her life. That is until she is diagnosed with a devastating illness. She agrees to undergo a series of procedures that are brutal, extensive and experimental. She finds that the fine line between life and death can only be walked with wit.
15) Cold Mountain
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
Inman, a young Confederate soldier, who is injured during the explosive 1864 battle of Petersburg, Virginia, is struggling to make his way home to Cold Mountain, NC, where his beloved Ada awaits him. In Inman's absence, Ada befriends Ruby, who helps her keep up her late father's farm. Meanwhile, in his travels, Inman encounters a menagerie of interesting and colorful characters.
Publisher
Distribution Solutions
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
All is not well for brilliant but boorish Dr. Martin Ellingham as the hit British dramedy returns. To Martin's utter disgust, his medical practice remains under official scrutiny because of his pre-existing blood phobia, and he is forced to attend refresher courses starting with phlebotomy. His wife, Louisa, and aunt Ruth urge him to take this risk to his career seriously, but events conspire against him.
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
In the sixth series, the doctor tackles fatherhood and his complicated relationship with local teacher Louisa. Episode 5. Sally Tishell returns to Port Wenn, apparently cured of her obsession with Martin though she is hostile to Jennifer, whom she sees as a professional rival, and put out that Martin refuses to declare her fit enough to work on her own. Joe Penhale takes part in a survival course in the wilds where he ends up literally shooting himself...
18) Paddington 2
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Paddington, now happily settled with the Brown family and a popular member of the local community, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy's 100th birthday, only for the gift to be stolen.
Some action and mild rude humor.
20) King John
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Audio Theater
Language
English
Description
King John of England is pitted against the united powers of France, Brittany, Austria, and the papacy. Will England be destroyed by his fatal indecision?
As alliances are made, broken, and remade, the paranoid and erratic John reveals his weakness and reliance on those around him—including his powerful mother Queen Elinor and Faulconbridge, the cynical and witty bastard son of the dead King Richard I.
In this early history play,
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