Tim Curry
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events) volume 3
Language
English
Description
Dear Reader, if you have not read anything about the Baudelaire orphans, then before you read even one more sentence, you should know this: Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are kindhearted and quick-witted; but their lives, I am sorry to say, are filled with bad luck and misery. All of the stories about these three children are unhappy and wretched, and this one may be the worst of them all. If you haven't got the stomach for a story that includes a hurricane,...
3) Peter Pan
Author
Language
English
Description
Peter Pan teaches Wendy and her brothers to fly to Never-Never Land, where they share some exciting adventures with Indians and pirates.
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events volume 2
Language
English
Description
After narrowly escaping the menacing clutches of the dastardly Count Olaf, the three Baudelaire orphans are taken in by a kindly herpetologist with whom they live happily for an all-too-brief time.
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events) volume 8
Language
English
Description
On the run after being falsely accused of murder, the three Baudelaire orphans find themselves in the Heimlich Hospital, with the evil Count Olaf in close pursuit.
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events) volume 7
Language
English
Description
Under a new government program based on the saying "It takes a village to raise a child," the Baudelaire orphans are adopted by an entire town, with disastrous results.
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events) volume 6
Language
English
Description
The woeful saga of the Baudelaire orphans continues as evil Count Olaf discovers their whereabouts at Esmé Squalor's seventy-one bedroom penthouse and concocts a new plan for stealing their family fortune.
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events) volume 9
Language
English
Description
On the run as suspected murderers, the unlucky Baudelaire orphans find themselves trapped in the Caligari Carnival, where they must masquerade as freaks in order to hide from the evil Count Olaf.
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events) volume 10
Language
English
Description
In the perilous Mortmain Mountains, Klaus and Violet Baudelaire meet another well-read person, who helps them try to rescue Sunny from the villainous Count Olaf and his henchmen as they all near "the last safe place."
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The Baudelaire orphans disguise themselves as employees of the Hotel Denoument and find themselves pursued by the evil Count Olaf and others. Lemony Snicket returns with the last book before the last book of his New York Times bestselling Series of Unfortunate Events. Lemony Snicket returns with the last book before the last book of his New York Times bestselling Series of Unfortunate Events.
11) Sabriel
Author
Language
English
Description
Sabriel, daughter of the necromancer Abhorsen, must journey into the mysterious and magical Old Kingdom to rescue her father from the Land of the Dead.
12) The grim grotto
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events) volume 11
Language
English
Description
Still pursued by the evil Count Olaf, the Baudelaire orphans attempt to reach a very important VFD meeting, but first they must travel in a rattletrap submarine to the Gorgonian Grotto, a dangerous underwater cave, in search of the sugar bowl.
13) The end
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events) volume 13
Language
English
Description
Lost at sea, the Baudelaire orphans, along with the evil Count Olaf, wash up on the shore of an island populated by an oddly placid group of inhabitants, and they try to decide whether or not they are truly safe.
16) Abhorsen
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Abhorsen-In-Waiting Lirael and Prince Sameth, a Wallmaker, must confront and bind the evil spirit Oranis before it can destroy all life.
17) Portobello
Author
Language
English
Description
Walking to the shops one day in London's Notting Hill, fifty-year-old Eugene Wren discovers an envelope on the street bulging with cash. A man plagued by a shameful addiction, Wren hatches a plan to find the money's rightful owner. Instead of going to the police, or taking the cash for himself, he prints a notice and posts it around Portobello Road. This ill-conceived act creates a chain of events that links Wren to other Londoners--people afflicted...
18) Abel's Island
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Fullscreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Relates the story of Abel, an elegant and romantic mouse who gets swept away in a flood and stranded for over a year on a deserted island. The Story of the Dancing Frog - a mother tells her young daughter a curious story from their family history.
19) I, crocodile
Author
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
When a Nile crocodile is brought back to Paris by the Emperor Napoleon, it must not only struggle to get enough to eat, but escape from being eaten, too!
Series
Language
English
Description
Two fresh adaptations of Christie classics. Mrs. McGinty's Dead - Poirot tries to save a man from hanging for a murder he might not have committed. Cat Among the Pigeons - Princess Shaista is a political refugee hiding from revolutionaries in her native land. Exclusive Bonus program included.