Norman Stone
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
xxvi, 238 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Stone--one of the greatest living historians of the 20th century--provides an unprecedentedly concise, utterly authoritative account of the deadliest war of human history. Over 60 million people perished in World War Two, and the story of how the conflict roared to life from the ashes of the Great War is shocking, tragic, and also completely preventable in hindsight.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
xiv, 226 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
World War One began on horseback, with generals employing bayonet charges to gain ground, and ended with attacks resembling the Nazi blitzkriegs. The scale of devastation was unlike anything the world had seen before: Fourteen million combatants died, a further twenty million were wounded, and four empires were destroyed. Even the victors' empires were fatally damaged. An overwhelming disaster from which the world is still recovering, World War One...
Author
Language
English
Description
"On the hundredth anniversary of the end of World War I: a hardcover edition of the classic tale of a young German soldier's harrowing experiences in the trenches, widely acclaimed as the greatest war novel of all time. When twenty-year-old Paul Baumer and his classmates enlist in the German army during World War I, they are full of youthful enthusiam. But the world of duty, culture, and progress they had been taught to believe in shatters under the...
Publisher
Gaiam
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 54 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Readers and fans worldwide know the land of Narnia and the magical beings who dwell there. But few know the genius who created this beloved fantasy. Now meet C.S. Lewis, an extraordinary creative force, in this engaging true life story!
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Acclaimed actor John Rhys-Davies visits landmarks, explains relics, and leads us back into a darker time to discover this fascinating tale of saints and sinners, power and passion, as the greatest translation of Holy Scripture emerges into a world and culture that would never be quite the same again"--Container.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Return to post-war England for mystery and a cup of tea. The consummate prim and proper crime-fighting spinster, Miss Jane Marple sets down her knitting needles to unwind the most ingenious crimes. As she travels from city to countryside and even the Bahamas, murders, missing bodies and haunted dreams have a habit of falling accross Miss Marple's path.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 212 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Return to post-war England for mystery and a cup of tea. The consummate prim and proper crime-fighting spinster, Miss Jane Marple sets down her knitting needles to unwind the most ingenious crimes. As she travels from city to countryside and even the Bahamas, murders, missing bodies and haunted dreams have a habit of falling accross Miss Marple's path.
Series
Publisher
Tango Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
English
Description
The tale of a grumpy academic and the lower-class woman who joins his household staff. He bucks the class prejudices of the time by showing compassion and trying to educate her children.
11) The Narnia code
Publisher
E1 Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (59 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Using dramatizations of C.S. Lewis' early life and career, this intriguing documentary travels the world, meeting experts, testing evidence, and uncovering surprising questions behind the best selling series.
12) The gambling man
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2006, p1995
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 cm.
Language
English
Description
With ambitions far beyond backstreet card tables, Rory Connor learns that bigger games require higher risks--even losing his heart.
14) Shadowlands
Publisher
Vision Video
Pub. Date
[2004?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of C.S. Lewis, this film is about the agonizing spiritual crisis of C.S. Lewis when his wife died from cancer. The love, grief, pain, and sorrow were so shattering to Lewis that his basic Christian beliefs, magnificently communicated in his many books, were now called into serious doubt. But he picked up the pieces and moved out of the depressing "shadowlands," realizing that "real life has not even begun yet."
Publisher
Odyssey Networks
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
" Laura Fraser delivers a riveting performance as history's most famous "angel of mercy" who shuns her life of Victorian privilege to devote herself to relieving the misery of British soldiers during the Crimean War"--Container.
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (approximately 936 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Return to post-war England for mystery and a cup of tea. The consummate prim and proper crime-fighting spinster, Miss Jane Marple sets down her knitting needles to unwind the most ingenious crimes. As she travels from city to countryside and even the Bahamas, murders, missing bodies and haunted dreams have a habit of falling across Miss Marple's path.
