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A beautiful new clothbound edition of Alexandre Dumas's classic novel of wrongful imprisonment, adventure and revenge. Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of the Château d'If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and becomes determined not only to escape but to unearth the treasure and use it to plot the destruction of the three men responsible...
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Princess Elizabeth deals with the intrigue in the royal court from 1544-1546, during her father's reign; King Enrique tries to use his sister, Princess Isabel, to gain power and strengthen his rule over the kingdom; young Cleopatra faces her life as the daughter of King Ptolemy Auteles, the Pharaoh of Egypt.
5) Chatsworth: the grandest country house in all England : home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire
Pub. Date
[2008?]
Description
Offers a journey through Chatsworth House's 300 rooms which contain one of Britain's finest collections of antiques, furniture, and works of art. Chatsworth, set in the Derbyshire countryside, has been home to the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for more than 300 years.
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"This meditation on cinema's past from Decasia director Bill Morrison pieces together the bizarre true history of a long-lost collection of 533 nitrate film prints from the early 1900s. Located just south of the Arctic Circle, Dawson City was settled in 1896 and became the center of the Canadian Gold Rush that brough 100,000 prospectors to the area. It was also the final stop for a distribution chain that sent prints and newsreels to the Yukon. The...
Pub. Date
2008.
Description
The great escape: A high-security German prisoner-of-war camp in 1942 holds only known troublemakers and risk-takers, all of whom are determined to pull off the war's most daring escape ; Junior Bonner: With his bronco-busting career on its last legs, Junior Bonner heads to his hometown to try his luck in the annual rodeo. But his fond childhood memories are shattered when he finds his family torn apart by his greedy brother and hard-drinking father....
Pub. Date
2010.
Description
Seeking revenge against the people who killed him, Freddy Krueger haunts the dreams of teenagers, and when he kills them in their sleep they are dead in real life; Freddy tries to possess a teenage boy so he can continue his killing in the real world; Freddy haunts the dreams of teenagers at a mental hospital, but Nancy helps the teens to discover they power they hold in their dreams to fight him; Kristen passes on her power of pulling people into...
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Austin Powers, international man of mystery: Secret agent Austin Powers is thawed back into action after being frozen for thirty years. The time-warped swinger has to battle again with his archenemy Dr. Evil and stop his plot to control the world.
Austin Powers: the spy who shagged me: Dr. Evil travels back to 1969 and steals Austin's "mojo". Now Austin must return to the 60's to recover his mojo and stop his arch enemy from liquidating the world.
Austin...
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
Follow Dr. Albert Barnes on his remarkable rise from a working-class Philadelphia neighborhood to the top of the modern art world. This unique tale follows Dr. Barnes as he travels the world, collecting works of art by some of history's most famous artists. The film digs deep into the intricacies of each painting, offering a rare look at the priceless collection and at the new Philadelphia museum that now houses it.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Training day: a rookie narcotics cop learns the hard way that even good cops can go very, very bad.
John Q: Police have surrounded the ER where a desperate man holds hostages and demands that the hospital do what his HMO refuses to allow, provide an operation for his critically ill son.
Fallen: Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very...
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
Albuquerque: When Cole Armin comes to Albuquerque to work for his successful uncle John, he soon learns that family business is out to eliminate any local competition. Tiring of his uncle's underhanded tactics, Cole switches to rival operation run by Ted Wallace and his sister, Celia. But Cole soon learns John Armin is to a man to be crossed as the trio must fight for their business, and their lives, against his uncle's ruthless henchman, Juke Murkil.
Whispering...
Pub. Date
2010
Description
The story of the three Sackett brothers, Tye, Orrin, and Tell, who leave Tennessee to start new lives in the West; not being a man to settle down, cowhand Conn Conagher drifts in and out of widow Evie Teale's life; career outlaw Catlow attempts to take some Confederate gold, with his friend, a U.S. marshal, and a ruthless bounty hunter on his tail.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
The unique collections held in the Hermitage will take you on an absorbing journey in time and space. The introduction to the Winter Palace skillfully weaves in the history of the museum collection that now dates back more than three centuries. Music performed by the State Hermitage Orchestra, the Millennium Chamber Choir, and the St Petersburg Neva-Klassika string quartet will enhance your enjoyment.
Pub. Date
c2013
Description
Crocodile Dundee: Paul Hogan's hilarious, endearing performance made "Crocodile" Dundee the biggest box-office comedy smash of 1986 as a free spirited Australian who hunts crocodiles with his bare hands and drinks mere mortals under the table. But he's about to face the ultimate torture test--a trip to New York City. Crocodile Dundee II: Mick and Sue continue where they left off in "'Crocodile' Dundee". New York gangsters are pursuing Sue, so for...
Series
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
The lady vanishes: During a transcontinental train trip in Europe, a young woman is alarmed to discover a passenger has disappeared ; The farmer's wife: (silent) A lonely widowed farmer is looking for a new bride, not realizing the housekeeper helping him with his search is secretly in love with him ; The manxman: (silent) A romantic tale of intrigue involving a love triangle concerning three residents of the Isle of Man ; the Chaney vase: An elderly...
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