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(0)Kenneth Branagh
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Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
The tranquility of a luxury cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot through the head. She was young, stylish, and beautiful. A girl who had everything...until she lost her life. Hercule Poirot recalled an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: "I'd like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger." Yet under the searing heat of the Egyptian sun, nothing is ever quite what...
Author
Series
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
Murder on the Orient Express (©1934): Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Without a shred of doubt, one of his fellow passengers is the murderer.
The murder of Roger Ackroyd (©1926): Roger Ackroyd knew too much. He knew that the woman he loved had poisoned her...
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (approximately 564 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Collector's set explores the full spectrum of prehistoric life, from the rise of monsters millions of years ago to the reign of dinosaurs and our own evolutionary predecessors. Includes 9 hours of programming plus almost 7 hours of special features.
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Special agent James West and fellow agent and crackerjack inventor Artemus Gordon team up on a daring assignment to stop legless Dr. Arliss Loveless and his diabolical plot for a Disunited States of America.
10) Cinderella
Series
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Celebrate the transformative power of kindness with Disney's Cinderella, a modern classic that shines with beauty, imagination...and magic! Despite being bullied by her stepmother and stepsisters, a spirited Ella refuses to despair or retaliate, choosing instead to honor her mother's last words: "Have courage and be kind". Then one day, she meets a remarkable, like-minded man in the woods and she resolves to take charge of her fate in hopes of seeing...
11) King Richard III
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Villainy and Treachery-- Richard III tells of the story of how Richard steals the kingdom from his young nephew after the death of his brother Edward. There is much murder and treachery until Richmond leads a revolt against Richard. Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York; And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
Special ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Join Tulio and Miguel and their hilarious horse Altivo as they set sail, map in hand, in search of golden treasure. Upon landing on the shores of El Dorado, the legendary Lost City of Gold, Tulio and Miguel are mistaken for gods and are lavished with riches beyond their wildest dreams! As friendship, loyalty and greed collide, our unlikely heroes must make the decision of their lives: run off with the gold or face unforeseen dangers to save the...
13) Wallander
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (270 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Thrilling mystery tales set in the beautiful landscape of southern Sweden. In Faceless killers, an elderly couple are attacked at an isolated farmhouse and the town witnesses an outbreak of racist violence. In The man who smiled, Wallander is contacted by an old acquaintance who is suspicious about his father's death. In The fifth woman, an elderly birdwatcher falls to his death in a meticulously planned murder.
14) Dunkirk
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A World War II thriller about the evacuation of Allied troops from the French city of Dunkirk before Nazi forces can take hold.
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A global action thriller set in the present day. This original story follows a young Jack as he uncovers a financial terrorist plot. When Ryan believes he's uncovered a Russian plot to collapse the United States economy, he goes from being an analyst to becoming a spy and must fight to save his own life and those of countless others, while also trying to protect the thing that's more important to him than anything, his relationship with his fiancé...
16) Twelfth night
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (165 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After a shipwreck, twin siblings Viola and Sebastian wash up on the shores of Illyria. Viola, disguised as a man named Cesario, takes up service with the Duke Orsino, who is madly in love with the Lady Olivia. But Olivia is in mourning over her brother's death, so Orsino sends Cesario over as an emissary of love, except that Olivia falls for Viola!
Language
English
Description
Cars fly, trees fight back and a mysterious elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of the second year of his amazing journey into the world of wizardry. This year at Hogwarts, spiders talk, letters scold and Harry's own unsettling ability to speak to snakes turns his friends against him. From dueling clubs to rogue Bludgers, it's a year of adventure and danger when bloody writing on a wall announces: The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. To...
18) Belfast
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A poignant story of love, laughter, and loss in one boy's childhood, amid the music and social tumult of the late 1960s.
19) Oppenheimer
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (181 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
Author
Publisher
Disney Press, an imprint of Disney Book Group
Pub. Date
[2014].
Lexile measure
AD 830L
Physical Desc
23 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Ella hopes that her night at a ball will be a nice evening away from her life as a servant for her cruel stepfamily. Little does Ella know that this night will prove to be extraordinary, one filled with magic, adventure, and love!
