Joanne Whalley
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
After exacting vicious punishment on all those who opposed them, the Borgias are at the apex of their power and influence. With the world around them embroiled in war and turmoil, the original crime family will continue to exploit allies, silence critics, and solidify legacies. But this time, the seemingly unbreakable bonds of blood will be tested like never before, as the house notoriously united against the world becomes divided against itself.
6) Wolf Hall
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Thomas Cromwell is a brutal blacksmith's son who rises from the ashes of personal disaster and deftly picks his way through a court where 'man is wolf to man.' King Henry VIII is obsessed with protecting the Tudor dynasty by securing his succession with a male heir to the throne. Told from Cromwell's perspective, "Wolf Hall" follows the complex machinations and back room dealings of this pragmatic and accomplished power broker who must serve king...
7) Willow
Language
English
Description
A timeless fantasy tale where heroes come in all sizes. While Willow Ufgood finds an abandoned baby girl, he learns she is destined to end the reign of wicked Queen Bavmorda. Willow teams up with a rogue swordsman to protect the child against the darkness. Filled with magic and danger, this is the ultimate story of good versus evil.
Author
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
Second edition.
Language
English
Description
First performed in 1773, "She Stoops to Conquer" is the timeless comedic drama by Anglo-Irish author Oliver Goldsmith. The play depicts the story of Charles Marlow, a wealthy young man who is promised in marriage to a woman, Kate Hardcastle that he has never met. While he is eager to meet her and is travelling to her home with his friend, George Hastings, Charles is quite shy in the company of women of wealth. He prefers those of a lower class and...
10) Trial by jury
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
He's guilty of murder. But something goes wrong in the jury room. Eleven jurors vote guilty. One woman, her life and family threatened by the mob, votes to let the killer walk. To set things right, that woman will have to fight back with a vengeance.
11) Noah's ark
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Noah, a farmer and family man, is instructed by an angel to build an ark in the middle of a desert in order to save his family and the faithful from a devastating flood, a seemingly impossible task, especially when his sons refuse to believe him and lend their help. Noah risks ridicule from his loving but exasperated family and humiliation from the townsfolk in his quest to carry out his God-given task.
12) Edge of darkness
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Escorting his daughter home from college, Detective Inspector Ronald Craven watches helplessly as she is gunned down in cold blood. Hellbent on revenge, his search for her killer leads him on a terrifying one-way trip to the heart of the nuclear state.
13) Navy Seals
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
While rescuing an American air crew captured by Mid-Eastern terrorists, Lieutenant Curran and his team of Navy SEALs discover evidence that the terrorists have come into possession of dangerous high-tech weapons.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
This spectacular drama reimagines one of literature's most enduring heroes, the great warrior Beowulf. Featuring an ensemble cast of fascinating and fantastical characters, this epic drama follows Beowulf as he strives to be a man as well as hero, challenging the notions of good and evil, heroes and villains, and the rule of law against one's moral code.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
[English, French, Spanish dialogue version].
Language
English
Description
Paul, who goes from the most infamous persecutor of Christians to Christ's most influential apostle, is spending his last days in a dark and bleak prison cell awaiting execution by Emperor Nero. Luke, his friend and physician, risks his life when he ventures into Rome to visit him. Paul is under the watchful eye of Mauritius, the prison's prefect, who seeks to understand how this broken old man can pose such a threat. But before Paul's death sentence...
16) Storyville
Pub. Date
©2003, ©1992.
Language
English
Description
This murder mystery is a modern-day Chinatown, suspenseful, shocking, and utterly seductive. It's the story of the son of a powerful Louisiana family - a rising political star for whom a moment's weakness threatens a lifetime's ambition.
20) Jane Eyre
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
After her uncle dies, young Jane Eyre is terribly mistreated by her aunt and cousins. She is quickly sent away to a girls' school, where life is not much better. But Jane loves books and learning, and she becomes the first in her class. She goes on to teach, then takes a position with Mr. Rochester, working as a governess. At his mansion, life changes dramatically.
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