Dawn French
Author
Pub. Date
2013, c2012
Physical Desc
341 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
Who is in Coma Suite Number 5? A matchless lover? A supreme egotist? A selfless martyr? A bad mother? A cherished sister? A selfish wife? All of these. For this is Silvia Shute, who has always done exactly what she wants, until now, when her life suddenly, shockingly stops. Her past holds a terrible secret, and now that she is unconscious in a hospital bed, her constant stream of visitors are set to uncover the mystery of her broken life. Meanwhile...
Author
Series
Delicious volume 4
Description
As Mimi prepares for her surgery, tensions at the hotel run higher than ever. Sam tries to mend things with Marc, unaware he has a secret of his own. Teresa confesses to Sam, but it blows up in her face when Sam decides to leave the hotel for good.
Author
Series
Delicious volume 3
Description
Gina and Sam team up to sabotage Mason's business, but they don't anticipate his swift retaliation. Sam has second thoughts about her budding relationship with Marc, and Mimi finally shares her news, along with a surprising request.
Author
Series
Delicious volume 2
Description
Sam is shocked to find that Mason bought her spa location and feels even worse when she discovers his relationship with Gina. While Teresa and Mimi hide each other's secrets, Sam reconnects with her old flame Marc, who is in town for a friend's wedding.
Author
Series
Delicious volume 1
Description
Sam and Gina throw a glamorous charity auction to raise funds for Sam's spa, but the evening is overshadowed by the attendance of controversial restaurateur Mason Elliot. Teresa arrives home early without Michael but with big changes on the horizon.
Author
Series
Delicious volume 1
Description
It's been almost a year since Leo's death. Gina and Sam have turned the Penrose Hotel into a profitable business, but they still have their disagreements. While Gina attends to her estranged father, Joe, Sam hires young chef Adam without Gina's approval.
Author
Series
Delicious volume 2
Description
To Gina's frustration, Joe refuses to leave the hotel. Michael returns home and conspires with Gina to plan a surprise party for Sam's 40th birthday. Worried about what happened at her last visit, Teresa wants to quit therapy.
Author
Series
Delicious volume 4
Description
Gina tells the family about Adam's true identity, but Michael lashes out and Sam threatens to leave the Penrose. While Gina prepares for her wedding, one of the staff finds the stash of money and notifies the police.
Author
Series
Delicious volume 3
Description
Gina prepares an elaborate feast for the anniversary of Leo's death, but she clashes with both Sam and Teresa before the memorial. Gina finds money missing from the stash and suspects that someone in the Penrose has been stealing from them.
11) Coraline
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 41 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A young girl walks through a secret door that she has found in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life. On the surface, this parallel reality is eerily similar to her real life, but much better. When her adventure turns dangerous, and her counterfeit parents, including the Other Mother, try to keep her forever, Coraline must count on her resourcefulness, determination, and bravery to get back home - and save her family.
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 351 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Newcomer Gabriel Cochrane arrives in Candleford with a vendetta against the evil banker Steerforth, who he feels has tricked him into losing his business. Elsewhere, Dorcas makes an ill-judged intervention, Minnie becomes worried that Alfie might fall out of love with her, and Emma is left in a precarious financial position.
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (ca. 181 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Set in a small West Country town, Jennifer Saunders' enchanting comedy follows the continuing exploits of ex-practice nurse Sal Vine and the memorable, and not a little eccentric, members of the local Guild"--Container.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Sal's husband dies suddenly of a heart attack, Sal and her best friend, Tip try to find some fun among the knitting and cake-baking of The Ladies' Guild in the small West Country town of Clatterford St. Mary. The Guild members are certainly an eccentric bunch: leader Eileen, who takes her position--and chains--very seriously; cheese-mad Rose (or Margaret, depending on whether she's taken her medication); Delilah Stagg of the loose false teeth...
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 582 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows the relationship of two contrasting communities: Lark Rise, a small hamlet gently holding onto the past, and Candleford, a neighboring market town bustling into the future. When young Laura Timmins leaves Lark Rise for a job at the Candleford post office, she discovers an eye-opening, exciting new world. In the face of scandals and feuds, she must leave her childhood behind.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple's idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short. Set against an epic landscape of sweeping desert vistas and the majestic Giza pyramids, this tale of unbridled passion and incapacitating jealousy features a cosmopolitan group of impeccably dressed travelers, and enough wicked twists and turns to...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (750 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The sleepy village of Dibley was blindsided back in 1994 by the arrival of its new vicar, who dared to be a woman! Over the twelve ensuing years, with the help of sharp wit, a double dose of double entendre, and a healthy supply of chocolate, she gradually won the hearts of even the crustiest of the town's eccentric inhabitants.
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 719 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Sees the arrival of a dashing and elegant stranger in Candleford. Rich, enterprising, worldly and without a wife, James Dowland is a successful businessman with a string of London hotels and has come to transform Candleford and bring it new prosperity. But not everyone welcomes his entrepreneurial efforts and it isn't long before he is sparring with the spirited yet suddenly flustered Dorcas.
Author
Series
Jam and Jerusalem volume 6
Description
Clatterford Ladies Guild receives a visitor from the Main Wheel of the Guild, Lady Anne Crump, who has the power to shut them down. When they finally arrive for the meeting they have made no effort at all. Will the Guild be closed down and merged with the guild at nearby Hole?
Author
Series
Jam and Jerusalem volume 2
Description
The leader of Ladies Guild suggests to the Vicar that he needs a room in the church for coffee mornings. Elsewhere, recently widowed Sal decides it's time for her to get rid of her late husband's clothes, but she isn't offered much support from her children.