Colm Meaney
Author
Series
Gangs of London volume 1
Description
Tensions are high at Finn Wallace's funeral; Elliot learns more about London.
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows a courageous woman's journey from servitude in England to the harsh life of Outport Newfoundland. Along the way she endures many hardships, including attempted rape and being abandoned by the father of her child.
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A young man offends an entire town by declaring their mountain-- a prized local landmark-- to be a "hill." The eccentric and funny townspeople rally around their "mountain" and a fiery young woman charms the puzzled out-of-town cartographer into seeing things their way.
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
No stones in slingshots. No skirmishes too late in the day. They're rules of war for the youngsters of two neighboring Irish villages. And here's another rule: if you spit-shake on something, you better follow through. Kids will be kids. But sometimes they, in their own fanciful ways, will be adults. It's a winning tale in which buttons are the spoils of a would-be war.
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Alan Partridge, the famous local radio DJ and TV host, finds himself at the center of a siege, when a disgruntled fellow DJ decides to hold their station hostage after learning that he's getting fired when the new owners decide to convert the station to talk radio.
10) The journey
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A fictional account of the extraordinary story of two implacable enemies in Northern Ireland. Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Fein politician Martin McGuinness are forced to take a short journey together in which they will take the biggest leap of faith and change the course of history.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Captain Craig McCenzie, a disgraced Special Forces officer hand-picked to lead the ultimate extreme vacation. Five super-rich thrill-seekers have paid a premium to have them inserted into a real-life military mission: delivering weapons to the besieged rebels of an island stronghold. But when the plan backfires and all hell breaks loose, McCenzie and his squad of amateur soldiers find themselves fighting a furious battle to survive.
12) Bel ami
Pub. Date
©2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This tale of temptation and obsession chronicles Georges Duroy's rise to power from his meager beginnings as a penniless ex-soldier by using the city's most influential and wealthy women. Set in turn-of-the-century Paris, Duroy seduces Madame de Marelle then marries Madeleine Forester a former comrade's wife. Fueled by his insatiable quest and lustful greed, Duroy conquers Madame Walter, only to learn that every conquest is marred by betrayal and...
13) Tolkien
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explores the formative years of the renowned author's life as he finds friendship, courage, and inspiration among a fellow group of writers and artists at school. Their brotherhood strengthens as they grow up and weather love and loss together, including the author's tumultuous courtship of his beloved Edith Bratt, until the outbreak of the First World War which threatens to tear their fellowship apart. All of these experiences would later inspire...
14) Marlowe
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"A gripping noir crime thriller set in late 1930s Bay City centers around a brooding, down-on-his-luck detective; Philip Marlowe, played by Liam Neeson, who is hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress, daughter of a well-known movie star. The disappearance is the first twist in a series of bewildering events, and soon Marlowe is embroiled in a deadly investigation and web of lies that he's determined to bring to light." --
17) Far and away
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A poor but proud Irish tenant farmer accompanies the spoiled and headstrong daughter of a wealthy landlord to America in a quest for land.
18) Turning Green
Author
Description
After 16-year-old James Powers is forced to move in with his three Irish aunts, he starts a wildly successful business of selling illegal magazines on the black market.
20) One Chance
Author
Description
The true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night who became a phenomenon after being chosen for, and ultimately winning, Britain's Got Talent.