Arts and Entertainment Network
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on Peter Mayle's bestseller by the same name, it is the hilarious first year account of the Mayles' adjusting to both the idiosyncracies of the locals and the quaint traditions of this ancient and charming region.
44) Northanger Abbey
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 18th century Bath, a girl bursting with freshness and passion for macabre Gothic novels experiences intrigue, adventure, and romance, especially when the romantic Henry Tilney invites her to his ancestral home.
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Hercule Poirot has retired to a country village, until his neighbor is found murdered. Poirot reunites with his old partner, Chief Inspector Japp, to find the culprit, exposing a web of blackmail, envy, and murder.
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Lucy Angkatell hosts a weekend get-together at her country estate, she appears to overlook the obvious fact that all her guests loathe one another. Poirot enjoys a ringside seat for the bizarre goings-on, but he is thrust into an active role when the proceedings suddenly turn deadly.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 195 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Includes an overview of World War II from the German Blitzkeieg to the Allies' bloody battle for Berlin, as well as the desert war in northern Africa, the landing of the Allies and the brutal German counterattack at Anzio, and the largest amphibious assault in world history, the Normandy invasion.
49) Jane Eyre
Pub. Date
©1997-1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jane Eyre, a mistreated orphan, learns to survive by relying on her independence and intelligence.
51) Emma
Pub. Date
©1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Emma is the story of a rich, clever and beautiful young woman who can't resist orchestrating other people's love lives. As her romantic plans go ridiculously wrong, however, it's Emma herself who risks missing out on her perfect match!"--Container.
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Poirot agrees to visit the husband of a famous actress to urge him to reconsider her request for a divorce. Edgware insists that he has already agreed to his wife's request. Yet, within twenty-four hours, he is found murdered.
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 188 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Captures the dramatic, lust-filled saga of King Charles II, from his youthful exile in the Netherlands to his numerous sexual escapades during his tumultuous 25-year reign to his secret deathbed conversion to Catholicism.
54) Night of the fox
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 188 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
U.S. officer Colonel Hugh Kelso has inside knowledge about the imminent and highly secretive D-Day invasion. When he washes ashore behind enemy lines, special agents Harry Martineau and Sara Drayton of the Allied Forces must stage a covert rescue to save his live - or end it - before the Germans acquire the valuable information he possesses. Joined by an Italian naval officer and a Jewish actor-turned-German paratrooper, the agents embark on a rescue...
55) Sons of liberty
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 270 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
As riots consume the streets of Boston, a dangerous game plays out between a British governor and ringleader Sam Adams, which escalates to extreme measures, street brawls, black market dealings, espionage, and murder. A sizzling, romantic affair percolates against a backdrop of rising civil unrest, the infamous Boston Tea Party, and Paul Revere's legendary ride. From the Battle of Lexington, a clash between the dedicated colonists and the superior...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 515 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Likable family man Tom Barnaby is the down-to-earth Chief detective for a cluster of idyllic English country villages where some of the rose-covered cottages are home to murderers, thieves, and blackmailers. Barnaby exposes the criminals with the help from his eager young assistant Sargeant Troy and from his supportive wife.
Pub. Date
[2013].
Physical Desc
3 or 5 videodiscs (approximately 529 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries. The killings at Badger's Drift: The death of an elderly woman and the persistence of her lifelong friend draw Barnaby into a case that reveals the sordid side of this quaint village. Written in blood: Investigating the brutal murder of a Midsomer Worthy writer, Barnaby discovers that the victim had been living a fictitious life....
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (521 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Changing times, cutthroat competition, and romance flavor the dramatic conclusion. As the Roaring Twenties close, the market for haute couture is shrinking. In order to survive, can the House of Eliott realize that ready-to-wear is fashion's future?
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (300 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Appears on list
Description
The story of lively and rebellious Elizabeth, one of five unmarried daughters living in the countryside of 19th century England, in a world where an advantageous marriage is a woman's sole occupation.