Polly Walker
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A beautiful young Irish governess, Mary, leaves home and travels to Spain to work in the residence of a wealthy family strained by conflicting political allegiances. Swept away by her new surroundings while being threatened by the turmoil of the times, Mary eventually finds a different kind of danger: the inescapable attraction she shares with the fiery, handsome and married son of her employer.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
London, the 1920s. Lottie and Rose are two married women who share the misery of empty marriages and decide to rent an Italian castle for the spring to get away. In order to save money, they advertise for two other women to join them. Mrs. Fisher is an elderly widow is struggling with a lonely and regimented existence. She jumps at the chance to join the vacation. Lady Caroline Dester is a gorgeous flapper who has been grabbed one too many times and...
4) Emma
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Emma Woodhouse is a young woman who, having engineered the marriage of her companion, turns her attention toward making a match for the local vicar and her new protegée, Harriet Smith. Her one voice of reason and restraint is Mr. Knightley, who has known her since she was a child and who watches her behaviour with wry amusement and sometimes with real anger. Emma presides over the small provincial world of Highbury with enthusiasm, but she will...
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (389 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Series follows anti-corruption unit 12 (AC-12) as they investigate fellow police officers accused of corruption. In series five, Stephen Graham stars as John Corbett, the ruthless leader of an organized crime group who hijacks a seized drugs transport. AC-12 investigators suspect corrupt police officers of leaking information. As the body count rises, AC-12 realize they₂re facing their most vicious adversary yet.
7) For Roseanna
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Marcello is a trattoria proprietor in an Italian village who will stop at nothing to make sure his beloved but ailing wife, Roseanna, realizes her dream of being buried at the local cemetery.
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"In Clash of the Titans, the ultimate struggle for power pits men against kings and kings against gods. But the war between the gods themselves could destroy the world. Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus is helpless to save his family from Hades, vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus an unleash hell on earth. Battling unholy demons...
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (ca. 600 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the year 44 B.C., Julius Caesar has been assassinated and civil war threatens to destroy the Republic. In the void left by Caesar's demise, egos clash and numerous players jockey for position. The brutally ambitious Mark Antony attempts to solidify his power, aligning himself with Atia, but coming to blows with her cunning son Octavian, who has been anointed in Caesar's will as his only son and heir. The conspirator Brutus ponders how to curry...
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As the sole survivor of a shipwreck, Robinson Crusoe is forced to build a solitary life on a remote island. When he eventually discovers that a local tribe uses his island for sacrificial rituals, he risks his life to save a doomed tribesman from certain death. In a thrilling adaptation of the timeless novel by Daniel Defoe, the two men forge a friendship to survive against impossible odds!
11) Rome: season 1
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (ca. 720 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 character guide ([8] p. : col. ill., col. ports. ; 17 cm.)
Description
Four hundred years after the founding of the Republic, Rome is the wealthiest city in the world, a cosmopolitan metropolis of one million people, epicenter of a sprawling empire. The Republic was founded on principles of shared power and fierce personal competition, never allowing one man to seize absolute control. But now, those foundations are crumbling, eaten away by corruption and excess. After eight years of war, soldiers Lucius Vorenus and Titus...