Laura Fraser
Author
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
Freelance magazine writer Fraser tweaks a few details (people's names and identifying characteristics) but retains the flavor of falling madly and unexpectedly in love with a stranger after her husband left her for his high school sweetheart. Nursing her broken heart in Italy, Fraser met an aesthetics professor from Paris, and together they traveled from one exotic spot to another, enjoying delicious food, sex, and conversation. Fraser's memoir/travelogue...
Description
A moving and inspiring factual drama about the pioneering work on radar by a little know team of scientists in the run up to the Second World War. On 26 February 1935, Robert Watson-Watt demonstrated for the first time that aircraft could be detected by bouncing radio waves off them. By the time the war began in 1939, radar stations were dotted along the British coast, tracking aircraft at distances of 100 miles away.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
A year after the mysterious disappearance of an eight-year-old girl, her grieving family return home from her memorial service in their small town. Later that evening, strange lights appear in the nearby forest and the family is exposed to a strange, inexplicable phenomenon that rattles them to the core. The origin of the lights appear to be visitors from another world that seemingly terrorize the family. These beings will lead the family to the truth...
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Against the stunning landscapes of Scotland's iconic Loch Ness, local detective sergeant, Annie Redford finds herself in the midst of her first murder investigation; DCI Lauren Quigley is called in to lead the investigation, joined by forensic psychologist Blake Albrighton who believes there is more to the murder than initially meets the eye. Grief, terror, and suspicion soon shatter the town's normality.
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
The rousing story of lowborn Willian Thatcher's quest to change his stars, win the heart of an exceedingly fair maiden and rock his medieval world. Follow this fearless squire and his band of medieval misfits as they careen their way toward impossible glory that's part romance, part road trip and part exuberant swashbuckling.
Description
Alice Paul and Lucy Burns were two defiant suffragist women who fought for the passage of the 19th Amendment. The two activists broke from the mainstream women's rights movement and created a more radical wing, daring to push the boundaries to secure women's voting rights in 1920. In a country dominated by chauvinism, this is no easy fight. Along the way, sacrifices are made: Alice gives up a chance for love, and colleague Inez Mulholland gives up...
Pub. Date
2022
Description
The Defoes are back at the newly merged law firm Noble Hale Defoe. And Hannah's latest case, the divorce of the UK's most powerful celebrity couple, is set to put NHD on the map. As Hannah fights one of the most public cases of her career, she's also fighting a private battle to save her marriage. Following the devastating revelation of Nathan's betrayal, her formerly rock-solid marriage is beginning to crack. And, as she finds herself in a passionate...
12) Beats
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
A universal story of friendship, rebellion, and the irresistible power of music as two best friends destined for different futures sneak out to an illegal rave in pursuit of one last crazy night together.
Pub. Date
2013
Description
In the final episodes, Emmy winners Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul bring the saga of Breaking Bad to a bloody conclusion in their roles as meth kingpin Walter White and his guilt-ridden partner Jesse Pinkman. As each tries to get clear of the wreckage they left behind in the meth world, DEA agent Hank Schrader's obsessive pursuit of 'Heisenberg' gains steam, leading up to a shattering finale that will leave no one in Walt's world unscathed.
17) Station Jim
Pub. Date
2007
Description
A young man working in a train station befriends a dog that can do amazing tricks. When the Queen of England is set to visit the station, an assassination attempt is put on her. Will the most unlikely of characters save the day?
Series
Pub. Date
c1982, c2004
Description
Three masterpieces and over 15 hours of timeless film from one of the greatest nineteenth-century novelists. Visit the fascinating world of Victorian England through the eyes of Anthony Trollope, as the prolific and respected novelist illustrates the penetrating conflicts of the day.