Paterson Joseph
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Description
xi, 418 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A lush and immersive tale of adventure, artistry, romance, and freedom set in eighteenth-century London and inspired by a true story. "I had little right to live, born on a slave ship where my parents both died. But I survived, and indeed, you might say I did more." It's 1746 and Georgian London is not a safe place for a young Black man, especially one who has escaped slavery. After the twinkling lights in the Fleet Street coffee shops are blown...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Description
5 audio discs (5 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, witch, the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact ... As the armies of Good and Evil converge on the sleepy English village of Lower Tadfield, the Four Horsepersons of the Apocalypse--War, Famine, Pollution and Death-assemble. Atlantis is rising: fish are falling from the sky; everything seems to be going according to Divine Plan--except for unlikely angel and demon duo Aziraphale...
4) Wonka
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on the extraordinary character at the center of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the jewel in the Roald Dahl crown and one of the best-selling children's books of all time, "Wonka" tells the wondrous story of how the world's greatest inventor, magician and chocolate-maker became the beloved Willy Wonka we know today. This irresistibly vivid and inventive big-screen spectacle will introduce audiences to a young Willy Wonka, chock-full of ideas...
5) Rellik
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An original six-part thriller, about an obsessive and disfigured UK police detective, the drama is told in reverse.
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Description
8 videodiscs (approximately 20 hr.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Intent on destroying America as we know it by changing history, a mysterious criminal, Flynn (Goran Vinsjic), steals a secret state-of-the-art time machine. The only hope of stopping him lies with an unexpected team - Lucy (Abigail Spencer), a history professor; Wyatt (Matt Lanter), a soldier; and Rufus (Malcolm Barrett), a scientist - who must use the machines prototype to travel back in time to ensure critical events remain unchanged. As they try...
7) Neverwhere
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On his way to dinner with his fiancee, Richard Mayhew helps a mysterious wounded girl lying on the sidewalk. The next day, he discovers his actions have erased him from existence and he is now consigned to the underground world of London Below.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (419 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Over eight long days two men dramatically clash: McCoy, an incorruptible sheriff with a dark past, and Red Bill, a dirty, taciturn bounty killer trapped in a desire for vengeance that cannot be fulfilled.
Author
Language
English
Description
"A dazzling collection of eleven interconnected stories from the bestselling, award-winning author of Shrines of Gaiety and Life After Life, with everything that readers love about her novels-the inventiveness, the verbal felicity, the sharp observations on human nature, and the deeply satisfying emotional wallop. In this brilliant volume, nothing is quite as it seems. We meet a queen who makes a bargain she cannot keep; a secretary who watches over...
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Description
4 videodiscs (8 hrs. 48 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Hollow crown: New adaptations of Shakespeare's tetralogy of history plays comprising the 'Henriad' for the BBC's 2012 Cultural Olympiad: King Richard; II King Henry IV, Part 1; King Henry IV, Part 2 and King Henry V. The plays chronicle a continuous period in British history from the end of the 14th century to the aftermath of the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Together, the plays comprise a story with recurring themes of power struggles, redemption,...
11) Wonka
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Based on the major motion picture--an intoxicating mix of magic and music, mayhem and emotion, all told with fabulous heart and humor--Wonka introduces readers to a young Willy Wonka, chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time...proving that the best things in life begin with a dream, and if you're lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka, anything is possible.
