David M. Thompson
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Series
Woman in White volume 2
Language
English
Description
With Sir Percival impatient to marry Laura, Walter and Marian try to uncover the truth about his past. Wedding arrangements get underway, with Mr. Fairlie agreeing to a marriage settlement that raises questions about Sir Percival's true intentions. Count Fosco, a close friend of the baronet, arrives for the wedding and Marian is struck by his charms.
Author
Series
Woman in White volume 3
Language
English
Description
Sir Percival's money troubles drive him to try, by underhanded means, to get Laura to authorize the release of some of her fortune. Anne arranges a time to meet with Laura when she'll reveal Sir Percival's most terrible secret, but Fosco tips off Sir Percival, who confronts Laura. Feeling increasingly threatened, Marian resolves to find out what Fosco and Sir Percival are truly plotting.
Author
Series
Woman in White volume 5
Language
English
Description
Walter, Marian, and Laura are forced into hiding from Sir Percival and Fosco. Sir Percival is now a ghost of his former self, haunted by the possibility of his secret being revealed. Marian and Walter know they must discover it if they are to prove Sir Percival's role in the conspiracy involving Anne and Laura.
Author
Series
Woman in White volume 4
Language
English
Description
Marian overhears Sir Percival and Fosco plotting how they can get their hands on Laura's money, but she falls gravely ill and Sir Percival conceals her in the servants' wing of the house. He tells Laura that Marian has gone to London with Count Fosco and Laura follows. Fosco puts his sinister plan into action. Will Walter and Marian be able to save Laura?
Author
Series
Woman in White volume 1
Language
English
Description
Walter Hartright, a young drawing master, encounters a ghostly woman dressed all in white. He offers help, but is later shocked to discover she had escaped from a lunatic asylum. The next day, Walter leaves London to take up a teaching post with the Fairlie family in the village of Limmeridge. There, he learns of a connection between his pupils, Laura and Marian, and the mysterious woman in white.
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Series
Lost Prince volume 2
Language
English
Description
As if by accident the Royal families of Europe find their countries plunged into conflict and the young children of the monarch, George V, watch with bemusement as their elders become weighed down by the effects of the conflagration that has enveloped the continent. Through this tragedy, the bright spirit of Johnnie remains undimmed.
Author
Series
Lost Prince volume 1
Language
English
Description
Through the prism of Young Prince Johnnie's eyes, the grandeur and pomp of Edwardian Britain are unfurled. Johnnie is a charming boy, loved for his frankness by his grandfather, King Edward VII, uninhibited and with an eccentric view of the world quite alien to his parents. He also suffers from epilepsy and so he and his devoted nanny, Lalla, are to be exiled to Sandringham in Norfolk. Distanced from his father, King George V, and his mother, Queen...
8) Sarafina!
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Language
English
Description
In a world where truth is forbidden, an inspiring teacher dares to instill in her students lessons not found in schoolbooks. In doing so, she challenges their freedom and hers. An upbeat and powerful story that will stir your emotions and make your spirits soar!
9) The Advocate
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English
Description
A courtroom thriller with an edge, it's the story of a dynamic young lawyer whose quest for the simple life leads him to a law position in a small rural town. What he finds instead is a disturbing case of murder, seduction and corruption - a case that reveals the mystery beneath the village's quiet facade. Yet, as he searches for answers, he finds himself drawn into a web of intrigue and betrayal.
10) Loved Up
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Language
English
Description
Drunken mother, lousy job, baby sister relying on her... 18-year-old Sarah has more problems than most. When she meets Tom, she thinks her prayers have been answered, but her life only gets worse. She moves in with him, and gets a crash course in the modern youth scene: rave parties, Ecstasy and euphoria. It's fun, until she sees its darker side. A crisis at home forces her to make a choice. Ian Hart and Lena Headey play the lovers dicing with drugs....
11) The Stringer
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Language
English
Description
The Stringer is the story of the dreams and ambitions of a young Moscow teenager. Vadik is struggling to survive in the new fragmented Russia when he falls in love with a Western news journalist and vows to go to any lengths to get her.
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Language
English
Description
Oscar® nominee Rosamund Pike, David Tennant and Billy Connolly star in this hilarious and uplifting comedy for the whole family. Doug and Abi take their kids on a family vacation. Surrounded by relatives, the kids innocently reveal the ins and outs of their family life and many intimate details about their parents. It's soon clear that when it comes to keeping a big secret under wraps from the rest of the family, their children are their biggest...