R. C. Sherriff
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"For fans of the popular and award-winning Netflix movie Don't Look Up, a prescient, rediscovered speculative novel about how a small English village prepares for the end of the world. Edgar Hopkins is a retired math teacher in his mid-fifties with a strong sense of self-importance, whose greatest pride in life is winning poultry breeding contests. When not meticulously caring for his Bantam, Edgar is an active member of the British Lunar Society....
Author
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
1983.
Language
English
Description
The front lines of World War I may be in the battle-scarred fields of France, but inside this dugout the essence of England is intimately mixed with the hard-packed dirt of the walls and floor. Captain Stanhope will stand no shirking from the men in his command - or from himself. After three years in and around the trenches, he is utterly exhausted and absolutely terrified. When Raleigh, a junior schoolmate from home, gets posted to Stanhope's company,...
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy scientist, Cecilia Kass escapes in the dead of night and disappears into hiding. But when her abusive ex commits suicide and leaves her a generous portion of his vast fortune, Cecilia suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of eerie coincidences turns lethal, threatening the lives of those she loves, Cecilia's sanity begins to unravel as she desperately tries to prove that she is being...
Series
Language
English
Description
"A shy British school master named Mr. Chipping devotes his life to teaching 'his boys' after the death of his lovely, energetic American wife Katherine. Told via flashbacks, the film features an aged Mr. Chipping looking back nostalgically at his long career, taking note of the people who've touched his life over the years." --
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A scientist who makes himself invisible finds he can't reverse the process, and is driven into madness and murder; after a man is falsely imprisoned he takes a drug that will make him invisible and also drive him mad; an attractive model volunteers for an experiment with an invisibility machine; the grandson of the invisible man uses a secret formula to spy on Germany in World War II; a scientist helps a fugitive from the law become invisible; two...
10) The dam busters
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"Tells the true World War II story of how the Royal Air Force 617 Squadron carried out a raid on three of the most important dams in Germany." --
Series
Criterion collection ; 487
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars of the late eighteenth century. Emma Hart is a beautiful dance hall girl who is sent by her latest lover to stay with his uncle Sir William Hamilton, the British ambassador to Naples. Sir William considers Emma a rare piece of art he must possess. Sir William introduces Emma to Naples' elite society and she soon marries him. Later, Horatio Nelson, a famous English Naval office arrives. Soon, a scandalous,...
Series
Criterion collection ; 583
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Set at the end of the nineteenth century. With cannon fire igniting the North African skies, the British cavalry charges into battle to capture the strategic city of Khartoum. In the midst of the devastating carnage, a horrified officer resigns from his post. But he soon finds his shame is greater than his fear, and he returns to save his honor and the friends he betrayed at any cost.
Series
Criterion collection ; 583
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
An adaptation of A.E.W. Masons classic 1902 adventure novel about the British Empire's exploits in Africa, and a crowning achievement of Alexander Korda's legendary production company, London Films. Set at the end of the nineteenth century, follows the travails of a young officer accused of cowardice after he resigns his post on the eve of a major deployment to Khartoum; he must fight to redeem himself in the eyes of his fellow officers.