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1) Home fires
Series
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
U.K. edition, widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Bitter rivals fight for control of the Women's Institute in a rural English town as it struggles with the onset of World War II. Separated from husbands, fathers, sons and brothers for years at a time, some permanently, they find themselves under extraordinary pressures in a rapidly fragmenting world.
Author
Series
Masterpiece adventures volume 2
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Marvin the beetle is going collecting with his family. All is good and well until Uncle Albert gets hurt. Marvin needs his human friend James's help to save Uncle Albert before it's too late"--
Author
Series
Hidden masterpieces volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Manhattan art dealer Sera James watched her world crumble at the altar two years ago, and her desire for distraction reignites a passion for a mysterious portrait she first saw as a young girl: a painting of a young violinist with piercing blue eyes. Sera crosses paths with William Hanover, and together they slowly unravel the story behind the painting's subject: Austrian violinist Adele Von Bron, daughter to a high-ranking member of the Third Reich......
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
The most autobiographical of Dickens' works, David Copperfield often echoes the writer's own life. It tells a moving story of David's journey from birth to maturity, a journey which inextricably links his life with some of Dickens' most colorful and extraordinary families.
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
"Behind the shutters of a Victorian family's home lies a lethal potion of lust, corruption and greed ... The Blackheath Poisonings, based on the best-selling mystery novel by Julian Symons, and adapted by Simon Raven (Edward and Mrs. Simpson), boldly and brilliantly redefines the Victorian era."--Container.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
Original UK ed.
Language
English
Description
Set in an Edwardian country house in 1912, Downton Abbey portrays the lives of the Crawley family and the servants who work for them. In the drawing rooms, library, and beautiful bedrooms, with their tall windows looking across the park, lives the family, but below stairs are other residents, the servants, as fiercely possessive of their ranks as anyone above.
Author
Series
Masterpiece adventures volume 1
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When his best friend, a human boy named James, goes away on vacation, Marvin the beetle worries that their friendship may end.
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"October, 1940. Manchester, England. As valiant Jewish RAF pilot David defends the skies against the Luftwaffe, Harry and Kasia finally arrive home. How will Robina cope with another refugee under roof? When yet another house guest arrives -- Sir James, a civil servant on official business -- he looks set to beguile his host, but will Kasia be charmed as well? Meanwhile, in Berlin, teenager Marga is selected to mother a baby for the F�uhrer, but...
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
It's 1957, and it's as if the world of Grantchester has returned to an idyllic state, a metaphorical Garden of Eden. Will believes that everyone can get close to their own Eden through good works and a proactive attitude. But as Geordie knows, every Eden has its snakes. Will's faith will be tested as he and Geordie are reminded that there's darkness lurking in their corner of Cambridgeshire.
13) Charcoal
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
For young artists who don't mind getting a little messy, charcoal can be a thrilling new art form to master. This engaging guide is the perfect tool for young artists who want to learn this expressive black-and-white medium. Creative projects help young artists master the fundamentals of working with charcoals as they make their own incredible works of art.
Series
Masterpiece Tom Jones volume N/A
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Abandoned as a baby, rescued and adopted by a country gentleman, Tom Jones (Solly McLeod, House of the Dragon) grows up kind, handsome, free-spirited, and very popular with the ladies. But he cannot escape his lowly birth. High School (9-12) Broadcast Date: 4/30/23 PBS; 841887047067; 2 Disc(s); 200 min; Documentary; TV14; 05/23/23
Author
Series
Hidden masterpieces volume 2
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
With the grand opening of her new art gallery and a fairytale wedding just around the corner, Sera James feels she's stumbled into a charmed life-until a brutal legal battle against fiance William Hanover threatens to destroy the perfectly planned future she's planned before it even begins. Now, after an eleventh-hour wedding ceremony and a callous arrest, William faces a decade in prison for a crime he never committed, and Sera must battle the scathing...
16) Masterpiece
Author
Series
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
After Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as an eleventh birthday gift for James, a human with whom he shares a house, the two new friends work together to help recover a Durer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Series
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
It's Spring 1940 and with Europe at war, the community in Darrowby are pulling together more than ever before. With Tristan away serving, Siegfried and James bring in some extra hands to help around the practice: highly efficient bookkeeper Miss Harbottle, and student vet Richard Carmody. Happily married Helen and James begin to think about their future despite the looming possibility that James could be called up to serve.. Higher Education. Broadcast...
Series
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Masterpiece Mystery!: Miss Scarlet and the Duke S4{PG}DVD Miss Eliza Scarlet (Kate Phillips, Peaky Blinders) has taken over the business of Nash & Sons (not that he has any sons) and while things are not going entirely smoothly, help comes from some familiar sources. Higher Education. Broadcast Date: 1/7/24. PBS; 841887048132; 2 Disc(s); 310 min; TV Crime, British-Television; PG; 02/13/24
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