Simon Williams
4) Vera Drake
Description
Vera Drake tells of a woman in 1950s England who is devoted to caring for her family, but secretly aids women who want to terminate unwanted pregnancies. When the authorities find her out, Vera's world and family life rapidly unravel.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Golden Globe Award Nominee for Best Picture 2008, and best actress; Sally Hawkins.
Poppy is a life-loving and irrepressibly cheerful primary school teacher. She is thirty years old, single, and infinitely optimistic and accepting. She lives with her best friend and flatmate Zoe in London. She is tested by a repressed driving instructor with anger problems, and, in turn, she decides to test him. She has exciting flamenco lessons, an encounter with...
6) Another year
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
A married couple who have managed to remain blissfully happy into their autumn years are surrounded over the course of the four seasons of one average year by friends, colleagues, and family who all seem to suffer some degree of unhappiness.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
From a millennial media maker and award-winning social critic, an accessible, straightforward, and remarkable guide that invites us beyond the old stories we've told about ourselves, and into the wonder of our dreams, hopes, and love-so we can find our truth and purpose for a generation paralyzed by the pressures of life.
Behind the glossy Instagram pictures, many people in their 20s and 30s are living frustrating lives: overwhelmed and confused,...
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
"Angelina and the silver locket": Angelina borrows her mother's precious silver locket without permission and is devastated when she loses it. "Show and tell": Angelina takes her baby sister, Polly, to 'Show and Tell Day' at school. "The proposal": Angelina doesn't believe Mr. Operatski is a worthy suitor for Miss Lilly and sets out to prove it. "Heads and tails": The new statue of Queen Seraphina is missing its head. Will Angelina and her friends...
10) Life is sweet
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
An amusing portrait of a working-class family in a suburb just north of London, an irrepressible mum and dad and their night-and-day twins, a bookish good girl and a sneering lay about. A vivid, lived-in story of ordinary existence, in which even modest dreams (such as the father's desire to open a food truck) carry enormous weight. Perched on the line between humor and melancholy.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Lights, camera, action!: Angelina enters a movie making contest. She decides to make a weepy melodrama with herself in the starring role. Anya's visit: Angelina's best friend, Anya, comes to visit and becomes the center of attention. Henry's halloween: Henry is convinced he's seen the fabled Chipping Cheddar witch in the village. Sammy's club: Sammy and his friends won't let William join their downhill racer club.
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
Dramatization of a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The most eligible bachelor in London, Lord St. Simon, has just married a wealthy American woman. The young couple's wedding day turns to tragedy when an unwelcome guest arrives at the wedding breakfast and the bride disappears. Sherlock Holmes is plagued with terrible nightmares, which cause him to regard the plight of Lord St. Simon with contempt. Will Holmes take the case?
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Following its television debut in 1971, Upstairs Downstairs quickly became one of television's most enduring achievements. Over five brilliant seasons, millions of enthralled viewers made 165 Eaton Place their home away from home. Upstairs, the Bellamy family negotiated the scandals and successes of the English aristocracy, while downstairs, their loyal staff took a much livelier approach facing the challenges of their own lives. Together, their stories...
15) Another year
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
A married couple who have managed to remain blissfully happy into their autumn years are surrounded over the course of the four seasons of one average year by friends, colleagues, and family who all seem to suffer some degree of unhappiness.
Author
Series
Doctor Who Eleventh Doctor volume 2
Pub. Date
2015
Description
"The Eleventh Doctor has an all-new TARDIS crew: whip-smart Alice Obiefune, mercurial Jones and the shape shifting ARC! But whether battling time in the TARDIS running backwards, alien air war in the Earthly skies, or the deadly machinations of SERVEYOUinc . . . terror, awe, and danger are never far away!" - Back cover
19) Love is murder
Series
Thriller volume 3
Formats
Description
A collection of heart-pounding suspense stories by thirty of the hottest bestselling authors and new voices writing suspense today, including Allison Brennan, Roxanne St. Claire, William Bernhardt, Heather Graham, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Carla Neggers, Brenda Novak, Debra Webb, and Lee Child.
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