Jim Goddard
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of Elie Cohen, Israel's national hero, whose daring mission took him from Argentina to Damascus where he successfully entered the upper echelons of the Syrian government. The secrets he obtained became crucial in Israel's victory in the 1967 Six-Day War. A portrait of spies and spying that is as chilling as it is compelling, and as riveting as any James Bond adventure. The legendary Elie Cohen was persuaded to become a secret...
Language
English
Formats
Description
This Golden Globe and Emmy nominee is a glorious telling of Dickens' tale of passion, intrigue, and revolution.. Charles Dickens' A TALE OF TWO CITIES comes to magnificent life in a lavish adaptation of the literary classic set against the backdrop of the French Revolution. Chris Sarandon (THE PRINCESS BRIDE, FRIGHT NIGHT) takes on a dual role as French aristocrat Charles Darnay and London lawyer Sydney Carton - both of whom are in love with the beautiful...
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
At the turn of the 20th century, one remarkable man single-handedly tried to alter the course of history. Sidney Reilly was a Russian-born British agent who radically transformed modern espionage techniques and set the mold for the super spy. From one heart-pulsing mission after another, from stealing top-secret Russian oil information to a near overthrow of the Bolshevik Revolution to his final capture by Stalin's forces in 1918, Reilly's exploits...
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Collector's edition.
Language
English
Description
Elie Cohen was a family man leading a quiet, normal life in the 1960s, when he was recruited by Israel's secret service and assigned a mission that would forever change his life and the history of Israel. Today he is regarded as a legend and hero.
8) Kennedy
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Dramatic recreation of the Kennedy presidency from inside the White House. Explores his relationships within the family and with Jackie, his womanizing and its obsessive scrutiny by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, and portrays the tragic events that found Jack, Jackie and the family, even in "Camelot."
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Life as a private detective begins at 60 for this sprightly Lancashire housewife. Instead of winding down as her husband, Robert, expects, she's just getting started. Hetty takes a job to make ends meet and accidentally discovers her natural gift for sleuthing. In these first six episodes, she finds an eager sidekick in destitute teenager Geoffrey and puts her sensible pumps to the pavement in search of mysteries to solve.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Gentleman of leisure, ladies' man, and professional cricketer A. J. Raffles has an unusual hobby: grand larceny. Follow his mischievous adventures with his old school chum Bunny as they hobnob with, and rob, the high society of Victorian England. Includes the never-before-released pilot episode.
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Master of the moor: As a boy, Stephen Whalby took to his beloved moor to escape trouble at home. Trouble follows him there as an adult, however, when women's bodies begin turning up among the rocks, heather, and bogs. Stephen finds no refuge when D.I. Manciple--a rude outsider, unwelcome in the village of Vangmoor--targets him as the prime suspect.
Vanity dies hard: In the town of Salstead, the lives of two friends seem to take different trajectories....
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In 1954, Roger Bannister was the first man to ever run the four minute mile in under four minutes. Together, Roger Bannister, John Landy, Wes Sartec and Denis Johanson stunned and captivated the hearts of the world as they triumphed in battle for the role of the world's fastest runners.
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
Full screen version.
Language
English
Description
Inspector Morse is a melancholy, enigmatic and romantic man who never uses his first name and who finds solace in real ale, classical music and difficult crosswords. Together with his able Sergeant Lewis, Morse uses his considerable intellect and passion for the truth and justice to investigate death and murder in the English university town of Oxford.
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
Full screen.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Thorndyke is an early proponent of forensic investigation; and there is the blind gumshoe Mac Carrados; and gentleman thief Simon Carne; and Mr. Carnacki who is a detective of the occult. These men pit their wits against the best that London's underworld has to offer. Victorian London was a boon for crooks and a bane to Scotland Yard, whose job it was to keep the city safe from criminals.
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