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When a massive underwater craft abducts British and Russian submarines, global tensions reach the brink of war. To find the true culprit, 007 (Roger Moore) joins forces with beautiful Russian agent Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach) to track down Karl Stromberg (Curt Jurgens), a powerful shipping magnate who's implementing a horrific scheme for world domination. Bond struggles to foil the plot...but Stromberg has pitted him against a most lethal adversary:...
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Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson star as middle-class suburbanites whose casual friendship evolves into a passionate yearning for each other. But as their affections grow stronger, they must face a difficult decision that will affect both of their lives forever.
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[2008]
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English
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The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries. The house in the woods: According to local legend, Winyard is haunted-- and it lives up to its reputation when a young couple dies on the property in a grisly fashion. Dead letters: As Midsomer Barton celebrates Oak Apple Week, the mother of a former festival queen drowns herself. But is it really suicide? Vixen's run: At a family...
6) Miss Marple
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English
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Miss Marple sets out to solve the mysteries at an unusual college for delinquents, now being run by her friend's third husband.
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Bond 50 volume disc 18
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English
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"Agent James Bond 007 is on a mission which includes a media tycoon, his former lover and a Chinese agent. Elliot Carver wants to complete his global media empire, but in order for this to work, he must achieve broadcasting rights in China. Carver wants to start up World War III by starting a confrontation over British and Chinese waters. Bond gains the help of Wai Lin on his quest to stop him, but how will Bond feel when he meets up with his former...
9) Macbeth
Pub. Date
[2002]
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English
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A classic tragedy about the lust for power and its ultimate bloody consequences. Macbeth is a Scottish war hero whose insane ambition unleashes a cycle of violence. Prompted by the supernatural prophecy of three witches, Macbeth is then goaded by his lady into slaying King Duncan in order to assume the throne. He plunges further into murder and moral decay to keep the unsteady crown on his head.
10) Goldeneye
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Bond 50 volume disc 17
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English
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"When a deadly satellite weapon system falls into the wrong hands, only Agent 007 can save the world from certain disaster. Armed with his license to kill, Bond races to Russia in search of the stolen access codes for "Goldeneye," an awesome space weapon that can fire a devastating electromagnetic pulse toward Earth. But 007 is up against an enemy who anticipates his every move: a mastermind motivated by years of simmering hatred. Bond also squares...
11) This happy breed
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2012.
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English
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The story of a London family from 1919 to 1939, and their struggle to maintain a stable life in the period between the two World Wars.
12) The mikado
Pub. Date
[2005]
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English
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The irrepressible Eric Idle (Monty Python's Flying Circus) teams up with the English National Opera in this hilarious performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's beloved comic opera, THE MIKADO. This rollicking version of Gilbert and Sullivan's most popular tale relocates the action from ancient Japan to a 1920s English seaside resort. Here the rule of the Mikado is absolute--and often prone to whimsy. Ko-Ko (Eric Idle) is sentenced to death for the crime...
13) The glass virgin
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2006.
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Raised by a dissolute father and distant mother, Annabella finds herself cast out at age 17, with a loyal childhood friend as her sole protector.
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2006.
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Cissie Brodie, a 16 year old girl, struggles to hold her family together after their parents die in the cholera epidemic of 1832. Her turbulent life takes a cruel turn after she is raped and left pregnant. Eventually she is forced to make a decision between two men who profoundly influence her life
15) The gambling man
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2006.
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English
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With ambitions far beyond backstreet card tables, Rory Connor learns that bigger games require higher risks--even losing his heart.
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[2005]
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English
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Sharpe's gold: Hunting for lost Aztec gold, Sharpe runs afoul of a local partisan leader (Folk); Wellington's cousin Bess (Linehan), searching for her lost gold-prospecting husband, shows up with her daughter (Ashbourne) and gets mixed up in the mess. Sharpe's battle: British officer Richard Sharpe is given the task of preparing the hitherto purely ceremonial Royal Irish Company for real battle. The commander's ambitious wife and false rumors of a...
18) Hogfather
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2008.
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English
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When the Hogfather goes missing on the eve of Discworld's annual holiday of Hogswatch, Death takes his place as the annual gift-giver to maintain the faith of the children that holds the universe together while his granddaughter investigates the disappearance.
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