Henry Mancini
Author
Language
English
Description
Best known for the "dead-ant" theme to the Pink Panther films, Henry Mancini also composed the music to Peter Gunn, “Breakfast at Tiffany's”, Orson Welles' “Touch of Evil”, and the Academy Award winning soundtracks to “Victor/Victoria” and “The Days of Wine and Roses”. In a career that lasted over thirty years, Mancini amassed twenty Grammy awards and more nominations than any other composer. In his memoir, written with jazz expert...
Series
Language
English
Description
The famous cat-and-mouse team meet Robyn Starling, a runaway who desperately needs their help to find her missing father. Despite heroic efforts, they are captured and tossed into pet prison. Tom and Jerry brilliantly mastermind a great escape and free their new friends so that they can set off on a wild cat-and-mouse escapade.
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
It's the landmark series that inspired an entire genre...Starring Peter Falk in his four-time Primetime Emmy-winning role as the cigar-chomping, trench coat-wearing police lieutenant, this five-disc collection includes every fascinating episode from the series' first season.--
11) The thorn birds
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Adaptation of Colleen McCullough's epic novel about an Australian priest torn by personal desires and ambition.
12) Moon river
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A picture book adaptation of the song Moon River, in which a girl and her teddy bear explore the world on a dreamy river.
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
In Victorian London, England, a little mouse girl's toymaker father is abducted by a peglegged bat. She enlists the aid of Basil of Baker Street, the rodent world's answer to Sherlock Holmes. The case expands as Basil uncovers the crime's link to a plot against the Crown itself. Includes bonus features.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Holly Golightly is a carefree New York playgirl who is scouring Manhattan looking for a suitable millionaire to marry. However, when Paul Varjak, a struggling young writer, moves into her apartment building she becomes interested in him. Paul gets swept into Holly's dizzying, delightfully unstructured lifestyle.
Series
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
In the upper reaches of the Amazon River, a scientific team discovers an amphibious creature, a living missing link. The creature is captured and falls in love with the female assistant of the leader of the research team. The lonely creature kidnaps her, and the scientist mounts an effort to reclaim his sweetheart and return the creature to his watery home.