Acorn Media (Firm)
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Dominic King is the best international hostage negotiator in the business. His devotion to his clients and his mantra "Never Promise Never Lie" has until now meant a 100% success. If only his home life were as satisfying as his professional. His latest case is the snatching of a businesswoman Naomi Shaffer in South Africa. Her initial release is botched and Dominic finds himself running out of time to rescue her safely whilst trying to find out who...
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Set in the summer of 1917, the story follows the war-wounded Captain Arthur Hastings to the Styles St. Mary estate of his friend John Cavendish. The Cavendish household is wrought with tension due to the marriage of John's widowed mother to a suspicious younger man. Hastings runs into his old friend Hercule Poirot in the village. When the estate's trouble turns deadly, the friends unite to solve a most baffling case.
85) Mister Roberts
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The live TV production of the much loved play about an officer on a cargo ship during WWII who wants to see action, but puts up with a cranky captain instead.
88) Hip hop cardio
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Slim down, tone up, and learn some cool new moves. A high-energy dance program that will burn fat and calories while really toning your abs, legs, and arms. Add a little attitude to your workout with funky, feisty moves like the hip swings, chest pops, and sexy body rolls. Broken down into simple steps, the routines will give you new confidence.
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Dame Agatha's tales of crime-solving couple Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, a fun-loving and flirtatious pair who thrive on matching wits with criminals and with each other. This set chronicles their partnership from its beginnings and as proprietors of a detective agency.
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Foyle, a veteran detective is persuaded to remain on duty at home rather than join the troops at the front as World War II begins. But home is on the vulnerable southern English coast and the chaos, danger and venality of war seep into everyday events.
Fifty ships: September 1940. Sam's boarding house is bombed and valuables disappear, alerting Foyle to an organized ring of looters. After the father of one of the suspected looters is found dead on...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Janet King, a senior crown prosecutor, returns to work after maternity leave to find her workplace even more demanding than when she left. She quickly becomes involved in a high-profile and controversial case, and makes several enemies in her search for the truth.
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Description
Agatha Christie's beloved Belgian detective returns in these four feature-length mysteries from the hit series. Set amid the un paralleled elegance of the Art Deco era, these beautifully remastered adaptations star David Suchet as the peerless Hercule Poirot.
97) Affairs of the heart: Series twoclassic tales of love and loss based on the fiction of Henry James
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
"Peer into the drawing rooms of Victorian high society in these vintage adaptations of the writings of Henry James."--Container.
98) Vera: Set 5
Language
English
Description
This is a compelling mystery series, inspired by Ann Cleeves' bestselling novel. Patrolling her patch of northeast England, Vera resolutely pursues the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. While her manner is sometimes caustic, her single-mindedness gets results.
100) Doc Martin: Series 2
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
As a hard-charging London surgeon, Martin Ellingham didn't need a bedside manner. His patients were unconscious, so he could be as rude and arrogant as he pleased. All that changes when he develops a crippling fear of blood and is forced to give up surgery. Now a GP in a sleepy, picturesque Cornish fishing village, Doc Martin offends everyone in town, including the one person he wants to impress, beautiful teacher Louisa Glasson. Getting her attention...