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Robert Carlyle
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Life in impoverished Depression-era Ireland holds little promise for young Frank McCourt, the oldest son in a tightly-knit family. Living by his wits, cheered by his irrepressible spirit, and sustained by his mother's fierce love, Frank embarks on an inspiring journey to overcome the poverty of his childhood and reach the land of his dreams: America.
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
A Musical Romance starring Academy Award Winner Marisa Tomei, Robert Carlyle and John Goodman that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Frank has been consumed by grief over his wife's death. But everything changes when he pulls over on a rural highway to help a dying stranger entangled in a car wreck. En route to fulfill a forty-year promise to his childhood sweetheart, the stranger shares a compelling tale of adolescent love replete with first...
3) Eragon
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eragon is an orphaned farm boy whose destiny is sealed forever when a mystic stone chooses him for its keeper. This is no ordinary stone, this is the last surviving egg of the dragon race. Eragon is now the new Dragon Rider, the boy who will be a savior to the repressed peoples of the Kingdom. The Kingdom is ruled by the wicked King Galbatorix and his evil wizard Durza. Eragon, together with his mentor, Brom, the gracious dragon Saphira and the beautiful...
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Six unemployed men, inspired by a touring group of male strippers, decide they can make a small fortune by putting on a striptease show of their own with one small difference. They intend to go the "full monty" and strip completely naked. A hilarious, heartfelt comedy in which six friends discover the inner strength to overcome the problems in their personal lives.
Language
English
Description
It's a diabolical thing about curses: Just as one is broken, another, even more sinister than the first, inevitably emerges to wreak further havoc. Experience the heart-pounding action and tantalizing suspense of ABC's Once Upon A Time: the complete third season. The stakes are higher than ever following a narrow escape from the nightmare of Neverland and Peter Pan. A year after their amazing adventure, Emma and Henry are living in New York with no...
10) California solo
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A former Britpop rocker is living a numb existence and working on an organic farm just outside LA. By day he goes to a farmer's market to sell produce and by night he drinks himself into a stupor. Drinking one night he gets pulled over for a DUI that dredges up a past drug offense and threatens him with deportation. His only hope of remaining stateside is proving that his absence would cause extreme hardship for a spouse or relative.
11) Face
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A hardened gangster and his crew have planned a daring heist that will set them all up for life. But when the loot disappears, the gang is gripped with greed and fear as they hunt down the traitor among them.
12) Flood
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
A tidal wave is unleashed on a city in England, and now their top engineer must drain the city before millions of people perish.
13) Black and white
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The controversial case of an Aboriginal man convicted of the rape and murder of a nine-year-old white girl pits a small-town legal aid defender and his partner against the Australian legal establishment.
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Fitz is an addicted gambler, a heavy drinker, and a brilliant, if deeply flawed criminal psychologist. He returns in season two in three more episodes: To Be A Somebody, The Big Crunch, and Men Should Weep. 'Fitz' combats personal crisis and professional challenges when racism, religion, and murder get in his way.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A group of soldiers, scientists and civilians, fleeing an attack, is stranded billions of miles from Earth on an Ancient ship known as the Destiny. Locked on an unknown course, they must fight to survive and find a way home. The danger, adventure and hope they find on board the Destiny will reveal the heroes and villains among them.