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1) The robe
Series
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
A Roman centurion, Marcellus Gallio, wins Christ's robe in a gambling match at the foot of the cross.
Series
Language
English
Description
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington moves relentlessly towards her goal: taking the reins of power from the great actress Margo Channing. The cunning Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critics see through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit....
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
A madcap send-up of politics, power, and pompous propriety. The story of an Oklahoma rancher who is appointed ambassador to Silvania, a tiny embattled monarchy. The king has been exiled and the country is being ruled by a young boy under the influence of an evil prince. The ambassador decides to teach them all good 'ol American values.
Series
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Jack Thornton is an adventurer who travels the Yukon in search of gold. Whe he pays $250 for Buck, a sled dog with the strength of his part-wolf ancestry, Jack's luck changes. A winning $1,000 bet on Buck's stamina is only the first of the rewards that his friendship with the canine will bring.
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
When Kenesaw H. Clark hires a young ex-con to work at his paper, the townś rich banker, Colonel Abercrombie, shuts down Clarkś operation. Undaunted, Clark starts a new paper in direct opposition to Abercrombie and recruits the town bum to run against Abercrombie for mayor.
10) Mr. Skitch
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Will Rogers portrays a jack-of-all-trades (Mr. Skitch), from Missouri, who has fallen on hard times. When the bank forecloses on his house, Mr. Skitch packs up his family and heads for California. As they set out to seek their fortune, they find a series of hilarious fiascoes instead.
11) Patton
Series
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
A dramatization of the experiences of General George S. Patton during World War II.
Series
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
After his wife dies, Matt Calder and his young son begin a new life in the breathtaking, rugged Northwest wilderness, where Calder is robbed and beaten by ruthless gambler Harry Weston. When Weston's beautiful fiancée then decides to nurse Calder back to health, the insanely jealous Weston risks their lives by taking them all on a ride down a treacherous river in this spectacular looking western.
Series
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
It's every man's fantasy--a summer romance with the sexiest woman he can imagine. Richard Sherman is a happily married man whose wife and son are off on vacation when his tempting new neighbor sneaks in one hot summer night to cool off in his air-conditioned apartment. How does an ordinary man deal with this irresistible temptation after seven years of marriage?
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
When riverboat captain Doctor John Pearly learns that his nephew Duke has killed a man in self-defense, he urges Duke to turn himself in. But Duke's only chance for freedom is the testimony of a half-crazed witness, New Moses, who has disappeared upriver.
18) The Tall men
Series
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
The Allison brothers, Ben and Clint, are ex-Confederate soldiers now trying their hands at robbery. But one attempt to get rich quick leads them into the company of Nathan Stark, a Texas cattle baron with a huge herd to get to market. Along the dangerous journey both bullets and fists are flying as these rough and ready cowpokes take on anything standing in their way, while Ben and Nathan compete for Nella's affection.
19) Too busy to work
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Jubilo becomes a hobo, but his real motive for travelling is to track down the man who made off with his wife and daughter while he was off fighting in World War I. Many years later, he finds his grown daughter living with a half-brother and the man she believes to be her father, a judge. Jubilo then must decide how to handle the situation.
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