Sean Bean
Author
Series
Sean Bean On Waterloo volume 2
Language
English
Description
The Battle of Waterloo took place in 1815 and ended the French Emperor Napoleon's reign over Europe. It has been called one of the bloodiest battles in history. Over two-hundred years later, Lord of the Rings actor Sean Bean works with present-day and retired soldiers as well as experts in military history to stage hands-on challenges and experiments to discover the reality of warfare.
Author
Series
Sean Bean On Waterloo volume 1
Language
English
Description
The Battle of Waterloo took place in 1815 and ended the French Emperor Napoleon's reign over Europe. It has been called one of the bloodiest battles in history. Over two-hundred years later, Lord of the Rings actor Sean Bean works with present-day and retired soldiers as well as experts in military history to stage hands-on challenges and experiments to discover the reality of warfare.
3) Drone
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English
Description
A drone pilot (Sean Bean) involved in a deadly, covert mission overseas must confront the reality of his actions when a mysterious man seeking revenge holds his family hostage.
4) Black Death
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Language
English
Description
The year is 1348. Europe has fallen under the shadow of the Black Death. As the plague decimates all in its path, fear and superstition are rife. There are rumors of a village, hidden in marshland that the plague cannot reach. There is even talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to bring the dead back to life. Ulric, a fearsome knight, is charged by the church to investigate these rumors.
5) The Dark
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Language
English
Description
In mourning over the tragic drowning of their daughter Sarah, James and Adèle are visited by Ebrill, a young girl who claims she died 60 years ago - and bears a startling resemblance to Sarah.
6) Ca$h
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Language
English
Description
A man meets up with two "good guys" to recover what is unlawfully his, taking them on his whirlwind ride, doing things they never would have imagined, just to survive.
8) Outlaw
Author
Language
English
Description
A group of people who feel betrayed by their government and let down by their police force form a modern-day outlaw posse in order to right what they see as the wrongs of society.
9) Essex Boys
Author
Language
English
Description
The riveting tale of a criminal underworld where seduction and betrayal are a way of life. When Jason Locke is released from prison, he returns home to find that his old cohorts have all profited from the empire he helped build. Trusting no one and attempting to restore his reputation, he sets off a chain of events that shakes up the underworld in a maniacal bid to shift the balance of power!
10) Bravo Two Zero
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Language
English
Description
Based on a captivating true story of men taken to the edge of survival in the Persian Gulf War. An elite eight-man British SAS team is dropped behind enemy lines to take out Saddam Hussein's SCUD missile systems. But when communications are cut and they're surrounded by Saddam's army, their only hope is to risk capture in a desperate 185-kilometer run to the Syrian border!
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Percy Jackson is no ordinary teenager, he's the son of Poseidon and is accused of stealing Zeus' lightning bolt, the most powerful weapon ever created! With storm clouds brewing, Percy embarks on an incredible cross-country journey to prove his innocence, recover the bolt, and prevent a war among the gods that could destroy our world!
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Language
English
Description
These stories are about how, many years ago, Arthur, the once and future King of England, set out to save his country from the troubles that plagued it, aided by the brave knights of his Round Table, and the most famous sword in the world, Excalibur. How Merlin the Wizard fought against the wicked Morgana le Fay's enchantments, and how Arthur loved and lost the beautiful Guinevere, his Queen.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Since his childhood, Benjamin Franklin Gates has known that he is a decendant of a long line of people whose job it has been to guard a treasure hidden by the Founding Fathers. They hid clues to its whereabouts in the country's currency and on the back of the Declaration of Independence. Now, Ben has learned of a plot to steal the Declaration, and has only one option: he had to steal it himself. Even if he pulls off this monumental task, keeping the...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jupiter Jones was born under a night sky, with signs predicting that she was destined for great things. Now grown, Jupiter dreams of the stars but wakes up to the cold reality of a job cleaning toilets and an endless run of bad breaks. Only when Caine, a genetically engineered ex-military hunter, arrives on Earth to track her down does Jupiter begin to glimpse the fate that has been waiting for her all along.
15) Black death
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The year is 1348. Europe has fallen under the shadow of the Black death. As the plague decimates all in its path, fear and superstition are rife. There are rumors of a village, hidden in marshland that the plague cannot reach. There is even talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to bring the dead back to life. Ulric, a fearsome knight, is charged by the church to investigate these rumors.
Series
Language
English
Description
In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-Earth still it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell, by chance, into the hands of the Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. On his eleventy-first birthday, Bilbo disappeared, bequeathing to his young...
17) The Martian
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
After a bad storm blows across Mars Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead and left behind. Now stuck on a hostile planet he must find a way to signal to Earth and in the meantime, survive on limited supplies.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
Set seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, this series centers on the remnants of humanity, who inhabit a gigantic, perpetually moving train that circles the globe. Class warfare, social injustice and the politics of survival are questioned in this riveting television adaptation.
19) GoldenEye
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Second-disc ultimate edition.
Language
English
Description
When an MI6 agent turns rogue and plans world domination with a terrifying satellite-born weapon, James must pursue his former ally to Cuba, Monte Carlo, Switzerland and even Russia. All whilst dodging a sexy, deadly femme fatale who will stop at nothing to put the 'squeeze' on James.
20) Black Beauty
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Faithfully based on Anne Sewell's classic novel, this beloved horse story is told by its hero, the gallant Beauty, whose joyous and heartbreaking life takes him from idyllic days on a country squire's estate to London's hard, cobblestoned streets, through decades of owners both kindly and harsh.
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