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381) La cérémonie
Series
Criterion collection volume 1199
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Language
Français
Description
Sophie (Sandrine Bonnaire), the housemaid to a wealthy family, forms a mysterious alliance with Jeanne (Isabelle Huppert), a small-town postal worker. Their violent pasts resurface when they feel unacknowledged. The film is considered the crowning achievement of Claude Chabrol's career and is a riveting study of class dynamics and the psychology of crime.
Publisher
Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004, 1995
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
Français
Description
Catherine hires the illiterate Sophie to work as her maid at her remote home in the French countryside. But Sophie soon falls under the influence of the mysterious Jeanne and suddenly the stage is set for murder, violence and betrayal
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
431 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Chambermaid Faris Shayhan escapes from Tremeshton Manor to work for Lady Rockrimmon at Loch Loland Castle and encounters the rogue Highwayman of Tanglewood who steals her heart. When Lochlan Rockrimmon returns to the castle and protects her from Kade Tremshton, Faris must reconcile her love for the Highwayman with her growing attraction for the heir of Rockrimmon"--
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
383 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rowena and Victoria, daughters to the second son of the Earl of Summerset, have always treated their governess's daughter, Prudence, like a sister. But when their father dies and they move in with their uncle's family in a much more traditional household, Prudence is relegated to the maids' quarters, much to the girls' shock and dismay.
385) Emma: Volume 7
Author
Publisher
WildStorm Productions
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
266 p. ; ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
386) Emma: Volume 1
Author
Publisher
WildStorm Publications
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
183 p. : chiefly ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
387) Emma: Volume 2
Author
Publisher
WildStorm Publications
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
194 p. : chiefly ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
388) Emma: Vol. 5
Author
Publisher
WildStorm Productions
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
186 p. : chiefly ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Emma and William are both behaving differently now that they've renewed their connection, but the forces of society are lining up against them and a reckoning may be coming.
389) Emma: Vol. 3
Author
Publisher
WildStorm Productions
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
187 p. : chiefly ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
On the way back to her hometown, Emma chances upon new unemployment, but soon discovers that, even after years of working as a maid for Mrs. Stowner, she is unprepared to work in a mansion filled with servants.
391) Emma: Vol. 4
Author
Publisher
WildStorm Productions
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
186 p. : chiefly ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Behind William's upstanding exterior, he is still despondent over losing Emma. His sister's friend Eleanor is doing everything she can to insinuate herself into his life--perhaps on a permanent basis! As for Emma, she is on her way back to London to accompany the mysterious Mrs. Trollop to an important social event--an event that holds some shocking surprises!
Author
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
182 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
A love that dare not speak its name. England, the early 1900s. Alice, a young noblewoman, has a Japanese maid named Hanako working in her household. Lady Alice shares the story of her love for her former governess Eliza, as well as its tragic end. In the wake of that story, Hanako finds herself harboring two secrets, including the fact that the feelings in her heart are growing all the more intense.
Author
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
152 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Early in the twentieth century, Hanako journeys to England to follow her dream of becoming a novelist. When things don't work out quite as she planned, she finds employment as a personal maid to noblewoman Alice Douglas, who makes a most unusual request: she begs Hanako to kill her! As Hanako tries to figure out why her mistress would make such a shocking plea, their relationship grows into something far deeper.
Series
Criterion collection volume 685
Criterion collection volume 686
Criterion collection volume 687
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Criterion collection volume 686
Criterion collection volume 687
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Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Dual-format edition.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (590 min.) ; 3 blu-ray discs : DVD video, sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in + Booklet (63 pages).
Language
Wolof
Description
Touki bouki: "A vivid, fractured portrait of Senegal in the early 1970s. ... two young lovers long to leave Dakar for the glamour and comforts of France, but their escape plan is beset by complications both concrete and mystical"--Container.
Redes: "This vivid, documentary-like dramatization of the daily grind of men struggling to make a living by fishing on the Gulf of Mexico (mostly played by real-life fishermen), one worker's terrible loss instigates...
Author
Series
Publisher
Gibbs Smith
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In The Secret Garden, preschoolers befriend robins and other animals along with Mary, Dickon, Martha, and Colin, experiencing the transformative magic of a well-loved garden. Little readers not only see the garden flourish, but they watch how Mary and Colin blossom with attention and friendship. Quotes from the original text are woven throughout this retelling, and the beautiful artwork creates a book to be treasured through childhood and beyond.
396) An American duchess
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
495 pages (large print) : map ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"In Kent, England, the arrival of Beranger Northcott, Duke of Brightshire, causes a stir. Because with the duke comes his new American bride, who isn't quite what anyone expects. By accepting the hand of her beloved, Emma Brinkman went from hardworking Colorado rancher to duchess. Now she's expected to comport herself as nobility. Overnight. For Emma-stifled, homesick, and unable to shake the feeling she's being watched-the metamorphosis is a challenge....
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