Caroline Catz
Author
Language
English
Description
Bahrain is a prosperous country that boasts good relations with the West, and even hosts a Formula One Grand Prix Race. We uncover the other side of the country, where female activists allege torture and rape at the hand of police, and pleas for democracy fall on death ears.
2) DCI Banks
Publisher
BBC Studios
Language
English
Description
Stephen Tompkinson returns as the tenacious and stubborn Detective Alan Banks in three more chilling crime stories. As this series opens, Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks must learn to work with dramatic changes to his team. Detective Annie Cabbot is off on maternity leave soon to be replaced by the impossible-to-read Helen Morton.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (272 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The youngest, most attractive British sleuths on TV return to crack wise while they crack open six new cases. Detective Sergeant Scribbs and Inspector Ash sparkle as bickering, bantering crime-solvers.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 286 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The newest additions to the sisterhood of British sleuths are attractive, sharp, and extremely entertaining. Meticulous and stubborn Kate teams up with street-smart Emma as bickering detectives in an upscale suburb.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (323 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Martin Ellingham is brilliant, dedicated, and highly efficient. He's also brusque, abrasive, and terrified of blood. Once a successful London surgeon, he's now a GP in the idyllic Cornish fishing village of Portwenn, where he's every bit as eccentric as the villagers he serves.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (384 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
All is not well for brilliant but boorish Dr. Martin Ellingham as the hit British dramedy returns. To Martin's utter disgust, his medical practice remains under official scrutiny because of his pre-existing blood phobia, and he is forced to attend refresher courses starting with phlebotomy. His wife, Louisa, and aunt Ruth urge him to take this risk to his career seriously, but events conspire against him
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 DVD (approximately 270 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
English detective DCI Alan Banks returns in this fourth series of th popular crime drama with three new, original stories. In What Will Survive, DCI Banks struggles to cope with the sudden death of his mother, as he investigates the murder of a young Estonian woman and the disappearance of her drug-dependent sister. In Buried, Banks must navigate difficult emotional territory when the body of an eminent lawyer is washed up in an underground river...
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (ca. 464 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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...
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (281 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When the brilliant but socially awkward and neurotic Doc Martin develops an aversion to blood, he abandons his career as a celebrated London surgeon and becomes the only doctor in a sleepy small town where his tactless manner soon has everybody in an uproar. Watch Martin get to know the town's hysterical mix of quirky residents as he finds new ways to put his foot in his mouth.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (367 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Doc Martin continues his misanthropic adventures in the idyllic seaside village of Portwenn. The fourth season of the hit dramedy sees two unexpected arrivals that complicate the good doctor's already messy life. Contains eight episodes.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
16 DVDs (2000 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a London surgeon develops an aversion to blood, he leaves the city to become the doctor for a rural fishing village ; Dr. Martin Bamford leaves town after he discovers that three acquaintances have slept with his wife; Martin tries to scare away prospective buyers of the out-of-the-way cottage he has his heart set on by pretending to be the Beast of Bodmin.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"It's February 1953 - the first anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's reign. Little does Her Majesty know she is about to be deployed in a U.S. plot to topple Iran's last democratic leader in favor of an all-powerful Shah. Planned by Britain's M16 and then executed by America's C.I.A., the coup d'état which follows will destroy Iran's last democracy, and relations between Iran and the West until the present day. Most shocking of all, the truth about...
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (68 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As Martin and James wait patiently to see Santa in his Grotto, Martin spots a medical concern that has him shut it down and send Santa packing-- until he's sure he isn't infectious. Louisa is determined not to let Martin ruin Christmas.
Publisher
Acorn TV
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (approximately 452 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This final series sees the Doc making efforts to overcome his phobia and beginning to question whether he made the right decision about resigning. He and Louisa have also welcomed a baby daughter, Mary Elizabeth, a sister to four-year-old James Henry.
18) Chick lit
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (73 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Four guys try and save their local pub from closing down. They end up writing a porn novel and it gets snapped up! However the publisher insists that an out of work actress must do publicity and the guys must keep their involvement a secret.
19) Chicklit
Author
Language
English
Description
Four friends try to save their pub by writing a 'ChickLit' novel, with potentially disastrous consequences!