Bette Davis
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Tia and Tony are teenage sister and brother who possess extraordinary powers. They leave their safe refuge on Witch Mountain for a trip to Los Angeles. There, Tony is kidnapped by the evil Dr. Gannon and his spinster partner Letha. Tony is brainwashed into helping Gannon and Letha commit various crimes. It's up to Tia and a gang of juvenile delinquents to rescue Tony and prevent a major disaster.
Description
Snows of Kilimanjaro: Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro.
Anna Karenina: A married woman finds true love in a man who isn't her husband.
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court: A young man dreams, after reading Mark Twain's classic novel of the same title, that he himself travels to King Arthur's court.
Tale of two cities: A British barrister falls in...
3) The nanny
Pub. Date
2008.
Description
Accused of drowning his little sister in the bath, 10-year old Joey is sent away to an institution for therapy even though he claims the Nanny is responsible. When he returns home, suspicion is quickly aroused again as his mother is poisoned and his aunt suddenly dies. But Joey continues to insist the Nanny is responsible, turning life into a deft cat-and-mouse game between the equally shady woman and her young charge.
Series
Studio classic volume 1
Pub. Date
2002
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....
Series
Studio classic volume 32
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
A southern belle finds out the truth about her husband's murder when her cousin reopens the case.
13) Of human bondage
Pub. Date
2001, 1934
Description
The story of the ill-fated romance between a well-to-do club-footed medical student and a vulgar waitress.
16) Now, Voyager
Pub. Date
2005
Description
A young woman escapes the smothering influence of her wealthy and very conservative mother through the help of a psychiatrist and an ocean cruise, where she finds love, which helps her to become her own person.
17) Dark victory
Pub. Date
[1939]
Description
A beautiful and headstrong heiress suddenly learns that she has only six months to live. Defiant and rebellious at first, she conquers this stroke of fate by the power of great love and ultimately finds peace and happiness in the brief span of life allotted to her.
18) Marked Woman
Pub. Date
2006.
Description
A young assistant District Attorney uses a prostitute to indict a gang of racketeers, its czar, and his underlings.