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Travelers on a trans-European train are put up in a hotel for the night due to bad weather. Shortly after the journey begins in the morning, people begin to disappear. Bonus features include commentary; documentary; essays; and more.

This action-fueled crime-thriller set in contemporary London follows the journey of Twist, a gifted graffiti artist trying to find his way after the loss of his mother. Lured into a street gang headed by the paternal Fagin, Twist is attracted to the lifestyle and to Red, an allur...

In 1857, Captain John Palliser descrived the vast plains of what was to become southwestern Saskatchewan as "a desert." Settlers avoided the area like the plague. Frequent continuing droughts, particularly the massive ten-year onslaught of the 1930s confirmed its status as a wort...

When Oliver leaves a workhouse and ends up in London an abandoned orphan, he falls in with Fagin who teaches him to steal for a living.

"Oliver Twist is a mistreated orphan living in a grim workhouse. Hoping to find a better life, young Oliver runs away to London where he becomes involved with a gang of criminals and thieving children. Will Oliver ever find a real home?"-- P. [4] of cover.

Story of the orphan forced to practice thievery and live a life of crime in nineteenth-century London.

"Oliver Twist is poor. Always has been, always will be. Being born in a workhouse means that you'll probably always be treated like rubbish. Oliver does not want a life of hard work and measly meals, but he soon learns that it's never safe to ask for more ... What Oliver really n...

Oliver is a penniless orphan at the Parish Workhouse. After he is forced by the other boys to ask for more food, he is sold as an apprentice to a miserly undertaker. He runs away and is taken in by Fagin, a thief who is in league with a murderous pair determined to see that Olive...

Beethoven: Adopted by the Newton household's three children, an adorable little St. Bernard puppy grows into 185 pounds of disaster-prone trouble.

Free-spirited Maggie meets her match in a charming Viagra salesman named Jamie. Maggie and Jamie leap into a no-strings-attached affair, but no matter how hard they try to keep things 'casual,' they can't help falling under the influence of the ultimate drug: love!

The Newton family is unprepared for the chaos that enters their lives when the cute, frisky St. Bernard puppy they adopt grows into an enormous, drooling disaster-prone pooch named Beethoven!

After he is dumped by his fiancee, Vera, British artist, Colin, flees to the village of Hope in New England to bury himself in his art. Colin ends up sulking about in a small Vermont hotel run by Joanie. When Joanie becomes aware of Colin's broken heart, she decides to match him ...

BBC Audiobooks America presents 27 classic short stories, taken from the most celebrated humorists from the 19th century.

An American charter boat captain in Martinique gets involved with a young female drifter and some French freedom fighters who are trying to elude local Nazi collaborators.

A slightly darker version of the classic Charles Dickens tale. After living in poor conditions, Oliver runs away to the streets of London. There he meets a gang of pickpockets, and soon Oliver's life is changed forever.

A space shuttle burns up upon reentry causing debris to land across a wide area of the United States. Tucker Kaufman, a member of the CDC, visits one of the crash sites and gets a cut on his hand. Dr. Carol Bennell begins to notice that people are starting to act strange. She tur...

About one family's journey from heartbreak to triumph in the rugged heartland.

"Executive decision": Elite operatives slip aboard a hijacked 747 in mid-air to defuse a bomb destined for the U.S. "Unlawful entry": A cop insinuates himself into the lives of a Carr and his wife.

Dickens' novel about the turbulent times of the French Revolution. A timeless tale about two men in love with the same woman.