Jim is a young man who grew up reading tales of pirates and adventures on the high seas, and longs for similar excitement in his own life. One day a dying man hands him a map and gives him a warning. Upon careful examination, Jim realizes the map charts the course to Treasure Pla...
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Flour, water, salt. Bread is the most basic and necessary of foods--a simple staple, using few ingredients, that is at once a cultural symbol and a source of national pride. The Big Book of Bread explores bread in its myriad forms, and offers delicious recipes for recreating loav...
After discovering the original Star-Spangled Kid's gear, teenager Courtney Whitmore joins the Justice Society of America as Stargirl, teaming up with her stepfather Pat Dugan in his robotic exosuit. Based on the DC Comic Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E.
1857, the charismatic headman of the Chinese mining camp struggles to maintain the fragile harmony between Chinese and European diggers when a murdered European woman is discovered to have links to the Chinese community.
The third season of DC's STARGIRL finds Starman back from the dead and offering to train Courtney while she helps him adjust to his new life in quiet Blue Valley. But when there's a murder, the mystery will not only have our heroes questioning the former super-villain's commitmen...
"FernGully: the last rainforest": The magical inhabitants of a rainforest fight to save their home, which is threatened by logging and a polluting force of destruction called Hexxus.
All creatures great and small begins with the arrival of vet James Herriot in the Yorkshire Dales in the late 1930s. The newly qualified outsider from Scotland finds he still has much to learn if the countryfolk are ever to accept him as a vet on par with Siegfried Farnon, who es...
Christopher Fowler's foray into the back catalogues and backstories of 99 authors who, once hugely popular, have all but disappeared from our shelves. Whether male or female, domestic or international, flash-in-the-pan or prolific, mega-seller or prize-winner - no author, it seem...
Life can be difficult for convicts, even after they've been released. One former felon finds that the odds are stacked against him when he is forced to go under cover in order to save his life-and his brother's. With time running out, they realize that the weapon shielding them f...
After discovering the original Star-Spangled Kid's gear, teenager Courtney Whitmore joins the Justice Society of America as Stargirl, teaming up with her stepfather Pat Dugan in his robotic exosuit. Based on the DC Comic Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E.
A team of Allied military specialists are recruited for a dangerous but imperative mission: to infiltrate a Nazi-occupied fortress in Greece and disable two long-range field guns so that 2,000 trapped British soldiers may be rescued. Faced with an unforgiving sea voyage, hazardou...
The heroic Jedi Knights struggle to maintain order and restore peace as the Clone Wars continue to sweep through the galaxy.
When Grace Ackerman signs her family up for their church's rustic summer Family Camp, a comedy of errors ensues as these polar-opposite families must share a yurt and compete for the camp's coveted games trophy. It's not until the two dads end up lost in the woods that their fait...
Scout observes her father defend a black man in a small Alabama town; an ex-con stalks the family of the lawyer who sent him away; an anthropology professor becomes embroiled in Middle East intrigue; a New York accountant develops amnesia after a power outage; follows the head ps...
A delightful story of a veterinarian's apprentice in rural England.
All creatures great and small begins with the arrival of vet James Herriot in the Yorkshire Dales in the late 1930s. The newly qualified outsider from Scotland finds he still has much to learn if the countryfolk are ever to accept him as a vet on par with Siegfried Farnon, who es...
Jesse Stone is a down-and-out former L.A. police detective whose biggest battle is now against the bottle, as the demons of his past rise to haunt him while he drives himself to distraction by pursuing a decade-old murder case. Finding refuge in the small town of Paradise, Chief ...
An accessible guide to all things BREAD -- from sourdough to yeasted dough, pizza dough and more -- by expert bread baker, professor, and chef Matthew James Duffy. Bread Etc. distills the complex art of mixing, shaping, and baking dough into clear explanations and easy-to-read in...
Batman faces his greatest challenge yet: vacation! The caped crusader reluctantly agrees to let Batgirl and Nightwing take him on a long overdue vacation from crimefighting, while Superman and the Justice League watch over Gotham City. Neither operation goes as planned when Batma...