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A picture book biography of Joan Procter, an English woman who loved reptiles and, while a curator of reptiles at the London Zoo in the 1920s, worked with Komodo dragons.
Looks at the inspiring story of Joan Procter, a pioneering female scientist who loved reptiles.
In Scarlet Street a lonely bank clerk is ensnarled in an embezzlement scheme by an alluring streetwalker. In The Red House a reclusive farmer living with his spinster sister and adopted daughter goes to extreme lengths to protect the dark secret of a decaying house on his propert...
Includes three of Chaney's major works, a documentary about Chaney and a photo reconstruction of the lost film London after midnight.
Companion album to the new Bravo Pavarotti DVD presenting Luciano Pavarotti in his greatest opera roles -- in arias and duets.
"For more than four hundred years the personal essay has been one of the richest and most vibrant of all literary forms. The Art of the Personal Essay is the first anthology to celebrate this lively, fertile genre. Distinguished from the formal essay by its friendly, conversation...
Bourne is once again brought out of hiding. This time, inadvertently by London-based reporter Simon Ross. Simon is trying to unveil Operation BlackBriar which is an upgrade to Project Treadstone, by writing about it in a series of newspaper columns. Bourne sets up a meeting with ...
In the gloom of a country graveyard, a young boy encounters an escaped convict, a chance meeting that later leads the boy to tragedy, mystery, and wealth.
In this beautifully remastered set you will find four deliciously complex mysteries that will keep you guessing in the lively company of Miss Jane Marple, played by Joan Hickson, Agatha Christie s handpicked actress for the role. Never one to sit idle, Miss Marple finds her luxur...
Mrs. Palfrey, an elegant, genteel widow, came from Scotland to London to take up residence at the Claremont Hotel. Though she had high hopes for the cosmopolitan pleasures of living in a big city, she is soon filled with a sense of uneasiness and gloom.