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Tells the story of Gandhi's adult life, when he led an entire country to freedom, using non-violent methods.

The shipwrecked Robinson family finds new life on a deserted island far from civilization until their makeshift paradise is threatened by the arrival of cutthroat pirates.

They met in the dark: Discharged for treason, a former Navy commander sets out to expose the espionage ring that destroyed his career. The October man: After a traumatic brain injury, a young engineer tries to repair his life. But his recovery is thwarted when a woman is found ...

This documentary captures some of the performances from the 2013 edition of Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival.

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...

Follows the life of Mahatma Gandhi from his days as a lawyer in South Africa to his role as India's spiritual leader against the British. Bonus features include audio commentary; an introduction by Sir Richard Attenborough; Gandhi's Legacy featurette.

Jock Sinclair is a whiskey-drinking, up-by-the-bootstraps commanding officer of a peacetime Scottish battalion. A lifetime military man, Sinclair expects respect and loyalty from his men. But when Basil Barrow, an educated, by-the-book scion of a military family, enters the scene...

"The two major schools of thought in Indigenous-Settler relations on the ground, in the courts, in public policy, and in research are resurgence and reconciliation. Resurgence refers to practices of Indigenous self-determination and cultural renewal whereas reconciliation refers ...

A romantic classic about a staid schoolmaster whose heart is thawed by a beautiful young woman. Arthur Chipping is the new Latin master at an English boy's boarding school. The eccentric schoolmaster lives a full, rich life within the cloistered school, defined by his role as the...

In the gloom of a country graveyard, a young boy encounters an escaped convict, a chance meeting that years later leads the boy to tragedy, mystery and wealth.

Annette is so filled with hate for her enemy Lucien that her life is poisoned and her relationships with everyone, including Jesus, are hurt, but she comes to understand that Jesus' love is enough for all problems.

New Canaan, Connecticut, was a site of experimentation by modernist house designers, and contains an unparalleled concentration of residential modernism. This heavily illustrated volume describes sixteen representative houses, and shows how they have adapted to contemporary life ...

The true story of Pearl Hart, a woman who goes through a series of bad relationships, eventually turning to a life of crime with a drifter named Joe Boot making her one of the most famous female outlaws of all time.

Double deceit: A man named Dunbar comes to Temple Basin where he goes to work for an old rancher who is laid up with a broken leg. The rancher's granddaughter tells the story. After one man turns up dead and another man is known to have gone missing, it becomes known that Dunbar ...

A disc jockey meets a fan at a night spot and when he rejects her, she becomes violent.

While living with her aunt in the English countryside, a naughty nine-year-old girl named Ruth finds her life changed when she asks the Good Shepherd, Jesus, to come to her.

When Miss Marple arrives at palatial Stonygates, one thing is certain. Before there's time to lather a warm scone with marmalade and place a tea cozy, murder most foul is bound to happen.

In 18th century England, a nobleman has to become, through uncontrollable circumstances, a highwayman, and falls in love with the women he had promised to take care of after she lost her other protector. Destiny forces them together, but their love may be forsaken when they are ...

When she is sent from her London home to live in the Welsh countryside with the large, boisterous Owen family, eleven-year-old Elaine feels miserable and resentful until she discovers an abandoned garden and determines to make it her secret sanctuary.