"What should be a cozy and fun-filled weekend deep in the English countryside takes a sinister turn in Ruth Ware's suspenseful, compulsive, and darkly twisted psychological thriller. Leonora, known to some as Lee and others as Nora, is a reclusive crime writer, unwilling to leave...
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A reclusive crime writer reunites with a long-lost friend during a weekend hen party that goes horribly wrong.
"Set entirely in the staid but often deadly English manor house, this murderous anthology features works by Agatha Christie, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K. Chesterton, and others." -- Amazon.ca
For a rugged outdoor man and his family, life in northern Minnesota is a wild experience involving wolves, deer, and the sled dogs that make their way of life possible. Includes an account of the author's first Iditarod, a dogsled race across Alaska.
When the people have deep questions about life, death, and how to find happiness, they journey to find Old Turtle, and she answers their questions with wisdom and love.
Bitter rivals fight for control of the Women's Institute in a rural English town as it struggles with the onset of World War II. Separated from husbands, fathers, sons and brothers for years at a time, some permanently, they find themselves under extraordinary pressures in a rapi...
Adapted from the memoirs of literary critic John Bayley, the film recounts his courtship of and long marriage to British novelist Iris Murdoch. The scenario tacks back and forth from the young Iris--ready to seduce one and all with her coy command of words and sex appeal--to the ...
Splendor in the grass: Warren Beatty made his film debut in this story of a girl (Natalie Wood) whose love for a local boy and pressure to be a "good girl" from her parents drives her to madness. The film won an Oscar for Best Screenplay.
Two teens go missing along with their sitter during a weekend of torrential rain. This leads to an investigation that calls into question many assumptions about the way people behave, including Inspector Wexford's own family.
Inspector Wexford brings his keen psychological insight and rigorous moral sense to his investigation of the mysterious disappearance of two teenage girls and their babysitter. Despite a lack of evidence, the girls' mother is sure they are dead.
"The highly anticipated fourth novel from Ruth Ware, The Globe and Mail and New York Times bestselling author of the In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, and The Lying Game. Harriet Westaway--better known as Hal--makes ends meet as a tarot reader, but she doesn't believe ...
An authoritative, entertaining, and informative record of the wonders of ancient Egypt; features brand new location footage, specially filmed reconstructions and re-creations, plus expert commentary by historians and Egyptologists.
"This is the story of the brilliant Italian astronomer and mathematician who dared to challenge the accepted teachings of his day. Galileo's work brought him to the attention of the Inquisition and one of history's greatest minds was forced to work his last years under house arre...
"The highly anticipated fourth novel from Ruth Ware, The Globe and Mail and New York Times bestselling author of the In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, and The Lying Game. Harriet Westaway--better known as Hal--makes ends meet as a tarot reader, but she doesn't believe ...
Inspector Wexford and his team try to link a murder victim found in a cottage basement and a severed hand found in a wood area.
"A retired Wexford finds that his special skills are needed to help solve an old case. Wexford takes great pleasure in his books, but, for all the benefits of a more relaxed lifestyle, he misses being the law. But a chance meeting in a London street, with someone he had known br...
From creator Aaron Sorkin ("Sports Night") comes this compelling drama focusing on the inner workings of the White House under the leadership of President Josiah Bartlet (Martin Sheen). As the commander-in-chief deals with his stressful position, he also contends with the problem...
Three princes go on a quest to the Heart of the World to save their drought-ravaged kingdom.