Jeremy Thomas
Author
Language
English
Description
Written by a man who has lived and sailed a great part of his life in the waters around Chichester Harbour, this book aims to capture the beauties and excitement of the place. It tells the history of the region in a series of chapters, ranging from the arrival of the Romans to the evacuation from Dunkirk, that recreate a series of local incidents.
Author
Language
English
Description
The mutilated body of a man is discovered inside a suitcase on Santa Monica Beach, his UK passport wedged between his teeth. One week earlier, the son of a wealthy Mexican is found butchered in his Ocean Avenue apartment, close to his brutally murdered domestic. The local Santa Monica crime rate may have dropped by forty-percent, but the homicide rate is clearly on the rise.
British actor and cop turned private investigator Mandy (lover of junk food,...
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
"An tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord."--IMDb.com.
4) Crash
Series
Criterion collection volume 1059
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet.
Language
English
Description
A traffic collision involving a disaffected commercial producer, James, and an enigmatic doctor, Helen, brings them, along with James's wife, Catherine, together in a crucible of blood and broken glass, and it's not long before they are all initiated into a kinky, death-obsessed underworld of sadomasochistic car-crash fetishists for whom twisted metal and scar tissue are the ultimate turn-ons.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequence ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An American artist couple, drawn by desire to the Sahara, travel there shortly after World War II in order to follow their passionate obsessions in an attempt to recapture the love they once shared.
6) High-rise
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Robert Laing is the newest resident of a luxurious apartment in a high-tech concrete skyscraper whose lofty location places him amongst the upper class. But as power outages become more frequent and building flaws emerge, particularly on the lower floors, the regimented social strata begins to crumble and the building becomes a battlefield in a literal class war.
7) Kon-Tiki
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (96 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl crossed the Pacific Ocean in a balsa wood raft in 1947, together with five men, to prove that South Americans back in pre-Columbian times could have crossed the sea to settle on Polynesian islands. After gathering financing for the trip with loans and donations, they set off on an epic 101-day-long journey across eight thousand kilometers, all while the world was watching. This feature film is based on Heyerdahl's...
8) Pinocchio
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Italiano
Description
Old woodcarver Geppetto's puppet creation, Pinocchio, magically comes to life with dreams of becoming a real boy. Easily led astray, Pinocchio tumbles from one misadventure to another as he is tricked, kidnapped and chased by bandits.
9) Dogman
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Italiano
Description
In a seaside village on the outskirts of an Italian city, Marcello is a slight, mild-mannered man who divides his days between working at his modest dog grooming salon, caring for his daughter Alida, and being coerced into the petty criminal schemes of the local bully Simoncino. When Simoncino's abuse finally brings Marcello to a breaking point, he decides to stand up for his own dignity through an act of vengeance, with unintended consequences.
10) Antlers
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a remote Oregon town, a middle-school teacher and her sheriff brother become entangled with her enigmatic student, whose dark secrets lead to horrifying encounters with a legendary ancestral creature who came before them.
11) Tale of tales
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Based on three spellbinding stories of magic and the macabre by 17th-century folklorist Giambattista Basile, Tale of Tales unleashes a barrage of mind-bogglingly gorgeous and fantastical imagery as it brings to life the misadventures of three kings"--Container.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set against the romantic desolation of Detroit and Tangier, an underground musician, deeply depressed by the direction of human activities, reunites with his resilient and enigmatic lover. Their love story has already endured several centuries at least, but their debauched idyll is soon disrupted by her wild and uncontrollable younger sister. Can these wise but fragile outsiders continue to survive as the modern world collapses around them?
Series
Criterion collection volume 220
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Part-time pest-control man and full-time drug addict Bill Lee (Weller) seeks escape from his troubled existence in 1953 New York and flees to Interzone (a hallucinatory version of Tangiers) where reality and fantasy have merged. It's a strange, surreal landscape inhabited by mugwumps, half-alien, half-insect creatures, man-sized centipedes, carnivorous typewriters and bizarre humans. Compelled to make sense of this alien territory, he writes a book...
Author
Series
Dirty Old Cars volume 5
Language
English
Description
A crusty old Pontiac Silver Streak must be taken from rags to riches in order to turn a profit. Then, an extremely rare but rusted Chrysler 300 Hurst will need an extensive polish and shine to realize its potential.
Author
Series
Dirty Old Cars volume 12
Language
English
Description
In Minnesota, Jeremy recruits his daughter to clean a `63 Imperial with over three decades of dirt, decay and rodents. Then, in Georgia, a soiled Camaro Super Sport is in need of an extensive extraction in order to hit the road again.
Author
Series
Dirty Old Cars volume 18
Language
English
Description
In North Carolina, Jamie hopes to put a Honda CRX that's literally in pieces back together. Then, in Georgia, Knoxy tries to flip a repulsive Ford Ranger that's more trouble than it's worth.
Author
Series
Dirty Old Cars volume 1
Language
English
Description
Across America, thousands of vehicles are trapped under layers of muck and decay. And now, the top detailing shops in the nation take on the grime.
Author
Series
Dirty Old Cars volume 8
Language
English
Description
In North Carolina owner, Jamie, let's Caleb take charge. Meanwhile in Minnesota a 65 Chevy Impala gets all wrapped up and ready to roar.
Author
Series
Dirty Old Cars volume 2
Language
English
Description
A minivan filled with melted crayons, trash and hay must be scrubbed, sanitized, and decontaminated. Then, a Cutlass Supreme filled with corn and animal feces is in need of a 'supreme' cleaning in order to live up to its name.
Author
Series
Dirty Old Cars volume 19
Language
English
Description
In Minnesota, a customer wants his crusty Cabriolet transformed into a road worthy vehicle he can take cross country with his dad. Then, in Georgia, Knoxy and Wu try to turn an atrocious Accord into a heavenly Honda.