Graham Greene
Author
Language
English
Description
In 1950s Indochina, an English correspondent observes a well-intentioned but misguided young American military advisor covertly setting up a "Third Force" to replace the French-backed emperor, and then takes actions to stop him when they become embroiled in a love triangle.
Author
Language
English
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Description
Henry Pulling, a retired bank manager, meets his old aunt for the first time in over 50 years. She persuades him to travel with her. Through his aunt, a veteran of Europe's hotel bedrooms, Henry joins a shiftless, twilight society coming alive after a dull suburban lifetime.
Author
Language
English
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Description
A teenage sociopath rises to power in Britain’s criminal underworld in this “brilliant and uncompromising” thriller (The New York Times).
Seventeen-year-old Pinkie Brown, raised amid the casual violence and corruption in the dire prewar Brighton slums, has left his final judgment in the hands of God. On the streets, impelled by his own twisted moral doctrine, he leads a motley pack of...
Seventeen-year-old Pinkie Brown, raised amid the casual violence and corruption in the dire prewar Brighton slums, has left his final judgment in the hands of God. On the streets, impelled by his own twisted moral doctrine, he leads a motley pack of...
Author
Language
English
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Description
A hapless salesman in Cuba is recruited into Cold War spy games in Greene’s classic “comical, satirical, atmospherical” novel (The Daily Telegraph).
James Wormold, a cash-strapped vacuum cleaner salesman in Havana, finds the answer to his prayers when British Intelligence offers him a lucrative job as an undercover agent. To keep the checks coming, Wormold must at least pretend to know what...
James Wormold, a cash-strapped vacuum cleaner salesman in Havana, finds the answer to his prayers when British Intelligence offers him a lucrative job as an undercover agent. To keep the checks coming, Wormold must at least pretend to know what...
Author
Language
English
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Description
“From first page to last . . . an engrossing novel” of betrayal and espionage on a colonial outpost during World War II (The New York Times).
In a British colony in West Africa, Henry Scobie is a pious and righteous man of modest means enlisted with securing borders. But when he’s passed over for a promotion as commissioner of police, the humiliation hits hardest for his wife, Louise. Already...
In a British colony in West Africa, Henry Scobie is a pious and righteous man of modest means enlisted with securing borders. But when he’s passed over for a promotion as commissioner of police, the humiliation hits hardest for his wife, Louise. Already...
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
Graham Greene’s masterful novel of love and betrayal in World War II London is “undeniably a major work of art” (The New Yorker).
Maurice Bendrix, a writer in Clapham during the Blitz, develops an acquaintance with Sarah Miles, the bored, beautiful wife of a dull civil servant named Henry. Maurice claims it’s to divine a character for his novel-in-progress. That’s the first deception....
Maurice Bendrix, a writer in Clapham during the Blitz, develops an acquaintance with Sarah Miles, the bored, beautiful wife of a dull civil servant named Henry. Maurice claims it’s to divine a character for his novel-in-progress. That’s the first deception....
Author
Publisher
Editorial Fonolibros
Pub. Date
2008
Language
Español
Description
A novel and a film of suspense: When Carol Reed asked Graham Greene for a script for a suspense movie, in order not to change his work methods, the writer wrote a short novel where he developed the subject of the picture. This film, of course, is one of the greatest in the field, but the novel of Greene is also very interesting and is presented with great pride.
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
An "adventurous . . . intelligent . . . ingenious" novel of crime and punishment in pre-World War II London (V. S. Pritchett). During a demonstration in Hyde Park, Communist bus driver Jim Drover acts on instinct to protect his wife by stabbing to death the policeman set to strike her down. Sentenced to hang-whether as a martyr, tool, or murderer-Drover accepts his lot, unaware that the ramifications for the crime, and the battle for his reprieve,...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
In London during the Blitz, an amnesiac must outwit a twisted Nazi plot in this "master thriller" of espionage, murder, and deception (Time). On a peaceful Sunday afternoon, Arthur Rowe comes upon a charity fete in the gardens of a Cambridgeshire vicarage where he wins a game of chance. If only this were an ordinary day. Britain is under threat by Germany, and the air raid sirens that bring the bazaar to a halt expose Rowe as no ordinary man. Recently...
13) Thunderheart
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young FBI agent is sent to the Sioux reservation to investigate a murder. He finds his own Indian heritage while solving the mystery.
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Simon is attacked in the wilderness and is rescued by a rare white Kermode bear. When he learns there are only 400 of these bears in existence, he turns from shy stuttering daydreamer to political activist.
15) A thief of time
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lt. Joe Leaphorn & Jim Chee, two officers of the Navajo Tribal Police, investigate the disappearance of an anthropologist suspected of selling ancient Indian artifacts on the black market.
16) Te Ata
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It is based on the inspiring true story of Mary Thompson Fisher, a woman who traversed cultural barriers to become one of the greatest Native American performers of all time. Born in Indian Territory, and raise on the songs and stories of her Chickasaw culture, Te Ata's journey to find her true calling led her through isolation, discovery, love and a stage career that culminated in performances for a United States president, European royalty and audiences...
17) Transamerica
Publisher
distributed by Genius Products
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bree Osborne, a pre-operative transsexual, learns she fathered a child back when she was Stanley Osborne. The wheels of fortune take Bree and her teenaged son on a cross-country trip that will change both their lives.
18) Spirit rider
Publisher
Allumination FilmWorks
Pub. Date
2007, c1998
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"After the untimely death of his mother, it seems that Johnny Three Bears must leave the comforts of his home and move to the Ojibwe reservation with his grandfather. Not having seen his grandfather since he was two years old, it was the last thing Johnny wanted, but Grandpa has a plan for getting Johnny's attention. The two set out on an adventure to capture and tame a wild stallion, and Johnny quickly learns to appreciate his grandfather's wisdom...
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1952 Vietnam, an aging British journalist and a young American doctor compete for the affections of a beautiful Vietnamese woman against a backdrop of political intrigue.
20) The 3rd man
Publisher
Alpha Video
Pub. Date
2001, c1949
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
THE THIRD MAN features Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins, a pulp novelist who has come to post-WWII Vienna with the promise of work from his friend, Harry Lime (Orson Welles). When he finds that Lime has just been killed in a questionable car accident, he decides to remain in the city to investigate his friend's demise.Free upgrade to first class mail.