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Author
Publisher
Clipper Large Print Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
At the end of 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,' the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald was captured in New York with the help of Newt Scamander. But, making good on his threat, Grindelwald escapes custody and sets about gathering followers, most unsuspecting of his true agenda: to raise pure-blood wizards up to rule over all non-magical beings. In an effort to thwart Grindelwald's plans, Albus Dumbledore enlists Newt, his former Hogwarts...
8) Dean Spanley
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
The classic humorous novella about an alcohol-loving clergyman who thinks he is the reincarnation of a dog. Complete with the screenplay and photos from the new film starring Peter O'Toole and Sam Neill.
11) Withnail and I
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Bruce Robinson's celebrated cult comedy. This original screenplay is the sourcebook for these ubiquitous quotes about Withnail and his unnamed house-mate "I" (or "Marwood", as he appears in the script), acting students in the late 1960s, bombed from too many drugs and bummed out by too much poverty. They decide that some time in the country to rejuvenate (in the run-down holiday cottage of rich Uncle Monty) is the best remedy. After a drunken ride...
12) Annihilation
Author
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
What she and her fellow scientists discover is a world populated by mysterious life forms that might offer answers, but which exposes them to madness and death. Beside the screenplay, the book also includes 20 pages of behind-the-scenes photos.
13) Fashion beast
Author
Publisher
Avatar
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Originally written as a screenplay in the 1980s, 'Fashion Beast' now comes to life as a comic book series - a classic retelling of the fable Beauty and the Beast set in a dystopian future city!
Author
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Now, in this Who Was . . . ? biography, children can learn all about his real-life adventures too. A flying ace for the British Air Force, he was married to an Academy Award-winning actress and also wrote books and screenplays for adults. This concise and enjoyable biography is a must-read for fans of the man behind The BFG, Matilda, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory and so much more. Puffin's 'Who Was . . . ?' book series presents clear and accessible...
15) Eureka
Author
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Summer, 1967. As London shimmers in a heat haze and swoons to the sound of Sergeant Pepper, a mystery film - Eureka - is being shot by German wunderkind Reiner Werther Kloss. The screenwriter, Nat Fane, would do anything for a hit but can?t see straight for all the acid he?s dropping. Fledgling actress Billie Cantrip is hoping for her big break but can?t find a way out of her troubled relationship with an older man. And journalist Freya Wyley wants...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Ent
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Mike Mills writes and directs this 1970s-set American drama starring Annette Bening, Greta Gerwig, Elle Fanning and Billy Crudup. The story follows the life of Dorothea Fields (Bening), a single mother in her 50s, as she tries to raise her adolescent son to the best of her ability while still living her own life. Struggling with the cultural changes going on around her, Dorothea asks two women for help - her teenage neighbour Julie (Fanning) and her...
Author
Publisher
Pan
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Goodbye Christopher Robin: A.A. Milne and the Making of Winnie-the-Pooh is drawn from Ann Thwaite?s acclaimed biography of A. A. Milne, one of the most successful English writers ever, and the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh, and of Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore and Christopher Robin. But the fictional Christopher Robin was based on Milne?s own son. This heart-warming and touching book recounts the true story that inspired the film Goodbye Christopher Robin,...
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Jeff Bridges and Chris Pine star in this crime drama directed by David MacKenzie. Divorced father Toby (Pine) and his ex-con brother Tanner (Ben Foster) stage a string of carefully planned bank robberies in a desperate attempt to save their family's West Texas farm from bank foreclosure. With the thefts mounting up, ageing Texas Ranger Marcus (Bridges) is assigned to investigate the crimes and quickly begins gathering evidence. When Tanner decides...
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Drama written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan, starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams and Lucas Hedges. Lee Chandler (Affleck) has his life turned upside down when his older brother Joe (Kyle Chandler) dies suddenly and leaves his son Patrick (Hedges) all alone. Though reluctant at first, Lee feels he must accept his brother's wishes and become Patrick's legal guardian. This involves Lee returning to his hometown of Manchester in Massachusetts...
20) Pretty is
Author
Publisher
Orion Books
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Lois and Carly-May are just 12 years old when they're abducted, driven across the country, and imprisoned in a remote, isolated hunting lodge for two months. That summer, under the watchful gaze of their kidnapper, they form a bond which will never be broken. Decades later, both women have built new lives and identities for themselves, but Lois, a professor of literature, is shaken when an obsessive student reminds her of the man who kidnapped her,...
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