Douglas Hodge
Author
Series
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Follow the exploits of Paul Pennyfeather, whose unfair expulsion from Oxford kick-starts a disastrous series of events, wherein he is by turn a naive teacher, a celebrity bridegroom, a wanted fugitive, and an international white slave-trader.
Publisher
BBC Worldwide Americas
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
This satire of Victorian society shows the trials and tribulations of young love, the pettiness of upper class life, the raw energy and excitement of the most powerful city the world had ever seen, and the greed and corruption that lay just below its glittering surface.
4) Diana
Publisher
Entertainment One Film USA LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A look into the private life of one the world's most iconic and public women in the last two years of her life, and explores the Princess of Wales' love affair with Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan.
Publisher
Lions Gate Films
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Dazed, bloodied and speechless with trauma, Sarah Carter emerges alone from the Appalachian cave system where the events of the first film took place. Local sheriff Redmond Vaines forces her back underground to help the rescue team which is desperately searching for her five missing girlfriends. Only Sarah knows the terror which lurks in the shadows of the caves. They are about to encounter a new tribe of crawlers, inbred, deformed and even more viciously...
Series
The Great volume season 3
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The Final Season revolves around more court machinations, complicated relationships, and coup attempts. Catherine is still in charge, meeting with peasants and nobles to get input on her quest to modernize Russia. She2s working on bonding with Peter and their young son Paul. Meanwhile, the sidelined Peter tries his hand at "First Husband" duties like hunting and inventing new cuisines but soon finds himself bored with his lack of power.
7) The undoing
Publisher
HBO Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Grace and Jonathan Fraser have the life they've always wanted: she's a successful therapist, he's an acclaimed pediatric oncologist, and their son attends an elite private school in Manhattan. But for Grace, everything unravels overnight with a violent death and a missing husband.
Author
Language
English
Description
A fascinating look at the famous war poet and his poetry
Douglas Hodge gives moving readings of over 40 of Rupert Brooke's poems in a well-researched account of his brief life written and narrated by Mike Read. Classic poems like The Soldier, The Fish, The Old Vicarage, Grantchester and Dining-Room Tea are combined with rare archive recordings of his close friends. Cathleen Nesbitt reads Brooke's poem 'Safety' and reminisces about the times she...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Douglas Dodge modulates his voice beautifully to capture the slightly varied emotions of many poems. This well-edited recording contains Keats's most famous works: 'La Belle Dame Sans Merci,' 'The Eve of St. Agnes,' 'Ode to a Nightingale,' 'On a Grecian Urn,' along with many lesser-known short poems such as 'To Mrs. Reynolds' Cat' that exhibit the poet's more fanciful side. Library Journal
10) The Bet
Author
Language
English
Description
A woman makes a bet with her husband that she can get the next man she sees to propose in this delightful, touching comedy about love and marriage.
Author
Series
Decline and Fall volume 1
Language
English
Description
When Paul Pennyfeather is unfairly expelled from Oxford, he goes to teach at a boarding school. All too quickly it becomes apparent that Paul is not fit for the job, but things start to look up when Paul meets Margot Beste-Chetwynde, a wealthy widow and mother to one of the students.
Author
Series
Decline and Fall volume 3
Language
English
Description
Paul heads off to Marseilles on what he believes will be a routine business trip following his fiancée's instructions. When things don't go according to plan, Paul fears that he will not make it back in time for his wedding with Margot.
Author
Series
Decline and Fall volume 2
Language
English
Description
Paul jumps at the opportunity to spend a whole summer at the Beste-Chetwynde household acting as Peter's tutor while trying to win Margot's affection. But Paul is not prepared for Margot's world, filled with the glamorous upper class of society.