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1) Yo
Author
Publisher
Reservoir Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
La primera y única autobiografía de Elton John. Un retrato sincero, alegre y profundo del compositor y cantante con la más larga y exitosa trayectoria musical de la historia. Reginald Dwight, su verdadero nombre, fue un chico tímido con gafas a lo Buddy Holly que creció en Pinner, un pequeño municipio a las afueras de Londres, y soñaba en convertirse en una estrella del pop. Con solo veintitrés años dio su primer concierto en Estados...
Author
Series
Publisher
Plaza Janés
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
"Es 997 EC, el fin de la Edad Media. Inglaterra se enfrenta a ataques de los galeses en el oeste y los vikingos en el este. Los que están en el poder doblan la justicia según su voluntad, independientemente de la gente común y, a menudo, en conflicto con el rey. Sin un estado de derecho claro, reina el caos. En estos tiempos turbulentos, tres personajes encuentran sus vidas entrelazadas: la vida de un joven constructor de barcos se pone patas...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Joseph Rearden is British Intelligence's man on the inside. It's his job to become what he isn't-- even a thief and convict-- to convince the group he infiltrates that he's one of them. And it's his job to get through it all alive.
4) Moonraker
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Roger Moore, in his fourth role as Agent 007, is sent to outer space to protect Britain and the world from a madman who would distroy the Earth in ths pulse-pounding, out-of-this-universe adventure.
5) Pirate radio
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A rogue band of DJs captivate Britain in the 1960s. The music they play defines a generation and the DJs stand up to a government that, incomprehensibly, preferred jazz. The Count is a big, brash, American god of the airwaves; Quentin is the boss of Radio Rock. Radio rock is a pirate radio station situated in the middle of the North Atlantic that's populated by an eclectic crew of rock and roll DJs that include: Gavin, the greatest DJ in Britain who...
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Language
English
Formats
Description
British secret agent, 007 James Bond, is sent to North Korea to infiltrate the renegade military unit under officer Colonel Moon. The mission is sabotaged. Colonel Moon is killed and his second-in-command Zao is injured. James is captured, tortured and interrogated. 14 months later, Bond is released and traded for Zao. James' boss, M, relieves him of his 007 status. James sets out to get his revenge against those who set him up. He tracks down Zao...
Author
Series
Publisher
B
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
Privately summoned by Queen Victoria when one of her closest confidantes is found murdered, Thomas Pitt navigates the secretive world of London society in what becomes the most dangerous case of his career.
Londres, 1899. El jefe del Departamento Especial de la policía Thomas Pitt recibe una llamada de Buckingham Palace. La reina Victoria sabe que se acercan los últimos días de su reinado y que muy pronto el príncipe de Gales heredará el...
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
When ruthless media mogul Rod McCain acquires England's Marwood Zoo, he sends his sexy marketing executive and his lecherous son to whip the place into shape, but they discover Marwood's straitlaced director has already implemented his own harebrained scheme to boost attendance: from now on the zoo will do away with cute, cuddly animals and display only "fierce creatures."
9) Darkest hour
Series
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
During the early days of World War II, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the newly appointed British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Hitler, or fight on against incredible odds.
"Academy Award® winner Gary Oldman gives a "towering performance" (Richard Lawson, Vanity Fair) in acclaimed director Joe Wright's soaring drama Darkest Hour. As Hitler's forces storm across the European landscape and close...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
An outrageous comedy about Aaron Green, an aspiring music executive, who has 72 hours to deliver the wild rock legend, Aldous Snow, from London to Los Angeles for a comeback concert. In order to keep his job, Aaron must navigate a minefield of mayhem and debauchery to get Snow to the world famous Greek Theatre on time. Contains both the R-rated and Unrated versions of the film.
Series
James Bond film volume 15
Publisher
NSNA Company
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
From the luxury yacht the length of a football field, Largo oversees a master plan of mayhem involving stolen cruise missiles, nuclear extortion, deadly video games and all the other evils in SPECTRE'S arsenal. James Bond, Agent 007, goes into battle with a fabulous flying motorcycle and other ghastly gadgets, including a fountain pen that can write you off with a bang.
13) Casino Royale
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Sir James Bond is persuaded to rejoin Her Majesty's secret service and head an operation to smash SMERSH.
14) Elizabeth
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
England, 1554. Henry VIII is dead. The country is divided, Catholic against Protestant. Henry's eldest daughter Mary, a fervent Catholic, is Queen. She is childless. The Catholics' greatest fear is the succession of Mary's Protestant half-sister, Elizabeth. After Mary's death, Elizabeth ascends to the throne, thrust into an edgy world of political and religious flux she struggles to protect her power, life, and independence as the court boils with...
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Language
English
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Description
James Bond, 007, is sent on a mission to Istanbul to try and acquire a Russian cypher machine known as Lektor from a defecting Russian agent. The evil SPECTRE organization has a plan to steal the decoder. This will grant access to Russian state secrets and irrevocably unbalance the world order. It is up to James to find and take possession of the device first. He must confront enemies that include Red Grant and the ruthless Rosa Klebb. Even as James...
Publisher
Showtime Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
This videodisc presents the rarely dramatized, tumultuous early years of King Henry VIII's nearly 40 year, omnipotent reign (1509-1547). In addition to his famous female consorts and 20+ year marriage to Catherine of Aragon and to the infamous dalliance with Anne Boleyn, the series delves in to Henry's most notable political relationship and the deconstruction of the Roman Catholic Church in England.
18) En la sombra
Author
Publisher
Plaza Janés/Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
"Fue una de las imágenes m̀s desgarradoras del siglo XX: Dos niños, dos príncipes, caminando detrás del féretro de su madre, mientras el mundo contemplaba la escena con pesar... y horror. A la vez que se daba sepultura a Diana, princesa de Gales, miles de millones de personas se preguntaban qué debían pensar y sentir esos príncipes y qué rumbo tomarían sus vidas. En el caso de Harry, esta es, por fin, esa historia. Con su franqueza...
19) Amazing grace
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Based on the life of William Wilberforce--his passion and perseverance to pass a law ending the slave trade in the late 18th Century--and the people, including his minister, who pushed him to pursue it to the end.