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Frank Ashby, an Oxford University Professor, has a secure, well-ordered life. When he ventures into the Swiss Alps for a well-earned holiday before his prospective appointment as president of his college, he is suddenly brought face to face with a midlife crisis when he meets two American ladies: Miss Caroline Hartley and her 18 year old ward Miss Elinor Hartley. Ashby eventually finds enjoyment in their company as a refreshing diversion from the exclusively masculine world he normally inhabits. But on his return to Oxford, he must fight a young professor who aspires to the college presidency and what's more, there's the unexpected arrival in Oxford of Miss Caroline and Miss Elinor. His well-ordered life is topsy turvy - and it seems that love is responsible! Also stars Trini Alvarado, Alfred Molina, Roger Lloyd Pack and Alun Armstrong. -
The great kingdom of Tir Esplaine is besieged by the dark elves. Its young princess, Alora, must embark on a quest that will take her through the Black Forest of Sidhe to enlist the help of Lord Blackthorn. Along the way, she receives help from noble warriors, encounters bandits and meets a mysterious necromancer - and yes, there is a dragon! Many will die, long-buried secrets will be revealed - but a hero will rise! -
Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are friends and rival trumpeters with 'O'Neill's Perennials', a college band and they've managed to prolong their college careers by failing seven years in a row. Ellen Miller catches the eye of both Danny and Hank at a performance - and when she serves them a notice for her boss, a debt collector, the fast-talking guys soon have her working as their manager. Tired of losing gigs to the 'Perennials', Artie Shaw ( playing himself) steals the competent Ellen away to be his booking manager. And now the rivals begin to scheme to get themselves into Shaw's band - each determined to out-play the other! Light musical comedy. -
Baxter Thwaites is the Governor of one of the last outposts of the British Empire - Cascara, a small Caribbean island where the inhabitants spend their days smoking grass. Then an unexpectedly lucrative discovery is made - a gusher of ultra delicious, natural mineral water. There's uproar to the max as a motley crew of challengers all vie for control of the sparkling gold - including Thwaites' hot-blooded wife, a Texan billionaire, a sexy activist, a Rasta DJ, a singing revolutionary, Cuban advisers, U.S. 'peace-keepers', arrogant Frenchman and a representative from Mrs. Thatcher's government! Also stars Valerie Perrine, Jimmie 'J.J.' Walker, Fred Gwynne, Brenda Vaccaro and Dick Shawn; and guest appearances by George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr and Ruby Wax. -
Here is the enigmatic Lawrence's story - from World War I misfit Army lieutenant to outspoken Arab Bureau assessor to the man who planned a daring surprise attack to capture a strategically important port city from the Turks. He becomes the Turks' worst nightmare - a guerilla fighter whose deeds are made famous by a war correspondent, but who must live with the decisions he must make to kill and slaughter he orders that he later comes to regret. With a fabulous supporting cast: Jack Hawkins, Josè Ferrer, Anthony Quayle, Omar Sharif, Jack Gwillim and Arthur Kennedy. -
The innocence of a nation is shattered by a sudden and devastating act of warfare. As the lives and loves of a generation are swept into the conflict of World War II, the events at Pearl Harbour become a test of the strength of the human spirit. Also starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Alec Baldwin, Jon Voight and Tom Sizemore. -
There comes a time in life when you are on the brink of finding your place in the world - the path you chose at that crucial point affects who you are and who you will become. At the crossroads are Iris, Margaret, Paula and Jane, trying to make their mark. They come together as 'temps' for the Global Credit Association, each girl seeing her job as temporary and they each dream of bigger things. They become friends, sharing their dreams and desires - but the fragile bond between them is broken with the introduction of a fifth woman and the strange events that follow - resulting in paranoia, suspicion and betrayal. -
The classic H. Rider Haggard adventure comes to life. Adventurer Allan Quartermain is commissioned by beauty Jessie Huston to find her explorer father in Africa - and the way is littered with Nazis, cannibals, a jungle full of dangerous creatures...and the wiles of the woman who's hired him! But as they near the spot where her father was last seen - the legendary mines of King Solomon - there's even more adventure and danger than they bargained for. And if you'd like to find out all about the legend... https://cosmiccauldronbooks.com.au/p/king-solomons-minessheallan-quatermain-h-rider-haggard/ -
Bo had no reason to believe she was different to her human parents - until she finds she is a Succubus, one of the legendary Fae, who drain their victims of sexual energy. She hits the road, alone and afraid and finds that she is not alone. Relieved yet still horrified at what she and her kind are, she chooses a middle path between humans and Fae, helping both with the aid of her human friend Kenzi and Dyson, a Fae posing as a human detective and at the same time, making it her mission to discover her own origins.
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