Hurd Hatfield
1) El Cid
Series
Miriam collection volume 1
Language
English
Description
Eleventh-century Spain is divided into Christian kingdoms and Moorish strongholds. The young Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar, who has been dubbed El Cid by his followers, vows to see his country at peace, free from the invader. Showing clemency to some emirs, he faces treason charges at court. His accuser, Gomez, father of his fiancee, Chimene, dies in the resulting duel. Chimene's avowed vengeance plot fails and Rodrigo is given her hand. When King Ferdinand...
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Dorian Gray is an innocent young man who has his portrait painted by a close friend. Soon after he falls under the influence of amoral Lord Henry Wotton. Dorian soon jilts his fiancee, which leads to her suicide. This is the start of a life of increasing debauchery. Dorian realizes that the outward signs of this are apparent only in the portrait. Eventually the picture, secreted in his childhood playroom, becomes almost hideous to behold. But Dorian...
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The Christmas bunny: When Julia, a lonely foster child, discovers an injured rabbit on Christmas Eve, she forms an unlikely friendship with an eccentric farm woman who vows to nurse the bunny back to health. In the process, Julia's own heart is healed and she forges a bond with her adoptive family that makes her holidays one she-and you-will never forget.
The littlest angel: Tells the story of an 8 year-old shepherd boy named Michael in Biblical...
6) Dragon seed
Series
Katharine Hepburn 100th anniversary collection volume disc 3
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A peaceful village in China is invaded by the Japanese prior to World War II. The men in the village choose to adopt a peaceful attitude toward their conquerors. But Jade is a headstrong young woman who intends to stand up to the Japanese whether her husband Lao Er approves or not. She even goes so far as to learn to read and to handle a weapon, so that she may be properly equipped for both the psychological and physical combat. Jade's attitude spreads...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Tarzan's magic fountain: Tarzan discovers an aviatrix, who has been missing for over twenty years, living in a nearby village that wants to continue to live in isolation. The surprising twist is that she has not aged, and Tarzan must keep outsiders ignorant of the fountain of youth.
Tarzan and the slave girl: Tarzan and Jane struggle with kidnappers, an epidemic and a nurse who is smitten with Tarzan, to Jane's chagrin.
Tarzan's peril: Tarzan helps...
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