Virginia McKenna

In this follow-up to We Animals, Canadian photojournalist Jo-Anne McArthur explores zoos and aquaria, and how "we" animals interact with "those" animals. In over one hundred photographs, Captive reveals the lives of animals in zoos and aquaria around the world. McArthur photographed animals in these situations for over a decade, and the book will include images from over 20 countries on five continents, shot most recently in the last year while she...

Breaking all conventional rules of drama, Shakespeare creates neither a clear-cut hero nor a villain. Instead, this great tragedy presents complicated human beings in agonizing conflict with one another, and themselves.

When game warden George Adamson is forced to kill a lion and lioness, he and his wife Joy adopt their three cubs. Two are sent off to zoos but the third is kept, a female they name Elsa. When Elsa is fully grown, the Adamsons realize she must be taught to survive on her own.

Historical epic drama tracing the return from exile of Napoleon Bonaparte and the course of the Battle of Waterloo.

When a couple inherit a theater called "The Flea Pit" they find they must also cope with three eccentric characters who work there.

Soothe your soul at bedtime as you listen to some of the world's most beautifully written classic stories, exquisitely read by Alison Larkin and Virginia McKenna.

The freighter Mary Dear is adrift in stormy seas. All have abandoned ship except for one man-- exhausted first officer Gideon Patch who has taken command. Appearances indicate he's a madman, but Patch isn't a man who relies on appearances.

An intimate look into the story of Doria Manfredi and her relationship with Puccini, and the opera that came about as a result.

Horror, mystery and suspense abound in this collection of the nation's favourite gothic stories. Relieve the fear that these tales have been igniting in listeners for over one hundred years. This bundle features The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, Dracula by Bram Stoker, and Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, and is narrated by a trio of beloved voices from the screen and stage.

Retired couple Arthur (Bernard Hill, Wolf Hall, The Lord of the Rings films) and Martha (Virginia McKenna, The Camomile Lawn) Goode live a quiet suburban life, tending to their garden and socializing with friends at their club. But when the nation's financial crisis empties their hard-earned pension accounts, the couple seizes the opportunity to replenish their funds through a series of bank robberies. Dressed in masks and armed with cucumbers as...