Virginia McKenna
1) Born free
Pub. Date
1993.
Description
When game warden George Adamson (Bill Travers) is forced to kill a lion and lioness, he and his wife Joy (Virginia McKenna) adopt their three cubs. Two are sent off to zoos but the third is kept, a female they name Elsa, to which they have become attached. When Elsa is fully grown, the Adamsons realize she must be taught to survive on her own and eventually set free.
3) Born free
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
When game warden George Adamson (Bill Travers) is forced to kill a lion and lioness, he and his wife Joy (Virginia McKenna) adopt their three cubs. Two are sent off to zoos but the third is kept, a female they name Elsa, to which they have become attached. When Elsa is fully grown, the Adamsons realize she must be taught to survive on her own and eventually set free.
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
Nurse Jean Paget is one of a small band of women trekking through the Japanese-occupied Malayan jungle, where they are befriended by Joe Harman, a tough Australian P.O.W. Later each learns tht the other has survived the horrors of the war, and they set out separately to find each other.
6) Rain of fire
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
An executive in charge of a Middle Eastern nuclear plant discovers that his son is the Antichrist and sets out to stop him from using the nuclear power at his fingertips to wipe out mankind.
Pub. Date
2006
Description
Christian the Lion: An affectionate lion cub is raised in London by two young Australians. Unable to keep Christian as a pet, they contact the stars of Born Free and wildlife expert George Adamson, who help them introduce Christian to his native Habitat in Kenya.
The Great Dan Patch: The story of one of the most famous harness-race (trotting) horses. Raised from jumble beginnings on a farm iin indiana, Dan Patch rose to record-breaking greaatness,...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
The Edwardian period, beginning with Edward VII's ascent to the throne in 1901 and ending with World War I, was an era of rapid industrialization, pioneering artistic and literary achievements, and great social and political upheaval. It is filled with captivating characters who left their mark upon British society and the world at large. This 8-part BBC series profiles the movers and the shakers who exemplify the era's progressive spirit as well...
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