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The asylum : a novel by Harwood, John,1946-(CARDINAL)773438;

Subjects: Gothic fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Fiction.; Asylums; Amnesia;

Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5

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The ghost writer / by Harwood, John,1946-(CARDINAL)773438;

Harwood's tantalizing tale of suspense and family secrets weaves Victorian ghost stories into the present where they start to come true. This astonishing, assured debut shows just how dangerous family skeletons--and stories--can be

Subjects: Ghost stories.; Psychological fiction.; Fiction; Mothers and sons; Mothers; Mothers.;

Available copies: 15 / Total copies: 18

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The Asylum / by Harwood, John,1946-(CARDINAL)773438;

After waking up in a small asylum in England with no memory of the past several weeks, Georgia Ferrars learns that her family believes she is an imposter.

Subjects: Gothic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Amnesia; Asylums;

Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7

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The séance / by Harwood, John,1946-(CARDINAL)773438;

Originally published: London : Jonathan Cape, 2008A haunting tale of apparitions, a cursed manor house, and two generations of women determined to discover the truth, by the author of The Ghost Writer Sell the Hall unseen; burn it to the ground and plow the earth with salt, if you will; but never live there . . . Constance Langton grows up in a household marked by death, her father distant, her mother in perpetual mourning for Constance's sister, the child she lost. Desperate to coax her mother back to health, Constance takes her to a séance: perhaps she will find comfort from beyond the grave. But the meeting has tragic consequences. Constance is left alone, her only legacy a mysterious bequest that will blight her life.So begins The Séance, John Harwood's brilliant second novel, a gripping, dark mystery set in late-Victorian England. It is a world of apparitions, of disappearances and unnatural phenomena, of betrayal and blackmail and black-hearted villains and murder. For Constance's bequest comes in two parts: a house and a mystery. Years before, a family disappeared atWraxford Hall, a decaying mansion in the English countryside with a sinister reputation. Now the Hall belongs to Constance. And she must descend into the darkness at the heart of theWraxford Mystery to find the truth, even at the cost of her life.

Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Ghost stories.; Extortion; Haunted houses; Murder; Ghost stories.;

Available copies: 16 / Total copies: 16

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The seance [sound recording] / by Harwood, John,1946-;

Read by Fiona Hardingham, Simon Vance, and Katherine Kellgren.A haunting tale of apparitions, a cursed manor house, and two generations of women determined to discover the truth, by the author of The Ghost Writer Sell the Hall unseen; burn it to the ground and plow the earth with salt, if you will; but never live there . . . Constance Langton grows up in a household marked by death, her father distant, her mother in perpetual mourning for Constance's sister, the child she lost. Desperate to coax her mother back to health, Constance takes her to a séance: perhaps she will find comfort from beyond the grave. But the meeting has tragic consequences. Constance is left alone, her only legacy a mysterious bequest that will blight her life.So begins The Séance, John Harwood's brilliant second novel, a gripping, dark mystery set in late-Victorian England. It is a world of apparitions, of disappearances and unnatural phenomena, of betrayal and blackmail and black-hearted villains and murder. For Constance's bequest comes in two parts: a house and a mystery. Years before, a family disappeared atWraxford Hall, a decaying mansion in the English countryside with a sinister reputation. Now the Hall belongs to Constance. And she must descend into the darkness at the heart of theWraxford Mystery to find the truth, even at the cost of her life.- from cover.

Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Ghost stories.; Haunted houses; Murder; Extortion; Ghost stories.; Mystery fiction.; Ghost stories.;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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All creatures great & small. [videorecording] / by Percival, Brian,1962-television director.(CARDINAL)346906; Svaasand, Stewart,television director.; Hay, Andy,1954-television director.; Francas, Yvonne,television producer.; O'Malley, Debbie,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)876964; Alderton, Maxine,screenwriter.; Evans, Matt(Screenwriter),screenwriter.; French, Robin,screenwriter.; Crichton, Jamie,screenwriter.; West, Samuel,1966-actor.(CARDINAL)431202; Madeley, Anna,1977-actor.(CARDINAL)857336; Ralph, Nicholas,1990-actor.; Shenton, Rachel,1987-actor.; Woodhouse, Callum,actor.; Anthony-Rose, James,actor.; Hodge, Patricia,1946-actor.(CARDINAL)838155; Clawson, Imogen,actor.; Pitts, Tony,1962-actor.; Hansen, Erik Molberg,cinematographer.; Bleakley, Caroline,editor of moving image work.; Harwood, Alexandra,1966-composer (expression); Television adaptation of (work):Herriot, James.All creatures great and small.(CARDINAL)874041; All3Media International (Firm),distributor.(CARDINAL)857344; Channel Five (Great Britain),broadcaster.; PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)309769; Playground Entertainment (Firm),production company.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),broadcaster.(CARDINAL)189964; WGBH (Firm),broadcaster.(CARDINAL)800650;

Directors of photography, Erik Molberg Hansen, Mark Waters, Sara Deane ; editors of moving image work, Caroline Bleakley, Adam Curtis, St. John O'Rorke ; composer, Alexandra Harwood.Samuel West, Anna Madeley, Nicholas Ralph, Rachel Shenton, Callum Woodhouse, James Anthony-Rose, Patricia Hodge, Imogen Clawson, Tony Pitts.Originally broadcast as single episodes of a television program in 2024.By 1941, James is away at RAF Abingdon, and Helen is raising baby Jimmy at home in Darrowby with the war fully underway. Trying to keep up at the surgery makes Siegfried eager to have everyone return, but when Tristan does show up, it's not as straightforward as expected.Rating: TV-14.English described videoEnglish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)DVD; region 1, NTSC; wide screen (1.78:1); Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo; described video.Title from container.

Subjects: Television series.; Television programs.; Television adaptations.; Fiction television programs.; Biographical television programs.; Historical television programs.; Television comedies.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Herriot, James; Veterinarians; Country life;

Available copies: 27 / Total copies: 34

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