author results for Lloyd, Christopher

Absolutely Everything!

Lloyd, Christopher — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT

The most remarkable true stories of all time and around the world brought vividly to life – from the Big Bang right up to the present day.

Embark on a journey across millennia and around the world, from the latest understanding of the origins of the universe, the birth of the Earth, the very first life, the age of dinosaurs, the rise of humans, ancient civilisations, colonialism, wars, technology, everyday life, global struggles for freedom and equality, pandemics – and much more. Christopher Lloyd's engaging narrative of the most remarkable true stories of all time is brought vividly to life by voice artist James Macnaughton.

The second edition is revised for fuller global coverage and updated with the latest research, as well as with events that have occurred since the first edition. A new foreword is narrated by the author.

Back to the Future. Part III

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Doc Brown has decided to live in the Old West of the 1880's. But when he's in danger of meeting an untimely end, Marty travels back into the past to rescue him. There's just one problem: Doc is so smitten by a schoolteacher that he's become distracted. Now, it's up to Marty to keep Doc out of trouble, get the DeLorean running, and put the past, present and future on track so they can all get back to where and when they belong.

Back to the Future. Part II

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Marty visits 2015 to straighten out the future of the McFly family, but Biff Tannen steals the time machine, and with it a book that allows his young self to amass a gambling fortune, which has significant consequences to the present. To correct the problems, Marty and Doc must return to 1955 to retrieve the book.

Nobody

Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Hutch Mansell is an underestimated and overlooked dad and husband, taking life's indignities on the chin and never pushing back. A nobody. When two thieves break into his suburban home one night, Hutch declines to defend himself or his family, hoping to prevent serious violence. His teenage son, Blake, is disappointed in him and his wife, Becca, seems to pull only further away. The aftermath of the incident strikes a match to Hutch's long-simmering rage, triggering dormant instincts and propelling him on a brutal path that will surface dark secrets and lethal skills. In a barrage of fists, gunfire and squealing tires, Hutch must save his family from a dangerous adversary, and ensure that he will never be underestimated as a nobody again.

Queen Bees

Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT

While her house undergoes repairs, fiercely independent widow stays at the nearby retirement community and realizes it is like high school all over again: full of flirting, mean girls, and maybe another chance at love in this comedy about second chances and staying young at heart."--container.

Back to the Future

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

When teenager Marty McFly is blasted to 1955 in the DeLorean time machine created by the eccentric Doc Brown, he finds himself mixed up in a time-shattering chain reaction that could vaporize his future, and leave him trapped in the past.

Going in Style

Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT

Lifelong buddies Willie, Joe, and Al decide to buck retirement and step off the straight and narrow for the first time in their lives when their pension fund becomes a corporate casualty. To pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, the three risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.

Call of the Wild

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A young girl finds an injured wolf/dog while visiting her grandfather and wants to nurse it back to health and take it back to Boston with her. When her grandfather tries to talk her out of it by reading her Jack London's Call of the Wild, the little girl has ideas of her own. Includes deleted scenes, game, commentary, and behind-the-scenes featurette.