James Hilton
1) Lost horizon
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English
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Fleeing war-torn China, a small planeload of people is hijacked to an idyllic valley in the Himalayas where time has virtually stopped. There Conway, a British diplomat, falls in love with a beautiful woman, and is asked to remain in Shangri-La as its new leader.
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English
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Charles Rainier's family feared him lost along with so many of Britain's youth during the Great War. But two years after he was reported missing in action, he appears in a Liverpool hospital with no memory of the time that has passed. Rainier marries and embarks on a life of relative success, but he still cannot recall his time on the battlefield--until the first bombs of the Second World War begin to fall. Suddenly, his memories flood back. Now,...
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Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
1945.
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English
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An ambitious man looks back on his choices in World War I-era England in this #1 New York Times bestseller by the author of Goodbye, Mr. Chips. As a young man, George Boswell knew he had greater prospects ahead than those offered by his native mill town in the north of England. A respected lawyer and civic leader, he possessed the skill and charisma to shine on the national stage. But ambition is not without a cost. When Boswell must choose between...
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English
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"Depicts the career of a gentle schoolteacher at an English public school. Arthur Chipping ("Mr. Chips") is a middle-aged bachelor who falls in love with and marries a young woman whom he has met on a mountaineering vacation. They live happily at Brookfield School until her death, only a few years later. Mr. Chips devotes the rest of his life to educating many generations of boys." --
12) Morning journey
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1951.
Language
English
Description
Portrays the lives of an Irish actress and her husband, an American writer and director.
13) And now good-bye
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Publisher
W. Morrow
Pub. Date
1948.
Language
English
Description
Story of an English nonconformist clergyman on the verge of a breakdown who visits London and for whom life takes on a new meaning.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
1947.
Language
English
Description
"This is the story of two modern people-a young American who, both as a scientist and as a man, faced some of the biggest problems of our times; and the girl who gave him all her heart and brain. When Jane met Dr. Mark Bradley in London she was only eighteen. She and her mother were both attracted by "Brad," and the situation thus engendered proved fateful, since it led to Brad's association with a great Viennese physicist and to his involvement in...
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Criterion collection ; 696
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
A full-throttle espionage thriller, starring Joel McCrea as a green Yank reporter sent to Europe to get the scoop on the imminent war. It's wall-to-wall witty repartee, head-spinning plot twists, and brilliantly mounted suspense set pieces, including an ocean plane crash climax with astonishing special effects.
17) Lost horizon
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Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Fleeing war-torn China, a small planeload of people are hijacked to an idyllic valley in the Himalayas where time has virtually stopped. There Conway, a British diplomat, falls in love with a beautiful woman, and is asked to remain in Shangri-La as its new leader.
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WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2007.
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English
Description
Evacuated from World War II London, a precocious girl and her little brother move to the Welsh countryside; Follows the life of a dedicated English school teacher; an orphan girl brings happiness to a small town; after their father is falsely imprisoned, three children take solace with the characters at their local train station.
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English
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"A shy British school master named Mr. Chipping devotes his life to teaching 'his boys' after the death of his lovely, energetic American wife Katherine. Told via flashbacks, the film features an aged Mr. Chipping looking back nostalgically at his long career, taking note of the people who've touched his life over the years." --
20) Lost horizon
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
In this musical remake of the Frank Capra classic, a group of passengers survives a plane crash in the Himalayas and ends up in the mystical world of Shangri-La, an idyllic oasis where art, culture and the knowledge of the world are treasured.