P. D James
Author
Series
Adam Dalgliesh mystery volume 1, 2
Publisher
Mystery Guild
Pub. Date
[2009?]
Language
English
Description
Cover her face: A beautiful, scheming young girl comes to Mrs. Maxie's house to help look after her invalid husband. When a murder upsets the peaceful country household, Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh is called in from Scotland Yard. A mind to murder : Attempts by Scotland Yard's Adam Dalgliesh to find a murderer are complicated when psychiatrists at the fashionable Steen Clinic decide to play detective. An unsuitable job for a woman : Left alone by...
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
On the day she turned seventy-seven, internationally acclaimed mystery writer P. D. James embarked on an endeavor unlike any other in her distinguished career: she decided to write a personal memoir in the form of a diary. Over the course of a year she set down not only the events and impressions of her extraordinarily active life, but also the memories, joys, discoveries, and crises of a lifetime. This enchantingly original volume is the result.
24) Hijos de hombres
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House Audio
Pub. Date
2021
Language
Español
Description
UN CLÁSICO IMPRESCINDIBLE, VIGENTE Y NECESARIO
UNA DISTOPÍA INQUIETANTE Y REVELADORA
«Extraordinaria, desafiante, aterradora»
The New York Times
Estamos en 2021. Hace veinticinco años que no nace un solo niño en el planeta tierra. La raza humana se enfrenta a su extinción.
Bajo el despótico mandato de Xan Lyppiat, el Guardián de Inglaterra, los viejos viven
...26) Children of men
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
London, 2027. Humanity has become infertile and no child has been born for 18 years. Science is at loss to explain the reason. Immigration is a crime and refugees are caged like animals. African and East European societies have collapsed and their dwindling populations are migrating toward England and other wealthy nations. Torn apart by nuclear fallout, rampant terrorism and political rebellion. In this climate of nationalistic violence, a London...
Publisher
[Acorn Media]
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Contains violence, strong language, sexual situations, and brief nudity"--
"Based on PD James's global bestsellers, this riveting mystery series stars Bertie Carvel ... as enigmatic Inspector Adam Dalgliesh. A recent widower and acclaimed poet, Dalgliesh is a cerebral, reserved man but possessed of exceptional empathy and insight. As he investigates complex crimes in 1970s England, he plumbs the darker depths of the human psyche in his pursuit of...
34) Children of men
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
London, 2027. It's been eighteen years since baby Diego was born and now he is dead. As humankind faces extinction, a disillusioned Theo becomes an unlikely champion when he is asked by his former lover to escort a young pregnant woman out of the country as quickly as possible. In a race against time, Theo will risk everything to deliver the miracle the whole world has been waiting for.