Koreja 30-ih godina 20. stoljeća, tijekom japanske kolonizacije. Priča prati bivšeg osuđenika koji planira prevariti bogatu Japanku kako bi se domogao njezinog nasljedstva, koristeći siromašnu djevojku kao sluškinju da bi mu pomogla u izvršenju plana. Sluškinja se brzo pretvara u složeni triler prožet erotikom, gdje se granice između obmane, strasti i osvete neprimjetno prepliću.
Godine 1923. naočiti legionar Rick O'Connell i njegov dvolični pratilac Beni usred bitke naiđu na skrivene ruševine Hamunaptre. 3000 godina nakon što je Imhotep doživio sudbinu goru od smrti mumificiran je te je njegovo tijelo ostalo nemrtvo cijelu vječnost za kaznu zbog zabranjene ljubavi. Nekoliko godina poslije, dok O'Connell čami u zatvoru očekujući gotovo sigurno smaknuće, otkrije da se zahvaljujući svom znanju o točnoj lokaciji Hamunaptre može nagoditi za svoj život. Mitsko blago zakopano pod pijeskom Hamunaptre postalo je opsesija lovaca na blago i arheologa, a O'Connell se nađe u neobičnom savezu s prekrasnom, no nespretnom, egiptologinjom Evelyn i njezinim beskorisnim bratom Jonathanom. Trojac krene iz Kaira na putovanje koje će ih odvesti niz Nil, preko varljiva prostranstva Sahare, do susreta sa zlokobnom silom koja posjeduje moć kakvu nisu mogli ni zamisliti.
Tri sveučilišna parapsihologa izgube istraživačku stipendiju i odlučuju pokrenuti vlastiti posao, „Istjerivače duhova“, te ih gotovo odmah pozovu da istraže čudna događanja u stanu u Central Park Westu.
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Dean Corso (J. Depp) stručnjak je za stare i rijetke knjige i iznimno spretan trgovac čiji se poslovi mjere u stotinama tisuća dolara. Nakon svog posljednjeg poslovnog uspjeha angažira ga multimilijunaš i strastveni bibliofil Boris Balkan (F. Langella) za dosad najneobičniji zadatak u karijeri. Balkan, naime, traga za rijetkim rukopisom iz 1666. godine o kojemu kruži legenda da ga je napisao sam Sotona. Vjeruje se da postoje samo tri otiska rukopisa, a jedan je već kod Balkana: prodao mu ga je bivši vlasnik koji se nedavno objesio. Balkan želi i ostala dva. Dean, koji se upravo sprema na put u Europu, posjeti vlasnikovu udovicu Lianu (L. Olin) koja ga uvjeri da njezin suprug nikad nije imao namjeru prodati knjigu...
Tajanstveni Charles Oakley (J. Cotten), kojeg prate dvojica muškaraca, odluči se skloniti na sigurno, te iz Philadelphije otputuje u maleni kalifornijski gradić Santa Rosa, u kojem živi njegova sestra Emma Newton (P. Collinge) sa svojom obitelji. Newtoni su tipična američka obitelj: Emmin suprug Joseph (H. Travers) bankovni je činovnik, Emma je kućanica, a njihovo troje djece muče problemi tipični za njihovu dob, malene Rogera (C. Bates) i Ann (E. M. Wonacott) dječji, a adolescentica Charlie (T. Wright) sve je nezadovoljnija običnim obiteljskim životom. Dolazak ujaka Chalireja razveselit će isprva sve njih, pogotovo Charlie, koja je po njemu i dobila ime. Ipak, upravo će Charlie nakon nekog vremena početi sumnjati u karakter svoga omiljenog ujaka. Naime, ujak Charlie očito skriva neku mračnu tajnu pa izbjegava fotografiranje, a iz novina trga stranice koje obitelj ne bi smjela vidjeti.
A group of librarians set off on adventures in an effort to save mysterious, ancient artifacts. Based on the series of "The Librarian" movies.
Kyotaro Kakei has always had an affinity towards books in hopes to find answers to his life. With a mentor's promise, he continues to search for a book with his absolute hope. However, this changes when he receives a foretelling message saying that "Today, something will happen that will change your fate. --From the Shepherd." Due to this premonition, his normal school life at Shiomoi Academy becomes entangled due to the optimistic Tsugumi Shirasaki and the Shimoi Happy Project.
A gifted writer who's the youngest editor-in-chief ever at his publishing company gets enmeshed in the life of a former copywriter desperate for a job.
Nino is a 300-year-old boy who lives with his uncle, Dr. Victor, a sorcerer and scientist, and his great-aunt Morgana, a 6,000-year-old witch. The three of them live in a castle in the middle of the city of São Paulo. Apprentice sorcerer, Nino has never attended a school, because of the unusual age of 300 years. His parents left him living with Victor and Morgan, because they needed to travel on an expedition into outer space, taking their two younger brothers. In spite of having animal and supernatural friends in the Castle, Nino, feeling lack of friends like him, decides to do a spell he learned with his Uncle Victor, and ended up bringing to the Castle, three children who had just left school. Free of loneliness, Nino receives the visit of the three daily.
A US property developer realises that he has a battle on his hands when he tries to renovate a London building containing a vast photographic collection and discovers that the library employees will resort to anything to thwart him.
Tomes & Talismans is a 1986 educational television series produced by Mississippi Public Broadcasting, consisting of thirteen 20-minute episodes presented as a dramatic serial story. Each episode defines, illustrates, and reviews specific library research concepts.
The eclectic staff and patrons in the underfunded Jameson branch of the Metropolitan Public Library deal with the community and each other’s eccentricities.
Explore Carl Gustav Jung's private collection of rare books. Uncover the secrets of alchemy and psychology. Fathom the knowledge of the transmutation of the soul, Jung's excerpts, the hidden story behind the Red Book, Septem sermones and Gnostic wisdom, Aurora consurgens, the Secret of the Golden Flower, the Individuation process, Synchronicity and archetypes, Goethe - the alchemist and Paracelsus. The project has been realized in association with the Foundation of the Works of C. G. Jung. Filmed at paradigmatic locations like the House of C. G. Jung in Zurich, Eranos and other mystic places in Switzerland.
Pushpavalli was supposed to finish her Food Science degree and marry a Brahmin man that her mother approved of. All that changed after meeting the charming Nikhil Rao. After secretly following him to Bangalore, she juggles working at a children’s library, dealing with her unpredictable landlady, all the while trying to convince herself that it’s not stalking if you know the person, right?
A librarian at the National Library in Stockholm gets access to extremely valuable and rare books. He steals and sell a large number of these to a book curator in Amsterdam.
