Knightley, Keira 1985-Overview
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Keira Knightley
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Keira Knightley
Pirates of the Caribbean. The curse of the Black Pearl
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13 editions published between 2002 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 2,449 libraries worldwide The roguish yet charming Captain Jack Sparrow's idyllic pirate life capsizes after his nemesis, the wily Captain Barbossa, steals his ship, the Black Pearl, and later attacks the town of Port Royal. Captain Barbossa kidnaps the governor's beautiful daughter, Elizabeth. In a gallant attempt to rescue her and recapture the Black Pearl, Elizabeth's childhood friend Will Turner joins forces with Jack. What Will doesn't know is that a cursed treasure has doomed Barbossa and his crew to live forever as the undead.
Pride & prejudice
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11 editions published between 2006 and 2010 in English and held by 2,341 libraries worldwide Mr. Bennet is an English gentleman living in Hartfordshire with his overbearing wife and 5 daughters. There is the beautiful Jane, the clever Elizabeth, the bookish Mary, the immature Kitty and the wild Lydia. Unfortunately, if Mr. Bennet dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met. The family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages. Life is uneventful until the arrival in the neighbourhood of the rich gentleman Mr. Bingley, who rents a large house so he can spend the summer in the country. Mr Bingley brings with him his sister and the dashing, rich, but proud Mr. Darcy. Love soon buds for one of the Bennet sisters, while another sister may have jumped to a hasty prejudgment. For the Bennet sisters many trials and tribulations stand between them and their happiness.
Pirates of the Caribbean. Dead man's chest
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18 editions published between 2006 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 2,281 libraries worldwide Captain Jack owes a blood debt to the legendary Davy Jones, who captains the ghostly Flying Dutchman. Unless Jack can find a way out, he will be cursed to an afterlife of eternal servitude and damnation.
Atonement
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4 editions published between 2007 and 2008 in English and held by 2,079 libraries worldwide In 1935, thirteen-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis and her family live a life of wealth and privilege in their enormous mansion. On the warmest day of the year, the country estate takes on an unsettling hothouse atmosphere, stoking Briony's vivid imagination. Robbie Turner, the educated son of the family's housekeeper, carries a torch for Briony's headstrong older sister Cecilia. He hopes that Cecilia has comparable feelings. All it will take is one spark for this relationship to combust. When it does, Briony - who has a crush on Robbie, is compelled to interfere. She goes so far as to accuse Robbie of a crime he did not commit. Cecilia and Robbie declare their love for each other, but, ultimately, he is arrested. Briony bears false witness and the course of three lives is changed forever. As Briony grow older, she continues to seek forgiveness for her childhood misdeed. Through a terrible and courageous act of imagination, she finds the path to her uncertain atonement, and to an understanding of the power of enduring love.
Pirates of the Caribbean. At world's end
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6 editions published in 2007 in 3 languages and held by 1,981 libraries worldwide After Elizabeth, Will, and Captain Barbossa rescue Captain Jack Sparrow, who is trapped in Davy Jones' Locker, they must face their foes. Lord Cutler Beckett, now has control of Jones' heart and forms a dark alliance with him in order to rule the seas and wipe out the last of the Pirates. Jack, Barbossa, Will, Elizabeth, and crew must call the Pirate Lords from the four corners of the globe, including the infamous Sao Feng, together. The Pirate Lords want to release the goddess Calypso, Davy Jones's damned lover, from the trap they sent her. The Pirate Lords must combine the 9 pieces that bound her by ritual to undo it and release her in hopes that she will help them fight. All pirates will stand together and make their final stand for freedom against Beckett, Jones, Norrington, the Flying Dutchman, and the entire East India Trading Company.
The duchess
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16 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 1,670 libraries worldwide Based on a true story it is, in its way, a horror story, this portrait of a dazzling young woman at the mercy of the misfortunes of love and the inequalities of the age in which she lived. Married off as an innocent 17-year-old to a much older man, his only interest in the match is her ability to produce a male heir. Installed within the gilded cage of marriage, she discovers he expresses more affection for his dogs than for her. When the first child is female, he takes a mistress and ignores her, until she finds true love--insisting on his lordly right to thwart her. Although she fights hard for her own piece of happiness, eventually, she has to make a choice many, many women will recognize.
Bend it like Beckham
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3 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 1,225 libraries worldwide Eighteen year-old Jesminder's parents want her to be a nice, conventional Indian girl. But she just wants to play soccer like her hero, David Beckham. For Jess, that means kicking a ball around the local park with the lads until she's spotted by Jules, who invites her to join the local women's team.
Bend it like Beckham
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27 editions published between 2002 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 1,205 libraries worldwide Eighteen year-old Jesminder's parents want her to be a nice, conventional Indian girl. But she just wants to play soccer like her hero, David Beckham. For Jess, that means kicking a ball around the local park with the lads until she's spotted by Jules, who invites her to join the local women's team.
Never let me go
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7 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in English and held by 1,137 libraries worldwide Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy are best friends who grow up together at an English boarding school with a chilling secret. When they learn the shocking truth that they are genetically engineered clones raised to be organ donors, they embrace their fleeting chance to live and love.
King Arthur
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17 editions published between 2004 and 2008 in English and German and held by 878 libraries worldwide A reluctant leader, Arthur wishes only to leave Britain and return to the peace and stability of Rome. Before he can, one final mission leads him and his Knights of the Round Table - Lancelot, Galahad, Bors, Tristan, and Gawain - to the conclusion that when Rome is gone, Britain will need a leader to fill the void. Britain needs a king - someone not only to defend against the current threat of invading Saxons, but to lead the isle into the new age. Under the guidance of Merlin, and the beautiful Guinevere by his side, Arthur will have to find the strength to change the course of history.
Princess of thieves
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8 editions published between 2001 and 2010 in English and held by 751 libraries worldwide Tells the tale of Robin Hoods' daughter Gywn, as she helps save her father and Prince Philip. Gywn helps ensure that Richard the Lionhearts' illegitimate son Philip becomes the rightful king of England.
King Arthur
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1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 734 libraries worldwide A reluctant leader, Arthur wishes only to leave Britain and return to the peace and stability of Rome. Before he can, one final mission leads him and his Knights of the Round Table--Lancelot, Galahad, Bors, Tristan, and Gawain--to the conclusion that when Rome is gone, Britain will need a leader to fill the void. Britain needs a king--someone not only to defend against the current threat of invading Saxons, but to lead the isle into the new age. Under the guidance of Merlin, and the beautiful Guinevere by his side, Arthur will have to find the strength to change the course of history.
Domino
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15 editions published between 2005 and 2009 in English and German and held by 683 libraries worldwide Based on the true story of Domino Harvey, who is the daughter of film actor Laurence Harvey. Tired and unsuited to the pretentiousness of her high-society Los Angeles life, Domino leaves the glitz behind her and sets off to become a bounty hunter. She quickly falls under the wing of veteran hunter Ed Mosley and his crew, becoming an unlikely natural in the art of bounty hunting. But things heat up when a gang of masked men begin a series of armored car heists. Before long the mob, a crazed TV producer, the FBI and a terminally ill child have all got caught up in the crazy situation.
Silk
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10 editions published between 2007 and 2008 in English and Italian and held by 621 libraries worldwide Herve Joncour is a married silkworm smuggler in 19th century France. He travels to Japan to collect his clandestine cargo after his original shipment was destroyed. While in Japan, he spots a beautiful Japanese woman who is the concubine of a local baron. He immediately becomes obsessed. Without speaking the same language, they communicate through letters until war intervenes. Their unrequited love persists however, and Herve's wife Helene begins to suspect something is going on with her husband.
The jacket
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7 editions published between 2004 and 2007 in English and German and held by 585 libraries worldwide A Gulf War veteran has returned home with amnesia only to be convicted of a murder he didn't commit. While in an institution for the criminally insane he is put on a heavy course of experimental drugs and restrained in a jacket-like device and locked away in a body drawer of the basement morgue. The process mysteriously transports him to the future where he hopes to make changes that can alter the course of history.
Doctor Zhivago
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11 editions published between 2002 and 2010 in English and held by 563 libraries worldwide Doctor Zhivago is a poet and surgeon. His life unfolds amidst the Russian Revolution, his guilt over his unfaithfulness to his loyal wife and his obsession with Lara, his muse, who, in turn, is victim to the wants of a powerful official.
Oliver Twist
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5 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 547 libraries worldwide Oliver is a penniless orphan at the Parish Workhouse. After he is forced by the other boys to ask for more food, he is sold as an apprentice to a miserly undertaker. He runs away and is taken in by Fagin, a thief who is in league with a murderous pair determined to see that Oliver never inherits the fortune he deserves. Life twists and turns again for Oliver, landing him in alternately dangerous and hopeful circumstances.
The edge of love
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9 editions published between 2008 and 2010 in English and German and held by 522 libraries worldwide When legendary poet Dylan Thomas reconnects with Vera, his teenage sweetheart, a romantic rivalry begins between her and his wife Caitlin. As the woman begin to bond an unusual trio is formed. The threesome live in bliss until Vera's husband, a handsome soldier, returns from fighting in the war and jealousy erupts, threatening the trio's fragile happiness.
Last night
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4 editions published in 2011 in English and held by 228 libraries worldwide A married couple in New York City are apart for the night. Each will be confronted by temptation that may decide the fate of their marriage.
Atonement
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25 editions published between 2007 and 2010 in 6 languages and held by 222 libraries worldwide In 1935, thirteen-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis and her family live a life of wealth and privilege in their enormous mansion. On the warmest day of the year, the country estate takes on an unsettling hothouse atmosphere, stoking Briony's vivid imagination. Robbie Turner, the educated son of the family's housekeeper, carries a torch for Briony's headstrong older sister Cecilia. He hopes that Cecilia has comparable feelings. All it will take is one spark for this relationship to combust. When it does, Briony - who has a crush on Robbie, is compelled to interfere. She goes so far as to accuse Robbie of a crime he did not commit. Cecilia and Robbie declare their love for each other, but, ultimately, he is arrested. Briony bears false witness and the course of three lives is changed forever. As Briony grow older, she continues to seek forgiveness for her childhood misdeed. Through a terrible and courageous act of imagination, she finds the path to her uncertain atonement, and to an understanding of the power of enduring love. more
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Action and adventure films Action and adventure films Adventure and adventurers Arthur,--King Atonement Austen, Jane,--1775-1817 Bennet, Elizabeth (Fictitious character) Caribbean Area Caribbean Sea Comedy films Comedy films Courtship Darcy, Fitzwilliam (Fictitious character) Debt Devonshire, Georgiana Spencer Cavendish,--Duchess of,--1757-1806 Drama England False testimony Feature films Feature films Fiction Fiction films Film adaptations Film sequels Friendship Galahad (Legendary character) Great Britain Historical films History King Arthur's Round Table Lancelot (Legendary character) Manners and customs Man-woman relationships McEwan, Ian Pacific Ocean Pirate films Pirates Ritual Romance films Sailing ships Ship captains Sisters Social classes Social history Triangles (Interpersonal relations) Video recordings--for the hearing impaired War films Women soccer players Women--Social conditions Young women
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Knightley, Kiera 1983-
Knightley, Kiera, 1985-
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German (49) Multiple languages (24) French (21) Undetermined (17) Spanish (10) Italian (7) Russian (6) Turkish (5) Chinese (3) No Linguistic content (2) Hindi (2) Polish (1) Covers
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