Aris, Jonathan 1971-

Bright star ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2010 in English and held by 1,354 libraries worldwide
Nineteenth century poet John Keats and the girl next door, Fanny Brawne, started out as unlikely lovers who were totally at odds with each other. However, when Brawne offers to help Keats nurse his seriously ill brother, the two soon became involved in an unstoppable romance that only his untimely death at age 25 could bring to a shattering end.

The thousand autumns of Jacob De Zoet by David Mitchell ( Recording )
12 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in English and held by 981 libraries worldwide
In 1799, the artificial island of Dejima lies in Nagasaki Harbor as Japan's outpost for the Dutch East Indies Company. There, Jacob de Zoet has come to make a fortune large enough to return to Holland and marry the woman he loves.

Topsy-turvy ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2011 in English and held by 255 libraries worldwide
Brings the world of Gilbert and Sullivan to life as a dramatization of the staging of the duo's legendary 1885 comic opera, The Mikado. The world-famous Victorian librettist and composer, along with their troupe of temperamental actors, must battle personal and professional demons while mounting this major production becomes an epic about the harsh realities of creative expression.

The various flavours of coffee by Anthony Capella ( Recording )
5 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 140 libraries worldwide
In 1895, Robert Wallis, a would-be poet, accepts a commission from coffee merchant Samuel Pinker to categorize the different tastes of coffee and encounters Pinker's daughters. Romance blossoms with Emily, but Robert is sent to Abyssinia to make his fortune in the coffee trade. While there, he becomes obssessed with Fikre, a slave girl, and decides to use the money he has saved to buy her from her owner--a decision that will change not only his life, but the lives of the three Pinker sisters.

Whoops! why everyone owes everyone and no one can pay by John Lanchester ( Recording )
2 editions published in 2010 in English and held by 116 libraries worldwide
John Lanchester travels with a cast of characters - including reckless banksters, snoozing regulators, complacent politicians, predatory lenders, credit-drunk spendthrifts, and innocent bystanders to understand deeply and genuinely what is happening with the credit crunch and why we feel the way we do.

The thousand autumns of Jacob De Zoet by David Mitchell ( Recording )
1 edition published in 2010 in English and held by 6 libraries worldwide
1799, Dejima in Nagasaki Harbor. Jacob de Zoet, a devout and resourceful young clerk, has a chance encounter with Orito Aibagawa, the disfigured daughter of a samurai doctor and midwife to the city's powerful magistrate. The borders between propriety, profit, and pleasure blur until Jacob finds his vision clouded, one rash promise made and then fatefully broken--the consequences of which will extend beyond Jacob's worst imaginings.

The collaborator by Gerald Seymour ( Recording )
2 editions published in 2009 in Undetermined and English, Middle and held by 3 libraries worldwide
The prime reason Immacolata Borelli came to Britain was to look after her gangster brother, wanted for multiple murders back home in Naples. When Immacolata phones from London and tells Mario Castrolami, a senior Carabinieri investigator, she is prepared to collaborate with justice - she sets in motion a terrifying and unpredictable series of events.

BIRTHDAY GIRL ( Book )
1 edition published in 2001 in German and held by 2 libraries worldwide
Der Bankangestellte John ist von Haus aus schüchtern und deshalb immer noch solo. So versucht er schließlich übers Internet, eine Partnerin zu finden. Da dort die hübschen Frauen hauptsächlich aus Osteuropa kommen, versucht es John schließlich mit der Russin Nadja. Als er sie am Flughafen abholt, merkt er schnell, dass sie offenbar kein Wort Englisch spricht. Doch er ist bald von ihren Reizen gefangen. Dann tauchen eines Tages unvermittelt ihre russischen "Cousins" auf, denn Nadja hat angeblich Geburtstag. Von nun an wird die Sache kompliziert und John merkt zu spät, dass es das russische Trio Infernale nur auf das Geld seiner Bank abgesehen hat... In dieser gelungenen Mischung aus Beziehungskomödie und Bankräuber-Krimi brillieren besonders die Darsteller, allen voran Nicole Kidman in der Titelrolle. Was als sensible Love-Story beginnt wird unvermittelt zur Räuberpistole, bei der der Humor nicht zu kurz kommt.

Pilot vs plane ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2011 in English and held by 1 library worldwide
"After colossal investment, the Airbus A320 crashed on its maiden publicity flight in 1988. Was it the fault of the pilot or the plane? "--National Geographic Channel website.

Who's in control ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2011 in English and held by 1 library worldwide
"On 25 February 2009, a Turkish Airlines jet crashed during landing at Schiphol Airport, killing nine people. What caused the plane to crash?"--National Geographic Channel website.