Anderson, Gillian 1968-Overview
Publication Timeline
Most widely held works about
Gillian Anderson
more
fewer
Most widely held works by
Gillian Anderson
The last king of Scotland
(
Visual
)
4 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 2,067 libraries worldwide Nick Garrigan has just graduated from medical school in his native Scotland, seeking a change he travels to 1970's era Uganda with the vague but well-intentioned notion of providing aid to the impovershed locals. After aiding newly-appointed dictator Idi Amin in a car collision, Amin asks Nick to serve as his personal physician.
Princess Mononoke
(
Visual
)
8 editions published between 1997 and 2001 in English and Japanese and held by 1,654 libraries worldwide A young warrior searching for a cure for a deadly curse becomes entangled in a battle between a clan of humans and the forest's animal gods.
Bleak House
(
Visual
)
8 editions published between 2006 and 2009 in English and held by 1,124 libraries worldwide Out of an interminable court case spin three young people each searching for their place in the world. Their story moves fast, swirling through an incredible array of characters from passionate young lovers to ruthless lawyers, from an ice-cold aristocratic beauty to a shrewd relentless detective, until the final thrilling climax.
The house of mirth
(
Visual
)
27 editions published between 2000 and 2008 in English and German and held by 1,060 libraries worldwide The story takes place at the opening of a new century, one that held forth all kinds of promises, especially for women. In this post-Victorian Fifth Avenue milieu, Lily Bart, an unmarried woman of 29 with dwindling prospects, needs a husband badly. She lives beyond her means, relying on the grudging charity of her elderly aunt. She is the kind of girl who would make an admirable decoration on some fine gentleman's arm, but there is a liveliness--a knowingness--in her eyes that alarms potential suitors. Lily is unsuccessful in her search for a haven, because she values her emotional and financial independence. To her eternal sorrow, it is other women, the doyennes of high society, who obliquely, ruthlessly, keep that independence forever out of poor Lily's reach.
The X-files I want to believe
(
Visual
)
11 editions published between 1998 and 2008 in English and held by 1,000 libraries worldwide A group of women are mysteriously abducted. The best team for the job is ex-agents Fox Mulder and Dr. Dana Scully, who have no desire to revisit their dark past. Still, the truth of these horrific crimes is out there somewhere.
The X-files
(
Visual
)
47 editions published between 1994 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 896 libraries worldwide When a terrorist bomb destroys a building in Dallas Texas, FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are drawn into a dangerous conspiracy. With the dubious assistance of a pranoid doctor, Mulder and Scully risk their careers and their lives to hunt down a deadly virus which may be exterrestrial in origin -- and could destroy all life on earth.
Tristram Shandy a cock and bull story
(
Visual
)
2 editions published between 2005 and 2006 in English and held by 812 libraries worldwide A rollicking, inventive adaptation of the notoriously unfilmable 18th century British comic novel The life and opinions of Tristam Shandy, gentleman, written by Laurence Sterne. Shandy's warped tales reveal far more than any conventional autobiography.
How to lose friends & alienate people
(
Visual
)
3 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in English and held by 564 libraries worldwide Sidney Young is a gate-crashing British journalist who loves exposing the shallowness of the celebrity world, yet desperately wants to join it. Accepting an offer to write for renowned magazine editor Clayton Harding, Sidney finally gets to rub elbows with A-list celebrities, only to rub them in the wrong way. His fellow writer, Alison, is powerless to stop Sidney when he sets his lustful sites on beautiful starlet Sophie. When Sophie's publicist makes him a tempting offer, Sidney will either conquer the Big Apple or suffer the biggest humiliation of his life.
Squeeze Tooms
(
Visual
)
37 editions published between 1996 and 2008 in English and held by 532 libraries worldwide A special FBI detail investigates paranormal activities. In Squeeze Mulder & Scully search for a killer who collects his victims' livers as trophies. In Tooms Scully & Mulder deal with the same killer, released by the court as a misunderstood victim.
Playing by heart
(
Visual
)
10 editions published between 1998 and 2011 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 400 libraries worldwide Three couples representing different generations come together in unexpected and surprising ways.
The mighty
(
Visual
)
1 edition published in 1998 in English and held by 386 libraries worldwide 13-year-old Kevin (Culkin) moves next door to another teen, Max. Though both have problems that label them as outcasts, they discover that by combining their strengths and uniting as one, they can overcome their individual limitations and triumph over any adversity!
The X-files. The complete third season
(
Visual
)
7 editions published between 2000 and 2008 in English and held by 376 libraries worldwide As the third season begins, Mulder is missing and assumed dead. Scully experiences a vision in which he is still alive. Yet even as the partners are reunited, each must deal with additional personal loss, tragedies that ultimately serve to strengthen their connection to each other. They soon find themselves depending on that strength as familiar foes resurface and preconceived notions are shattered.
Any human heart
(
Visual
)
1 edition published in 2011 in English and held by 348 libraries worldwide Every life is ordinary and extraordinary. Logan Mountstuart's is a rich tapestry of both. Experience Logan at different points in his life in this provocative glimpse at one man's quest for glory and bliss. Any Human Heart is the story of a full life, lived with passion; expansive, rich, unsentimental, comic, and profoundly moving.
The X-files fight the future
(
Visual
)
10 editions published between 1998 and 2008 in English and held by 322 libraries worldwide When a terrorist bomb destroys a building in Dallas, FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are drawn into another dangerous conspiracy, this time with the assistance of a paranoid doctor. Together, they risk their careers and their lives to hunt down a deadly virus which may be exterrestrial in origin -- and could destroy all life on earth.
The X-files. The complete first season
(
Visual
)
5 editions published between 2000 and 2005 in English and held by 297 libraries worldwide Two FBI agents, Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, join forces to solve cases the FBI has labeled X-files. Both are determined to uncover the hidden truths--one searching for otherwordly answers, the other for more earthbound scientific explanations. Together they will make discoveries neither could have ever imagined.
The X-files. The complete fourth season
(
Visual
)
5 editions published between 2001 and 2007 in English and held by 294 libraries worldwide "A young F.B.I. agent is assigned watchdog duty over a fellow agent, but finds herself drawn into his investigations of paranormal and unexplained phenomena."
The X-files. The complete second season
(
Visual
)
6 editions published between 2005 and 2007 in English and held by 280 libraries worldwide As the second season begins, the X-files have been shut down and Mulder and Scully are separated. Scully finds herself teaching classes at the FBI Academy, while Mulder is assigned to surveillance duty. With Agent Alex Krycek as his new partner, and the mysterious X as his new source of information, Mulder struggles to keep his search for the truth alive. But ironically it is Scully who experiences with the close encounter Mulder has longed for, taking a journey that will ultimately bring the two agents back together and forging a bond that will make them closer than ever before.
The X-Files Conduit/Ice
(
Visual
)
3 editions published in 1996 in English and held by 270 libraries worldwide In Conduit, a teenage girl is abducted by a mysterious force. Mulder suspects alien involvement after he learns the missing girl's mother claims to have seen a UFO as a child. In Ice, a group of scientists in the Arctic all die in a grisly murder-suicide, explained only by their mysterious warning, "We are not who we are."
The X-files. The complete ninth season
(
Visual
)
3 editions published between 2004 and 2006 in English and held by 262 libraries worldwide Two FBI agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic investigate the strange and unexplained while hidden forces work to impede their efforts. Contains the entire final season with bonus commentary and extra features.
The X files. The complete seventh season
(
Visual
)
7 editions published between 2003 and 2007 in English and held by 261 libraries worldwide "FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) investigate the unsolved and often unexplainable cases of the X-files."--Container. more
fewer
Audience Level
 Related Identities
Associated Subjects
Action and adventure films Amin, Idi,--1925-2003 Animated films Biographical films Comedy films Dickens, Charles,--1812-1870 Dictators Drama Ecology England Fantasy films Feature films Feature films Fiction television programs Film adaptations Film adaptations Films for the hearing impaired Foden, Giles,--1967- Friendship Genocide Gods Historical films History Human-alien encounters Inheritance and succession Japan Kidnapping Magic Man-woman relationships Mulder, Fox (Fictitious character) Orphans Parapsychology Physician and patient Political science Princes Princesses Science fiction films Science fiction films Science fiction television programs Science fiction television programs Scully, Dana (Fictitious character) Spirits Supernatural Television mini-series Television programs Thrillers (Motion pictures) Uganda United States United States.--Federal Bureau of Investigation Video recordings--for the hearing impaired
|
Languages
English
(832)
French (112) Multiple languages (57) Spanish (45) Undetermined (16) No Linguistic content (12) German (11) Japanese (5) Chinese (1) Turkish (1) Swedish (1) Covers
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
