JoBeth Williams
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
Adrienne Willis is 45 and has been divorced for three years, abandoned by her husband for a younger woman. The trials of raising her teenage children and caring for her sick father have worn her down, but at the request of a friend and in hopes of respite, she's gone to the coastal village of Rodanthe in North Carolina to tend the local inn for the weekend. With a major storm brewing, the time away doesn't look promising...until a guest named Paul...
Publisher
Bayview Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In this hilarious satire of the film festival world, THE LAST FILM FESTIVAL brings Hollywood right into your own town. The late Dennis Hopper stars, in his last film role. There are over 4,000 film festivals around the world. Where would you go if your film was turned down by 3,999 of them?. When an obscure film festival is the last hope for failing producer (Dennis Hopper) and his “disaster” of a movie collide with the homespun innocence of small...
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Video
Pub. Date
1998, c1983
Language
English
Description
Seven college housemates from the 1960s who have drifted apart reunite at the funeral of a friend. Having entered adulthood as non-conformists, most now belong to the establishment. Stunned by the death of their peer, sensing their own mortality and the loss of their innocence, each takes the opportunity to reevaluate his or her life and re-establish their bond.
4) Wyatt Earp
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
A potrayal of the life of Wyatt Earp, from Wichita to the O.K. Corral and beyond.
5) Candida
Author
Language
English
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"Candida" is the story of its title character, a woman who is married to the Reverend Morell. Candida is a woman of many talents and her husband has his wife to thank for much of his success. When a young man by the name of Marchbanks professes his love for Candida, Morell must reexamine his relationship with his wife and ultimately discovers a side to her that he never knew existed. "Candida" is a play written during a time of great empowerment of...
Author
Language
English
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A moving, innovative play based on one of the greatest correspondences in literary history.
From 1947 to 1977, Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop exchanged more than four-hundred letters. Describing the writing of their poems, their travel and daily illnesses, the pyrotechnics of their romantic relationships, and the profound affection they had for each other, these missives are the most intimate record available of both poets and one of the greatest...
Author
Language
English
Description
Dr. Melanie Laidlaw is a scientist developing the first use of ICSI, short for intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Her collaborator, Dr. Felix Frankenthaler, turns out to have his own ideas about how to implement their new procedure. The wild card is Melanie’s new lover, Menachem Dvir, a fellow scientist. This darkly comic menage-a-tois plays out not only in bedrooms and labs, but also in test tubes and under the microscope. A Brave New World indeed!Includes...
10) CrazyLove
Author
Language
English
Description
An institutionalized woman falls in love with a schizophrenic after having a nervous breakdown.
11) Barracuda
Author
Language
English
Description
Merle's life begins to splinter when Sinaloa (Sophie Reid), the half-sister she never knew existed, appears on her doorstep in Texas. Initially distrustful of this enigmatic woman, a bond quickly forms between the two sisters. As Merle (Allison Tolman) allows Sinaloa into her life, Sinaloa reveals a quiet fury to Merle through her music. Sinaloa's fierce attachment places Merle's career aspirations, her relationship to her mother, and even her impending...
12) Little City
Author
Language
English
Description
Best friends Adam, and Kevin have a lot in common. Probably too much! In fact, Kevin is carrying on a torrid affair with Adam's girlfriend, Nina! And if this triangle wasn't crowded enough, the arrival of a seductive newcomer in town, Rebecca, promptly ad