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121) Fences
Author
Series
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
This drama takes you into the world of Troy Maxson, former baseball player with the Negro leagues. Troy is now a garbage man who feels his life has been hemmed in by others, but as the story unfolds he is forced to confront his role in the building of his life's fences.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2000, ©1999
Language
English
Description
"Almost without exception, the teen years are a tumultuous time for girls and their mothers. But don't despair, say the authors of this lively, compassionate, and reassuring book. Strong feelings and conflict, if approached correctly, can actually lead to a deeper mutual understanding and a more satisfying relationship. Combining the expertise of a clinical psychologist with the unique perspective of a magazine editor for teens, "I'm Not Mad, I Just...
123) Heritage Falls
Publisher
Monarch Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A successful high school basketball coach brings his son and grandson on a weekend vacation in a rustic mountain cabin in an attempt to mend their strained relationship.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2007, ©2005
Language
English
Description
Twenty-eight-year-old protagonist Tommy Lee Tyson steps off the Greyhound bus in his hometown of Swamp Creek, Arkansas, a place he left when he was eighteen, vowing never to return. Yet fate and a Ph.D. in black studies force him back to his rural origins as he seeks to understand himself and the black community that produced him.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sink or swim. Or at least that's what Annette Feldman tells herself when she books a cruise for her entire family. It's been over a decade since the Feldman clan has spent more than twenty-four hours under the same roof, but Annette is determined to celebrate her seventieth birthday the right way. Just this once, they are going to behave like an actual family. Too bad her kids didn't get the memo. Between the troublesome family secrets, old sibling...
127) Tokyo story
Series
Criterion collection volume 217
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
日本語
Description
A self-centered couple is inconvenienced by a parental visit. When the mother falls ill, her children hasten to be with her.
128) The dewpoint show
Author
Publisher
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Leonard likes to observe the world around him. But a special friendships with Vivian, the old lady next door, teaches him that living is not just something you simply watch ... it's something you do
129) Coleman Hill
Author
Publisher
SJP LIT, a Zando Imprint
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In 1916, during the early days of the Great Migration, Celia Coleman and Lucy Grimes flee the racism and poverty of their homes in the post-Civil War South for the "Promised Land" of Vauxhall, New Jersey. But the North possesses its own challenges and bigotries that will shape the fates of the women and their families over the next seventy years. Told through the voices of nine family members--their perspectives at once harmonious and contradictory--Coleman...
130) Devil's playground
Publisher
[Wellspring Media]
Pub. Date
[©2002]
Language
English
Description
Looks at the Pennsylvania Dutch tradition of rumspringa which is a period in a teenager's life during which they are set free to explore the world outside the Amish life so that they can make an informed decision before they make a commitment to join the church at adulthood. This documentary follows four teenagers in their time of discovery.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Larissa is a stubborn, brutally honest woman in her eighties, tired of her home in Kiev, Ukraine, tired of everything in life, really, except for her beloved granddaughter, Natasha. Natasha is tired as well, but that's because she has just had a baby, and she's struggling to balance her roles as a new mother, a wife, an actress (or she used to be, anyway), and a host to her husband's greasy-haired, useless best friend, Stas, who has been staying...
133) Hitler's children
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Hitler had no children, but what about Goering, Himmler and Frank? Hitler's children introduces us to the descendants of these infamous men. Niklas Frank, son of Hans Frank and godson of Hitler, has spent his adult life vehemently speaking out against his father and the Nazi regime. And Bettina Goering, grand-niece of Hitler's second in command, Hermann Goering, lives in voluntary exile in Santa Fe. These, and many others, discuss how they have coped...
135) Gun from the outside
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Dan Wade left Big Bill Krask's Double K Ranch because there was little chance for advancement when everything Big Bill did was to benefit his son and heir, Little Bill. Then a letter comes to Wade in Abilene from Marshal William Krask, asking him to come back and help out. Wade returns to find that much has changed: The marshal is not Big Bill, but his son Little Bill. And the great enemy to law and order is Big Bill and his gang of hardcases
136) The shell seekers
Series
Hallmark hall of fame volume 12
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002], ©1989
Language
English
Description
With three grown children and a lifetime of memories, Penelope Keeling realizes that something is missing: the simple joy she knew as a child playing on the beach. So she embarks on a journey to discover the secret of happiness for her friends, her family and herself.
Author
Publisher
Europe Comics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Three old geezers, activists, and lifelong friends reunite at the funeral of the wife of one of them, Antoine, who finds out about a long ago liaison between his dearly departed and the reviled billionaire who owns the factory they all worked in. Livid, Antoine jumps in his car and heads for Italy with revenge on his mind, his two buddies and his pregnant granddaughter following close behind. A chance to reminisce about the past, to fantasize about...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"She's a Capulet. He's a Montague. But when Romeo and Juliet first meet, they don't know they're from rival families-- and when they find out, they don't care. Their love is honest and raw and allconsuming. But it's also dangerous. How much will they have to sacrifice before they can be together? In a masterful adaptation faithful to Shakespeare's original text, Gareth Hinds transports readers to the sun-washed streets and market squares of Shakespeare's...
139) Romeo and Juliet
Author
Series
Publisher
Udon Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Romeo and Juliet is the classic tragedy of western literature. Created by William Shakespeare, it is tale of two very young lovers from Verona, Italy who defy the wishes of their feuding families, get married then, and tragically, end their own lives in the name of love. It is their deaths that ultimately help the rival families of the Capulet's and Montague's find reconciliation. Manga Classics brings an incredible new reading experience with this...
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