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Toad / by Dunn, Katherine,1945-2016,author.; Crabapple, Molly,writer of introduction.;
Includes bibliographical references."Sally Gunnar has withdrawn from the world. She spends her days alone at home, reading drugstore mysteries, polishing the doorknobs, waxing the floors. Her only companions are a vase of godfish, a garden toad, and the door-to-door salesman who sells her cleaning suplies once a month. She broods over her deepest regrets: her blighted romances with self-important men, her lifelong struggle to feel at home in her body, and her wayward early twenties, when she was a fish out of water among a group of eccentric, privileged young people at a liberal arts college. There was Sam, an unabashed collector of other people's stories; Carlotta, a troubled free spirit; and Rennel, a self-obsessed philosophy student. Self-deprecating and sardonic, Sally recounts their misadventures, up to the tragedy that tore them apart. Colorful, crass, and profound, Toad is Katherine Dunn's ode to her time as a student at Reed College, filled with the same keen observations, taboo-shirking verve, and singular characters that made Geek Love a cult classic. Daring and bizarre, Toad is a brilliant precursor to the book that would make Dunn a misfit hero -- even fifty-some years after it was written, it's a refreshing take on the lives of young outsiders treading the delicate lines between isolation and freedom, love and insanity, hatred and friendship"--
Subjects: Novels.; Friendship; Regret; Young adults;
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The souvenir [videorecording] / by Ayoade, Richard,1977-actor.; Burke, Tom,1981-actor.; Hogg, Joanna,film director,film producer,screenwriter.; Schiller, Luke,film producer.; Swinton, Tilda,actor.; Byrne, Honor Swinton,actor.; Lions Gate Home Entertainment,publisher.;
Tilda Swinton, Tom Burke, Honor Swinton Byrne, Richard Ayoade, Tosin Cole, Jack McMullen.A shy but ambitious film student begins to find her voice as an artist while navigating a turbulent courtship with a charismatic but untrustworthy man. She defies her protective mother and concerned friends as she slips deeper and deeper into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship that comes dangerously close to destroying her dreams.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for some sexuality, graphic nudity, drug material and language.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Romance films.; Man-woman relationships; Mothers and daughters;
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Spider-Man [videorecording] / by Acheson, James.; Bryce, Ian.; Burgess, Don.; Coburn, Arthur.; Dafoe, Willem.; Dunst, Kirsten,1982-; Dykstra, John,1947-; Elfman, Danny.; Franco, James,1978-; Harris, Rosemary,1930-; Koepp, David.; Lee, Stan.Amazing Spider-Man.Videorecording.; Maguire, Tobey,1975-; Murawski, Bob,1964-; Raimi, Sam.; Robertson, Cliff.; Spisak, Neil.; Ziskin, Laura.; Columbia Pictures.; Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm); Marvel Enterprises.;
Director of photography, Don Burgess ; editors, Bob Murawski, Arthur Coburn ; music, Danny Elfman ; production designer, Neil Spisak ; costume designer, James Acheson ; visual effects designer, John Dykstra.Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, Rosemary Harris.After being bitten by a radioactive spider on a school field trip, Peter Parker finds himself gaining spider-like qualities. Adopting the name Spider-Man, Peter first uses his new skills to make money, but when the Green Goblin, another altered super-human, kills Peter's uncle, he swears to use his "spider-skills" to fight evil. Along the way he has to juggle a new job as a local reporter, and a budding romance with a beautiful former-classmate, MJ.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Fantasy films.; Feature films.; Spider-Man (Fictitious character); Superhero films.; Superheroes; Supervillains; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2002., Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment,
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Rafiki [videorecording] / by Amira, Patricia,actor.; Bass, Jenna,screenwriter.; Dedieu, Isabelle,editor of moving image work.; Gathecha, Muthoni,actor.; Gathu, Jimmy,actor.; Kahiu, Wanuri,screenwriter,film director.; Markovitz, Steven,film producer.; Mugatsia, Samantha,actor.; Munyiva, Sheila,actor.; Wessels, Christopher,1976-director of photography.; based on (work):Arac de Nyeko, Monica.Jambula tree.; AfroBubbleGum (Firm),production company.; Ape & Bjørn (Firm),production company.; Big World Cinema (Firm),production company.; Film Movement (Firm),issuing body.; MPM Film (Firm),production company.; Razor Filmproduktion (Firm),production company.; Rinkel Film,production company.; Schortcut Films,production company.; Tango Entertainment (Firm),production company.;
Editor, Isabelle Dedieu ; director of photography, Christopher Wessels.Samantha Mugatsia, Sheila Munyiva, Neville Misati, Patricia Amira, Muthoni Gathecha, Jimmy Gathu.Kena and Ziki long for something more. Despite the political rivalry between their families, the girls resist and remain close friends, supporting each other to pursue their dreams in a conservative society. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety. Inspried by Monica Arac de Nyeko's "Jambula Tree", which chronicles a story of two girls in love in Uganda, "Rafiki" challenges deep rooted cynicism about same sex relationships among actors, crew, friends, and family in Kenya.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Romance films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Female friendship; Lesbians; Teenage girls;
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Sense & sensibility [videorecording] / by Alexander, John,television director.; Austen, Jane,1775-1817.Sense and sensibility.; Bonneville, Hugh,actor.; Cooper, Dominic,1978-actor.; Davies, Andrew,1936-screenwriter.; Edmondson, Adrian,1957-actor.; Hiddleston, Tom,actor.; Hughes, Gwyneth,screenwriter.; Huston, Jack,1982-actor.; Laurenson, Jamie,television producer,actor.; Law, Phyllida,1932-actor.; Lovering, Jeremy,actor.; McTeer, Janet,actor.; Morahan, Hattie,1978-actor.; Morrissey, David,actor.; Pivcevic, Anne,television producer.; Poots, Imogen,1989-actor.; Scacchi, Greta,actor.; Skinner, Claire,actor.; Stevens, Dan,1982-actor.; Wakefield, Charity,1981-actor.; Williams, Mark,1959-actor.; Williams, Olivia,1968-actor.; 2 Entertain Video (Firm),production company.; BBC Video (Firm),production company.; BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc,production company.; British Broadcasting Corporation.Television Service,production company.; Warner Home Video (Firm),distributor.; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.),production company.;
Miss Austen regrets: music, Jennie Muskett ; editor, Luke Dunkley ; director of photography, David Katznelson.Sense & sensibility: music, Martin Phipps ; editor, Roy Sharman ; director of photography, Sean Bobbitt.Miss Austen regrets: Olivia Williams, Imogen Poots, Hugh Bonneville, Phyllida Law, Jack Huston, Adrian Edmondson, Tom Hiddleston, Greta Scacchi.Sense & sensibility: David Morrissey, Janet McTeer, Hattie Morahan, Charity Wakefield, Dan Stevens, Dominic Cooper, Mark Williams, Claire Skinner.Originally broadcast in 2008.Miss Austen regrets: Approaching her fortieth birthday, Jane Austen appears happily unmarried. When asked by her young niece Fanny to help her vet potential husbands, Jane's confident composure is threatened as she finds herself looking back on her own potential suitors and the choices she has made. Based on the life and letters of Jane Austen.Sense and sensibility: Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve when she falls in love with the charming but unsuitable John Willoughby, ignoring her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behavior leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Elinor, sensitive to social convention, struggles to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Will the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love?PG.DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9 enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo., DVD9, NTSC.
Subjects: Biographical television programs.; Historical television programs.; Made-for-TV movies.; Romance television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Austen, Jane, 1775-1817; Authors; Inheritance and succession; Man-woman relationships; Sisters; Social classes; Young women;
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How to End a Love Story A Novel [electronic resource] : by Kuang, Yulin.aut; cloudLibrary;
“Emotional, relatable and binge-worthy." –Tessa Bailey “I’ll read anything she writes. An absolute star." –Emily Henry “I was hooked on the very first page. Don't miss this one!" — Carley Fortune Two writers with a complicated history end up working on the same TV show... Can they write themselves a new ending? A sexy and emotional enemies-to-lovers romance guaranteed to pull on your heartstrings and give you a book hangover from brilliant new voice Yulin Kuang Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by Entertainment Weekly · Today.com · Paste · Daily Waffle ·The Nerd Daily and more! Helen Zhang hasn’t seen Grant Shepard once in the thirteen years since the tragic accident that bound their lives together forever. Now a bestselling author, Helen pours everything into her career. She’s even scored a coveted spot in the writers’ room of the TV adaptation of her popular young adult novels, and if she can hide her imposter syndrome and overcome her writer’s block, surely the rest of her life will fall into place too. LA is the fresh start she needs. After all, no one knows her there. Except… Grant has done everything in his power to move on from the past, including building a life across the country. And while the panic attacks have never quite gone away, he’s well liked around town as a screenwriter. He knows he shouldn’t have taken the job on Helen’s show, but it will open doors to developing his own projects that he just can’t pass up. Grant’s exactly as Helen remembers him—charming, funny, popular, and lovable in ways that she’s never been. And Helen’s exactly as Grant remembers too—brilliant, beautiful, closed off. But working together is messy, and electrifying, and Helen’s parents, who have never forgiven Grant, have no idea he’s in the picture at all. When secrets come to light, they must reckon with the fact that theirs was never meant to be any kind of love story. And yet… the key to making peace with their past—and themselves—might just lie in holding on to each other in the present.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Contemporary; Romantic Comedy; Asian American; Contemporary Women; Multicultural & Interracial;
© 2024., HarperCollins,
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Lucky A novel [electronic resource] : by Smiley, Jane.aut; cloudLibrary;
From the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize–winning writer, a soaring, soulful novel about a folk musician who rises to fame across our changing times Before Jodie Rattler became a star, she was a girl growing up in St. Louis. One day in 1955, when she was just six years old, her uncle Drew took her to the racetrack, where she got lucky—and that roll of two-dollar bills she won has never since left her side. Jodie thrived in the warmth of her extended family, and then—through a combination of hard work and serendipity—she started a singing career, which catapulted her from St. Louis to New York City, from the English countryside to the tropical beaches of St. Thomas, from Cleveland to Los Angeles, and back again. Jodie comes of age in recording studios, backstage, and on tour, and she tries to hold her own in the wake of Janis Joplin, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, and Joni Mitchell. Yet it feels like something is missing. Could it be true love? Or is that not actually what Jodie is looking for? Full of atmosphere, shot through with longing and exuberance, romance and rock 'n' roll, Lucky is a story of chance and grit and the glitter of real talent, a colorful portrait of one woman's journey in search of herself.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Literary; Psychological;
© 2024., Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group,
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Love at First Book [electronic resource] : by McKinlay, Jenn.aut; cloudLibrary;
When a librarian moves to a quaint Irish village where her favorite novelist lives, the last thing she expects is to fall for the author’s prickly son… until their story becomes one for the books, from the New York Times bestselling author of Summer Reading. Emily Allen, a librarian on Martha’s Vineyard, has always dreamed of a life of travel and adventure. So when her favorite author, Siobhan Riordan, offers her a job in the Emerald Isle, Emily jumps at the opportunity. After all, Siobhan’s novels got Em through some of the darkest days of her existence. Helping Siobhan write the final book in her acclaimed series—after a ten-year hiatus due to a scorching case of writer’s block—is a dream come true for Emily. If only she didn’t have to deal with Siobhan’s son, Kieran Murphy. He manages Siobhan’s bookstore, and the grouchy bookworm clearly doesn’t want Em around. Emily persists, and spending her days bantering with the annoyingly handsome mercurial Irishman only makes her fall more deeply in love with the new life she’s built – and for the man who seems to soften toward her with every quip she throws at him. But when she discovers the reason for Kieran's initial resistance, Em finds herself torn between helping Siobhan find closure with her series and her now undeniable feelings for Kier. As Siobhan's novel progresses, Emily will have to decide if she’s truly ready to turn a new page and figure out what lies in the next chapter.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Contemporary; Romantic Comedy; Contemporary Women;
© 2024., Penguin Publishing Group,
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The good house [videorecording] / by Baccarin, Morena,actor.; Bezucha, Thomas,screenwriter.; Delaney, Rob,1977-actor.; Forbes, Maya,film director,screenwriter.; Kline, Kevin,actor.; Rosenthal, Jane,1956-film producer.; Ryder, Aaron,film producer.; Weaver, Sigourney,1949-actor.; Welsh, Berry,film producer.; Wolodarsky, Wallace,film director,screenwriter.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Leary, Ann.Good house.; Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.),publisher.;
Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Kline, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, David Rasche, Rebecca Henderson, Kathryn Erbe, Beverly D'angelo, Paul Guilfoyle.Sigourney Weaver stars in this multilayered, wickedly funny portrait of a realtor whose revived romance with a high school flame (Kevin Kline) digs up her troubled past.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Romantic comedy films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Man-woman relationships; Real estate agents;
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The golden girls. [videorecording] / by Diamond, Matthew.; Getty, Estelle.; Hughes, Terry.; Arthur, Beatrice.; White, Betty,1922-; McClanahan, Rue.; Edelman, Herb,1933-1996.; Tipton, George Aliceson.; Harris, Susan.; ABC Studios.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm);
Art director, Michael Hynes ; editors, Peter D. Beyt, Harold McKenzie, Pamela Phelps ; music, George Aliceson Tipton ; costume designer, Judy Evans ; production designer, Edward Stephenson.Beatrice Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty, Herb Edelman.Four not-so-old seniors have moved in together in a Florida home. They share the house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Dorothy's main goal is to find a companion she can relate to, while her mother, Sophia loves to tell "Picture this" type of stories. Rose is a little corny, but lovable never-the-less, and Blanche spends her time courting every man she can lay her hands on. All these feisty seniors have either been divorced or widowed in the past and are having fun living life in the Sunshine State.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; full screen (1.33:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital stereophonic.Emmy Awards, 1986: Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series (Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas (executive producers), Paul Bogart (supervising producer), Kathy Speer, Terry Grossman, Marsha Posner Williams (co-producer)); Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Betty White); Outstanding Technical Direction/Electronic Camerawork/Video Control for a Series (Gerry Bucci (technical director), Randy Baer, Dale Carlson, Stephen A. Jones, Donna Quante (camerapersons), Victor Bagdadi (senior video control)); Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series (Barry Fanaro, Mort Nathan (writers))
Subjects: Television comedies.; Older women; Divorced women; Widows; Roommates;
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