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Ready to Retire? : The New Reality of Retirement and What You and Your Spouse Need to Know / by Green, Lyndsay.;
Includes bibliographical references.This book will explore issues that have been given short shrift by the mass media and in retirement literature. The interviewees will include the newly retired, those working part-time, and the fully retired, and represent a range of income and education levels and professional and personal circumstances. The author will also be interviewing their partners. By helping couples think about retirement the way they do, the author hopes to separate fiction from fact and free people's minds to reimagine retirement.
Subjects: Aging; Aging; Older people; Retirement; Retirement; Retirement; Role models;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Beatrix Potter: Artist, Storyteller, and Countrywoman. by Best, Cari,film director.; Taylor, Judy,film director.; Gagne, Paul,film director.; Redgrave, Lynn,actor.; Weston Woods (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Lynn RedgraveOriginally produced by Weston Woods in 1993.This documentary film about the life of the remarkable author and illustrator of The Tale of Peter Rabbit, is based on the successful biography, BEATRIX POTTER: ARTIST, STORYTELLER AND COUNTRYWOMAN by Judy Taylor.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Education films.; Children's stories.;
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Goombay Kids: S3. by Munroe, Lanthro,film director.; Nihon, Adriana,actor.; Rankine, Javien,actor.; Jones, Keara,actor.; White, Ravyn,actor.; Ramah Productions (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Adriana Nihon, Javien Rankine, Keara Jones, Ravyn WhiteOriginally produced by Ramah Productions in 2021.GOOMBAY KIDS is an award-winning live action island adventure children's show that encourages children to embrace the boundless spirit of exploration and the magic of discovery throughout the islands.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Educational films.; Television.;
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Topgun : an American story / by Pedersen, Dan,1935-author.;
"The founder of the U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons program, aka "TOPGUN," shares the untold story of how he and eight other young pilots revolutionized the art of aerial combat and created the center for excellence and incubator of leadership that thrives to this day."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Pedersen, Dan, 1935-; Navy Fighter Weapons School (U.S.); Navy Fighter Weapons School (U.S.); United States. Navy; Fighter pilots; Fighter plane combat; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Vietnam War, 1961-1975;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Tom the Tow Truck: Super Powered!. by González, Iria,film director.; Giron, Marie-Amelie,film director.; Amuse Animation (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Amuse Animation in 2023.Join the fun in Car City, where accidents turn into exciting repair adventures and everyone learns the importance of teamwork and friendship, all thanks to our hero, Tom the Tow Truck!Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Education films.; Characters and characteristics in motion pictures.;
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Miss representation [videorecording] / by Cho, Margaret.; Congdon, Jessica,1972-; Couric, Katie,1957-; Cvetko, Svetlana.; Davis, Geena.; Dawson, Rosario.; Durham, Meenakshi Gigi.; Feinstein, Dianne,1933-; Fonda, Jane,1937-; Heldman, Caroline,1972-; Holland, Eric.; Huerta, Dolores,1930-; Katz, Jackson.; Kilbourne, Jean.; Lauzen, Martha M.; Ling, Lisa.; Maddow, Rachel.; Mitchell, Pat,1943-; Newsom, Jennifer Siebel,1974-; Pelosi, Nancy,1940-; Pozner, Jennifer L.; Rice, Condoleezza,1954-; Scully, Regina Kulik.; Steinem, Gloria.; Girls Club Entertainment.; Roco Films Educational (Firm); Virgil Films (Firm);
Director of photography, Svetlana Cvetko ; editor, Jessica Congdon ; composer, Eric Holland.Featured in the film: Caroline Heldman, Condoleezza Rice, Dianne Feinstein, Dolores Huerta, Geena Davis, Gloria Steinem, Jackson Katz, Jane Fonda, Jean Kilbourne, Jennifer Pozner, Katie Couric, Lisa Ling, M. Gigi Durham, Margaret Cho, Martha Lauzen, Nancy Pelosi, Pat Mitchell, Rachel Maddow, Rosario Dawson.As the most persuasive and pervasive force of communication in our culture, media is educating yet another generation that a woman's primary value lay in her youth, beauty and sexuality, and not in her capacity as a leader, making it difficult for women to obtain leadership positions and for girls to reach their full potential. The film accumulates startling facts and statistics that leave audiences shaken and armed with a new perspective.E.DVD; NTSC; widescreen presentation (16:9) aspect ratio; Dolby digital 2.0.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Gender identity in mass media.; Leadership in women.; Women in mass media.; Women in popular culture; Women; Women;
© c2012., Virgil Films,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Unspeakable : surviving my childhood and finding my voice / by Fisher, Jessica Willis,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.In this elegant, harrowing story of the manipulation and co-dependency that defines abusive family relationships, Jessica Willis Fisher lets us see the formative moments of her childhood through her eyes. Fisher's haunting coming-of-age memoir captures the beauty and ugliness of a young woman finding her way - filled with longing, fear, confusion, secrecy, and most importantly, hope for the future. 'Unspeakable' is a big memoir that is already getting compared to Tara Westover's 'Educated'.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Fisher, Jessica Willis.; Willis Clan (Musical group); Country musicians; Dysfunctional families.; Sexual abuse victims' writings, American.; Sexually abused girls.; Singers; Women country musicians;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Modernism, Inc.. by Cohn, Jason,film director.; Roche, Sebastian,actor.; First Run Features (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Sebastian RocheOriginally produced by First Run Features in 2023.From the filmmaker of Eames: The Architect & The Painter comes a new documentary about mid-century design pioneer Eliot Noyes, whose story raises contemporary questions about the role of a designer in today’s world. Educated by Walter Gropius at Harvard, Noyes did more than anyone to align the Modernist design ethos to the needs of ascendant corporate America. His impact on companies like IBM paved the way for Apple and many of the other design-conscious brands we know today.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Architecture.; Arts.; Design.; Documentary films.; Artists.; History.; Architects--Biography.; Architecture, American.; Biography.; Designers.; Art and architecture.;
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Inch by Inch. by McGivney, Gary,film director.; McLarty, Ron,actor.; Weston Woods (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Ron McLartyOriginally produced by Weston Woods in 2006.A small green inchworm is proud of his skill at measuring anything—a robin’s tail, a flamingo’s neck, a toucan’s beak. Then one day a nightingale threatens to eat him if he cannot measure his song.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Education films.; Children's stories.; History and science.; Animals.;
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The Book That Almost Rhymed. by Lesnick, Charlotte,film director.; Craig, Lynn,actor.; Penguin Random House (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Lynn CraigOriginally produced by Penguin Random House in 2024.Every great adventure needs a hero—or two! This playful take on storytelling proves that two tellers can make a rhyming tale twice as nice. Written by Omar Abed, illustrated by Hatem Aly.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Educational films.; Children's stories.;
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