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The fall of Númenor : and other tales from the Second Age of Middle-Earth / by Tolkien, J. R. R.(John Ronald Reuel),1892-1973,author.; Lee, Alan,illustrator.; Sibley, Brian,editor.;
"J.R.R. Tolkien's writings on the Second Age of Middle-earth, collected for the first time in one volume. J.R.R. Tolkien famously described the Second Age of Middle-earth as a 'dark age, and not very much of its history is (or need be) told'. And for many years readers would need to be content with the tantalizing glimpses of it found within the pages of The Lord of the Rings and its appendices, including the forging of the Rings of Power, the building of the Barad-dur and the rise of Sauron. It was not until Christopher Tolkien published The Silmarillion after his father's death that a fuller story could be told. Although much of the book's content concerned the First Age of Middle-earth, there were at its close two key works that revealed the tumultuous events concerning the rise and fall of the island of Numenor. Raised out of the Great Sea and gifted to the Men of Middle-earth as a reward for aiding the angelic Valar and the Elves in the defeat and capture of the Dark Lord Morgoth, the kingdom became a seat of influence and wealth; but as the Numenoreans' power increased, the seed of their downfall would inevitably be sown, culminating in the Last Alliance of Elves and Men. Even greater insight into the Second Age would be revealed in subsequent publications, first in Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth, then expanded upon in Christopher Tolkien's magisterial twelve-volume The History of Middle-earth, in which he presented and discussed a wealth of further tales written by his father, many in draft form. Now, adhering to the timeline of 'The Tale of Years' in the appendices to The Lord of the Rings, editor Brian Sibley has assembled into one comprehensive volume a new chronicle of the Second Age of Middle-earth, told substantially in the words of J.R.R. Tolkien from the various published texts, with new illustrations in watercolour and pencil by the doyen of Tolkien art, Alan Lee."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Epic fiction.; Novels.; Middle Earth (Imaginary place); Quests (Expeditions);
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The substance [videorecording] / by Fargeat, Coralie,film producer,screenwriter,film director.; Moore, Demi,actor.; Quaid, Dennis,actor.; Qualley, Margaret,actor.; MUBI (Firm),film distributor.;
Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, Gore Abrams, Edward Hamilton-Clark."Elisabeth Sparkle, a former A-lister, is past her prime and suddenly fired from her fitness TV show by repellent studio head Harvey. She is then drawn to the opportunity presented by a mysterious new drug: the Substance. All it takes is one injection and she is reborn-- temporarily--as the gorgeous, twenty-something Sue"-Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.MPAA rating: R.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Horror films.; Feature films.; Body image; Drugs; Aging; Middle-aged women; Man-woman relationships; Medicine, Experimental;
For private home use only.
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Pain and glory [videorecording] / by Banderas, Antonio,actor.; Almodóvar, Pedro,film director.; Cruz, Penélope,actor.; Etxeandia, Asier,1975-actor.; Flores, Asier,actor.; Navas, Nora,actor.; Sbaraglia, Leonardo,actor.; Serrano, Julieta,1933-actor.; Vicente, Cesar,actor.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Antonio Banderas, Penelope Cruz, Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas, Julieta Serrano, Cesar Vicente, Asier Flores.Tells of a series of reencounters experienced by Salvador Mallo, a film director in his physical decline. Some of them in the flesh, others remembered: his childhood in the '60s, when he emigrated with his parents to a village in Valencia in search of prosperity, the first desire, his first adult love in the Madrid of the '80s, the pain of the breakup of that love while it was still alive and intense.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS.
Subjects: Motion pictures, Spanish.; Foreign films.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Motion picture producers and directors; Middle-aged men; Man-woman relationships;
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Pain and glory [videorecording] / by Banderas, Antonio,actor.; Almodóvar, Pedro,film director.; Cruz, Penélope,actor.; Etxeandia, Asier,1975-actor.; Flores, Asier,actor.; Navas, Nora,actor.; Sbaraglia, Leonardo,actor.; Serrano, Julieta,1933-actor.; Vicente, Cesar,actor.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Antonio Banderas, Penelope Cruz, Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas, Julieta Serrano, Cesar Vicente, Asier Flores.Tells of a series of reencounters experienced by Salvador Mallo, a film director in his physical decline. Some of them in the flesh, others remembered: his childhood in the '60s, when he emigrated with his parents to a village in Valencia in search of prosperity, the first desire, his first adult love in the Madrid of the '80s, the pain of the breakup of that love while it was still alive and intense.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Motion pictures, Spanish.; Foreign films.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Motion picture producers and directors; Middle-aged men; Man-woman relationships;
For private home use only.
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Hello, my name is Doris [videorecording] / by Acres, Isabella,actor.; Behrs, Beth,1985-actor.; Daly, Tyne,actor.; Field, Sally,actor.; Greenfield, Max,1980-actor.; Lyonne, Natasha,actor.; McLendon-Covey, Wendi,1969-actor.; Nanjiani, Kumail,actor.; Reaser, Elizabeth,1975-actor.; Root, Stephen,actor.; Showalter, Michael,film director.; Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Sally Field, Max Greenfield, Tyne Daly, Natasha Lyonne, Stephen Root, Elizabeth Reaser, Isabella Acres, Wendi Mclendon-Covey, Beth Behrs, Kumail Nanjiani.When Doris Miller meets John Fremont sparks fly-at least for Doris. In the cluttered house she shared with her late mother. When Doris begins showing up at John's regular haunts, she wins over his Williamsburg friends. Her new life brings Doris a thrilling perspective, but also creates a rift between her and her longtime friends and family, who believe she's making a fool of herself over a guy half her age.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Romantic comedy films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Man-woman relationships; Self-help techniques; Middle-aged women; May-December romances;
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Dele weds Destiny : a novel / by Obaro, Tomi,1990-author.;
"A novel in which three Nigerian women, friends since their university days, are reunited in Lagos for the first time in thirty years at the lavish wedding of one of their daughters"--
Subjects: Novels.; Female friendship; Friendship; Middle-aged women; Reunions; Weddings; Women;
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More confessions of a forty-something f##k up / by Potter, Alexandra,author.;
There is no magical land you finally arrive at where everything is figured out, fixed and sorted. Life, like us, is a sum of moving parts, and if we're lucky, we get to keep f**king up, figuring it out and laughing in the face of it all. Nell's back. Her life still isn't going to plan. And she's still asking the big questions and getting none of the answers. Like, for example: 1. Why is falling in love so easy, but staying in love so hard? 2. What do you do when your friendships are put to the ultimate test? 3. Can we ever really live in the moment and leave the past behind? 4. When everything goes tits up, do you fall apart or jump on a plane to LA with Cricket (an eighty-something widow and your BFF)? 5. And when all else fails, will celebrity-scented candles, smashed avocados and Instagram filters save us?
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Novels.; Friendship; Middle-aged women; Self-realization in women; Women;
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The matchmaker : a novel / by Hilderbrand, Elin.;
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Man-woman relationships; Married women; Mate selection; Middle-aged women;
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Mrs. Fletcher : a novel / by Perrotta, Tom,1961-author.;
"From one of the most popular and bestselling authors of our time, a penetrating and hilarious new novel about sex, love, and identity on the frontlines of America's culture wars. Eve Fletcher is trying to figure out what comes next. A forty-six-year-old divorcee whose beloved only child has just left for college, Eve is struggling to adjust to her empty nest when one night her phone lights up with a text message. Sent from an anonymous number, the mysterious sender tells Eve, "U R my MILF!" Over the months that follow, that message comes to obsess Eve. While leading her all-too-placid life--serving as Executive Director of the local senior center by day and taking a community college course on Gender and Society at night--Eve can't curtail her own interest in a porn website called MILFateria.com, which features the erotic exploits of ordinary, middle-aged women like herself. Before long, Eve's online fixations begin to spill over into real life, revealing new romantic possibilities that threaten to upend her quiet suburban existence. Meanwhile, miles away at the state college, Eve's son Brendan--a jock and aspiring frat boy--discovers that his new campus isn't nearly as welcoming to his hard-partying lifestyle as he had imagined. Only a few weeks into his freshman year, Brendan is floundering in a college environment that challenges his white-dude privilege and shames him for his outmoded, chauvinistic ideas of sex. As the New England autumn turns cold, both mother and son find themselves enmeshed in morally fraught situations that come to a head on one fateful November night. Sharp, witty, and provocative, Mrs. Fletcher is a timeless examination of sexuality, identity, parenthood, and the big clarifying mistakes people can make when they're no longer sure of who they are or where they belong"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Humorous fiction.; College students; Middle-aged women; Mothers and sons;
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That Summer : a novel / by Weiner, Jennifer,author.;
"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Summer comes another timely and deliciously twisty novel of intrigue, secrets, and the transformative power of female friendship. Daisy Shoemaker can't sleep. With a thriving cooking business, full schedule of volunteer work, and a beautiful home in the Philadelphia suburbs, she should be content. But her teenage daughter can be a handful, her husband can be distant, her work can feel trivial, and she has lots of acquaintances, but no real friends. Still, Daisy knows she's got it good. So why is she up all night? While Daisy tries to identify the root of her dissatisfaction, she's also receiving misdirected emails meant for a woman named Diana Starling, whose email address is just one punctuation mark away from her own. While Daisy's driving carpools, Diana is chairing meetings. While Daisy's making dinner, Diana's making plans to reorganize corporations. Diana's glamorous, sophisticated, single-lady life is miles away from Daisy's simpler existence. When an apology leads to an invitation, the two women meet and become friends. But, as they get closer, we learn that their connection was not completely accidental. Who IS this other woman, and what does she want with Daisy? From the manicured Main Line of Philadelphia to the wild landscape of the Outer Cape, written with Jennifer Weiner's signature wit and sharp observations, That Summer is a story about surviving our pasts, confronting our futures, and the sustaining bonds of friendship"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Middle-aged women; Electronic mail messages; Female friendship; Secrecy;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 6
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