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The French lieutenant's woman [videorecording] / by Fowles, John,1926-2005,screenwriter.; Irons, Jeremy,1948-actor.; McKern, Leo,1920-2002,actor.; Pinter, Harold,1930-2008,screenwriter.; Reisz, Karel,film director.; Streep, Meryl,actor.; Criterion Collection (Firm),film distributor.;
Music composer, Carl Davis.Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Leo McKern.John Fowles' original novel The French Lieutenant's Woman was distinguished by a literary technique that involved telling a story of Victorian sexual and social oppression within the bounds of a 1970s viewpoint. How does one convey this time-frame dichotomy on film? The decision made by director Karel Reisz and Harold Pinter was to frame Fowles' basic plot within a "modern" context of their own making. While we watch as Sarah (Meryl Streep), a 19th-century Englishwoman ruined by an affair with a French lieutenant, enters into another disastrous relationship with principled young Charles (Jeremy Irons), we are constantly made aware that what we're seeing is only a film. This is done by surrounding the story with a modern narrative, focusing on a movie production company which is on location--filming The French Lieutenant's Woman. Meryl Streep doubles in the role of Sara and the American actress who plays her, while Jeremy Irons essays the dual role of Charles and the handsome Briton playing Charles. Likewise, everyone else in the cast is seen as "themselves" and as their French Lieutenant's Woman characters.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Feature films.; Romance films.; Triangles (Interpersonal relations);
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Luster / by Leilani, Raven,author.;
"Sharp, comic, disruptive, tender, Raven Leilani's debut novel, Luster, sees a young black woman fall into art and someone else's open marriage. Edie is stumbling her way through her twenties--sharing a subpar apartment in Bushwick, clocking in and out of her admin job, making a series of inappropriate sexual choices. She's also, secretly, haltingly, figuring her way into life as an artist. And then she meets Eric, a digital archivist with a family in New Jersey, including an autopsist wife who has agreed to an open marriage--with rules. As if navigating the constantly shifting landscapes of contemporary sexual manners and racial politics weren't hard enough, Edie finds herself unemployed and falling into Eric's family life, his home. She becomes a hesitant friend to his wife and a de facto role model to his adopted daughter. Edie is the only black woman who young Akila knows. Razor sharp, darkly comic, sexually charged, socially disruptive, Luster is a portrait of a young woman trying to make sense of her life in a tumultuous era. It is also a haunting, aching description of how hard it is to believe in your own talent and the unexpected influences that bring us into ourselves along the way."--
Subjects: Novels.; Novels.; Triangles (Interpersonal relations); Young women; African American women artists; Adopted children; Domestic fiction.;
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The Charlie method / by Kennedy, Elle,author.;
"College senior Charlotte Kingston is living two lives-and she's nailing both of them ... At night, she's Charlie: a risk-taking daredevil looking for fun who finds herself chatting on a dating app with two anonymous hotties. Will Larsen may seem like the breezy boy next door, but his Congressman father is a constant thorn in his side. After a scandal hits another Division 1 hockey program, Will's dad is determined to distance his son from it, hiring a journalist to prove how squeaky-clean Will and his team are. Which means the last thing Will wants is for anyone to find out he and his best friend Beckett Dunne ... sometimes share girls in the bedroom. When Charlie finally meets them in person and realizes she's been chatting with two gorgeous Briar U hockey players, things get steamy-fast. But all their messy secrets are piling up, and real life soon threatens to shatter the fantasy"--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Campus fiction.; Erotic fiction.; Sports fiction.; Novels.; College athletes; College students; Hockey players; Hockey teams; Interpersonal attraction; Man-woman relationships; Triangles (Interpersonal relations);
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The new internationals : a novel / by Wright Faladé, David,1964-author.;
"A stunning novel of post-war Paris that interweaves a coming-of-age story, a cross-cultural romance, and a portrait of the international youth at a definitive moment in contemporary history. Paris, 1947. The city, recovering from the Nazi occupation, suffers from an economy in shambles and an unraveled social fabric. Alongside the wary and war-weary population, American GIs and young people from France's colonies also pack the city. Cecile Rosenbaum, from a bourgeois Jewish family that has lost everything, meets Minette Traoré, a feisty, French-born girl of Senegalese descent, on the bus to a Communist Youth Conference. There, she also meets Sebastien Danxomè, an aspiring architecture student from West Africa, and romance blooms. Back in Paris, as these young internationals haunt the cafés and jazz clubs of the Latin Quarter, Cecile and Sebastien find their budding love muddied by confused loyalties and unyielding cultural traditions. When Mack Gray, a charming African American GI, sets his sights on Cecile, her complicated relationship with Sebastien, as well as her fierce dedication to her newfound political ideologies, are pushed to the brink. Nuanced, powerful, and sharply realized, The New Internationals chronicles the postwar awakening and the young women and men who rose up-and came together-in the beginnings of a vibrant political moment, trying to imagine a better world"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; African American soldiers; African Americans; Ideology; Imperialism; Interpersonal relations; Interracial dating; Jews; Political participation; Race relations; Triangles (Interpersonal relations);
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The compelled / by Smith, L. J.(Lisa J.); Williamson, Kevin,1965-; Plec, Julie.;
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Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Paranormal romance stories.; Salvatore, Stefan (Fictitious character); Salvatore, Damon (Fictitious character); Vampires; Brothers; Witches; Triangles (Interpersonal relations);
© c2012., HarperCollins,
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Young Werther [videorecording] / by Adams, Patrick J.,1981-actor.; Booth, Douglas,actor.; Lourenço, José(José Avelino Gilles Corbett),film director,screenwriter.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von,1749-1832.Leiden des jungen Werthers.; Pill, Alison,1985-actor.; Videoville Showtime,publisher.;
Alison Pill, Douglas Booth, Patrick J. Adams.Patrick J. Adams, Douglas Booth and Alison Pill star in this romantic comedy based on the classic smash hit novel of tragic romance. While on a simple errand to Toronto, a carefree and charming young writer named Werther stumbles across the love of his life only to discover that the young woman is engaged. Despite the urgings of his hypochondriac best friend, Werther turns his world upside down in a desperate, misguided and hilarious quest to win her heart.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Comedy films.; Romantic comedy films.; Feature films.; Man-woman relationships; Love; Triangles (Interpersonal relations); Male authors; Male friendship;
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Perfect addiction / by Tan, Claudia,author.;
"When Sienna Lane walks in on her boyfriend Jax Deneris in bed with her sister, her world falls apart. In less than five minutes, she's homeless, friendless, family-less. Vowing to get back at Jax, Sienna quickly charts a course of revenge that will hit him where it hurts most -- in the MMA ring. Step one: convince Jax's rival, Kayden Williams, to train with her. At first, Kayden wants nothing to do with Sienna's schemes, but when he figures out that she might be able to give him an advantage, he caves, letting her first into his home, then into his bed, and finally into his heart. But as much as she cares about Kayden, she can't let her anger go, and it threatens the shaky foundation they've built together from their damaged lives. When Kayden gives Sienna an ultimatum -- it's either him or her revenge, she's forced to decide. Is getting back at Jax worth throwing her future with Kayden away?"--Publisher.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; Adultery; Boxers (Sports); Courtship; Mixed martial arts; Revenge; Triangles (Interpersonal relations); Women college students;
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Belle of the ball [graphic novel] / by Costa, Mari,author,illustrator.;
"High-school senior and notorious wallflower Hawkins finally works up the courage to remove her mascot mask and ask out her longtime crush: Regina Moreno, head cheerleader, academic overachiever, and all-around popular girl. There's only one teensy littleproblem: Regina is already dating Chloe Kitagawa, athletic all-star ... and middling English student. Regina sees a perfectly self-serving opportunity here, and asks the smitten Hawkins to tutor Chloe free of charge, knowing Hawkins will do anything to getcloser to her."--Publisher.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Queer comics.; Novels.; High school students; Lesbians; Triangles (Interpersonal relations); Tutors and tutoring;
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Leap year [videorecording] / by Tucker, Anand,film director.; Kaplan, Deborah,screenwriter.; Elfont, Harry,screenwriter.; Adams, Amy,actor.; Scott, Adam,1973-actor.; Goode, Matthew,1978-actor.; Lithgow, John,1945-actor.; Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Amy Adams, Adam Scott, Matthew Goode, John Lithgow.When Anna's four-year anniversary to her boyfriend passes without an engagement ring, she decides to take matters into her own hands. Inspired by an Irish tradition that allows women to propose to men on Leap Day, Anna follows Jeremy to Dublin to propose to him. But after landing on the wrong side of Ireland, she must enlist the help of Declan, a handsome and carefree local man, to get her across the country. Along the way, they discover that the road to love can take you to very unexpected places.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Romantic comedy films.; Comedy films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Leap year; Marriage proposals; Man-woman relationships; Triangles (Interpersonal relations); Love;
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The night manager [videorecording] / by Colman, Olivia,actor.; Hiddleston, Tom,actor.; Hollander, Tom,1967-actor.; Laurie, Hugh,1959-actor.; Television adaptation of (work):Le Carré, John,1931-Night manager.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, Olivia Colman, Tom Hollander, Elizabeth Debicki.Jonathan Pine is working as the night manager of a Cairo hotel. He gets involved with a local woman who is the girlfriend of a local gangster. Through her relationship with the gangster she has acquired information linking illegal international arms sales with an English billionaire.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, widescreen (1.78:1); Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Spy television programs.; Television mini-series.; Television programs.; Le Carré, John, 1931-; Arms dealers; Hotelkeepers; Spies; Man-woman relationships; Triangles (Interpersonal relations);
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