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Hope Springs [videorecording] / by Black, Todd.; Carell, Steve,1963-; Casady, Guymon.; Frankel, David,1960-; Jones, Tommy Lee,1946-; Smart, Jean.; Streep, Meryl.; Taylor, Vanessa.; Columbia Pictures.; Mandate Pictures (Firm); Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm);
Edited by Steven Weisberg ; director of photography, Florian Ballhaus ; music supervisor, Julia Michels.Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Jean Smart, Steve Carell.Kay and Arnold are a middle-aged couple who have been married for 30 years and now are sleeping in separate rooms and barely interact in any meaningful loving way. Finally, Kay has had enough and finds a book by Dr. Feld which inspires her to sign them up for the doctor's intense week-long marriage counseling session. What follows is an insightful experience as Dr. Feld manages to help the couple understand how they have emotionally drifted apart and what they can do to reignite their passion.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, NTSC, region 1, anamorphic widescreen presentation (2.40), Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Man-woman relationships; Marriage counseling; Marriage; Married people; Middle-aged persons; Romantic comedy films.;
© c2012., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,

Out of the woods : a memoir of wayfinding / by Darling, Lynn.;
"Combining the soul-baring insight of Wild, the profound wisdom of Shop Class as Soulcraft, and the adventurous spirit of Eat, Pray, Love, Lynn Darling's powerful, lyrical memoir of self-discovery, full of warmth and wry humor, Out of the Woods. When her college-bound daughter leaves home, Lynn Darling, widowed over a decade earlier, finds herself alone--and utterly lost, with no idea of what she wants or even who she is. Searching for answers, she leaves New York for the solitary woods of Vermont. Removed from the familiar, cocooned in the natural world, her only companions a new dog and a compass, she hopes to develop a sense of direction--both in the woods and in her life. Hiking unmapped trails, Darling meditates on the milestones of her past; as she adapts to her new surroundings, she uses the knowledge she's gained to chart her future. And when an unexpected setback nearly derails her newfound balance, she is able to draw upon her newfound skills to find her bearings and stay the course. In revealing how one woman learned to navigate--literally and metaphorically--the uneven course of life, Out of the Woods is, in the words of Pulitzer-prize winning author Geraldine Brooks, 'a marvelous book; both a compass and a manifesto for navigating the often-treacherous switchbacks of the second half of life'"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Darling, Lynn.; Adjustment (Psychology); Life change events; Middle-aged women; Self-actualization (Psychology); Solitude; Widows; Women journalists;

Calypso / by Sedaris, David,author.;
Personal essays share the author's adventures after buying a vacation house on the Carolina coast and his reflections on middle age and mortality.
Subjects: Essays.; Sedaris, David; Aging; Mortality; American wit and humor.; Humorists, American; Humorists, American;

The deceptions : a novel / by Bialosky, Jill,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A middle-aged poet finds herself adrift in her marriage and life now that her child has moved away to college. Her job teaching Greek myth to high school boys at a prestigious New York City academy has its small pleasures-her students offer surprising insights to stories she's studied for decades-but as her debut poetry collection approaches publication she starts to notice the seams of her life becoming unloosed. The chorus of voices in her life -- a mysterious neighbor in a potentially dangerous situation, a visiting poet at the academy struggling with writer's block, the word-starved dialogue with her distant husband --start to become overwhelming. She finds solace only at the Met, its history and sculptures beckon as a comfort and a warning for what happens to people who love wrongly, who love ambitions. The collapse of her life reaches a fever pitch just as betrayals are revealed all around her, and she must confront the realities of her life or be lost to its mythology forever. Suffused with the motifs of classic Greek mythology, especially the story of Leda and the Swan, The Deceptions is a seductively told, deeply moving exploration of female sexuality and ambition and a celebration of beauty and the invisible yet powerful ties that bind together a marriage, a life, work of art and its beholder"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.); Empty nesters; High school teachers; Interpersonal relations; Man-woman relationships; Married people; Middle-aged women; Mythology, Greek; Poets; Women authors;

The elements : a novel / by Boyne, John,1971-author.;
"In The Elements, acclaimed Irish novelist John Boyne has created an epic saga that weaves together four interconnected narratives, each representing a different perspective on crime: the enabler, the accomplice, the perpetrator, and the victim. The narrative follows a mother on the run from her past, a young soccer star facing a trial, a successful surgeon grappling with childhood trauma, and a father on a transformative journey with his son. Each is somehow connected to the next, and as the story unfolds, their lives intersect in unimaginable ways. Boyne's most ambitious work yet, The Elements is both an engrossing drama and a moving investigation of why and how we allow crime to occur. With masterful, spellbinding prose, he navigates this complex subject with extraordinary empathy and unflinching honesty. The story resonates on a deeply emotional level, challenging readers to confront their own conceptions of guilt and innocence at every step. Amid the wildly engrossing storytelling, the book ultimately asks: What would you do when faced with the unthinkable?"--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Social problem fiction.; Novels.; Conduct of life; Crime; Fathers and sons; Four elements (Philosophy); Gay athletes; Generational trauma; Guilt; Life change events; Man-woman relationships; Middle-aged women; Mothers and daughters; Psychic trauma; Redemption; Revenge; Scandals; Secrecy; Self-actualization (Psychology); Sexual assault; Soccer players; Surgeons; Trials; Women surgeons;

The dark queens : the bloody rivalry that forged the medieval world / by Puhak, Shelley,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The remarkable, little-known story of two trailblazing women in the Early Middle Ages who wielded immense power, only to be vilified for daring to rule.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Brunehaut, Queen, consort of Sigebert, King of Austrasia, 534-613.; Fredegund, Queen, consort of Chilperic I, King of Neustria, -597.; Queens;

Hypatia : the life and legend of an ancient philosopher / by Watts, Edward Jay,1975-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Hypatia, -415.; Women philosophers;

Landmarks of western art. [videorecording (DVD)] / by Giotto,1266?-1337.; Masaccio,1401-1428?; Uccello,1397-1475.; Botticelli, Sandro,1444 or 5-1510.; Van Ecyk.; Cromwell Productions.; Kultur International Films.;
Lacks personal production credits.This episode features the work of Masaccio, Uccello, Van Ecyk, Giotto, and Botticelli.E.DVD ; full screen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Giotto, 1266?-1337.; Masaccio, 1401-1428?; Uccello, 1397-1475.; Botticelli, Sandro, 1444 or 5-1510.; Van Ecyk.; Art; Art, Medieval.;
© c2006., Kultur,

Two old broads : stuff you need to know that you didn't know you needed to know / by Hecht, M. E.,author.; Goldberg, Whoopi,1955-author.;
Both hilarious and helpful, this practical and unapologetic health and lifestyle guide tells it like it is for women who left middle age in the dust and want to be present, positive, and as extraordinary as ever in their golden years.
Subjects: Aging.; Older women; Older women.;

The Sopranos. [videorecording] / by Bracco, Lorraine,1955-; Falco, Edie.; Gandolfini, James.; Brad Grey Television (Firm); HBO Video (Firm);
Disc 1. Soprano home movies -- Stage 5.Disc 2. Remember when -- Chasing it.Disc 3. Walk like a man -- Kennedy and Heidi -- The second coming.Disc 4. The blue comet -- Made in America.Created by David Chase.James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli, Dominic Chianese, Steven Van Zandt, Tony Siricio, Robert Iler, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Drea de Matteo, Aida Turturro, John Ventimiglia, Federico Castelluccio, Steven R. Schirripa, Robert Funaro, Katherine Narducci, Nancy Marchand, Joe Pantoliano.The continuing story of Tony Soprano, a middle-aged businessman with a wife, a daughter, a son, and an elderly mother. He's also a mob boss.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.DVD ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Gangsters; Italian American families; Mafia; Mafiosi; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
For private home use only.