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Publisher
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (27 min., 42 sec.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Award-winning author Beverly Cleary is internationally known for her characters Ramona Quimby, Henry and Ribsy, Ralph S. Mouse, and others. Her first book, Henry Higgins, was an immediate bestseller, and changed the course of writing for children. Today, more that 91 million copies of her books and read around the world, in 14 languages. In this original documentary, filmed as Beverly Cleary was approaching her 100th birthday, enjoy a rare interview...
Publisher
Cinedigm
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After a series of flops, New York romance novelist Dru Cassadine gets an ultimatum from her publisher: deliver a bestseller or be dropped. So Dru heads home to a quaint southern town to see friends and family she would rather avoid at Christmas, a holiday she disdains, hoping for inspiration. She does not quite get what she came for, she gets much more.
3) Blind
Series
Publisher
KimStim
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Norwegian
Description
Ingrid lithe, beautiful, and married to an up-and-coming architect, is a woman contending with the recent loss of vision. While attempting to navigate a world without sight, she spends her days reconstructing the visual world by writing salacious stories that slowly morph into fantasies about her husband and other characters that may or may not actually exist. When real-life crashes into Ingrid's creations, she must finally come to terms with her...
Series
Publisher
ABC, Inc
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The mistress of dark fiction shares her secrets. Learn how Rice's work was influenced by the death of her young daughter from leukemia, and discover how her sometimes controversial style has produced a significant body of admirers and critics alike.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte face a bleak future, with their father half-blind, and troubled brother Branwell in decline. As their situation worsens, Charlotte sees that writing could offer a way out. This is the story of the sisters' great novels and their extraordinary battle for recognition.
6) Raw faith
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 92 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
One of the few women to lead a large church of any denomination, Unitarian minister Marilyn Sewell is a respected writer and sought-after speaker known for her progressive social vision; beneath the surface, she is lonely and yearns for change. This open, affectionate documentary follows her over two years as she considers leaving the ministry and her only social network as she questions her past, her relationship with God, and her ability to love....
7) 9 bullets
Publisher
Screen Media
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A former burlesque dancer turned author discovers a second chance at life and redemption when she risks everything to rescue her young neighbor after he witnesses his parents murder. Now on the run from the local crime boss, who happens to be her longtime ex, she makes a desperate attempt to get the boy to safety.
Publisher
Cinedigm
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (252 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A Very Merry Bridesmaid: Leah's 30th birthday is on Christmas Eve, the same day as her brother's wedding. Her childhood crush is back in town for the wedding, and he is determined to make sure her birthday does not go by the wayside.
Tis The Season To Be Merry: Looking for a fresh angle to her book on relationships, Merry heads to snow-covered Vermont. She finds a new perspective and Christmas cheer with charismatic aid worker Adam.
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Famed author Marianne Winckler goes undercover to investigate the exploitation of the working class in Northern France. She eventually lands a job as a cleaner on the cross-channel ferry and develops close connections with the other cleaning women, many of whom have extremely limited resources and income opportunities. As she learns more about the plight of these workers, Marianne struggles with her deception toward them and tries to rationalize that...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tells the compelling story of the author's life. Through dramatic reenactments and interviews with top Mitchell scholars, Margaret Mitchell emerges as a complex and fascinating woman who had much in common with her iconic creation, Scarlett O'Hara.
11) Emily
Publisher
Decal
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Imagines Emily Bronte's own story that inspired 'Wuthering Heights.' As she struggles within the confines of her family life and yearns for freedom, and so begins a journey to channel her potential into the seminal novel." --
Publisher
AMC Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (4 hr., 59 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Following the death of her son in a hit and run, all Frances Cairnes wants is to hunt down and kill the man she believes is responsible. When she finally tracks him down, she tricks her way into his house and plots his murder from within.
13) Summerland
Publisher
MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Alice is a reclusive writer, resigned to a solitary life on the seaside cliffs of Southern England while World War II rages across the channel. When she opens her front door one day to find she's to adopt a young London evacuee name Frank, she's resistant. It's not long, however, before the two realize they have more in common in their pasts than Alice had assumed.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 28 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A literary biography of a seminal figure of 20th century American literature, Margaret Walker, who established one of the first Black Studies centers in the nation, and mentored the Black Arts movement of the 1960s. For My People: The Life and Writing of Margaret Walker gives the long-overdue recognition to one of the seminal figures of American literature. Margaret Walker has been described by scholar Jerry Ward as "a national treasure" and by Nikki...
Publisher
Grasshopper Film
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (68 min.) : sound, color with some black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin is a feature documentary exploring the remarkable life and legacy of the late feminist author Ursula K. Le Guin ... Produced with Le Guin's participation over the course of a decade, Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin is a journey through the writer's career and her worlds, both real and fantastic. Viewers will join the writer on an intimate journey of self-discovery as she comes into her own as a major feminist author, opening...
16) Nim's Island
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
[Wide screen ed.].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nim Rusoe is a young girl who inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates, via e-mail, with the reclusive author of the novel she has been reading. Nim's existence mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover, the world's greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. When Nim's father goes missing from the island, Nim gets Alexandra to come to her...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (1051 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jessica Fletcher is a world famous mystery writer who travels the globe doing research for her next book. She is in for a wild time when she ends up investigating the murder of a anti-zoo activist; travels to Amsterdam and looks into the disappearance of a friend, becoming a suspect to a more serious crime; a director is killed in Cabot Cove while filming a documentary; Jessica's Hawaiian vacation is interrupted when a family fued escalates into murder;...
Publisher
HBO Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inches.
Language
English
Description
Hannah and Adam are now in a committed relationship and the two are settling into a newfound domesticity in Hannah's apartment. Hannah is also working on her writing career and concentrating on delivering her eBook to her eccentric publisher. Marnie is adjusting to life after a sudden and traumatic breakup with Charlie. Nearing graduation, newly single Shoshanna masterminds a plan to create a healthy (at least on paper) balance between partying and...
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fifty years after winning the Pulitzer Prize, To Kill a Mockingbird remains a beloved best seller and quite possibly the most influential American novel of the 20th century. Mary McDonagh Murphy's Hey, Boo explores the To Kill a Mockingbird phenomenon and unravels some of the mysteries surrounding Harper Lee, including why she never published again. It also brings to light the context and history of the novel's Deep South setting and the social changes...
Publisher
HBO Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 300 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the fourth season the girls are tentatively edging toward maturity as they take on new personas in new worlds. As the season begins, Hannah leaves New York to attend the prestigious Iowa Writers' Workshop in the hopes of becoming a more serious writer, while confronting uncertainty in her relationship with Adam. Meanwhile, back in New York, Marnie pursues a music career while balancing her professional and romantic relationship with Desi; Shoshanna...
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