Molly Ringwald
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
When it happens to you, you will be surprised. That thing they say about how you knew all the time, but just weren't facing it? That might be the case, but nevertheless, there you will be.
Molly Ringwald mines the complexities of modern relationships in this gripping and nuanced collection of interlinked stories. Writing with a deep compassion for human imperfection, Ringwald follows a Los Angeles family and their friends and neighbors while
...Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The award-winning, bestselling French novel by Philippe Besson--"the French Brokeback Mountain" (Elle)--about an affair between two teenage boys in 1984 France, translated with subtle beauty and haunting lyricism by the iconic and internationally acclaimed actress/writer Molly Ringwald. We drive at high speed along back roads, through woods, vineyards, and oat fields. The bike smells like gasoline and makes a lot of noise, and sometimes I'm frightened...
6) Siberia
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 105 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a diamond merchant from America travels to Siberia to find a buyer for a collection of blue diamonds with rare and mysterious origins, he becomes tangled in an affair with the owner of a small Siberian cafe. The more obsessive his affair becomes, the more the dangerous world of the Russian diamond trade intrudes upon his life, until eventually it seems there is no way out for either him or his lover. Both his relationship and the diamonds are...
7) The stand
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
Special edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (366 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Millions perish, and as small, isolated frightened bands unite, the answers to their perpetual questions to justify this end of civilization are bared in their dreams--revelations that urge some to embrace a path of virtue and others one of darkness. As the opposing forces separate into two camps, the noble elements try to shield themselves from their corrupt enemy.
Author
Language
English
Description
For more than thirty years, Edie and Richard Middlestein shared a solid family life in the suburbs of Chicago. But now things are splintering apart. Edie is obsessed with food - and if she doesn't stop, she won't have much longer to live. When Richard abandons his wife, it's up to the next generation to take control. Robin, their schoolteacher daughter, is determined that her father pay for leaving Edie. Benny, an easy-going family man, just wants...
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A Bookpage Best Books of 2012 pick
The enchanting story of a midwestern girl who escapes a family tragedy and is remade as a movie star during Hollywood’s golden age.
In 1920, Elsa Emerson, the youngest and blondest of three sisters, is born in idyllic Door County, Wisconsin. Her family owns the Cherry County Playhouse, and more than anything, Elsa relishes appearing onstage, where she soaks up the approval of her father and the...
The enchanting story of a midwestern girl who escapes a family tragedy and is remade as a movie star during Hollywood’s golden age.
In 1920, Elsa Emerson, the youngest and blondest of three sisters, is born in idyllic Door County, Wisconsin. Her family owns the Cherry County Playhouse, and more than anything, Elsa relishes appearing onstage, where she soaks up the approval of her father and the...
10) Sixteen candles
Pub. Date
©2003, ©1984.
Edition
Widescreen format.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 33 min.) : sound, color, dual layer ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's Samantha Baker's sweet sixteen and no one in her family remembers the important occasion. But wait...the day isn't over yet!
11) Sixteen candles
Language
English
Formats
Description
Samantha Baker is ready to make the most of her sweet sixteenth birthday, but only if someone, anyone from her family would just remember it. For her birthday, she has to endure creepy freshmen, spoiled siblings, confused parents and the beauty who stands in the way of the boy of her dreams.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
152 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A memoir and tribute to the late French actress, best known for playing Jeanne in the controversial film Last Tango in Paris, shows how this role led her to live the rest of her life plagued by scandal, revealing how exploitation has lingering effects that can reverberate through a lifetime.
14) Tempest
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (144 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Comedy loosely based on Shakespeare's play "The Tempest" has a New York City architect who tries to solve his midlife crisis by moving to a Greek island with his teenage daughter.
15) Johnny Appleseed
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (52 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Johnny Appleseed, the American legend, who traveled the frontier wearing a burlap sack, sporting a pot for a hat, and carrying a pouch full of apple seeds comes to life.
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (526 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Unlikely friendships are forged, longtime loyalties are tested, and once-solid relationships tremble on shaky ground in the wake of jealousy, competition, and raging hormones. With wedding bells about to chime for Ben and Adrian, Amy tries to pressure Ricky for a similar commitment. Meanwhile, Grace and Grant consider taking their romance to the next level, and an unexpected event turns lives and loves upside down. Anything can happen - and does -...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (602 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Relive the emotional drama of The Secret Life of the American Teenager as the critically acclaimed series reaches new heights. Amy and Ben try to rekindle their romance, but things get complicated when Ben discovers Adrian is pregnant with his child. As Adrian agonizes over whether to keep the baby, Ben struggles to tell Amy the truth.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (285 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Breakfast club: A diverse group of high school students--a jock, a metalhead, a weirdo, a princess, and a nerd - sharing a Saturday in detention at their high school for one minor infraction or another. Over the course of a day, they talk through the social barriers that ordinarily keep them apart, and new alliances are born, though not without a lot of pain first.
Sixteen candles: The movie is a day in the life of Samantha, whose 16th birthday is...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Flashback edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Five high school students - a Rebel, an Athlete, a Brain, a Princess and a Basketcase - find themselves thrown together serving a Saturday morning detention. They do not have much in common, except giving up their day, sitting in the school library, and writing an essay for the principal. At first, they argue and hate each other, but after smoking some of John's marijuana, they begin to pour their hearts out to each other. They talk about their fears,...