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1) Great Joy
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Language
English
Description
Frances is worried about the monkey and organ grinder who play near her window, especially after she sees them sleeping outside on the cold street after midnight. To express her compassion, she finds just the right thing to say at the local Christmas pageant.
2) Maybe Baby
Author
Language
English
Description
A 57-year-old business man's yearning to begin settling down and taking things easy gets derailed when his 39-year-old wife, Julia, changes her longstanding stance about having children. The issue becomes a prominent topic of disagreement, ultimately coming to a head when Julia discovers that she is pregnant despite the slim odds.
3) Great Joy
Publisher
Weston Woods
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Frances is worried about the monkey and organ grinder who play near her window, especially after she sees them sleeping outside on the cold street after midnight. To express her compassion, she finds just the right thing to say at the local Christmas pageant.
Publisher
Electric Entertainment
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Mild mannered scholar Flynn Carsen, chosen to recover and protect priceless historical artifacts from around the world, must journey to the sweeping plains of Africa. There he uncovers the secrets of his past in order to find the ancient, hidden mines of King Solomon before the treasure-filled tomb is discovered by those who would use the powerful artifacts for evil.
Publisher
Electric Entertainment
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
After retrieving the philosophical stone at an auction, but losing his girlfriend, Flynn Carsen has a breakdown. In need of a vacation, Flynn travels to New Orleans and develops a crush on a French singer named Simone, who discloses that she is the guardian of a key to access the Judas Chalice that is capable of resurrecting vampires. When Simone reveals that she is a vampire, Flynn questions whether she is not using him to reach the chalice and increase...
Publisher
Electric Entertainment
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
To be a librarian, you must master the Dewey Decimal System, ace internet research and, if you're new librarian Flynn Carsen (Noah Wyle), save the world! Wyle (ER, Fallen Skies, The Librarians) heads a sterling cast in a fun, fantastical, special effects-laden adventure that soars around the world from the Metropolitan Library in the U.S., to the Amazon jungle to the Himalayas. Geeky Carsen lands a job as the Librarian, keeper of such top-secret treasures...
7) Our Town
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Veteran actor-director Paul Newman makes his first Broadway appearance in four decades in this sold-out Westport Country Playhouse production of the Thornton Wilder classic. Newman plays the Stage Manager, who narrates the immortal tale of Grover's Corners, U.S.A., and its citizens. The superb cast of OUR TOWN includes Frank Converse, Jane Curtin, Ben Fox, Jayne Atkinson, and Stephen Spinella.
Publisher
DreamWorks Pictures
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
After Peter gets engaged to the woman of his dreams, he realizes he has not one friend to serve as his best man. To rectify the situation, he goes on a series of man-dates before he meets Sydney Fife, with whom he instantly bonds. While Peter and Sydney become closer, his relationship with his fiancee begins to suffer, forcing him to choose between her or his new B.F.F.
10) Queen bees
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
While her house undergoes repairs, fiercely independent senior Helen temporarily moves into a nearby retirement community. Once behind the doors of Pine Grove Senior Community, she encounters lusty widows, cutthroat bridge tournaments and a hotbed of bullying 'mean girls' the likes of which she hasn't encountered since high school, all of which leaves her yearning for the solitude of home. But somewhere between flower arranging and water aerobics...
11) Jules
Publisher
Decal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Jules follows Milton who lives a quiet life of routine in a small western Pennsylvania town, but finds his day upended when a UFO and its extra-terrestrial passenger crash land in his backyard. Before long, Milton develops a close relationship with the extra-terrestrial he calls "Jules." Things become complicated when two neighbors discover Jules and the government quickly closes in. What follows is a funny, wildly inventive ride as the three neighbors...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Lee Israel made her living in the 1970s and 1980s profiling the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estee Lauder and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen. Though Lee Israel has undeniable profiling skills, her work has grown stale and hackneyed, rendering her profession unnecessary and insignificant. Now in times of financial hardship, Israel must find other ways to make a living. With assistance from her steadfast friend, Jack, the two endeavor...
13) Great joy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Just before Christmas, when Frances sees a sad-eyed organ grinder and his monkey performing near her apartment, she cannot stop thinking about them, wondering where they go at night, and wishing she could do something to help.
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Series
Language
English
Description
Roz Chast brings her brilliant, hilarious artwork to No Fair! No Fair! and Other Jolly Poems of Childhood by Calvin Trillin and The African Svelte: Ingenious Misspellings That Make Surprising Sense by Daniel Menaker, as well as her own memoir Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?. Join us for a conversation moderated by Adam Gopnik (The New Yorker) between the artist and authors, plus readings by Jane Curtin and Reg Rogers (The Knick).
Author
Language
English
Description
Sydney Clarke (Sela Ward) is a spoiled famous actress who is shooting a film when she walks in on her cheating fiancé. She storms off the set and finds herself stranded in a small mill town. There, she takes refuge for a while, and in so doing discovers the true meaning of love and friendship. Sydney must decide between wanting a normal life or the high-profile career she's worked so hard for.
16) Jules
Author
Language
English
Description
Jules follows Milton (Kingsley) who lives a quiet life of routine in a small western Pennsylvania town, but finds his day upended when a UFO and its extra-terrestrial passenger crash land in his backyard. Before long, Milton develops a close relationship with the extra-terrestrial he calls "Jules." Things become complicated when two neighbors (Harris and Curtin) discover Jules and the government quickly closes in. What follows is a funny, wildly inventive...
