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Pub. Date
2019.
Description
While protecting his friend from a school bully, sixteen-year-old Wei Bu pushes the bully down a staircase. He later learns that the bully is hospitalized, gravely injured. Wei's neighbor, 60-year-old Wang Jin, decides to help him as does Huang Ling, Wei's classmate. Together, they decide their only hope is to flee town. They board a bus to Manchuria, where it is a rumored that a circus elephant is said to be sitting still, seeming oblivious to pain...
622) Bird in a cage
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"Once a sharp, strong-willed and independent woman, Roher's grandmother's life took an unexpected turn when an accident left her with a brain injury, leading to early onset dementia. An unlikely protagonist, grandma was an elderly woman trapped by her deteriorating mind, aging body and the walls around her. This story illuminates the often overlooked narrative of a senior, her complicated history and inner life. Loveable and tragic, she is determined...
623) Unfinished song
Pub. Date
c2013.
Description
Cantankerous but doting husband Arthur does not share his wife Marion's passion for performing. While she is happy to sing her heart out with the unconventional local choir, Arthur would prefer to hide himself away and complain about how embarrassing it all is. But when heartbreak strikes, Arthur is forced to re-think his outlook on life. Arthur begins to find a way to come out of his shell and in the process forms a desire to build bridges with his...
624) Arts & the mind
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
This two part special details the impact of music, dance, painting, poetry, and theatre on the human brain across a person's lifetime and explores its role in early human development. Stories are shared showing how the arts can improve children's school performance and reveals cutting edge science that explains the powerful, positive impact of the arts on the human brain.
626) 80 for Brady
Pub. Date
[2023]
Formats
Description
"As the New England Patriots reach the Super Bowl in Houston, four female fans become determined to go to the game and meet quarterback Tom Brady, which proves a more memorable experience than they anticipated after the Patriots fall behind by four touchdowns." --
627) I was a rat
Pub. Date
2005
Description
"On a dark, rainy night, an elderly couple finds a shivering little boy on their doorstep who proclaims "I was a rat." They take the boy in, but because of his odd rat-like behavior, people in the town declare the boy a monster. To save him, the couple must discover the truth of who he is, before it's too late.
Description
The Retirement Gamble reveals how fees, self-dealing, and kickbacks bring great profits to Wall Street while imperiling the prospects of a secure future for individuals. The film questions who has the consumer's best interests in mind, and whether there is a better way to manage our retirements.
630) Cocoon
Pub. Date
2002
Description
When the Antareans, advanced beings from another planet, arrive at an old age home in Florida, the senior citizens there get a second chance at being young in this story of youth, old age, and how people choose to live their lives.
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
Coal Miner's Daughter : The story of Loretta Lynn and her ambitious husband Mooney who takes Loretta away from her backwoods Appalachian home to be his child bride.
Smokey and the Bandit : Two truckers trying to transport 400 cases of beer from Texas to Atlanta get pursued by a sheriff after they pick up a hitch-hiking runaway bride-to-be who happens to have left the sheriff's son.
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas : A famous brothel, the "Chicken...
