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Elsa is seven years old; her grandmother is seventy-seven years old. She is Elsa's best, and only, friend. At night Elsa takes refuge in her grandmother's stories, in the Land of Almost-Awake and the Kingdom of Miamas where everybody is different and nobody needs to be normal. When Elsa's grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters apologizing to people she has wronged, the letters lead her to an apartment building full of drunks, monsters,...
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"Broken Wheel, Iowa, has never seen anyone like Sara, who traveled all the way from Sweden just to meet her pen pal, Amy. When she arrives, however, she finds that Amy's funeral has just ended. Luckily, the townspeople are happy to look after their bewildered tourist--even if they don't understand her peculiar need for books. Marooned in a farm town that's almost beyond repair, Sara starts a bookstore in honor of her friend's memory. All she wants...
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2017.
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Winning a junior ice hockey championship might not mean a lot to the average person, but it means everything to the residents of Beartown, a community slowly being eaten alive by unemployment and the surrounding wilderness. A victory like this would draw national attention to the ailing town: it could attract government funding and an influx of talented athletes who would choose Beartown over the big nearby cities. A victory like this would certainly...
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Books on Tape
Pub. Date
[2017]
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6 audio discs (7 hr., 18 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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"A dazzling new collection of short stories--the first major new work of fiction from the beloved, internationally acclaimed, Haruki Murakami since his #1 best-selling Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage. Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone. Here are vanishing cats and smoky bars, lonely hearts and mysterious women, baseball...
5) Living
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
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1 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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An ordinary man, reduced by years of oppressive office routine to a shadow existence, makes a supreme effort to turn his dull life into something wonderful after receiving a terminal diagnosis.
6) The shack
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2017
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1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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After suffering a family tragedy, Mack Phillips spirals into a deep depression causing him to question his innermost beliefs. Facing a crisis of faith, he receives a mysterious letter urging him to an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness.
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Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002
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Widescreen format.
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1 videodisc (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Deutsch
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Martha is the chef who fusses and obsesses over each dish before it leaves the kitchen. The demands of her job and her natural shyness keep her from meeting new people. When her sister dies in an accident, she adopts her 8-year-old orphan niece, who throws her life into turmoil. Martha gets unexpected help from Mario, Martha's new chef.
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Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2017]
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1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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After a teenager's best friends die in a tragic accident, he finds that running allows him to remember them perfectly. Running, however, also brings him a certain notoriety, and he soon finds himself caught between keeping the past alive and making new memories in the present.
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Film Movement
Pub. Date
2022.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (138 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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日本語
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In the debut directorial feature by actor Joe Odagiri, the film follows an old ferryman in a remote Meiji-era community. His life is a peaceful, cyclical existence, given meaning by the essential role he plays in transporting people, livestock and goods across the water, connecting villages and lives. When news arrives that a bridge is being built, it's clear that his services will no longer be needed. Meanwhile, his life will be equally transformed...
11) Before I fall
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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
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1 videodisc (1 hr., 39 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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After one fateful night, Sam wakes up with no future at all. Trapped reliving the same day over and over, she begins to question just how perfect her life really was. And as she begins to untangle the mystery of a life suddenly derailed, she must also unwind the secrets of the people closest to her, and discover the power of a single day to make a difference, before she runs out of time for good.
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Viva Pictures
Pub. Date
[2018]
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1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
For all his far-reaching fame, Sol Harkens, the world's most famous atheist, is a lonely soul and a lousy part-time dad. After a near death experience challenges his simplest assumptions about this world, Sol finds his purpose and re-imagines his life, in a film that will make you laugh and cry and want to stand up and cheer.
13) Labor Day
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Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2014]
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1 videodisc (approximately 111 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Thirteen-year-old Henry Wheeler struggles to be the man of his house and care for his reclusive mother Adele, all the while confronting the pangs of adolescence. Henry and his mother encounter Frank Chambers, an intimidating man clearly in need of help. Frank convinces them to take him into their home and later is revealed to be an escaped convict. The events of this long Labor Day weekend will shape them for the rest of their lives.
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PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2023]
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2 videodiscs (approximately 310 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Will's life has changed for the better. He is happily married to the brilliant Bonnie and due to become a father, but his world is about to be rocked by a terrible accident. He's always preached the word of a compassionate God, but how can he do that now?
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