Paul Schneider
Author
Language
English
Description
Even before the Pilgrims landed in 1620, Cape Cod and its islands promised paradise to visitors, both native and European. In Paul Schneider's sure hands, the story of this waterland created by glaciers and refined by storms and tides, and of its varied inhabitants, becomes an irresistible biography of a place.
Cape Cod's Great Beach, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket are romantic stops on Schneider's roughly chronological human and natural history....
Author
Pub. Date
[1997]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
His book is a romance, a story of first love between Americans and a thing they call "wilderness." For it was in the Adirondacks that masses of non-Native Americans first learned to cherish the wilderness as a place of recreation and solace.
In this lyrical narrative history, the author reveals that the affair between Americans and the Adirondacks was by no means one of love at first sight. And even now, Schneider shows that Americans' relationship...
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Lars is a sweet but quirky guy who thinks he's found the girl of his dreams in a life-sized doll named Bianca. He is content with his artificial girlfriend until he develops feelings for Margo, an attractive co-worker. Now Lars finds himself in a unique love triangle, hoping to somehow discover the real meaning of true love.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Against all odds, a veterinary student and a beautiful circus performer from a bygone era meet and fall in love through their shared compassion for a special elephant. But their secret romance incurs the wrath of her dangerously volatile husband. Bonus features included.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Everyone in 1880s America knows Jesse James. He's the nation's most notorious criminal and is being hunted by the law in 10 states. He's also the land's greatest hero, lauded as a Robin Hood by the public. No one knows of Robert Ford, at least not yet. But the ambitious 19-year-old aims to change that. He befriends Jesse and rides with his gang. And if that doesn't bring Ford fame, he will have to find a deadlier way. Friendship becomes rivalry and...
11) Bright star
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Nineteenth century poet John Keats and the girl next door, Fanny Brawne, started out as unlikely lovers who were totally at odds with each other. However, when Brawne offers to help Keats nurse his seriously ill brother, the two soon became involved in an unstoppable romance that only his untimely death at age 25 could bring to a shattering end.
13) Dear Prudence
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Prudence McCoy is the host of a successful helpful hints TV show, who discovers a hidden talent for crime solving.
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, this riveting thriller follows Jason Derek Brown, a charismatic con man bankrolling his extravagant lifestyle through a series of scams. On Brown's trail: Lance Leising, a dogged FBI special agent determined to put Brown behind bars. When Brown's funds run low and his past catches up with him, he plots his most elaborate scheme yet, pitting himself against Leising in a deadly game of cat and mouse, and becoming the most unlikely...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A newly single dad navigating the good, the bad, and the weird of the 30-something singles scene in the whip-smart comedy. When his wife unexpectedly informs him that she wants a divorce, well-meaning but oblivious husband Otto Wall finds himself thrust back into bachelorhood. What follows is a hilarious sequence of romantic encounters, from reconnecting with a former crush to online dating, as Otto searches for a real connection amidst a string of...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When a teenage girl dreams of a terrible crime that ends up taking place, she discovers that her dreams are premonitions of things to come. But when yet another vision threatens the life of her family, no one believes her and it's a mad race against time to uncover clues and take on fate to save the ones she loves and perhaps even change the past.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A new mockumentary that looks at the exciting world of local government. Examines the mundane but necessary ways that people interact with their government, and asks why it's frequently so complicated - standing in line at the DMV, applying for home construction permits, or trying to get the city to fix a pothole.
19) The babymakers
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
After he fails to get his wife pregnant, a man recruits his friends to steal the deposit that he left at a sperm bank several years ago.
20) Les bien-aimés
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Français
Description
In 1964 Paris, Madeleine works as a shoe salesgirl and a part-time prostitute. She falls in love with Jaromil, a Czech doctor she picks up, and the two continue to see each other for years despite Madeleine's marriage to another man. Meanwhile, Madeleine's daughter Vera has romantic trouble of her own: she is torn between her longtime boyfriend and an unobtainable American musician.
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