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Driving Miss Daisy
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40 editions published between 1989 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 2,513 libraries worldwide In 1948, Miss Daisy Werthan, an elderly, cranky ex-school teacher from Atlanta, crashes her new Packard through a retaining wall into her neighbor's yard. Her concerned son Boolie reasons she no longer is able to drive herself, and over her strenuous objections hires the gentle, tactful, and wily black widower Hoke Colburn to be her chauffeur. As a Jew, Miss Daisy is also the victim of prejudice, and she gradually overcomes her subconscious bigotry to see Hoke as a true friend. Beginning in frostiness, their slow changing relationship mirrors the changing racial climate in the south through the burgeoning of civil rights movement.
The birds
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39 editions published between 1963 and 2006 in 5 languages and held by 2,004 libraries worldwide When Melanie Daniels rolls into Bodega Bay in pursuit of eligible bachelor Mitch Brenner, the small California town is inexplicably attacked by thousands of birds.
Fried green tomatoes
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34 editions published between 1991 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 1,561 libraries worldwide A chance encounter in a nursing home leads to an unexpected friendship between a dowdy housewife and a spry octagenarian who tells her the story of a fiercely independent woman half a century ago, inspiring the housewife to change her life, often with hilarious results.
Fried green tomatoes
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6 editions published between 1991 and 2006 in English and held by 1,280 libraries worldwide A chance encounter in a nursing home between a dowdy housewife and a spry octagenarian leads to an unexpected friendship. The story told of a fiercely independent woman half a century ago inspires the housewife to change her life, often with hilarious results.
Cocoon
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3 editions published between 1986 and 2010 in English and held by 972 libraries worldwide "When visitors from a distant galaxy return to earth on a secret mission, their other-worldly powers afford a group of senior citizens who had expected nothing more from life than bingo, shuffleboard, aches and pains, the chance to recapture their youth"--Container.
The glass menagerie
by Tennessee Williams
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27 editions published between 1900 and 2000 in 3 languages and held by 955 libraries worldwide A strong willed woman attempts to impose her shattered dreams into the life and personality of her shy, reclusive daughter.
To dance with the white dog
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13 editions published between 1993 and 2002 in English and held by 906 libraries worldwide A devoted old couple are separated when the wife dies. The husband struggles to cope with his loneliness and failing health, but his spirit is fading when a mysterious white dog appears and reawakens his joy of life.
Batteries not included
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16 editions published between 1987 and 2003 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 694 libraries worldwide An unscrupulous real estate developer sends thugs to a tenement to get rid of the last five tenants. The five are visited by tiny visitors from outer space who turn the tide with magical powers.
Nobody's fool
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14 editions published between 1994 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 682 libraries worldwide In this affectionate story of small town life in upstate New York, Sully, a fitfully employed 60-year-old construction worker, is a cheerful curmudgeon who has made a lifetime of bad decisions. He unexpectedly has a chance to make right some of them when his estranged son and grandson drop back into his life.
Foxfire
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15 editions published between 1983 and 2003 in English and held by 563 libraries worldwide When her son asks her to move to the city, an elderly woman is torn between his wishes and her many memories of sharing country life with her late husband.
Simon Gray's Butley
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6 editions published between 1973 and 2004 in English and held by 550 libraries worldwide Butley, a professor at a London University, finds out that his wife wants a divorce, his boyfriend is leaving him and his untalented colleague is getting a book published all in one day.
Cocoon
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14 editions published between 1986 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 516 libraries worldwide 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.
The world according to Garp
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1 edition published in 2001 in English and held by 507 libraries worldwide Garp is a man whose life unfolds from cradle to grave in counterpoint to the dizzy, violent, cruel and casually destructive rhythms of our anxious age. Whilst Garp sees himself as a "serious" writer, his mother Jenny writes a feminist manifesto at an opportune time, and finds herself as a magnet for all manner of distressed women.
The light in the forest
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6 editions published between 1980 and 2005 in English and held by 484 libraries worldwide Kidnapped by Indians as an infant, a teenager is returned to his parents but finds the white man's ways disturbing.
Tennessee Williams' South
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3 editions published in 2006 in English and Undetermined and held by 481 libraries worldwide A documentary on the life and work of writer and dramatist Tennessee Williams. Features the writer as he answers questions posed to him by the filmmaker in a variety of settings, accompanied by biographical re-creations, photos and occasional excerpted scenes of Williams' work performed specifically for the documentary.
The Story lady
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11 editions published between 1991 and 2010 in English and held by 458 libraries worldwide A lonely widow discovers she has an amazing storytelling talent. When big business tries to commercialize her "magic" she fights back.
The desert fox the story of Rommel
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7 editions published between 1987 and 2003 in English and held by 445 libraries worldwide Rommel was a brilliant military tactician. Unfortunately, Adolph Hitler thought that he too was a military genius and demands more of Rommel than he's able to provide. Rommel incurs Hitler's wrath by retreating in North Africa, but since Rommel is a war hero he is virtually "untouchable". Rommel joins in a plot to assassinate the Fuhrer. The attempt fails, and Rommel's complicity is discovered. He is given a choice: either face a horrible death by torture or commit suicide. Rommel opts for the latter. The official story given to the press is that Rommel died heroically of his war wounds.
The Bostonians
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3 editions published between 1998 and 2003 in English and held by 406 libraries worldwide Olive, a militant 19th century suffragette, takes on the education of a young girl with the gift of oratory. Olive hopes to use her gift for the feminist cause, but finds her student involved in a love triangle with Basil Ransom, a young lawyer from Mississippi, who is strongly opposed to the feminists in Boston.
Foxfire includes behind-the-scenes featurette "The making of Foxfire
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1 edition published in 1992 in English and held by 387 libraries worldwide When her son asks her to move to the city, an elderly woman is torn between his wishes and her many memories of sharing country life with her late husband.
The cherry orchard
by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
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13 editions published between 1965 and 1988 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 386 libraries worldwide more
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African American men Alabama Biography Birds--Behavior California--Bodega Bay Chauffeurs City and town life College teachers Comedy films Comedy films Documentary films Drama Families Fathers and sons Feature films Feature films Feminists Fiction films Film adaptations Film adaptations Films for the hearing impaired Films--for the hearing impaired Friendship Gay men Georgia--Atlanta Horror films Human-alien encounters Jewish women Love Man-woman relationships Mothers and sons Motion pictures New York (State) New York (State)--New York Nursing home patients Older people Older women Race relations Reminiscing in old age Rommel, Erwin,--1891-1944 Science fiction films Southern States Television adaptations Uhry, Alfred United States Video recordings--for the hearing impaired Women Women--Social conditions Working class Young men
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Alternative Names
Dandy, Jessica
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English
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German (32) French (32) Undetermined (29) Spanish (25) Multiple languages (21) No Linguistic content (9) Dutch (4) Polish (1) Greek, Modern (1) Covers
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