Nicholson, William.

Summary: "From an Oscar-nominated screenwriter and the author of Motherland, a novel about two love affairs set in Amherst--one in the present, one in the past, and both presided over by Emily Dickinson. Alice Dickinson is a young advertising executive who worksin London and dreams of becoming a screenwriter. She decides to take some time off work to research her idea for a screenplay: the true story...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2015

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Nicholson, William.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Plume 1991

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Nicholson, William.

Summary: The story of a World War II love triangle involving a charismatic war hero whose marriage crumbles in the face of painful realities that culminate in tragedy when his ex-wife returns his best friend's long-unrequited love.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2013

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Summary: Based on the true story of C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor who remains untouched by any great passion until he meets and falls in love with Joy Gresham, a feisty, abrasive New York divorcée.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Video 1998

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Nighy, Bill

Summary: A family copes with the shocking revelation that a husband intends to divorce his wife after twenty-nine years of marriage.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Screen Media Films 2020

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Summary: In early 19th century France the paroled prisoner Jean Valjean seeks redemption, regains his social standing, and rises to the rank of mayor. He encounters a beautiful but desperately ill woman named Fantine and cares for her daughter, Cosette, after her death. All the while he is obsessively pursued by the policeman Javert, who vows to make him pay for the crimes of his past.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios 2013

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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY MUSICALS MIS

Summary: Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by familial betrayal and Spain's invading army. She and her shrewd advisor must act to safeguard the lives of her people. When the dashing seafarer, Walter Raleigh, captures her heart, Elizabeth is forced to make her most tragic sacrifice for the good of her country. A tale of one woman's crusade to control her love, destroy her enemies and secure her...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008

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Summary: Based on South African President Nelson Mandela's autobiography of the same name, it chronicles his early life, coming of age, education and 27 years in prison before becoming President and working to rebuild the country's once segregated society.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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Williams, Margery

Summary: By the time the velveteen rabbit is dirty, worn out, and about to be burned, he has almost given up hope of ever finding the magic called Real.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1991

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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WIL

Summary: The backwoods of North Carolina is where Nell lives, all alone. She has her own form of language and no idea of a world beyond her small plot of land. When civilization enters her life, Nell's life will never be the same again.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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Summary: Olympian and war hero Louis Zamperini survived in a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, only to be caught by the Japanese Navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2015

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Summary: Chronicles the lives and careers of Harold Michelson, a storyboard artist and production designer, and his wife Lillian, a film researcher, who eloped to Hollywood in 1947 and worked for six decades, their combined filmography totaling hundreds of movies for which their contributions went mostly uncredited.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2017

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