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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 4
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The Taming of the Shrew (1592) is a comedy by William Shakespeare. Written between 1590 and 1592, The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare's earliest works. Frequently critiqued by scholars for its demeaning portrayal of Katherina and for Petruchio's violence, the play has also been considered as an ironic treatment of the inequality experienced by women in marriage. The Taming of the Shrew has served as source material for countless film and...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After miraculously remaining 29 years old for almost eight decades, Adaline Bowman has lived a solitary existence, never allowing herself to get close to anyone who might reveal her secret. But a chance encounter with charismatic philanthropist Ellis Jones reignites her passion for life and romance. When a weekend with his parents threatens to uncover the truth, Adaline makes a decision that will change her life forever.
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Sarah is a novelist struggling with writer's block needs inspiration and finds it when she serendipitously meets Godfrey, a down on his luck oddball who constantly changes personas in order to cope with a traumatic past and avoid reality. Just as Godfrey begins to open up to Sarah, he discovers that she's been using him as inspiration for her next novel, and he vanishes from her life. Did Sarah just lose the man of her dreams, or will she be able...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Two busy strangers, Olivia Bennett and Edward Taylor meet when they help an elderly woman find her lost Christmas savings. Thanks to fate and Christmas magic, they also find something they were both missing: true love.
8) Manglehorn
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Left heartbroken by the woman he loved and lost forty years ago, an eccentric small-town locksmith tries to start his life over again with the help of a new friend.
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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A man glimpses the future fate has planned for him and chooses to fight for his own destiny. Battling the powerful Adjustment Bureau across, under, and through the streets of New York, he risks his destined greatness to be with the only woman he's ever loved.
11) Aviva
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Aviva is a young Parisian who develops an online romance with Eden, a New Yorker. After a long courtship, they meet in person and fall in love, settling into an intimate relationship that leads to marriage. But their lives are not without struggle, for inside both young lovers exists warring factions of masculine and feminine energies battling for primacy inside and out of the bodies that contain them.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Rod and Katherine Wright are retired and living with their golden retriever, Jake. Their neighbor, Lisa, has three golden retriever puppies that Jake loves to play with. However, the dogs interrupt Lisa's boyfriend when he proposes marriage to her, causing a breakup. It's up to Rod, Katherine, and the retrievers to help bring the young couple back together again.
13) The lightkeepers
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The year is 1912. Vowing to swear off women for good, curmudgeonly Seth Atkins takes refuge tending a remote Cape Cod lighthouse. Then, a mysterious stranger literally washes up in Seth's life, with a past full of secrets and a similar aversion to females. But the arrival of two beautiful, spirited women will test the men's resolve, and send all four of them sailing into uncharted romantic waters!
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
[1 videodisc (approximately 84 minutes)] : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Multiple coincidences and a chance meeting bring Alice and Jack, two strangers from very different family backgrounds, together for a weekend wedding celebration. Encouraged by her family, led by mom Olga, Alice slowly lets go of her reservations about meeting someone new following a failed long-distance relationship. Meanwhile, more and more Godwinks -- those coincidences that aren't really coincidences at all -- bring Alice and Jack closer as each...
16) Last Resort
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two terminally ill hospice residents plan to make their spouses fall in love to lessen the impact of their death.
17) Cold Mountain
Pub. Date
©2004
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (154 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Inman, a young Confederate soldier, is struggling to make his way home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina, where his beloved Ada awaits him. In Inman's absence, Ada befriends Ruby, who helps her keep up her late father's farm. Meanwhile, in his travels, Inman encounters a menagerie of interesting and colorful characters.
18) Press Play
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 84 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Laura and Harrison have the picture-perfect romance built on the foundation of a shared love of music. After a deadly accident, Laura is given the chance to save the love of her life when she discovers that their mixtape can transport her back in time.
19) The standoff
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; c4 3/4 in.
Description
When eight alpha teens vie to win a car there's only one rule, keep a hand on the automobile until you're the last one standing. They will go to any length to win, and with a new car at stake, no one is backing down, not even for romance!
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The beautiful widow Susan Vernon has come to the estate of her in-laws to wait out colorful rumors about her dalliances circulating through polite society. Whilst there, she decides to secure a husband for herself and her rather reluctant debutante daughter, Frederica.
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