Meryl Streep
1) Tom Lake
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Recalling the past at her daughters' request, Lara tells the story of a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance, which causes her daughters to examine their own lives and reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew.
"In the spring of 2020, Lara's three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor...
2) Brave Irene
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 630L
Language
English
Description
When her mother, the town dressmaker, falls ill, little Bobbin braves a fierce snowstorm and other perils and pitfalls to deliver a beautiful gown to the duchess in time for the ball.
5) Heartburn
Author
Publisher
Books On Tape
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Seven months into her pregnancy, Rachel Samstat discovers that her husband, Mark, is in love with another woman. The fact that the other woman has a neck as long as an arm and a nose as long as a thumb is no consolation. Food sometimes is, though, since Rachel writes cookbooks for a living. And in between trying to win Mark back and loudly wishing him dead, Ephron's irrepressible heroine offers some of her favorite recipes.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Americans are living longer than ever before. Seventy-five million baby boomers are entering their retirement years at a rate of 10,000 a day. The United States is not prepared for this unprecedented demographic shift, and the question we're now all facing is: who will care for this aging population when they can no longer care for themselves?
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
This intimate and unprecedented look at butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, bats and flowers is a celebration of life, as a third of the world's food supply depends on these incredible and increasingly threatened creatures. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg, 'Wings of Life' utilizes riveting high-speed, closer-than-close filmmaking techniques to showcase in spectacular detail these unsung heroes of our planet.
Publisher
Kyle Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"The recipes in this ... book come from women living in the war-torn countries in which Women for Women International operates--Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria, Rwanda, and South Sudan--but also from renowned chefs, humanitarians and philanthropists ... [T]hey range from everyday dishes to meals for special occasions. Interspersed throughout are inspiring stories of the women who, with the...
11) The Post
Publisher
Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Follows the events surrounding the 1971 release of the Pentagon Papers by newspaper publisher Kay Graham and her editor Ben Bradlee of the Washington Post, revealing that the U.S. government knew for years the Vietnam War was unwinnable.
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Marvin's room: a disfunctional family takes a journey of self-discovery and reconciliation and learns to reach out to one another.
Music of the heart: a single mother with little more than talent and the dertermination to make a difference teaches violin to students in a tough inner-city neighborhood.
House of spirits: the core of the epic tale spanning three generations of the Trueba family is the stormy, yet passionate, relationship between the...
13) Before and after
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
When a young girl is found dead, the only suspect is the teenage son of a respected local family which faces the dilemma to risk everything for his innocence, or protect him from his possible guilt.
14) The river wild
Publisher
MCA Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
A woman's skills and courage are put to the ultimate test when an encounter with three mysterious strangers turns her family's white water rafting trip into a living hell.
15) Ironweed
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Drifter Francis Phelan returns to his hometown to confront the family he abandoned twenty-two years ago, and relates the secrets of his life to his alcoholic friend Helen as they try to survive winter on the streets of 1938 Albany, New York.
16) Into the woods
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
A modern twist on several of the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tales, intertwining the plots of a few choice stories and exploring the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests. This humorous and heartfelt musical follows the classic tales of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Rapunzel, all tied together by an original story involving a baker and his wife, their wish to begin a family and their interaction with...
17) Julie & Julia
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
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Description
Julia Child's life with her husband in Paris is intertwined with the life of thirty-year-old Queens resident Julie Powell who decides to cook every recipe in Child's book "Mastering the art of French cooking" over the course of one year.