Alex Perry
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"In 2006, the Wall Street pioneer and philanthropist Ray Chambers flicked through some holiday snapshots taken by his friend, development economist Jeff Sachs, and remarked on the placid beauty of a group of sleeping Malawian children. They're not sleeping, Sachs told him. They're in malarial comas. A few days later, they were all dead. Chambers had long avoided the public eye, but this moment sparked his determination to coordinate an unprecedented,...
5) Her smell
Author
Publisher
Something She, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Forced to get sober and reckon with the past, a self-destructive punk rock superstar retreats from the spotlight and tries to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success." --
6) Pighearted
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Jeremiah's heart skips a beat before his frist soccer game, but it's not from nerves. It's the first sign of a heart attack. He knows he needs to go to the hospital, but he's determined to score a goal and not let his heart condition get in the way. Charging after the ball, he refuses to stop...even if his heart does. J6 is a pig and the only one of his five brothers who survived the research lab. Even though he's never left his cell, he thinks of...
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Catherine has entered a particularly dark period in her life: her father, a famous artist, has recently died, and on the heels of his death she's dumped by her boyfriend James. Looking to recuperate, Catherine heads out to her best friend Virginia's lake house for some much needed relaxation. Tranquility eludes her, however, as she's instantly overcome with memories of time spent at the same house with James the year before.
8) Nostalgia
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A profoundly moving drama about people's collective need to find meaning in the objects we hold dear. It is a mosaic of interconnected stories built around the central theme of loss and memory, filled with characters as real and recognizable as friends and neighbors. --
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The young boy, who loved taking adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood with a gang of spirited and lovable stuffed animals, has grown up and lost his way. Now it is up to his childhood friends to venture into that world and help Christopher Robin remember the loving and playful boy who is still inside.
10) Joshy
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
After his engagement suddenly ends, Joshy and a few of his friends decide to take advantage of what was supposed to be his bachelor party in Ojai, California. In their attempt to help Joshy deal with the recent turn of events, the guys turn the getaway into a raucous weekend filled with drugs, booze, debauchery, and hot tubs.--
11) Golden exits
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
An intersectional narrative of two families in Brooklyn and the unraveling of unspoken unhappiness that occurs when a young woman spending time abroad upsets the balance on both sides.
12) Listen up Philip
Publisher
Tribeca Film
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Anger rages in Philip as he awaits the publication of his second novel. He feels pushed out of his adopted home city by the constant crowds and noise, a deteriorating relationship with his photographer girlfriend Ashley, and his own indifference to promoting the novel. When Philip's idol Ike Zimmerman offers his isolated summer home as a refuge, he finally gets the peace and quiet to focus on his favorite subject: himself." --
Series
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The young boy, who loved taking adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood with a gang of spirited and loveable stuffed animals, has grown up and lost his way. Now it is up to his childhood friends to venture into that world and help Christopher Robin remember the loving and playful boy who is still inside." --
