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Publisher
Mpi Media Group
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"George is a man whose struggle to find food and a place to sleep in New York City is beautifully captured with remarkable realism and heartrending compassion. Shuffled into the unforgiving bureaucracy of a men's shelter, George seems destined to wind up as just another lost soul swallowed up by the system, until he meets a gregarious, down-and-out ex-jazzman who inspires George to reconnect with his estranged daughter."--Worldcat.org.
Author
Publisher
Ecco
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
416 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
This is a novel that illuminates the shadowed edges of contemporary American culture with startling and unforgettable results. Suspended in a strangely modern day version of limbo, the young man at the center of this morally complex new novel must create a life for himself in the wake of incarceration. Known in his new identity only as the Kid, and on probation after doing time for a liaison with an underage girl, he is shackled to a GPS monitoring...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
251 pages
Description
"Homeless, alcoholic, and depressed, Michael King lives in a UPS loading bay on the wrong side of the tracks in Portland, Oregon. One rainy night, he stumbles upon a hurt, starving, scruffy cat and takes her in. Nursing her back to health, he names her Tabor and she becomes a bit of a celebrity in southeast Portland. When winter comes, they travel from Oregon to the beaches of California to the high plains of Montana, surviving blizzards and bears,...
6) Being Flynn
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A compelling exploration of the unbreakable yet fragile bonds between parent and child. Nick Flynn is a young writer seeking to define himself. His father Jonathan, however, scrapes through life on his own terms and has not seen his son in 18 years. Taking a job at a homeless shelter, Nick finds purpose in his own life and work until one night Jonathan arrives seeking a bed. To give the two of them a shot at a real future, Nick wrestles with the notion...
Publisher
Gaiam
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (257 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The most wonderful time of the year: The story of what happens when you open your heart to the power of Christmas. Disenchanted single mom Jennifer Cullen is a Scroogette when it comes to anything Christmas. In fact, even her six-year-old son, Brian, is having trouble believing in Santa Claus. But when Uncle Ralph visits and brings a fellow passenger from his flight name Morgan Derby, Jennifer's dubious heart awakens to the possibility that perhaps...
Author
Publisher
St Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
286 pages
Description
"James Bowen and Bob are back in The World According to Bob--a touching and true sequel about one man and the cat that changed his life. As James struggles to adjust to his transformation from street musician to international celebrity, Bob is at his side, providing moments of intelligence, bravery, and humor and opening his human friend's eyes to important truths about friendship, loyalty, trust -- and the meaning of happiness. In the continuing...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
172 pages
Description
"Bob Fever has swept the globe, with A Street Cat Named Bob vaulting its way to #7 on The New York Times bestseller list in its first week on sale. With rights sold to 27 countries around the globe and a top spot on the British bestseller list for more than a year, this book has been a smashing success around the world. As Street Cat Bob and James spend a cold and challenging December on the streets together, James once more draws strength and inspiration...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Erik Kernan is an up-and-coming sports reporter who rescues a homeless man only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect the Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.
14) Always: a novel
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
270 pages ; 25 cm
Description
Torn between two men, Kailey Crane is faced with an impossible choice: embrace the bright future she has with her new fiancé, or dedicate herself to reclaiming a past love that may be gone forever. When Kailey met Cade ten years ago, their attraction was immediate and intense, but it all ended suddenly, leaving Kailey devastated. Now Cade is another homeless soul; his mind has suffered in the intervening years. When they meet, Kailey helps Cade begin...
Publisher
Arts Alliance America
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approx. 74 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Eighty-year-old Jimmy Mirikitani survived the trauma of WWII internment camps, Hiroshima, and homelessness by creating art. But when 9/11 threatens his life on the New York City streets and a local filmmaker brings him to her home, the two embark on a journey to confront Jimmy's painful past. An intimate exploration of the lingering wounds of war and the healing powers of community and art..."--Container.
16) Amulet
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When a former soldier who is living homeless in London is offered a place to stay in a home with a woman and her terminally ill mother, he begins to fall for her while developing a suspicion that something might be amiss.
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