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Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
352 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"Bruce Feiler has long been thinking and writing about the stories that give our lives meaning. Several years ago he began to notice a new pattern: the old stories about the major plot points of our lives were no longer holding true. Increasingly, he observed, the stories we all inherit to explain how our lives should unfold were clashing with reality and creating more anxiety than guidance. People felt they were living their lives out of the expected...
3) Before, now
Author
Publisher
Rocky Pond Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Description
"Ava's world is full of opposites: colorful sneakers on a gray sidewalk, thick books made up of thin sheets of paper, and dreams of huge spaces in her small head. Together, these opposites depict a full and impactful life, as Ava moves from girl to student to scientist, from daughter to mother to grandmother. While years pass and some things change, there is even more that is constant in this visually rich, soothing portrait of family connection through...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
272 pages 22 cm.
Description
"A whole, beautiful life is only made possible by the wide spectrum of feelings that exist between joy and sorrow. In this insightful and warm book, writer and illustrator Mari Andrew explores all the emotions that make up a life, in the process offering insights about trauma and healing,the meaning of home and the challenges of loneliness, finding love in the most unexpected of places--from birds nesting on a sculpture to a ride on the subway--and...
5) Sacred
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Drawing on the works of filmmakers around the world, explores religious experiences in various cultures as they relate to the milestones of human life.
7) 56 up
Series
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
©2012.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (138 min.) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"The latest installment of ITV's landmark documentary series returns to visit the people whose lives have been followed since they were just seven-years-old. [Now they are 56 years old.] The original '7 Up' was broadcast in 1964 as a one-off World in Action Special featuring children chosen from different backgrounds to talk about their hopes and dreams for the future. The series was inspired by World in Action founder editor Tim Hewat's interest...
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
8 CDs (8 hrs. 45 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Renowned Harvard scholar and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore has written a strikingly original, ingeniously conceived and beautifully crafted history of American ideas about life and death from before the cradle to beyond the grave. Investigating the surprising origins of the stuff of everyday life, from board games to breast pumps, the author argues that the age of discovery, Darwin, and the Space Age turned ideas about life on earth topsy-turvy....
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
182 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
After a fluke tornado destroys George I. Newett's neighborhood, a series of strange coincidences relating to the stock market crash of 1929 occur, causing him to experience five serial visions corresponding to pivotal events in his life.
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