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1) Young adult
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Mavis Gary is a writer of teen literature who returns to her small hometown to relive her glory days and attempt to reclaim her happily married high school sweetheart. When returning home proves more difficult than she thought, Mavis forms an unusual bond with a former classmate who hasn't quite gotten over high school, either.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The young Jane Austen wishes to be a writer. Her mother thinks otherwise. Although she is offered many marriage proposals she accepts none until the mischevious Thomas Lefroy shows up and turns her world around. At first she finds him ignorant and self centered but as she gets to know him, they start to flirt and eventually fall in love. Thomas' relatives disagree with the match and threaten to disinherit him if he marries her. Jane's mother also...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kay Effiel is an author writing her latest novel. Her story revovles about an isolated man named Harold Crick. What she doesn't know is that her fictionalized character is real. Harold is an IRS agent who has lived a dull existence. One day begins to hear Karen's voice as she narrates what she is putting down on paper. Harold enlists the help of a literary professor to find out what is happening and ends up changing things about his life. He begins...
Series
Studio classic ; 28
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
This engaging follow-up to Grace Metalious' best-seller is a study in big-time ambition and small-town narrow-mindedness.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When reclusive author Loretta Sage gets kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire who hopes she can lead him to an ancient city's lost treasure from her latest novel, her cover model Alan sets out to prove he can be a hero and rescue her."--
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A novelist's newest book celebrates marital infidelity; at the same time, she's enjoying an affair with her married publisher. When she meets a charming and intelligent woman, immediately it's best friends for life--but her new comrade is also married to a publisher, and it's not a different publisher. Suddenly her new book's ethical stance starts to seem a tad glib.
11) Iris
Series
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Adapted from the memoirs of literary critic John Bayley, the film recounts his courtship of and long marriage to British novelist Iris Murdoch. The scenario tacks back and forth from the young Iris--ready to seduce one and all with her coy command of words and sex appeal--to the elder Iris--slowly giving way to the cruel erasure of Alzheimer's.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Sets the standard with its fascinating characters, well-crafted plots, and beloved heroine, mystery writer Jessica Fletcher. From the shadowy nooks of hometown Cabot Cove to crime scenes as far as Ireland and Australia, Jessica's hot on the trail of some of the most deliberate criminals yet. With danger at every turn, Jessica will need all her wits and ingenuity to get safely to the final page. All 24 episodes of the final season.
Series
Publisher
Strand Releasing Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
This is the collector's edition, 2-Disc set of the looks at the life and work of the controversial Russian-born author, Ayn Rand. Drawing from personal papers, public archives, rare film footage, and interviews with those who knew her, the material captures Rand's life-long themes of reason, rational selfishness and political freedom.
14) The lost city
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When reclusive author Loretta Sage gets kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire who hopes she can lead him to an ancient city's lost treasure from her latest novel, her cover model Alan sets out to prove he can be a hero and rescue her."--
15) Basic instinct
Series
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Nick Curran is a tough but vulnerable detective. Catherine Tramell is a cold, calculating, and beautiful novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite. Catherine becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered. Obsessed with cracking the case, Nick descends into San Francisco's forbidden underground.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
This season takes novelist-turned-detective, Jessica Fletcher, from not-so-sleepy Cabot Cove to the dangerous bright lights of New York City and beyond. From uncovering false fortune seekers to tracking down two-faced killers, Jessica is always there to catch the culprit and pen the final solution to the case.
Publisher
Universal Television
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
TV legend Angela Lansbury returns to her acclaimed and admired role as mystery writer Jessica Fletcher in all 21 entertaining episodes. Loaded with the shocking surprises and clever storylines that fans of this 41-time Primetime Emmy-nominated and 16-time Golden Globe-nominated series have come to expect.
