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241) The Birdcage
Author
Publisher
Plume
Pub. Date
1996.
Physical Desc
219 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Weinstein Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition, revised and expanded edition.
Physical Desc
360 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Provides an inside look at Prince William and Kate Middleton, delving into both of their backgrounds, their relationship, and their engagement, in a book that also looks at William's relationship with his brother, Harry.
245) Best place to die
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
218 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lilian Campbell and her best friend and lover, Ada Strauss, are woken early by the sound of sirens: the local nursing home, Nillewaug Village, is ablaze. The police and fire chiefs find evidence to suggest the fire was accidental, but Detective Mattie Perez can't help but wonder why the smoke alarms didn't work. Soon, it's looking less like an accident and more like arson, and Lil and Ada are swept up into an investigation that grows increasingly...
247) Away we go
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Burt and Verona are a loving couple. Burt has always wanted to marry Verona, but Verona resists, not seeing the point of the institution. Regardless, they are having a baby together and question their potential parenting abilities. They decide to move closer to Burt's parents so they can share the experience with the baby's grandparents. In Verona's sixth month, she and Burt learn that his parents are moving to Belgium the month before the baby is...
250) Lake with no name
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 294 pages : maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
251) The wedding banquet
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Comedy about the age-old conflict between parents and their children. In New York, the Taiwanese half of a gay couple hopes to end his parents' matchmaking by announcing that he's engaged. What he doesn't count on is that they'll fly in to meet the bride and plan the nuptials!
252) Jude the obscure
Author
Language
English
Description
His last and most controversial novel, Jude the Obscure provoked such widespread and bitter attacks that Hardy claimed it caused him to stop writing novels. The primary causes of the uproar involved Hardy's frank treatment of sexual themes and his unconventional portrayal of the pillars of Victorian society: the British university system, marriage, and religion. Today, many consider this to be Hardy's finest work.
The story involves
...Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Meghan Markle and Prince Harry were set up by a mutual friend on a blind date in July 2016, little did they know that the resulting whirlwind romance would lead to their engagement in November 2017 and marriage in May 2018. Since then, our fascination with the woman who has smashed the royal mold has rocketed. So different from those coy brides of recent history, Meghan is confident, charismatic, and poised; her warm and affectionate engagement...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xx, 312 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Prince William and Kate Middleton defied all odds to forge a storybook romance amide the scandals, power struggles, tragedies, and general dysfunction that are the hallmarks of Britain's Royal Family.
255) The freedom to marry
Publisher
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Over the last four decades, the concept of same-sex couples marrying went from a 'preposterous notion' to the national law. The Freedom to Marry movement is now known as one of the most successful civil rights campaigns in the modern history, but change did not arrive by happenstance. This victory was carefully planned and orchestrated over decades. THE FREEDOM TO MARRY is a riveting ride alongside Evan Wolfson and Mary Bonauto, the architect and...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
350 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
From the beginning that it was the perfect case to bring down the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Edie Windsor and Thea Spyer had been together as a couple, in sickness and in health, for more than forty years, enduring society's homophobia as well as Spyer's near total paralysis from multiple sclerosis. Although the couple was finally able to marry, when Spyer died the federal government refused to recognize their marriage, forcing Windsor...
257) Deadout
Author
Series
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
397 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A trip to an island off the New England coast-- and away from the demands of police work-- might be just what is needed to jump-start Detective Doyle Carrick and Nola Watkins' stalled relationship. But a mysterious plague is killing the island's bees. Nola takes a job at an organic farm hit hard by the disease, working for the rich, handsome, and annoying Teddy, with whom she quickly becomes a little too friendly for Doyle's liking. When Teddy's...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xix, 267 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Explores the lives of Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake, two ordinary middle-class women who serve as a window on historical constructs of marriage, gender, and sexuality in late 18th-century and early 19th-century America. Both were born in Massachusetts, but in different towns, 11 years apart. Charity's attachment to women was so blatant that after she turned 20, her father told her to leave the house. She worked as a schoolteacher, but was forced...
259) 56 days
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
305 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
No one knew they'd moved in together. Now one of them is dead. Could this be the perfect murder? 56 days ago. Ciara and Oliver meet in a supermarket queue in Dublin the same week Covid-19 reaches Irish shores. 35 days ago. When lockdown threatens to keep them apart, Oliver suggests that Ciara move in with him. She sees a unique opportunity for a new relationship to flourish without the pressure of scrutiny of family and friends. He sees it as an opportunity...
Author
Publisher
Nolo
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
3rd edition.
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"With the only comprehensive guide to same-sex relationship laws in the U.S., Making It Legal discusses the important factors involved in the personal decision to marry, along with the issues that every married couple may face: What are the special needs of same-sex couples with kids? What happens when you want to file your taxes? When is a will or a living trust needed? "--
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