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Español
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Santiago is a Cuban fisherman who encounters a giant marlin in the Gulf Stream and the battle for his catch becomes one of survival against a band of marauding sharks.
Con un lenguaje de gran fuerza y sencillez, El viejo y el mar narra la historia de un viejo pescador cubano a quien la suerte parece haber abandonado, y del desafío mayor al que se enfrente: la batalla despiadada y sin tregua con un pez gigantesco en las aguas del golfo.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
When the elderly caretaker of a remote morgue discovers the body of a young woman killed during a protest, he embarks on a magical odyssey to give her a proper burial before the militia returns. Winner of four awards, including Best Screenplay and the FIPRESCI Prize at the **Venice International Film Festival.** Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival.** *"Haunting and perplexing." - Jordan Mintzer, **Hollywood Reporter***
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
The road adventures of a group of elderly musicians who escape from a Mexican nursing home and play in numerous clubs on the way to Tijuana, where their leader hopes to fulfill his friend's dying wish.
Las aventuras de un quinteto de ancianos que se escapa de una clínica en México y toca en varios clubes nocturnos camino de Tijuana para cumplir el deseo de una amiga que acaba de morir.
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Frank is an aging ex-jewel thief, and his two grown children are worried that he can no longer care for himself. In deciding what to do with Frank, the most likely option appears to be putting him in a nursing home. But Frank's son comes up with another option: buy Frank a walking, talking robot programmed to look after him and improve his physical and mental health. Frank resists the robot at first, but he warms to it after realizing that it could...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
143 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Español
Description
Just ten minutes a day of these modified stretches is guaranteed to help you improve your mobility without pain or injury. Stretching for 50+ is filled with safe, easy routines for any age. Learn warm-ups and cool-downs, use tools like a strap, therapy balls and foam rollers, and discover plenty of other fitness tips to keep you moving.--
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
ix, 165 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Todo es hermoso en su tiempo. La vida es un viaje a través de estaciones hermosas y variadas, con una cadencia dinámica y llena de continuos descubrimientos. Abrace cada estación de su vida y aprenda a vivirla plenamente con la gracia y la ayuda de Joyce Meyer." --from the back cover.
"Everything is beautiful in its time. Life is a journey through beautiful and varied seasons, with a dynamic cadence and full of continued discovery. Embrace each...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Wendell Baker is a dreamer and schemer whose latest scam lands him in jail and leaves him alienated from his longtime girlfriend, best friend and even his dog. Eternally optimistic, Wendell makes the most of his time behind bars and vows to turn his life around. Upon release, he gets a job at a retirement hotel, where he befriends some of the colorful residents. Wendell's new friends advise him on how to win back his girl, while he helps them battle...
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
32 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
Español
Description
"Diego teaches his parents a lesson on how to treat his aging grandfather; the way the parents treat the grandfather now, is how Diego will be treating them when they become elderly and in need of care"--P. 32.
Cuando Diego dice a sus padres que el los tratará cuando sean ancianos de la misma manera en que ellos están tratando a su abuelo ahora, sus padres aprenden una lección sobre el respeto debido a los ancianos y a todos.
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
518 pages ; 20 cm
Language
Español
Description
"Verano de 1924. Durante una rutilante fiesta de la alta sociedad en Riverton Manor, un joven y prometedor poeta se quita la vida. Invierno de 1999. Grace Bradley, una anciana de noventa y ocho años que otrora fuera doncella en la mansión de Riverton, recibe la visita de una joven directora de cine que está rodando una película sobre aquel suicido [suicidio]. Esa visita convoca los recuerdos que durante décadas Grace había relegado a lo más...
11) Unfinished song
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Cantankerous but doting husband Arthur does not share his wife Marion's passion for performing. While she is happy to sing her heart out with the unconventional local choir, Arthur would prefer to hide himself away and complain about how embarrassing it all is. But when heartbreak strikes, Arthur is forced to re-think his outlook on life. Arthur begins to find a way to come out of his shell and in the process forms a desire to build bridges with his...
12) Mr. Holmes
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
282 pages ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Description
Una novela brillante, una desafiante mirada a la vejez desde la perspectiva de un hombre acostumbrado a confiar por completo en sus facultades. Cullin presta humanidad a Holmes y lo convierte en un personaje aún más universal.
1947 finds Holmes living in a Sussex farmhouse at 93 with a housekeeper and her son, Roger, who discovers evidence of a case never before reported, a case involving a Mrs. Keller, the long-ago object of Holmes's affection....
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
Español
Description
Hogar significa esperanza en tiempos de cambio. Hogar significa mazal bueno en un nuevo comienzo. Hogar es una llave a las historias de familia que no se ovidan.
Estrella learns about her Cuban and Jewish heritage as she helps her aunt move from her Miami apartment to an assisted living community.
14) La oveja negra
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (105 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Tells of a young man's poor relationship with his father. The old patriarch of a conservative family embarrasses his son with his flagrant lewd advances toward young women despite his long-time marriage to his wife.
La actitud machista de un padre de una familia norteña ocasiona la infelicidad de su hijo y la muerte de su esposa.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
After grumpy 85-year-old Don Servando is kicked out of his retirement home, his estranged son Francisco has no choice but to invite his dad to live with him. Confronted with his son's hippie lifestyle and eccentric housemates, Don Servando goes off the rails, igniting a series of comic conflicts that put the house in jeopardy, and leaves everyone in stitches.
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (119 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
An exessively strict and authoritarian father humiliates and belittles his son. In a conversation full of mistakes, the father directs his son to marry Josefa, a young woman he is profoundly in love with.
"Silvano ama profundamente a su padre, pero en éste prevalece el autoritarismo y la frustración, haciendo que la relación entre ambos se vea envuelta en un supuesto triángulo amoroso originado por la actitud de hombre que no acepta envejecer"--Container....
17) Elsa & Fred
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Elsa & Fred is a story about two people who, at the end of the road, discover that it's never too late to love-- or dream. Elsa is 82 years-old, while Alfredo is a bit younger than her. After losing his wife, Alfredo feels disturbed and confused, so his daughter suggests it would be best if he moved into a smaller apartment. There he'll meet Elsa. From that moment on, everything changes. Elsa bursts into his life like a whirlwind, determined to teach...
18) Mi vecino Paco
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
Español
Description
"Una historia que celebra la amistad entre un niño y su vecino--un anciano aparentemente extraño y gruñón--y que invita a crear puentes de comunicación y afecto intergeneracional"--Back cover.
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