Sternhagen, Frances 1930-

Julie & Julia ( Visual )
2 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 2,089 libraries worldwide
Julie Powell is a frustrated insurance worker who wants to be a writer. Trying to find a challenge in her life, she decides to cook her way through Julia Child's 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking' in one year, and to blog about it. As Julie begins to find her groove as a cook, and her voice as a writer, the project takes on a life of its own. The project provides the struggling young woman with her life's purpose, to her very pleasant surprise. Julia Child has an amazing love affair with her dashing husband, Paul, all while embracing life and French food. Julie lovingly celebrates the life of one of American food's most influential and beloved figureheads.

Georgia O'Keeffe ( Visual )
6 editions published between 1977 and 2000 in English and held by 1,237 libraries worldwide
Explores the life and work of Georgia O'Keeffe in her own words.

The Laramie project ( Visual )
3 editions published between 2002 and 2010 in English and held by 947 libraries worldwide
"This film is based on transcripts of over 200 interviews with the people of Laramie, Wyoming."--Title screens. In October 1998, 21 year-old Matthew Shepard had been found savagely beaten, tied to a fence, and left to die. National media attention made his case a cause célèbre, and a month later, off Broadway writer-director Moisés Kaufman and Tectonic Theatre (his collaborating actors) arrived. They succeeded in interviewing a wide range of relevant persons, from those who knew Shepard or knew the accused to police, university, and hospital personnel and community members. Then they wrote a play.

The mist ( Visual )
4 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 937 libraries worldwide
When Dave Drayton notices a strange mist on the lake, he does not think much of it. Later, when his son, Billy, his neighbor Brent Norton, and he travel to the grocery store, strange things begin to happen. On their way to the market, they see the army, the local firefighters, and the police heading toward the mist. When he sees this, Brent mentions something about "Project Arrowhead," a secret military plan that no one knows about. When an elderly man runs into the market with a bloody nose, declaring that something is in the mist, the store immediately becomes besieged by otherworldly creatures which the shoppers and employees must battle.

Misery ( Visual )
25 editions published between 1990 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 756 libraries worldwide
Paul Sheldon can hardly remember the fierce blizzard that sent his car skidding off the road into an almost fatal car crash, or being nursed from unconsciousness. All he can remember is waking up - to the worst nightmare of his life. That's when Paul Sheldon, acclaimed author of the "Misery Chastain" novels met Annie Wilkes, his self-confessed number one fan. Paul suspects a dark side to his good Samaritan, because of her obsession with Misery, but when she asks to read his latest novel, he invites her criticism. It's an invitation he'll live to regret. Misery has been killed off and obsessed Annie becomes enraged. With mounting terror, Paul realizes that he's to be kept a prisoner by his deranged captor until he revives Misery in a new novel. Now, until he is discovered or can somehow escape the enduring love of his greatest fan, author Paul Sheldon must write as if his life depended on it ... because it does!

Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King ( Recording )
14 editions published between 1992 and 2009 in English and held by 636 libraries worldwide
Clairborne relates her harrowing confession in the events surrounding the sudden death of rich Vera Donovan-- "Everything I did, I did for love."

The man that corrupted Hadleyburg ( Visual )
9 editions published between 1980 and 2005 in English and held by 528 libraries worldwide
Based on one of Mark Twain's best known short stories. A mysterious stranger who was slighted by the people of Hadleyburg reappears to disprove the town's reputation.

Outland ( Visual )
8 editions published between 1981 and 2007 in English and French and held by 379 libraries worldwide
A future cop probes some mysterious deaths among the workers in a mining colony on on of Jupiter's innermost moons.

Doc Hollywood ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1998 in English and held by 350 libraries worldwide
Ben Stone is a brash, newly-minted MD whose cruise toward the medical fast lane of a Beverly Hills plastic surgery practice takes a small-town detour. He ends up in Grady, South Carolina, Squash Capital of the South and home of salt-of-the-earth folks who know it's better to follow your heart than your wallet.

The body in the closet Plumbing for Willy by Mary Higgins Clark ( Recording )
1 edition published in 1998 in English and held by 316 libraries worldwide
In The body in the closet, Alvirah gets involved in the investigation of the death of a woman found murdered in her closet. In Plumbing for Willy, after Alvirha's appearance on a talk show, her husband, Willy is kidnapped.