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-- Alice; the lady in number 6; music saved my life2014., General, Universal Call No: DVD Bio H582l Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Documentary tells the story of Alice Herz-Sommer, the world's oldest pianist and Holocaust survivor. She discusses the importance of music, laughter, and how to have an optimistic outlook on life. Herz (1903-2014) died at age 110, one week before the Oscar ceremony.
![The lady in number 6 [DVD] (2014). Directed by Malcolm Clarke. : music saved my life](/Library/images/cover/noimage.png "The lady in number 6 [DVD] (2014). Directed by Malcolm Clarke. : music saved my life")
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By Richman, Len2008., Lluminia Press Call No: Bio R532r Edition: ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Len Richman creates an atmosphere of candor with a broad scope, describing inspirational people, books, moving flashes of insight, and passionate views of ordinary and extraordinary places, disclosing clues as to why life unfolded as it did. Richman's writing projects an attitude of appreciation for images of beauty, a participation in understandings achieved, a sharing of experiences assimilated, and obstacles overcome. He has an unabashed love for people and nature, an unshakable confidence in life, and an abiding enthusiasm for communicating it. From working class asphalt-urban-immigrant beginnings to wilderness treks, literary explorations, international adventures and back to the wonders found close to home, this is a voyage of self-discovery, a passionate, probing, eclectic, and energetic journey. About the Author Born and raised in Montreal, Québec, Canada, Len Richman finds joy transforming his "academic accumulations" into realities of "raindrops, glimpses, moments" with books, outdoor projects, overseas adventures, and more recently, the performing arts. He and his wife continue to juggle a varied schedule that includes three sons, six grandsons and a bonus granddaughter. Richman continues his association with the Thomas More Institute, and is currently writing a play.
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By Richman, Len2015., Friesen Press Call No: Bio R532s Edition: First ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Shivers & Signposts: The Journey Continues is Len Richmanœs second exploration of a life measured out by a distinct rhythm of his own devising. Picking up where his first memoir, Raindrops Glimpses Moments: An Unconventional Memoir of an Unplanned Journey, left off, Richman shows in Shivers & Signposts that he still has much to do, and much to say. Richman attacks life with uncommon vigour. Never motionless, he moves forwards - and sometimes backwards - suffusing each manoeuvre with unique energyvitality and constant evolution. Shivers at the thought of growing old, of becoming staleoccasional alienation and loneliness, Richman, is driven onwards by a pressing need to redefine and redirect his innermost self·, a self that he continually re-evaluates through the lens of modern technology, literature, theatre and film. These are the signposts that guide him through his fascinating quest for renewal of spirit and selfLet us hear his decisive commentary on modern social and cultural mores, his unapologetic tackling of issues from racism to materialism to present-day psychoanalysis. Let us listen to the music of Richmanœs own Love Song, about the love of a life well-lived and still well-worth living. Let us be challenged, through Richmanœs examination of his own life, to ask of ourselves: How should we presume?.
