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MHz Choice
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Italiano
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An intimate portrait of the great Italian actress who became a symbol of neorealism and an icon of the world's film industry after her breakout role in Rome, Open City. Anna is unique in the sense that she represents women in film, embodying a feminine model, which differed from all the other celebrities who came before and after her. Thanks to her great skills as an actress, Magnani inspired some of the greatest European and American directors: Roberto...
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Publisher
ListenUp Audiobooks
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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"July 17, 1918—from the writings of Marie Nicolaevna Romanovna, age 19. Midnight, in bed with her sister, Anastasia (Shvybz), in the Ipatiev Mansion in Ekaterinburg, during the last night of their lives. So much of my story unfolds by moonlight. This is a tale of midnight waking's and forced marches before dawn. Since this nightmare began, I do not dare undress, even to go to bed. I wear my dressing gown, my hair is prepared, and my shoes
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Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
This documentary from award-winning filmmaker Jennifer Abod provides a window into the life of Angela Bowen, a woman who grew up in inner city Boston during the Jim Crow era and went on to become a classical ballerina, legendary dance teacher, black lesbian feminist activist organizer, writer and professor.. For six decades Bowen has influenced and inspired untold numbers, speaking out as strongly for the Arts, and Black and Women’s Rights as she...
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Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
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Born to a life of wealth and privilege in turn-of-the-century Rhode Island, Emma Tremayne's life is all mapped out for her—including her engagement to the town's most eligible bachelor. Emma's sheltered world is shattered, however, when she discovers the horrifying working conditions in her fiance's textile mill. And when she encounters Shay McKenna, a brave Irish revolutionary, she learns what it will take to defy society's conventions, and experience...
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English
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Few things in life are discussed more and understood less than passion. Passion never dies but like bulbs planted in spring remain dormant occasionally for a life time. What is your passion? What is the one thing you would do for the rest of your life if never received a dime? The passion expert Gary Zelesky will become your personal passion coach as you discover, defined and deploy the passion of your youth. Passion is the human spark that ignites...
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English
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Albert O. Hirschman (1915-2012) was one of the leading intellectuals of the twentieth century, renowned for his contributions to economics, the social sciences, and the history of ideas. He is the author of many books, including the influential Exit, Voice, and Loyalty and The Strategy of Economic Development.
In this volume, Albert Hirschman reconstructs the intellectual climate of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to illuminate the intricate...
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English
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In this compelling novel of love, loyalty, and lost chances, Margaret Campbell Barnes gives readers a new perspective on Richard the Lionheart's triumphs and tragedies. Drawing on folklore, Barnes explores what might have happened if King Richard's foster brother were none other than Robin Hood, a legendary figure more vibrant than most in authentic history. Thick as thieves as Richard builds a kingdom and marshals a crusade, the two clash when Robin...
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English
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A mad, amusing, and revealing look at Paris in the twenties and at the people Caresse Crosby knew-Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edith Wharton, James Joyce, Picasso, Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, Lawrence of Arabia, and a host of others. In a single day, a visitor to the Crosby home outside of Paris might have found Salvador Dali at work in one room, Douglas Fairbanks Senior playfully swinging from the rafters, and D. H. Lawrence sunning himself by the...
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English
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George Darcy, a renowned young physician, returns to Pemberley after traveling the world in search of meaning and purpose with the British East India Company.
George Darcy, second son of a wealthy landowner in Georgian Era England, is considered to be a brilliant, rising star in England's field of medicine. He enlists as a physician with the British East India Company, embarking on a personal quest where he strives to change the face of medicine...
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English
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Society tells us we have the power and where-with-all to make it on our own. The Passionate Journey runs counter to these voices of self-sufficiency with a thoughtful collection of 47 Lenten devotions leading up to the most sacred time of the year--Easter. Through guided reflection, Scripture reading, journaling, silence, and prayer, we are drawn into the peace that is generated by solitude, and prompted to reorganize our priorities, slow down, and...
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Publisher
Duke Classics
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
English-born writer Compton MacKenzie burst onto the literary scene with several well-received novels and plays in the early 1900s. Based on one of MacKenzie's early plays, The Passionate Elopement is a gripping page-turner that will engage and enthrall fans of historical fiction.
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English
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In a Christ-Centered Marriage, True Passion Can Thrive. Sparks of passion can lead to marriage, but what happens when life throws sand on the embers? Is there a secret to maintaining passion through the decades? In The Passionate Marriage, understand what biblical married love should be, learn why total intimacy was especially designed for marriage, find out how infidelity can begin in seemingly harmless ways, and discover why God's deep love for...
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English
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To bed or to wed?
Mistress Merielle St. Martin yearned to visit her orphaned niece in Winchester, and waited anxiously for her guide. When Sir Rhyan Lombard arrived in Canterbury to escort the wealthy young widow, Merielle was enraged. Due to a family contract, Sir Rhyan had to approve her next husband, and he lost no time in telling her that if she wanted anyone-;be it lover or husband-;it would have to be him! No matter that his kisses stirred...
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English
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Read this classic romance by USA TODAY bestselling author Carole Mortimer, now available for the first time in e-book!
She needed a husband…
Shelby O'Neal's arrival at the Double K ranch in Montana should have been a celebration. But her fiancé's frantic wedding plans became meaningless after Shelby revealed the unusual terms of her inheritance…
Arrogant Kyle Whitney believes Shelby is a gold-digger and-now his young cousin has dropped out...
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English
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Marsha Kane is shocked to see her soon-to-be ex-husband again. She hasn't seen Taylor since she left him because she suspected him of having an affair. Now she's trying desperately not to fall for him all over again. After all, he cheated on her...didn't he? But he is gorgeous--too gorgeous by half....
Taylor is determined to prove to Marsha he wants her back--and he always gets what he wants...doesn't he? He's going to be her passionate husband--prepare...
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