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81) SZNZ: Winter
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
EP 4 out of 4 that Weezer will release in 2022, each one being themed after a season.
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Two of the world’s most original filmmakers, identical twins Stephen and Timothy Quay have been making their unique blend of puppetry and stop-motion animation for nearly 40 years and have spawned an enormous cult following. The Quays display a passion for detail, a breathtaking command of color and texture, and an uncanny use of focus and camera movement that make their films unique and instantly recognizable. Best known for their classic 1986...
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Talent Has Hunger is an inspiring film about the power of music to consume, enhance, and propel lives. Filmed over 7 years, the film is a window into the mysterious world of the artist, the passion that can grip and sustain a young player from childhood through the last days of life and the years of sacrifice and dedication a budding artist needs to fulfill one’s talent. The film focuses on the challenges of guiding gifted young people through the...
85) Undefeated
Author
Series
Blood bond saga (Helen Hardt) volume 5
Publisher
Waterhouse Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Erin Hamilton follows Dante Gabriel back into hell--the underground compound where he was held for a decade--to confront the woman who held him captive. Finally unmasked, she seems to hold Dante under her influence. Erin has faith in Dante's strength and determination, though, especially when the mysterious Vampyre Texts reveal their first secret .Dante struggles to regain his control, even as he grows stronger and the darkness rises within him....
Author
Series
Publisher
Teach Yourself
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Tyson-Ward has lived, worked and studied in Portugal and taught Portuguese for over 15 years. She provides comprehensive and clear explanations of key grammar patterns and structures so that you will and natural and appropriate when speaking Portuguese.
With our interactive Discovery Method, you will master the rules of Portuguese grammar and unlock your language learning potential.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A dramatic re-creation and urgent examination of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, today's world leaders are abandoning disarmament treaties, building up their nuclear arsenals, and exchanging threats of nuclear strikes. To survive this new atomic age, we must return to the lessons of the most dangerous moment of the Cold War: the Cuban Missile Crisis. Nuclear Folly offers an international perspective on...
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"An new historical anthology from transatlantic slavery to the Reconstruction curated by the Schomburg Center, that makes the case for focusing on the histories of Black people as agents and architects of their own lives and ultimate liberation, with a foreword by Kevin Young. This is the first Penguin Classics anthology published in partnership with the Schomburg Center, a world-renowned cultural institution documenting black life in America and...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin Mezhrabpomfilm, 1928 Storm Over Asia forms part of Pudovkin's "revolutionary trilogy", alongside Mother (1926) and The End of St. Petersburg (1927). In 1918 a young and simple Mongol herdsman and trapper is cheated out of a valuable fox fur by a European capitalist fur trader. Ostracized from the trading post, he escapes to the hills after brawling with the trader who cheated him. In 1920 he becomes a Soviet partisan,...
Publisher
Michael Blackwood Productions
Pub. Date
1972.
Language
English
Description
During the era of the silent film, movies were never really silent. Hidden in plain sight behind the films that made figures like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton into cultural icons, were the musical giants whose compositions defined the very films that captivated a generation of movie-goers. "HOLLYWOOD'S MUSICAL MOODS" is an intimate conversation with some then-living legends from a bygone golden age of Hollywood, a freeze-frame of an era where...
92) Resistance
Publisher
Film Movement Exclusives
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
This World War II drama stars Michael Sheen (*Frost/Nixon, Masters of Sex*), and features two *Game of Thrones* stars, Iwan Rheon and Tom Wlaschiha. In 1944, the D-Day for the invasion of Normandy by the Allies has failed and Europe has not been released from the German forces. The men of an isolated Welsh village disappear and their wives believe that they have joined the resistance and soon German soldiers arrive at the village. The farmer Sarah...
93) Tartuffe
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The most gifted visual storyteller of the German silent era, F.W. Murnau crafted works of great subtlety and emotional complexity through his absolute command of the cinematic medium. Known for such dazzling films as Nosferatu (1922), The last laugh (1924), Faust (1926), and Sunrise (1927), Murnau was also drawn to more intimate dramas exploring the dark corners of the human mind. In Tartuffe, he revisits Moliére's fable of religious hypocrisy, in...
Author
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
After stomping the guild master, Selene takes over Diabolos and commands the seven strongest members to embark on a special quest. They must navigate their way through an enormous secret labyrinth and find Elefseria's heart. However, because Selene's gotta Selene, she makes the quest a game where she can enjoy the spectacle of seeing the members of Diabolos fight against Natsu's team in a deadly race to see who can reach the heart first. With half...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"When Captain Kyle Mercer of the Army's elite Delta Force disappeared from his post in Afghanistan, a video released by his Taliban captors made international headlines. But circumstances were murky: Did Mercer desert before he was captured? Then a second video sent to Mercer's Army commanders leaves no doubt: the trained assassin and keeper of classified Army intelligence has willfully disappeared. When, a year later, Mercer is spotted in Caracas,...
97) The French prize
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Acclaimed, award-winning author James L. Nelson - praised as "a master of both his period and the English language" by Patrick O'Brian - returns to the world of sea and sail in this page-turning historical novel. Jack Biddlecomb has much to live up to, being as he is the eldest son of the esteemed Captain Isaac Biddlecomb, wealthy merchant captain, leading light of the War for American Independence, and newly-minted congressman. Jack finds himself...
98) The Delta
Author
Series
Sonja Kurtz novels volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Assassin-for-hire Sonja Kurtz is on the run. Kurtz, an ex-soldier turned mercenary, is given a high profile job--to kill the president of Zimbabwe. But it's a set up, the assassination attempt fails, Kurtz has been burned and her exfiltration plan are in ruins. Kurtz now heads for her only place of refuge, the Okavango Delta in the heart of Botswana. Determined to lay low and take it easy, Sonja discovers that her beloved Delta is on the brink of...
Author
Series
Star Wars graphic novels. Kanan volume 2
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc. a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Continue to explore the early days of Kanan Jarrus, the sensational star of Star Wars Rebels! You've seen Kanan's last adventure as a Padawan, now witness his very first. The boy who was Caleb Dune must find his feet as the Clone Wars rage all around him. When the Jedi Temple comes under attack, what can a mere Padawan do to make a difference? Caleb and his new Master Bilaba will take command of their own Clone troop, and lead them into the furious...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"P. T. Deutermann's previous novels of the US Navy in World War II - Pacific Glory, Ghosts of Bungo Suido, and Sentinels of Fire - have been acclaimed by reviewers and readers for their powerful drama and authentic detail.In The Commodore, the Navy in 1942-1943 is fighting a losing battle against Japan for control of the Solomon Islands. Vice Admiral William "Bull" Halsey is tasked to change the course of the war. Halsey, a maverick, goes on the...
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