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Author
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"This selection of interiors is about the wow factor - NewYork residential spaces that elicit gasps of pleasure and surprise when first seen. Some are very grand, others sparingly modern or eclectic. All are exceptional and, Moonan promises, unforgettable. Groundbreaking rooms include Brooke Astor's elegant library by Albert Hadley; Gloria Vanderbilt's sublime patchwork bedroom; Donald Judd's dramatically spare art-filled loft; Adolfo's opulent and...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In 1833, Charles Darwin was astonished by an animal he met in the Falkland Islands: handsome, social, and oddly crow-like falcons that were "tame and inquisitive . . . quarrelsome and passionate," and so insatiably curious that they stole hats, compasses, and other valuables from the crew of the Beagle. Darwin wondered why these birds were confined to remote islands at the tip of South America, sensing a larger story, but he set this mystery aside...
1085) Lucrezia Borgia
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
Italiano
Description
The love affair of Lucretia Borgia (Sutherland) with a future Cardinal, amidst the intrigues of Italian Renaissance politics.
1086) Ocean explorer
Publisher
NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration
Language
English
Description
Describes various NOAA ocean exploration activities and technologies used. 2004 season disc contains 2004 expeditions as of March 2005, including 2004 expeditions as of March 2005, including chronicles of NOAA's at-sea science and education teams, and other features on ocean exploration education, technology, history, resources, and other features on ocean exploration education, technology, history, and resources; essays, videos, images, lesson plans....
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
None
Description
In the early decades of cinema, some of the most innovative and celebrated filmmakers in America were women. Alice Guy-Blaché helped establish the basics of cinematic language, while others boldly continued its development: slapstick queen Mabel Normand (who taught Charlie Chaplin the craft of directing), action star Grace Cunard, and LGBTQ icon Alla Nazimova. Unafraid of controversy, filmmakers such as Lois Weber and Dorothy Davenport Reid tackled...
1090) War collection
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The eagle and the hawk : World War I drama about rival pilots with opposing codes of honor and a reluctant hero struggling to deal with the horrors of war.
The last outpost : World War I drama about a British prisoner of war who is rescued from a firing squad by his mysterious cellmate John Stevenson.
Wake Island : Based on the true story of a handful of U.S. Marines holding out against an overwhelming Japanese air, land and sea assault.
Bengal...