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42) Protektor
Series
Film Movement volume year 9, film 7
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Czech
Description
This fateful love story is set in Prague during the late 1930s and subsequent Nazi occupation. It focuses on radio journalist Emil, who is deeply in love with his glamorous Jewish movie star wife Hana. When the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia is established, Hana's career is cut short and Emil's radio station put under German control. Emil chooses to collaborate with the occupiers in order to survive and protect his wife. Ironically, this choice...
43) Brimstone
Author
Publisher
Ace
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"In the trenches of Europe during the Great War, Tomas Cordero operated a weapon more devastating than any gun: a flame projector that doused the enemy in liquid fire. Having left the battlefield a shattered man, he comes home to find yet more tragedy--for in his absence, his wife has died of the flu. Haunted by memories of the woman he loved and the atrocities he perpetrated, Tomas dreams of fire and finds himself setting match to flame when awake...
44) The fountain
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Yesterday, today, tomorrow. Past, present, future. Through time and space, one man embarks on a bold 1,000-year odyssey to defeat humankind's most indomitable foe: Death. Tom is a man who is devoted to one woman, Izzi, and becomes determined to protect her from forces that threaten her existence. His quest leads him to 16th century Europe and America where Tomas is a Spanish explorer searching for Incan magic; to the present day where Tom is a doctor...
45) Gloomy Sunday
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
Deutsch
Description
Budapest in the thirties. The restaurant owner Laszlo hires the pianist András to play in his restaurant. Both men fall in love with the beautiful waitress Ilona, who inspires András to his only composition.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
Español
Description
"Lo único por lo que Lucas siente más adoración que por el fútbol Americano es su tío Benny, el mejor amigo de su padre del departamento de bomberos donde ambos trabajan. Benny le enseñó a Lucas todo lo que hay que saber sobre el fútbol americano, así que cuando los padres del chico consideran que el deporte es demasiado peligroso y que por ello debe renunciar a practicarlo, Lucas tiene que conversar con su principal admirador. A la mañana...
Author
Publisher
Aguilar/Prisa Ediciones
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
Español
Description
"¿Por qué aceptar que los demás decidan tu felicidad? ¿Por qué tener miedo de elegir tu trabajo, tus amistades, tus relaciones? ¿Deseas una vida plena y saludable? ¿Anhelas realizar todos tus sueños sin dudar de tus elecciones? Noi lo dudes más: Decide. Toma las riendas de tu vida y elige el amor, el éxito y la gratitud"--cover.
Author
Language
English
Description
Czechoslovakia, October 1937. Europe's youngest democracy is on its knees. Millions are mourning the death of the nation's founding father, the saintly Tomas Masaryk. Across the border, the Third Reich is menacing - and plotting to invade. In the Czechoslovak heartlands, vast crowds have gathered to watch the threatened nation's most prestigious sporting contest: the Grand Pardubice steeplechase. Notoriously dangerous, the race is considered the ultimate...
Author
Publisher
Aguilar
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
Español
Description
"¿Por qué aceptar que los demás decidan tu felicidad? ¿Por qué tener miedo de elegir tu trabajo, tus amistades, tus relaciones? ¿Deseas una vida plena y saludable? ¿Anhelas realizar todos tus sueños sin dudar de tus elecciones? Noi lo dudes más: Decide. Toma las riendas de tu vida y elige el amor, el éxito y la gratitud"--cover.
51) Europa
Series
Criterion collection volume 454
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2008
Language
Deutsch
Description
Leo Kessler, an American of German descent, visits Germany in 1945. He works as a night conductor on the Zentropa Railway Line, owned by a Nazi sympathizer. Leo attempts to remain neutral to the ongoing purguing of loyalists by the Allied forces, but he falls in love with the railway magnate's daughter.
Author
Publisher
Diana
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
Tras el final viene un nuevo inicio: EL AMOR PUEDE MORIR. Algunas veces anuncia su final y en otras solo sucede. En todos los casos siempre implica un proceso doloroso. ¿Cómo saber si una relación está agonizando o puede ser salvada? ¿Por qué motivos fallece? ¿Qué acaba con la pasión? ¿Sabrías tomar el mejor camino para afrontar una ruptura? Quizá no sepas cuál será el destino, pero lo cierto es que su final no es tu propio fin. Gaby...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Espanol
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Español
Description
"Cada mes de agosto Ana Magdalena Bach toma el transbordador hasta la isla donde está enterrada su madre para visitar la tumba en la que yace. Esas visitas acaban suponiendo una irresistible invitación a convertirse en una persona distinta durante una noche al año. Escrita en el inconfundible y fascinante estilo de García Márquez, En agosto nos vemos es un canto a la vida, a la resistencia del goce pese al paso del tiempo y al deseo femenino....
55) Il trovatore
Publisher
Opus Arte
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
Italiano
Description
Leonora loves a knight who serenades her as a troubadoor. The knight is in an army fighting a civil war agaist the Count, who also loves Leonora. The knight thinks he's the son of the gypsy woman who raised him & whose mother was killed by the Count, but he's actually the Count's brother. When the rivalry between the two men becomes violent, tragedy occurs.
Publisher
HIT Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Barney has planned a day filled with fun in the sun at the beach! From sail-boating to kite-flying, you'll get plenty of sand between your toes as you enjoy a day of sun, surf and surprises with all your favorite friends. Learn about sun safety, fun at the beach, and hula dancing.
57) The Munsters
Publisher
SDS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Lily is just your typical 150-year-old, lovelorn vampire looking for the man of her nightmares that is until she lays eyes on Herman, a seven-foot-tall, green experiment with a heart of gold. It's love at first shock as these two ghouls fall fangs over feet in this crazy Transylvanian romance. Unfortunately, it's not all smooth sailing in the cemetery as Lily's father The Count has other plans for his beloved daughter's future, and they don't involve...