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Un mari à la porte ( A Husband at the Door) is a one-act operetta which was recorded at the Teatro del Maggio in occasion of the 200th anniversary of Offenbach's birth. Premiered in 1859, this rarely performed work is a most amusing comedy of errors, which is the typical frameset that the composer used to represent and mock the quirks and vices of the French society of his times.
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Summary of Nick Hornby's Funny Girl is a novel by writer Nick Hornby set in Blackpool, England in 1964. It tells the story of twenty-one year old Barbara Parker, a beautiful blonde, who wants to become a comedic actress like Lucille Ball.
Barbara wins the Miss Blackpool beauty pageant. Barbara wants more than anything to get out of Blackpool. When she realizes the title of Miss Blackpool commits her to a year of hospital visits and charity events,...
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L'Italiana in Londra' was Domenico Cimarosa's first international triumph, thrilling audiences all over Europe after its premiere in 1778. It later became eclipsed by the even bigger success of 'Il matrimonio segreto' however, and has become a rarity on stage today. Set in a London hotel, this cheerful 'Intermezzo in musica' has cleverly crafted arias, duets and ensembles that drive the plot along, the story being one of thwarted love, quarrels and...
47) Ocean Boy
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Bosch, a young father, goes on the run with his son, Rockit, who believes they're on a magical holiday.
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BRAND NEW from the NUMBER ONE bestselling author of The Last List of Mabel Beaumont comes a powerful story of memory, loss, love, and new beginnings…
When Shelley Woodhouse wakes up in hospital from a coma, the first thing she says is that her husband must be arrested.
He's the reason she's in here. She knows it. She remembers what he did. Clearly as anything.
But there are things Shelley has forgotten too, including parts of her childhood. And...
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Big Hig gehört zu den Wenigen, die eine verheerende Epidemie überlebt haben. Ebenso wie sein einziger Nachbar, ein menschenfeindlicher Waffennarr mit dem Herz auf dem rechten Fleck, der ihn - brutal, aber verlässlich - beschützt. Hig lebt im Hangar eines verwilderten Flughafens und tuckert mit einer alten Cessna übers Gelände, sein Hund Jasper ist sein treuer Copilot. Eines Tages empfängt er plötzlich ein Funksignal von weit her. Gibt es doch...
50) First Blush
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A young married couple's relationship is thrown off its axis when they become involved with another woman. As they learn to navigate their new life, the trio push each other's boundaries to the limits in this fresh, poignant love story.
51) Swim
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It's the early Sixties. The Grateful Dead and free love are still around the corner. But the young woman in these three stories knows that sex is the coin of the realm. From Mexico to Mykonos, she is looking for a place to light, and she thinks she'll know when she is finally home. For sure she knows she doesn't want men to tell her how to live. She doesn't even want them saying her name.
52) Battle of Midway
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Filmed as it happened; On June 4-6, 1942, a large Japanese force attempted to capture Midway Island in the Pacific but was defeated by U.S. forces with a loss ratio of 4:1. On hand was a crew of naval photographers; their documentary footage was edited together with narration by actors. The film covers the attack on Midway, aerial footage, the search for survivors, and aftermath of the battle.
53) The Book of Job
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One Sunday mass, Job Dugan falls madly in love with the new girl at school, but quickly discovers that she's already dating the captain of the football team. Job decides to mimic her boyfriend to try and win her over.
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Geschichten, geschrieben zwischen 1979 und 2011, Chronik und Prophezeiung: Die Karibik, Griechenland, Manhattan, ein Gefängnis für Wirtschaftsdelikte und das Weltall sind die Schauplätze. Unsere paranoide Gegenwart durch das Brennglas eines Visionärs.
Es gibt keinen Dichter des US amerikanischen Sprachraums, der mit solcher Lakonie so viel Spannung und Geheimnis aufbauen kann. Beim Hören dieser Geschichten verändert sich die literarische Erdoberfläche,...
57) Strong Enough
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A cross-training athlete on the path to being a pro tests her limits by pursuing world-records while her marriage dissolves.
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Filmed during Cash's concert tour of the US in the late Sixties, this film offers a carefully airbrushed account of the star's life on and off stage. While attracting huge audiences wherever he goes, as well as winning awards, he remains eminently normal, the kind of man who willingly signs autographs, listens to pieces of doggerel composed by adoring fans, and poses for innumerable photos
59) Das Vorkommnis
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Eine Frau wird von einer Fremden angesprochen, die behauptet, sie hätten beide denselben Vater. Die überraschende Begegnung bleibt flüchtig, löst in ihr aber eine Welle von Emotionen aus. Fragen drängen sich auf, über Ehe und Mutterschaft, über Adoption und andere Familiengeheimnisse, über Wahrheit überhaupt.
In Das Vorkommnis erzählt Julia Schoch - eine der eindrücklichsten Stimmen autofiktionalen Erzählens in der deutschen Literatur...