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Philip Francis Nowlan (1888 – February 1, 1940) was an American science fiction author, best known as the creator of Buck Rogers. Nowlan's novella "Armageddon-2419 A.D." tells about America in the 25th century, conquered by Hans in 2109 AD and only now beginning to rebel. Sometime after World War I, nearly all the European powers joined forces against the United States. Although the US won the war, both sides were devastated by the conflict. Taking...
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Gibbs Smith
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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Experience 15 of the Wests finest rustic modern homes in this beautifully written and photographed book. An intimate peek into rustic modern private homes and other properties across the Mountain West and California: traditional log cabins, sustainable projects, artist studios, and places for playinspired interior decor and exteriors, all beautifully photographed and discussed in elegant prose. In this gorgeous follow up to American Rustic (Gibbs...
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Amaya Evans
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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Pippa Comte is a beautiful woman of Italian descent, whose father is one of the most important men in New York, due to the enormous fortune he made with much sacrifice years ago. She has been given the best things since she was born and is a woman accustomed to luxury and whims. She is about to reach her fairytale end, marrying the man of her life, when due to circumstances of destiny, the wedding is suspended and her father makes arrangements to...
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Trapped between life and the afterlife, three women meet and share their stories while discovering the truth about the men in their lives-and about themselves.
Suspended in an eerie state of limbo, an entity called the Gatekeeper tells Nikki, Ronnie, and Mrs. Hawthorne they are on the cusp of entering the afterlife-but only if the women can persuade him that in their earthly lives, they knew the meaning of love.
Fragments of their memories...
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Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Wedding Dress comes a new captivating novel of two women whose lives have been destroyed by disaster but find healing in a special house. "Hauck is a master at weaving together plots from multiple time periods." -Library Journal Embracing the future means remembering the past ... When Beck Holiday lost her father in the North Tower on 9/11, she also lost her memories of him. Eighteen years later, she's...
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Arthaus Musik
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2011.
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English
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Richard Strauss completed his second-to-last opera “Die Liebe der Danae” in 1940. Written under war clouds, the “merry mythology” based on an idea by Hugo von Hofmannsthal was given a provisional, by-invitation-only dress rehearsal premiere at the 1944 Salzburg Festival the day before all theaters in the “Reich” were closed by order of the Ministry of Propaganda. The official world premiere took place at the 1952 Salzburg Festival –...
9) Sister
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Orenda Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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The Oslo Detectives are back in another chilling slice of Nordic Noir … Frølich searches for the mysterious sister of a young female asylum seeker, but when people start to die, everything points to an old case and a series of events that someone will do anything to hide… 'Impossible to put down' Guardian 'Absorbing, heart-rending and perfectly plotted' Denzil Meyrick 'A masterclass in plotting, atmosphere and character that finely...
10) A killer bargain
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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The killer bargain referred to by this hard-hitting documentary's title is the availability of cheap consumer goods, imported by Western companies, whose prices don't reflect the actual human and environmental costs associated with their production in the developing world. Consumers remain largely unaware of the conditions under which the goods they buy are produced; this film makes those connections shockingly clear. While some retailers and manufacturers...
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