Robert Lawrence
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English
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A fascinating 1899 work tracing the origins of common superstitions through time and civilizations, tracking how they evolved. Superstitions still have a firm hold in cultures all across the world, but where did so many of them come from, and how do myths and beliefs differ from country to country? This 1899 gem sets out to determine just that, tracing superstitious origins across the world from ancient Egypt to Viking Norway to the Asian dynasties....
3) Dirty work
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English
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Hired to collect evidence for a celebrity divorce case, cop-turned-lawyer Stone Barrington finds himself having to defend his honor when the person he is investigating is murdered.
5) L.A. dead
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English
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"Stone's relationship with Dolce, the daughter of a 'retired' Mafia chieftain, takes a new turn, and then their plans are shattered by events half a world away." Dino Bacchetti's investigations lead to "a court trial that will either condemn or set free an old love, with the hounds of the tabloid press baying at the courthouse doors."--Jacket.
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English
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This is the English translation of Nostradamus' best-known book Les Prophéties (published in 1555), a collection of 942 poetic quatrains allegedly predicting future events.
Les Prophéties (The Prophecies) is a collection of prophecies by French physician Nostradamus, the first edition of which appeared in 1555 by the publishing house Macé Bonhomme. His most famous work is a collection of quatrains, united in ten verses ("Centuries") of 100 quatrains.
The...
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English
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Tevye is a poor Jewish milkman with five unmarried daughters to support in a village in Czarist Russia. With a sharp tongued wife at home and growing anti-Semitism in the village, Tevye talks to God about his troubles. His people's traditions keep him strong when his existence is as precariously balanced as a fiddler on the roof.
15) Rock star
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A rags to riches story of a wannabe musician who gets his break and becomes a rock star overnight, only to discover that being a superstar isn't everything it's cracked up to be.
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English
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Earth overshoot will end either by design or by disaster. Which future should we choose?
Earth is in overshoot. The cumulative impact of 8 billion humans combined with the relentless pursuit of economic growth in the name of "progress" has stressed the planet beyond its limits. We must act now.
Surveying economic alternatives and charting plausible paths forward for a planned economic contraction, Escape from Overshoot covers a wide terrain,...
17) The last castle
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
General Irwin, a respected three-star tactician whose career ends in disgrace when he's court martialed and sent to a maximum security military prison, The Castle. Irwin quickly butts heads with the facility's autocratic warden, Colonel Winter, who runs his command with an iron fist, even killing prisoners when he deems it necessary. Irwin rallies his fellow convicts into a rag-tag army and leads them in a revolt against Winter, an action that the...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Donald and Isabelle have a form of autism called Asperger's Syndrome. Donald, a good-natured but hapless cab driver has a knack for numbers. He falls head over heals in love with the beautiful but complex Isabelle when she joins the autism support group he leads.
20) Rapid fire
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"After witnessing a killing by a Mafia kingpin, college student Jake Lo is pursued by smugglers, mobsters and crooked feds. With the help of a renegade government agent and his stunning sidekick, Jake must use his lethal self-defense skills to stay alive." --
