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Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"That the average adult spends 50 to 70 percent of their day sitting is no surprise to anyone who works in an office environment. But few realize the health consequences they are suffering as a result of modernity's increasingly sedentary lifestyle, or the effects it has had on society at large. In Get Up! , health expert James A. Levine's original scientific research shows that today's chair-based world, where we no longer use our bodies as they...
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A tale set against the backdrop of Kenya's poverty-stricken slums and luxury resorts follows the experiences of a young drug runner who makes deliveries to a reclusive artist before his witness of murder leads to his adoption by a woman who tests his sense of morality.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A special DVD/Blu-ray edition featuring both the original Fantasia (1940), Walt Disney's daring experiment combining animation and classical music, and the new Fantasia 2000. Includes music by Beethoven, Bach, Stravinsky, and George Gershwin. Classic scenes as dancing hippos, flying whales, and Mickey Mouse appearing as "The Sorcerer's Apprentice."
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Opera houses have been created by some of the most talented architects and designers of their generations, inspiring centuries of veneration from audiences, filled with royalty and commoners alike. In this book, photographer Guillaume de Laubier and journalist Antoine Pecqueur explore more than 25 of the world's most beautiful opera houses, from Tokyo to Covent Garden, from Oslo to Chicago, from Milan to New York. The buildings are described in their...
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Sean McNamara and Christian Troy are two plastic surgeons running a partnership in Miami, Florida with different views on life. Sean is a weak family man who distances himself with work to avoid a dysfunctional home life that includes his wife Julie, and his rebelious teenage son Matt. Christian is an arrogant, narcissistc, unethical, ladies man who worships wine, women, and the all mighty dollar. He is just slick enough to do just about anything...
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Italiano
Description
In "Pavarotti and the Italian tenor, filmed in his home town of Modena, Luciano Pavarotti reveals the heritage of the Italian tenors who have directly influenced him and performs several songs himself. The narrative includes footage of his early appearances, as well as archive film of Caruso, Schipa, Gigli and Di Stefano"--Container.
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
Italiano
Description
Gustavus, king of Sweden in 1792, falls in love with Amelia, wife of Renato, his trusted counsellor and friend. Amelia returns Gustavus's love, but is discovered by her husband. At a masked ball Renato kills Gustavus, who, as he lies dying, declares Amelia's innocence and forgives Renato.
14) Parsifal
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
Deutsch
Description
An interpretation of Wagner's last opera of German and Christian mythology.
15) Samson et Dalila
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Français
Description
Presentation of the Metropolitan Opera performance from the opening night of the 1998-99 season.
20) Manon Lescaut
Language
Italiano
Description
The Chevalier des Grieux meets and seduces the young Manon when she is being escorted by her brother to a convent. Manon lives with des Grieux in Paris, but leaves him for a rich admirer. She is later arrested, charged with prostitution, and deported to Louisiana. Des Grieux accompanies her and during an escape attempt she dies in his arms.
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