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Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
It's 1924 South Carolina, and the region is still recovering from the infamous boll weevil infestation which devastated the land and the economy. Gertrude, a mother of four, must make an unconscionable decision to save her daughters from starvation or die at the hands of an abusive husband. Retta is navigating a harsh world as a first-generation freed slave, still employed by the Coleses, influential plantation proprietors who once owned her family....
3) Alligatoren
Author
Language
Deutsch
Description
Seit Stunden belauern sie sich gegenseitig: das Alligatorenweibchen, das seine Jungen beschützen muss, und Gertrude, deren vier Töchter seit Tagen nichts gegessen haben. Ein Schuss fällt, doch er trifft nicht das Reptil - es gibt Schlimmeres als den Hunger. Auch Annie, die Plantagenbesitzerin, hat einen größeren Feind, als sie wahrhaben möchte. Ihren jüngsten Sohn kostete das bereits das Leben. Doch als Oretta, Annies schwarze Haushälterin...
4) RBG
Author
Language
English
Description
At the age of 85, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has developed a lengthy legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon. Explore her unique and unknown personal journey of her rise to the nation's highest court.
Publisher
The Orchard
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Kenny (Chris Messina, *The Mindy Project)* is a disillusioned and apathetic ice cream vendor. He meets Lolita (Abigail Spencer, *True Detective*), a quick-witted, downtrodden insurance actuary, on a Chicago bridge. Lolita invites Kenny to travel with her to San Francisco, where they will jump off the Golden Gate Bridge. Along the way, they meet a host of characters, and as their relationship deepens, they begin, reluctantly, to fall in love. As they...
8) RBG
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
At the age of 85, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has developed a lengthy legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon. Explore her unique and unknown personal journey of her rise to the nation's highest court. Academy Award nominee. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival**.
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Language
English
Description
The classical poetry of Japan focuses on direct experience of fleeting moments, in total contrast with its Occidental counterpart. These seminal poems were passed down orally, before great collections assembled works of art spanning several centuries in written form as early as the 8th century, from the Kojiki to the Kokinshu. Later, a number of female writers rose to prominence (Murasaki Shikibu, Sei Shonagon), then in the 17th century, the haiku...
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Language
English
Description
Alongside Baudelaire, Mallarmé, and Rimbaud, with whom he had a stormy relationship, Paul Verlaine is one of the most influential poets of the fin de siècle. He was one of the greatest representatives of the Decadent movement that began in the 1870s, and a leader of the Symbolists. His stylistic innovations brought a new musicality to French poetry, it was he who paved the way for modern poetry with its experiments in free verse and new techniques....
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Series
Language
English
Description
Five years have passed since notorious serial killer Trevor Moorhouse's bloody killing spree at Camp Placid Pines, and despite the fact that her brother Jason had previously fallen victim to the masked killer, Tracy (Katy Woodruff) has decided to follow in her brother's footsteps in becoming a camp counselor.
12) The Sweet Life
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Language
English
Description
The classic story of Boy Meets Girl until Girl convinces Boy to drive to San Francisco with her so they can throw themselves off the Golden Gate Bridge. Only they fall in love along the way.
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Series
Language
English
Description
He's been in the country side, he's been downtown, he's been to Las Vegas, and he's even been in space. Now that evil leprechaun is in DA HOOD! Three young rap artists are looking for a break. They need money to buy some music equipment so they can go to Las Vegas and enter a contest. They meet up with a local pimp named Mack Daddy who agrees to hook them up but later declines. The rappers want to get even with him, so one night they break into Mack's...
14) Eden
Author
Language
Français
Description
EDEN is an affecting trip into the 90s Parisiain electronic dance movement experienced through the eyes of DJ groups Cheers and Daft Punk who, together with friends, plunge into the ephemeral nightlife of sex, drugs, and endless music.
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