Bound Feet & Western Dress: A Memoir
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When Chang Yu-I was three her mother tried to bind her feet. But the child's cries so tormented her brother that he convinced their mother to stop. This break with convention foreshadowed the extraordinary life Yu-i was to lead. After following her husband, poet Hsu Chi-Mo, a noted philanderer, to Oxford, she made history by becoming the first Chinese woman to have a western-style divorce at ...
Sparkling Cyanide [VHS]
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An adaptation of an Agatha Christie novel. A Briton in America, seeking glamour, finds only death when someone begins killing societychr(39)s elite with poisoned champagne....
Gilbert & Sullivan - Operettas / Pro Arte Orchestra · Sir Malcolm Sargent
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The advent of stereo brought forth two competing Gilbert and Sullivan cycles that retain their classic status in divergent ways. Seasoned Savoyards lean towards Decca's D'Oyly Carte recordings, where the use of singing actors and inclusion of dialogue add up to a palpable theatrical experience. By contrast, EMI's competing cycle featured some of Britain's finest operatic singers of the 1950s and '...
Don't Wait Up - Series 1 & 2
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[NON-U.S. FORMAT (PAL) Region 2 U.K. Import - This will not play on U.S./Canada DVD players or those from most other countries outside of Europe. You would need a "multi-region" or "region-free" PAL compatible DVD player or computer.] Two doctors, estranged from their spouses, become roommates...they also happen to be father and son! Can they share an apartment without driving each other crazy? Wa...
Weekend Pass
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Four sailors have just completed basic training in San Diego and are granted "liberty" for one long weekend before they go their respective ways in the Navy.System Requirements:Running Time: 92 MinutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: R UPC: 787364707997...
A Taste of Wyoming: Favorite Recipes from the Cowboy State
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A Taste of Wyoming is a divine blend of Wyoming's rich culinary heritage and contemporary cuisine. This exquisite cookbook features sophisticated interpretations of Western dishes from Wyoming's finest restaurants, lodges, and bed-and-breakfasts---as well as classic Cowboy State favorites. Take a seat at the table for mouthwatering Western cuisine: -Blue Ribbon Caramel Cinnamon Rolls -Pine Nut C...
Physics
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Physics, Seventh Edition is designed for the non-calculus physics course taken by students who are pursuing careers in science or engineering technology. Content is built through extensive use of examples with detailed solutions designed to develop students’ problem-solving skills....
Basic Technical Physics
$20.00
This one-semester survey of principles of physics for tech-nical students emphasizes practical applications that rep-resent a broad coverage of physics as it relates to the various technical areas. The concepts presented allow stu-dents to relate the principles of physics to practical job-related applications. The questions and problems at the end of each chapter have been carefully chosen for th...
More than forty years after the construction of a skyscraper hotel in one of the capitals of the world comes from a novel about the life of the hotel: "The dream of the decade – London Novels "by Afshin Rattansi, former BBC Today program producer.
The location of the novel is the London Hilton skyscraper in Park Lane, completed in 1963 and designed by architects William B. Tabler. The hero, a 1980s working-class-good man is a millionaire – but what there are others who have chosen to live in hotels instead of buying the property?
In New York: The Carlyle – "Though hotel residents are of various shapes, sizes and ages, the population tends to skew toward older and a high tax bracket, said Marcie Lieberman, hotel manager at The Carlyle. "It's usually a person step top. People have come to some comfort and love to live in an environment where things are available, "he said.
Combine that with the right amount of pampering, and you have the answer to the prayers of an inhabitant of the hotel – everything ends on recreation. The Ritz-Carlton on Central Park South, for example, offers inclusive and on demand services for any position of wanting a massage to the need for diamonds at any time. "(Daniel Bubbeo, Newsday)
In London: "John Petch, sales director of boutique hotel group, GLA Hotels (owners of the Lancaster in Paris and the Cadogan Hotel in London) began his career with the Savoy group in the 1980s. At that time, the fifth floor at Claridges was reserved for long-term customers. But in the 1990s, he says, the residence of hotel was dying. Even the wealthy while maintaining considered uneconomical and turned their attention to affordable second home investment opportunities.
However, the tide is changing, both in Lancaster and Cadogan have three long-stay residents who use the hotels as their bases in the city. "The people are returning to the hotel due to security and service, "says Petch. excel in boutique hotels provide a home away from home atmosphere backed with personalized service. "If you have a flat, can have a person to look after you," he says. "Here is our entire staff on duty." (Tracy Hoffman, Financial Times)
Hotel-Names life: Geri Halliwell – The Lanesborough, London Bobby Hashemi, founder of Coffee Republic – Claridge's, London Ruud Gullit – Malmaison, London Chris Evans – Langham Hilton, London, Richard Harris – Savoy, London's courtship with Wendi Deng Rupert Murdoch – The Mercer Hotel, New York, Ken Hom – The Dorchester, London, Peter Sellers and Britt Ekland, Richard Burton and Liz Taylor – The Dorchester, London. Coco Chanel – Ritz, Paris Marlene Dietrich – Hotel Lancaster, Paris Greta Garbo – Fairmont Miramar, Los Angeles Howard Hughes – Desert Inn, Las Vegas Salvador Dali – Hotel Meurice, Paris Peter Bogdanovich – Stanhope Hotel, New York, Claude Monet – Savoy, Cate Blanchett London – Covent Garden Hotel, London Christina Ricci – Covent Garden Hotel, London, Diane Von Furstenberg – Carlyle, New York Frank Sinatra – The Waldorf Towers New York, Cole Porter – The Waldorf Towers, New York, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald – Lowell Hotel, New York Madonna – Carlyle, New York Madonna – Home House, London William Burroughs — Beat Hotel, Paris William Burroughs – Chelsea Hotel, New York Sid Vicious – Chelsea Hotel, New York, Dylan Thomas – Chelsea Hotel, New York, Arthur C. Clarke – Chelsea Hotel, New York, Bob Dylan – Chelsea Hotel, New York Tim Burton – Portobello Hotel, London Francis Ford Coppola – Portobello Hotel, London, John Lennon – Hilton, Amsterdam
The novel title in the quartet, The Dream of the Decade, can result in distressing circumstances, but just look at the tragedies of the celebrities who have died in the hotel know it is not uncommon. ends
The Truman Show (Special Collector's Edition)
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TRUMAN BURBANK HAS LIVED HIS ENTIRE LIFE IN A STORYBOOK COMMUNITY CALLED SEAHAVEN. BUT WHAT HE DOESN'T KNOW IS THAT THIS TOO-PERFECT WORLD IS REALLY A GIANT SOUNDSTAGE, HIS FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES ARE ACTORS, AND HE IS THE SUBJECT OF THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR 'LIVE' TV SHOW....
License to Wed
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No Description Available.Genre: Feature Film-ComedyRating: PG13Release Date: 30-OCT-2007Media Type: DVD...
Titanic (1997 Original Broadway Cast)
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No Description Available.Genre: Original Cast RecordingsMedia Format: Compact DiskRating: Release Date: 1-JUL-1997...
Elton John And Tim Rice's Aida (1999 Concept Album)
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Following hot on the heels of their enormously successful collaboration for The Lion King, Elton John and Tim Rice have once again culled their talents to create another Disney contemporary musical, based this time on Verdi's opera Aida. The album, recorded by some of the biggest talents of pop, country, and R&B, features songs from the stage show, which recounts the well-known tale of a love tria...
The Secret of Priest's Grotto: A Holocaust Survival Story
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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Two explorers survey caves in the Western Ukraine and relate the story of how an extended Jewish family, fleeing persecution by the Nazis, lived for two years in a large cave, Popowa Yama, and survived the war....
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