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Author
Pub. Date
[1978]
Language
English
Description
A story about three American travelers adrift in the cities and deserts of North Africa after World War II, The theme of the book explores the limits of humanity when it touches the unfathomable emptiness and impassive cruelty of the desert and examines the ways in which Americans' incomprehension of alien cultures leads to the ultimate destruction of those cultures.
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
They were two of the biggest stars of stage and screen, and when they met both were already married. Their affair was passionate and stormy, but survived the pressures of stardom and rivalry until Vivien Leigh contracted tuberculosis and gradually her whole personality began to change.
Language
English
Description
He was an icon of popular music; she was one of the most avant garde performance artists of the Sixties. Their union was one of mind, body, and spirit. Yoko was accused of breaking up the Beatles, but some of Lennon's best music was composed in the heyday of their relationship. Though his voice was tragically silenced, she continues to spread the message: 'give peace a chance.'
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. When the English princess married Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, son of Prince Andrew of Greece and a great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria, at Westminster Abbey on 20 November 1947, it was the beginning of one of the most successful unions in the history of the Royal family. From the feted young couple of the 1940s to the guardians of today's monarchy, Elizabeth and Philip have travelled a long road to which is...
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
The political and economic turmoil of Europe drove millions to leave their countries of origin and emigrate to the U.S. where a lady held a welcoming lamp "beside the Golden Door." This ABC News program anchored by Peter Jennings tells the dramatic story of the transformation of America into a truly multicultural nation, from the teeming ethnic neighborhoods of New York to the black migration to northern cities during the Great Depression. Also discussed...
Series
Art 21 volume Season 2
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The "Art in the Twenty-First Century" documentary "Time" examines how time is always present in our interaction with works of art, whether we sit to contemplate a painting, stroll past a sculpture, or watch a video piece for its entire duration or cycle. Some works of art are time-based in that the viewer must experience them through the passage of time, as with music, while others refer to time through links or references to art history, our collective...
13) Pablo Picasso
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Biography of artist Pablo Picasso.
Series
Pub. Date
[2005], c1996
Language
English
Description
What is it like to work in one of the world's most exciting communications industries? Going behind the scenes on the set of the TV show Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, this program provides an inside look at careers in television and film. Interviews with industry professionals provide a clear picture of the training, duties, and job opportunities offered by the positions of producer, assistant producer, director, assistant director, stunt person, special...
Language
English
Description
The consensus of the world's leaders is that economic stability and cooperation offer the best hope for global peace. Using interviews with members of the International Monetary Fund's Board of Governors-each one the head of a national central bank or a minister of finance-this program explains how the IMF is structured and illustrates how it sets policy. The program also uses archival footage to examine the dual birth of the IMF and the World Bank...
Language
English
Description
In this program, Rattle presents an eclectic selection of works by living composers to illustrate the rich variety of new musical trends he believes pave the way to the future. The music of Berio and Henze illustrates how the past has become just one ingredient in today's world of instant access to sounds, pictures, and ideas from every continent and every era. Strange and compelling works by Gubaidulina and Kurtag echo with Eastern European and central...
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