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  Da Vinci's Ghost - Genius...

  Toby Lester

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  Everybody knows the picture: a man, meticulously rendered by Leonardo da Vinci, standing with arms and legs outstretched in a circle and a square. Deployed today to celebrate subjects as various as the grandeur of art, the beauty of the human form, and the universality of the human spirit, the drawing turns up just about everywhere: in books, on coffee cups, on corporate logos, even on spacecraft. It has, in short, become the world's most famous cultural icon-and yet almost nobody knows about the epic intellectual journeys that led to its creation. In this modest drawing that would one day paper the world, da Vinci attempted nothing less than to calibrate the harmonies of the universe and understand the central role man played in the cosmos.Journalist and storyteller Toby Lester brings Vitruvian Man to life, resurrecting the ghost of an unknown Leonardo. Populated by a colorful cast of characters, including Brunelleschi of the famous Dome, Da Vinci's Ghost opens up a surprising window onto the artist and philosopher himself and the tumultuous intellectual and cultural transformations he bridged. With sparkling prose, Lester captures the brief but momentous time in the history of western thought when the Middle Ages gave way to the Renaissance, art and science and philosophy converged as one, and all seemed to hold out the promise that a single human mind, if properly harnessed, could grasp the nature of everything.

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  Gang Busters Collection Vol 1 -...

  Black Eye Entertainment

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  In 1935 when Phillips H. Lord created Gang Busters, the crime rate was high and confidence in law enforcement was low. Crimes were highly publicized, and their perpetrators were sometimes glamorized in Hollywood movies. With most radio crime programs dramatizing pulp-fiction stories, Lord decided to portray the procedure and practices of real-life law enforcement officers, basing his dramas on court records and police files.Quite often, at the close of the program, nationwide “clues” consisting of descriptions of suspects and contact information for the relevant police force or FBI, where given out. By May 1942, more than 250 criminals had been apprehended as a result of the clues on Gang Busters, reinforcing the series’ central message — the futility of crime! Later, popular TV programs, such as America’s Most Wanted and Unsolved Mysteries would make use of this same device. Enjoy 12 exciting Gang Busters episodes in this “true crime” collection!“The Case of John K. Giles, Escape Artist”“The Case of the Rumbold Vault Robbery”“The Case of the Kidnapped Paymaster”“The Case of the Horse-race Hijackers”“The Case of the Mound City Safe-crackers”“The Case of the New York Narcotics King”"The Case of the Quincy Killer”“The Case of the Park Avenue Pilferers”“The Case of the Tennessee Trigger-men”“The Case of the Cincinnati Narcotics Ring”“The Case of the Bandits Brothers”“The Case of the Appointment with Death”

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  Valentine - An Erotic Short Story

  Vanessa de Sade

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  Many girls want to join Sonaro’s circus, but most of them just don’t cut it. Valentine, however, is different. Sexy as hell and a skilled dancer and gymnast, the ringmaster knows he’ll have to be careful with her. But what a crowd-puller she’ll be! As for Valentine herself, well, there’s more than one kind of fulfilment to be had in a travelling show…

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  Holiday 359

  Carl Amari

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  We’ve got another great lineup this week of Christmas episodes from your favorite classic radio programs, including Broadway is My Beat, The Great Gildersleeve, The Calvalcade of America, and The Burns and Allen Show. Plus, Fibber McGee and Molly and The Whistler.
  A Falcon Picture Group audio production.

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  Peter Pan And Wendy

  James M. Barrie

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  Adapted from James Barrie's original book, CART takes us on a whimsical, comedic, and moving journey about a Lost Boy who would never grow up. Samantha Eggar's ideal Mrs. Darling whose secret kiss no one can get, Linda Henning's Tinker Bell and her naughty fairy language, and Louis Nye as the perfect pencil-pusher Mr. Darling and his alter ego, Captain Hook, are all true to the author's intent.  
  STARRING: RODDY McDOWALL as James Barrie, SAMANTHA EGGAR as Mrs. Darling and Wendy, LOUIS NYE as Captain Hook and Mr. Darling, LINDA HENNING as Tinker Bell and Jane, WILLIAM WINDOM as Mr. Smee as The Never Bird, MARTY MAGUIRE as Slightly Soiled and Starkey, ADAM PETERSON as The Lost Boy, WHITNEY DICKINSON as Michael, IAN DICKINSON as John; with CART's Announcer, JOHN HARLAN; AND, PEGGY WEBBER as Peter Pan.

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  Beginnings & Endings - 7 pieces...

  Robin Thomson

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  Original pieces for solo piano that celebrate the beginnings and endings of life.

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