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  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

  Jeremy Siepmann

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  Tchaikovsky is one of the most popular composers of all time. His melodies are known to many people who may never have heard his name. They crop up on mobile telephones, alarm clocks and answering machines as often as on records and concert programmes. Like his music, the man himself was widely loved, but his inner life was fraught with sufferings, confusions and a deep vein of self-doubt. The drama of his emotional life is vividly reflected in his music, letters and diaries, all of which play a major part in this intimate portrait-in-sound. Who was the man behind some of the most intensely emotional music ever written? Who were the influential figures in his life? In this set packed full of biographical detail and poignant musical extracts we are led through the course of Tchaikovsky’s eventful life. Jeremy Siepmann narrates throughout and Malcolm Sinclair portrays with sincerity this much-loved composer.

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  A History of American Movies - A...

  Paul Monaco

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  In A History of American Movies: A Film-by-Film Look at the Art, Craft and Business of Cinema, Paul Monaco provides a survey of the narrative feature film from the 1920s to the present. The book focuses on 170 of the most highly regarded and recognized feature films selected by the Hollywood establishment: each Oscar winner for Best Picture, as well as those voted the greatest by members of the American Film Institute.  By focusing on a select group of films that represent the epitome of these collaborations, Monaco provides an essential history of one of the modern world's most complex and successful cultural institutions: Hollywood. Divided into three sections, "Classic Hollywood, 1927-1948," "Hollywood In Transition, 1949-1974," and "The New Hollywood, 1975 To The Present," Monaco examines some of the most memorable works in cinematic history, including The General, Wings, Bringing Up Baby, Gone with the Wind, Citizen Kane, Casablanca, On the Waterfront, The Searchers, Psycho, West Side Story, The Godfat

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  The Sisters Rosensweig

  Wendy Wasserstein

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  This delightful Broadway hit chronicles three Jewish sisters from Brooklyn as they gather in London to celebrate a birthday. Wasserstein’s three sisters include a brilliant banker and single mother who has given up on romance, a suburban housewife who moonlights as a talk-show host and a travel writer who still wants to write her serious book.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Caroline Aaron, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jay Paulson, Tony Roberts, Kala Savage, John Vickery, James Warwick and JoBeth Williams.

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  Greatest Drama Shows Volume 7 -...

  Various Various

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  OASIS AUDIO CLASSIC RADIO SHOWCASE SERIES   Oasis Audio has gone into the vaults and dusted off the very earliest form of audio book, old time radio shows, for our listeners. Introduced episode by episode by Jim Engel, old time radio authority and board member of the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago, this series of classic radio shows is sure to have something for everyone. Celebrity casts and top-notch writers made the 1920s through the early 1950s, the golden era of radio. The series features seven exciting themes with 100 episodes in each. That is 700 classic radio programs in all.   Greatest Drama Shows   Cling to the edge of your seat for the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Green Hornet, The Third Man. Hear classic stores brought to radio by celebrity casts such as Brave New World with William Conrad, The Pickwick Papers starring Orson Welles, and so many more. 100 great Drama classics in ten volumes. Volume 7 Mercury Theatre on The Air 11-20-38 The Pickwick Papers with Orson WellesMr. District Attorney 6-13-39 The $100,000 Check with Jay JostynNBC Presents Short Story 3-28-51 Shadow of Evil with Wally MaherNBC Presents Short Story 4-4-51 Honor with Paul FreesNight Beat 7-31-50 The Telephone with Frank LovejoyNight Beat 11-10-50 A Woman’s Tears with Frank LovejoyNow Hear This 6-24-51 Shipboard Fire with Jackson BeckNow Hear This 7-1-51 Hill 102 Jack GrimesOn Stage 6-18-53 An Ideal Couple with Elliot & Cathy LewisOn Stage 7-2-53 The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere with Elliot & Cathy Lewis

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  One Lucky Bastard - Tales from...

  Sir Roger Moore

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  In a career that spans over seven decades, Roger Moore has been at the very heart of Hollywood. Of course, he's an actor who has starred in films that have made him famous the world over; but he is also a tremendous prankster, joker, and raconteur. Despite the fact that he is widely known as one of the nicest guys in the business, on and off the screen he has always been up for some fun.In this fabulous collection of true stories from his stellar career, Moore lifts the lid on the movie business, from Hollywood to Pinewood. One Lucky Bastard features outrageous tales from his own life and career, as well as those told to him by a host of stars and filmmakers, including Tony Curtis, Sean Connery, Frank Sinatra, Gregory Peck, Peter Sellers, and many more.

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  Reggie's Guide to Social Climbing

  Reggie Blackrock Road

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  Do you know how to pronounce turbot? Is it lemon or lime in a gin and tonic? What do you wear to a barbecue? Is it ever okay to shop in Lidl?
  
  Reggie has all the answers to help you climb the social ladder.
  
  A beautifully spoken billionaire, Reggie is president of COCI (The Captains of Cork Industry) and owner of a 6.2 million euro mansion on the Blackrock Road. (In Cork, not the frankly shabby one they have up in Dublin.)
  
  It's one social climbing nugget after another, laid out in 24 simple steps, so even you should be able to follow it. (No offence.)

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