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  The Nobel Prize in 1908

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  The Nobel Prizes are international awards bestowed once a year by Scandinavian committees for cultural and scientific advances. They were established in 1895 by the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite. The prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace were first awarded in 1901.The Laureats of 1908 were:in Physics: Gabriel Lippmann (1845 - 1921) for "his method of reproducing colours photographically based on the phenomenon of interference";in Chemistry: Ernest Rutherford (1871 - 1937) for "his investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances";in Physiology or Medicine: Ilya Ilyich Mechnikoff (1845 - 1916) and Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915) "in recognition of their work on immunity";in Literature: Rudolf Christoph Eucken (1846 - 1926) "in recognition of his earnest search for truth, his penetrating power of thought, his wide range of vision, and the warmth and strength in presentation with which in his numerous works he has vindicated and developed an idealistic philosophy of life";in Peace: Klas Pontus Arnoldson (1844 - 1916) and Fredrik Bajer (1837 - 1922). This multilingual collection (in Danish, English, French, German, and Swedish) contains the presentation speeches for the Laureats, their biographies, as well as the "Nobel lectures" by the Laureats. (Summary by Availle and Wikipedia)

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  Jane Eyre

  Charlotte Brontë

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  CART's faithful adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's novel follows young orphan Jane Eyre searching for acceptance and love from an aunt who resents and tortures her before sending her to Lowood School. There, after many trials, she learns to become an accomplished young woman. She plans to be a governess and advertises in a country newspaper, leading to a job as a teacher to a French orphan. In this position, she meets Mr. Rochester, beginning a love story, filled with passion and anguish.  
  STARRING: SAMANTHA EGGAR as Jane Eyre, MICHAEL YORK as Edward Rochester, BEVERLY GARLAND as Mrs. Reed, HELENA CARROLL as Mrs. Fairfax, IAN AMBERCROMBE as Mr. Brocklehurst, LINDA HENNING as Young Jane Eyre, CAITLIN SHANNON as Helen Burns, AMELIA WHITE as Bessie and The Cumberlin Girl, FRANCISCA BEACH as Ms. Abbott and Ms. Miller, MARTY MAGUIRE as Young John Reed and Mr. Mason, THOMAS MacGREEVY as The Apothecary, The Priest and The Butler; SEAN McCLORY as Colonel Den; AND CART's Announcer, JOHN HARLAN.

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  Dinah Was

  Oliver Goldstick

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  In a white fur coat, “The Queen of the Blues” sits on her luggage outside a Las Vegas hotel. It is 1959; the legendary star cannot enter the hotel without a white escort. So Dinah Washington, in her inimitable style, takes a long pull from her flask and starts kicking up a fuss. Yvette Freeman reprises her Obie award-winning performance in this passionate play that reminds us “What a Difference a Day Makes.” Features songs made famous by Dinah Washington and performed in the play by Yvette Freeman.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Paul Eiding, Yvette Freeman, Adriane Lenox, Bud Leslie and Darryl Reed.

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  Wes Anderson

  Sophie Monks Kaufman, Little...

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  The indispensable, pocket guide to the films of Wes Anderson, from Bottle Rocket to Isle of Dogs. 
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  Wes Anderson is a distinctive auteur of modern American cinema, known for having created a personal universe out of pastel colour palettes, meticulous set design, nostalgic soundtracks and a troupe of familiar actors – all seen in films such as Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Grand Budapest Hotel and Isle of Dogs. 
  In this pocket guide Sophie Monks Kaufman delves beneath Anderson’s pristine surfaces to examine his emotional preoccupations with family, romance, failure, adventure and death. She carefully unspools the cultural threads that inform his aesthetic to explain why this precocious arthouse film nerd from Texas has become one of the most popular directors of his generation. 
  This book offers a comprehensive guide to Wes Anderson's unique style of direction, providing insightful reviews and a detailed biography. It's a top reference for anyone interested in the performing arts, offering a unique look into his individual approach to production. 
  For fans of Wally Koval (Accidentally Wes Anderson), Matt Zoller Seitz (The Wes Anderson Collection), Annie Atkins (Fake Love Letters, Forged Telegrams, and Prison Escape Maps), and Wes Anderson (The French Dispatch).

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  Laffmobb's We Got Next Volume 3

  Tobe Hixx, Leighann Lord,...

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  A new comedy series that delivers a next generation twist on stand-up. An entertaining hour where reality meets stand-up comedy via performances and profiles of the next generation of great African American comics. We Got Next takes you into the talent scout lab of Bob Sumner (Founder/Producer/Lead Talent Scout of Def Comedy Jam series with Russell Simmons on HBO) as he sets out to answer the question, “Who’s next?”

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  Hip Hop Ukraine - Music Race and...

  Adriana N. Helbig

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  “[A] magnificent study . . . adds to the burgeoning scholarship on global hip hop and furthers our knowledge of the African diaspora in Eastern Europe.” —Anthropology of East Europe ReviewsFeatured in NPR’s “Read These 6 Books About Ukraine” In Hip Hop Ukraine, we enter a world of urban music and dance competitions, hip hop parties, and recording studio culture to explore unique sites of interracial encounters among African students, African immigrants, and local populations in eastern Ukraine. Adriana N. Helbig combines ethnographic research with music, media, and policy analysis to examine how localized forms of hip hop create social and political spaces where an interracial youth culture can speak to issues of human rights and racial equality. She maps the complex trajectories of musical influence—African, Soviet, American—to show how hip hop has become a site of social protest in post-socialist society and a vehicle for social change.“This is a unique and admirable book that traces a complex trail from hip hop created by African migrants in Ukraine through remote African-American influences to their origins in Uganda and back again.” —Slavic Review“Portrays the music as a forceful influence on worldwide social and cultural expression.” —Slavonic and East European Review“A well-conceived study of the role and significance of hip hop in Ukraine. It joins the ranks of other very timely chronicles on the impact of hip hop in various societies around the world.” —Allison Blakely, Boston University

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