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The lost pianos of Siberia / by Roberts, Sophy,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Siberia's story is traditionally one of exiles, penal colonies, and unmarked graves. Yet there is another tale to tell. Dotted throughout this remote land are pianos--grand instruments created during the boom years of the nineteenth century, as well as humble, Soviet-made uprights that found their way into equally modest homes. They tell the story of how, ever since entering Russian culture under the westernizing influence of Catherine the Great, piano music has run through the country like blood. How these pianos travelled into this snow-bound wilderness in the first place is testament to acts of fortitude by governors, adventurers, and exiles. Siberian pianos have accompanied extraordinary feats, from the instrument that Maria Volkonsky, wife of an exiled Decembrist revolutionary, used to spread music east of the Urals, to those that brought reprieve to the Soviet Gulag. That these instruments might still exist in such a hostile landscape is remarkable. That they are still capable of making music in far-flung villages is nothing less than a miracle. The Lost Pianos of Siberia is largely a story of music in this fascinating place, following Roberts on a three-year adventure as she tracks a number of different instruments to find one whose history is definitively Siberian. Her journey reveals a desolate land inhabited by wild tigers and deeply shaped by its dark history, yet one that is also profoundly beautiful-and peppered with pianos"--
Subjects: Piano;
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A Training School for Elephants. by Roberts, Sophy.;
In 1879, King Leopold II commissioned Frederick Cart to ship four tame Asian elephants from India to the East African coast with the aim to establish a training school for African elephants. Following in the footsteps of the four elephants, Sophy Roberts pieces together the story of this long-forgotten expedition and reveals an extraordinary - and enduring - story of colonial greed, hypocrisy, and folly.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: HISTORY; HISTORY / Africa / East; HISTORY / Africa / General; HISTORY / Indigenous / Contact, European Invasion;
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Shall we dance? [videorecording (DVD)] / by Cannon, Nick,1980; Chelsom, Peter,1956; Gere, Richard,1949; Ja Rule; Lopez, Jennifer,1970; Sarandon, Susan,1946; Suō, Masayuki,1956; Tucci, Stanle; Walter, Lisa Ann,1963; Alliance Atlantis (Firm;
Director of photography, John de Borman ; art director, Sue Chan ; editors, Charles Ireland, Robert Leighton ; music, Gabriel Yared, John Altman ; choreographer, John O'Connell ; costume designer, Sophie de Rakoff Carbonell ; production designer, Caroline Hanania.Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Lisa Ann Walter, Ja Rule, Nick Cannon ... [et al.].A lawyer's life and marriage take an unexpected turn when he follows a woman to a dance studio and begins to take lessons and finds he has a passion for dance. His wife thinks he is having an affair and hires a detective to follow him.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, region 1, full screen (1.85:1); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound.
Subjects: Dance; Feature films; Husband and wife; Man-woman relationships; Romantic comedy films; Video recordings for the hearing impaire;
© c2005., Miramax Home Entertainment, ; Distributed by Alliance Atlantis,
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47 meters down. [videorecording] / by Foxx, Corinne,actor.; Harris, James,1982-film producer.; Lane, Mark(Motion picture producer),film producer.; Nélisse, Sophie,actor.; Riera, Ernest,screenwriter.; Roberts, Johannes,screenwriter,film director.; Stallone, Sistine,actor.; Tju, Brianne,actor.; Dimension Films (1990- ),production company.; Fyzz Facility (Firm),production company.; Videoville Showtime,publisher.;
Sophie Nélisse, Corine Foxx, Biranne Tju, Sistine Stallone, Davi Santos.Four teen girls diving in a ruined underwater city quickly find themselves in a watery hell as their fun outing turns into heart-stopping fear when they learn they are not alone in the submerged caves. As they swim deeper into the claustrophobic labyrinth of caves they enter the territory of the deadliest shark species in the ocean.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: PG-13; for creature related violence and terror, some bloody images and brief rude gestures.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Horror films.; Feature films.; Marine caves; Deep diving; Sharks; Shark attacks; Survival; Teenage girls;
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Downton Abbey. [videorecording] / by Baye, Nathalie,1948-actor.; Bonneville, Hugh,actor.; Carmichael, Laura,1986-actor.; Carter, Jim,1948-actor.; Cassidy, Raquel,1968-actor.; Coyle, Brendan,actor.; Curtis, Simon,1960-film director.; Dancy, Hugh,1975-actor.; Dockery, Michelle,1981-actor.; Doyle, Kevin,1961-actor.; Fellowes, Julian,screenwriter,film producer.; Fox, Michael,1989-actor.; Froggatt, Joanne,1980-actor.; Hadden-Paton, Harry,1981-actor.; Haddock, Laura,1985-actor.; James-Collier, Rob,actor.; Leech, Allen,actor.; Logan, Phyllis,actor.; Lunn, John,1956-composer (expression); McGovern, Elizabeth,1961-actor.; McShera, Sophie,actor.; Middleton, Tuppence,1987-actor.; Neame, Gareth,film producer.; Nicol, Lesley,1953-actor.; Smith, Maggie,1934-actor.; Staunton, Imelda,1956-actor.; Trubridge, Liz,film producer.; West, Dominic,1969-actor.; Wilton, Penelope,1946-actor.; Zaccaï, Jonathan,1970-actor.; Carnival Films (Great Britain),production company.; Focus Features,presenter.; Studio Distribution Services (Firm),distributor.; Universal Pictures (Firm),publisher.;
Music by John Lunn ; editor, Adam Recht ; director of photography, Andrew Dunn.Nathalie Baye, Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Raquel Cassidy, Brendan Coyle, Hugh Dancy, Michelle Dockery, Kevin Doyle, Michael Fox, Joanne Froggart, Harry Hadden-Paton, Laura Haddock, Robert James- Collier, Allen Leech, Phyllis Logan, Elizabeth McGovern, Sophie McShera, Tuppence Middleton, Lesley Nicol, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Penelope Wilton, Jonathan Zaccaï.The Dowager Countess reveals she has a villa in the south of France, and many of the family follow her there for a rest while some of the family stay behind to keep an eye on the cast and crew of a film which is shooting at the grand estate.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.MPAA rating: PG; some suggestive references, language and thematic elements.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Feature films.; Fiction films.; Historical films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Aristocracy (Social class); Country life; Household employees; Man-woman relationships; Motion pictures; Social classes; Upper class families;
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The boogeyman [videorecording] / by Beck, Scott,1984-screenwriter.; Blair, Vivien Lyra,actor.; Born, Eli,director of photography.; Cohen, Dan(Producer),film producer.; Dastmalchian, David,actor.; Gvozdas, Peter,1974-editor of moving image work.; Heyman, Mark,1979-screenwriter.; Hu, Madison,actor.; Ireland, Marin,actor.; Jonsson, Patrick,composer.; Levine, Dan(Film producer),film producer.; Levy, Shawn,1968-film producer.; Messina, Chris,actor.; Nichols, Maddie,actor.; Savage, Robert M.(Robert Michael),film director.; Thatcher, Sophie,actor.; Woods, Bryan,1984-screenwriter.; motion picture adaptation of (work):King, Stephen,1947-Boogeyman.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
Director of photography, Eli Born ; music, Patrick Jonsson ; editor, Peter Gvozdas.Sophie Thatcher, Chris Messina, Vivien Lyra Blair, David Dastmalchian, Marin Ireland, Madison Hu, Maddie Nichols.Still reeling from the heartbreaking death of their mother, a teenage girl and her younger sister find themselves hounded by a sadistic presence in their house and struggle to get their grieving father to pay attention before it's too late.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: PG-13, terror, violent content, teen drug use, strong language.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Monster films.; Horror films.; Feature films.; Families; Sisters; Monsters; Mothers; Psychiatrists; Supernatural; Suicide;
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The Da Vinci code [sound recording] / by Brown, Dan.; Michael, Paul;
Read by Paul Michael.When the Louvre's curator is found murdered in a gallery, symbology expert Robert Langdon is called upon to interpret the enigmatic markings around the body. Langdon encounters Sophie Neveu, the curator's niece, and together she and Langdon seek to unlock the mysteries surrounding the millennium-old Catholic sect, Opus Dei.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Fiction.; Award Winners.; Suspense / Thriller.;
© 2006., Random House, Inc.,
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Alan Pakula: Going for Truth. by Miele, Matthew,film director.; J., Alan,actor.; Plummer, Christopher,actor.; Bridges, Jeff,actor.; Streep, Meryl,actor.; Redford, Robert,actor.; Soderbergh, Steven,actor.; Foundation Distribution (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Alan J. Pakula, Christopher Plummer, Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Steven SoderberghOriginally produced by Foundation Distribution in 2019.This documentary encompasses the personal and professional life of Alan J. Pakula, a lauded filmmaker and extremely private man, who was unflinching in his commitment to bringing some of the most memorable movies of the last half of the 20th century to the big screen. Always placing story first and going for truth, this elusive artist finally gets his spotlight. Select cast and crew members from his wide ranging filmography including To Kill A Mockingbird, Klute, All the President's Men, Sophie's Choice, Presumed Innocent, and The Pelican Brief bring Pakula to life once more after he was lost so tragically; while family and friends share their memories of knowing him as an artist, a husband, and a stepfather.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Arts.; Motion pictures.; Documentary films.; Artists.; History.;
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David Bowie : rainbowman, 1967-1980 / by Soligny, Jérôme,author.;
Includes discography (pages 673-677) and index.In David Bowie Rainbowman, Jérôme Soligny tells the story of David Bowie the musician with the help of those intimately involved with the creation of his music. This uniquely exhaustive work on Bowie's 1967-1980 albums draws on over 150 interviews with the musicians, producers and friends who knew Bowie best, including Robert Fripp, Hermione Farthingale, Lou Reed, George Underwood, Mick Ronson, Carlos Alomar, Trevor Bolder, Mike Garson, Woody Woodmansey and many, many others. With an essay by Soligny on each album followed by oral histories from the most trusted and influential figures in Bowie's musical life, David Bowie Rainbowman is the definitive guide to a singular and mercurial genius -- the Rainbowman himself.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Bowie, David.; Rock musicians; Singers;
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Uncommon kitchens : a revolutionary approach to the most popular room in the house / by Donelson, Sophie,author.;
"The past few years have made us all want to rethink our living spaces, particularly our kitchens. Our inner voices are saying: you spend a lot of time in this room, shouldn't it feel more like you? Now it can. Sophie Donelson revolutionizes traditional kitchen design with a bevy of inventive ideas for makeovers large and small. The kitchen is put together unlike any other room in the house-- but that doesn't mean you have to be hemmed in by tradition. Sophie takes a rule-breaking approach, mixing and layering styles, colors, furnishings, and layouts to make even well-trod kitchens vividly fresh. Drawing on advice and up-to-the-minute projects from designers such as Joy Cho, Studio Shamshiri, Beata Heuman, and a host of others, each personality-filled chapter is packed with liberating designs that will change your thinking about the tried-and-true kitchen. Learn from DIYers, Instagrammers, and design icons such as Ilse Crawford, Johnny Grey, and Robert Kime. Be inspired by innovators such as Heidi Caillier, Jessica Helgerson, Reath Design, Ward & Pierce, and Studio Laloc. Let chefs and foodies, including Alison Roman-- whose tips for a tiny kitchen are life-changing-- and Alex Snodgrass @theDefinedDish, change your thinking about floorplans and furnishings. These imaginative new kitchens will make you a quick convert and the book's know-how will help you create your own kitchen revolution, too"--
Subjects: Interior decoration.; Kitchens;
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