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- Metropolis / by Kerr, Philip,author.;
"New York Times-bestselling author Philip Kerr treats readers to his beloved hero's origins, exploring Bernie Gunther's first weeks on Berlin's Murder Squad. A portrait of Bernie Gunther in his twenties: He's young, but he's seen four bloody years of trench warfare. And he's not stupid. So when he receives a promotion and a ticket out of Vice squad, he knows he's not really leaving behind the criminal gangs, the perverse sex clubs, and the laundry list of human corruption. It's 1928 and Berlin is a city on the edge of chaos, where nothing is truly verboten. But soon a new wave of shockingly violent murders sweeps up society's most vulnerable, prostitutes and wounded ex-soldiers begging on the streets. As Bernie Gunther sets out to make sense of multiple murders with different MOs in a city that knows no limits, he must face the fact that his own police HQ is not immune. The Nazi party has begun to inflitrate the Alex, Berlin's central office, just as the shakey Weimar government makes a last, desperate attempt to control a nation edging toward to the Third Reich. It seems like the only escape for most Berliners is the theater and Bernie's no exception. As he gets deeper into the city's sordid underground network, he seeks comfort with a make-up artist who is every bit a match for his quick wit and increasingly sardonic view of the world. But even this space can't remain untouched, not with this pervasive feeling that everything is for sale in Berlin if you're man enough to kill for it"--- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Gunther, Bernhard (Fictitious character); Detectives; Murder;
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- The masterpiece : a novel / by Davis, Fiona,1966-author.;
"In her latest captivating novel, nationally bestselling author Fiona Davis takes readers into the glamorous lost art school within Grand Central Terminal, where two very different women, fifty years apart, strive to make their mark on a world set against them. For the nearly nine million people who live in New York City, Grand Central Terminal is a crown jewel, a masterpiece of design. But for Clara Darden and Virginia Clay, it represents something quite different. For Clara, the terminal is the stepping stone to her future, which she is certain will shine as the brightly as the constellations on the main concourse ceiling. It is 1928, and twenty-five-year-old Clara is teaching at the lauded Grand Central School of Art. A talented illustrator, she has dreams of creating cover art for Vogue, but not even the prestige of the school can override the public's disdain for a "woman artist." Brash, fiery, confident, and single-minded--even while juggling the affections of two men, a wealthy would-be poet and a brilliant experimental painter--Clara is determined to achieve every creative success. But she and her bohemian friends have no idea that they'll soon be blindsided by the looming Great Depression, an insatiable monster with the power to destroy the entire art scene. And even poverty and hunger will do little to prepare Clara for the greater tragedy yet to come. Nearly fifty years later, in 1974, the terminal has declined almost as sharply as Virginia Clay's life. Full of grime and danger, from the smoke-blackened ceiling to the pickpockets and drug dealers who roam the floor, Grand Central is at the center of a fierce lawsuit: Is the once-grand building a landmark to be preserved, or a cancer to be demolished? For Virginia, it is simply her last resort. Recently divorced, she has just accepted a job in the information booth in order to support herself and her college-age daughter, Ruby. But when Virginia stumbles upon an abandoned art school within the terminal and discovers a striking watercolor hidden under the dust, her eyes are opened to the elegance beneath the decay. She embarks on a quest to find the artist of the unsigned masterpiece--an impassioned chase that draws Virginia not only into the battle to save Grand Central but deep into the mystery of Clara Darden, the famed 1920s illustrator who disappeared from history in 1931"--- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Grand Central Terminal (New York, N.Y.);
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- Spaghetti westerns [videorecording (DVD)] / by Danton, Ray,1931-1992.; Harrison, Richard,1935-; Van Cleef, Lee,1925-1989.; Oates, Warren,1928-1982.; Lee, Chen; Hunter, Jeffrey,1925-1969.; Hilton, George,1934-; Palance, Jack,1919-2006.; Damon, Mark,1933-; Gemma, Giuliano,1938-; Mitchell, Cameron,1918-1994.; Madison, Guy; Widmark, Robert; Kinski, Klaus; Shatner, William; Stegani, Giorgio; Piehl, Vern; Baldanello, Gianfranco; Blasco, Ricardo; Petroni, Giulio; Tessari, Duccio,1926-; Santi, Giancarlo; Cicero, Nando; Lupo, Michele; Corbucci, Sergio,1926-1990.; Briz, Jose; Hellman, Monte,1932-; Brandt, Tony; Lucidi, Maurizio; Parolini, Gianfranco,1930-; Caiano, Mario,1933-; Girolami, Marino; Carnimeo, Giuliano; Freda, Riccardo; Mill Creek Entertainment.;
Disc 1. Beyond the law / Giorgio Stegani (director) 1968 (109 min.) -- Apache blood / Vern Piehl (director) 1975 (89 min.) -- This man can't die / Gianfranco Baldanello (director) 1967 (90 min.) -- Gunfight at Red Sands / Ricardo Blasco (director) 1964 (95 min.).Disc 2. Death rides a horse / Giulio Petroni (director) 1968 (114 min.) -- Sundance and the Kid / Duccio Tessari (director) 1969 (83 min.) -- Grand duel / Giancarlo Santi (director) 1974 (90 min.) -- Twice a Judas / Nando Cicero (director) 1969 (92 min.).Disc 3. The man from nowhere / Michele Lupo (director) 1966 (114 min.) -- Minnesota clay / Sergio Corbucci (director) 1965 (85 min.) -- White Comanche / José Briz Méndez 1968 (94 min.) -- China 9, Liberty, 37 / Monte Hellman, Tony Brandt (directors) 1978 (92 min.).Disc 4. It can be done, amigo / Maurizio Lucidi (director) 1973 (98 min.) -- God's gun / Gianfranco Parolini (director) 1975 (97 min.) -- The fighting fists of Shanghai Joe / Mario Caiano (director) 1972 (94 min.) -- Between God, the devil and a Winchester / Marino Girolami (director) 1968 (98 min.).Disc 5. Trinity and Sartana / Mario Siciliano (director) 1972 (102 min.) -- Find a place to die / Giuliano Carnimeo (director) 1968 (89 min.) -- Johnny Yuma / Riccardo Freda (director) 1966 (100 min.) -- Fistful of lead / Giuliano Carnimeo (director) 1970 (93 min.).Ray Danton, Richard Harrison, Lee Van Cleef, Warren Oates, Chen Lee, Jeffrey Hunter, George Hilton, Jack Palance, Mark Damon, Giuliano Gemma, Cameron Mitchell, Guy Madison, Robert Widmark, Klaus Kinski, William Shatner, and other actors.Canadian home video rating : R- Subjects: Spaghetti Westerns.; Revenge; Western films.;
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