Yared, GabrielOverview
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Gabriel Yared
Cold Mountain
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4 editions published between 2003 and 2011 in English and held by 1,915 libraries worldwide Inman, a young Confederate soldier, is struggling to make his way home to Cold Mountain, NC, where his beloved Ada awaits him. In Inman's absence, Ada befriends Ruby, who helps her keep up her late father's farm. Meanwhile, in his travels, Inman encounters a menagerie of interesting and colorful characters.
Das Leben der Anderen The lives of others
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3 editions published in 2007 in German and held by 1,626 libraries worldwide East Berlin, 1984. Capt. Gerd Wiesler, Stasi officer and surveillance specialist has a simple assignment: keep an eye on Georg Dreyman, a respected playwright, and his actress girlfriend, Christa-Maria Sieland. Though Dreyman is known to associate with blacklisted director Albert Jerska, a known dissident, Dreyman's record is spotless. Wiesler discovers that Minister Hempf has an ulterior motive in spying on this seemingly upright citizen. During the investigation, Wiesler unexpectedly finds himself in sympathy with the people - or at least to this one particular person.
Amelia
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7 editions published between 2009 and 2010 in English and held by 1,492 libraries worldwide Kansas-born girl, Amelia Earhart discovers the thrill of aviation at age 23. Within 12 years she goes on to win the Distinguished Flying Cross for being the first woman to pilot a plane solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Amelia and her husband/business partner George Putnam have an enduring marriage that could not be broken by her determination to fly, nor her passionate affair with Gene Vidal. At age 39, she sets out on an attempt to circumnavigate the globe, an adventure that catapults her into aviation myth.
The talented Mr. Ripley
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16 editions published between 1999 and 2006 in 4 languages and held by 1,064 libraries worldwide Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes its better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. He's hired to go to Italy to bring back he playboy son of a millionaire and soon is plunged into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.
Sylvia
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3 editions published in 2004 in English and Multiple languages and held by 893 libraries worldwide Born in Boston, MA, in 1932, Sylvia Plath developed a talent as a writer and published her first poem when she was eight years old. That same year, Plath was forced to confront the unexpected death of her father. In 1950, she began studying at Smith College on a literary scholarship. In 1955, she was granted a Fulbright Scholarship to study in England at Cambridge. There, Plath met Ted Hughes, a respected author. The two fell in love, and married in 1958. However, marriage, family, and a growing reputation as an important poet failed to bring Plath happiness.
Message in a bottle
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1 edition published in 1999 in English and held by 875 libraries worldwide A reporter traces a lonely widower who wrote a heart-felt message, placed it in a bottle, and threw it out to sea.
Shall we dance
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3 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 807 libraries worldwide 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.
Autumn in New York
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10 editions published between 2000 and 2004 in English and German and held by 759 libraries worldwide At 48 years-old, Manhattan restauranteur Will Keane adores women, but has never thought seriously about marriage or commitment until he meets Charlotte Fielding. As their relationship blossoms, they both realize that this love will last a lifetime, but for Charlotte a lifetime may be much shorter than either of them is prepared to accept.
Music from the motion picture City of angels
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12 editions published between 1985 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 658 libraries worldwide Seth is an angel who must decide if he'll forsake his immortality and become human on the chance that the woman of his dreams might love him. That woman is Maggie, a pragmatic heart surgeon who doesn't believe in angels until she meets Seth.
Romero
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10 editions published between 1989 and 2009 in English and German and held by 651 libraries worldwide Romero is the true story of the Catholic priest Archbishop Oscar Romero who lived in El Salvador during the political unrest in the 1970s. The government launched a 'terror campaign' against the guerillas in an attempt to crush them. Archbishop Romero's protests against governments' actions was perceived as disloyalty. As an example to others, the government began to destroy churches and murder priests. Despite persecution, Romero continued to speak out against the atrocities the government was committing against the people of El Salvador, until his assassination.
Music from the Miramax motion picture Cold mountain
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1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 622 libraries worldwide
Breaking and entering
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1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 591 libraries worldwide Will and Sandy are two architects working on a major urban renewal project in the King's Cross section of London. The area is unsafe and not ready for such a project and is best known as a place to pick up prostitutes or buy drugs. Will and Sandy move their offices into a nearby vacant warehouse. Will and his girlfriend Liv have to deal with her behaviorally challenged thirteen year old daughter. At the same time Will has to deal with constant burglaries at his new office. One night, he spots Miro trying to break into the building. He chases Miro to his run down apartment block and watches as he returns home to his mother, Amira. Soon, Will 'meets' Amira and they begin an affair. Amira quickly learns that Will holds the key to her son's future.
Bon voyage
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3 editions published in 2004 in French and held by 514 libraries worldwide Following the premiere of her latest picture Viviane finds herself with a dead man in her apartment. Frédéric is a writer who's been falsely accused of murder, thanks to Viviane. Viviane has fled Paris for Bordeaux with a cabinet minister, and once Frédéric escapes from prison, he is not far behind. Once they reach Bordeaux, which is in chaos, they become entangled in a plot involving a physicist, his endlessly resourceful assistant, an amiable ex-con, a shady reporter and several bottles of heavy water that absolutely, positively must not fall into the hands of the occupying Germans.
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. The complete first season
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2 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 411 libraries worldwide Follows Mma Ramotste, a recently bereaved woman, as she sets up the only woman-run Private Detective Agency in Botswana and her attempts to get it off the ground. She gets help from Mma Makutsi, her new secretary, and Mr. JLB Matekoni, the owner and super mechanic of the wonderful Speedy Motors. Mma Ramotste takes on cases, meets many new people who need her help - from a woman who thinks the man who has turned up at her door is not her father, to another lady who has a boyfriend who may or may not be faithful to her.
The English patient original soundtrack recording
by Gabriel Yared
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12 editions published between 1996 and 1997 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 396 libraries worldwide
Cold Mountain
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13 editions published between 1985 and 2005 in 5 languages and held by 378 libraries worldwide Inman, a young Confederate soldier, who is injured during the explosive 1864 battle of Petersburg, Virginia, is struggling to make his way home to Cold Mountain, NC, where his beloved Ada awaits him. In Inman's absence, Ada befriends Ruby, who helps her keep up her late father's farm. Meanwhile, in his travels, Inman encounters a menagerie of interesting and colorful characters.
Dangerous moves
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7 editions published between 1984 and 2004 in French and German and held by 236 libraries worldwide A senior Soviet chessmaster and his former star pupil, now a dissident living in exile, square off in a highly publicized chess tournament. Both become pawns in a much larger game, however.
Nos enfants nous accuseront That should not be
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2 editions published in 2009 in French and held by 211 libraries worldwide In the mountains of France, the mayor of a small town has changed the school's lunch menu to locally grown organic foods in order to bring safe food products and healthy diet to the children. We learn about the abuses of the food industry, the challenges and rewards of safe food production, and the practical solutions that we can all take part in. Features interviews with children, parents, teachers, scientists, and more.
The Lover
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2 editions published between 2001 and 2006 in English and held by 211 libraries worldwide A poor French teenager embarks on a love affair with a wealthy Chinese man in 1929 French colonial Vietnam, defying the boundaries of age, race and class.
The English patient
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24 editions published between 1996 and 2008 in 5 languages and held by 187 libraries worldwide During World War II, a mysterious stranger is rescued from a fiery plane crash. The American allies care for him and the dangerous secrets from his past come to light. more
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Action and adventure films Adventure and adventurers Air pilots' spouses American Civil War (1861-1865) Ballroom dancing Biographical films Comedy films Criminals Deception Detective and mystery films Distinguished Flying Cross (Medal) Drama Earhart, Amelia,--1897-1937 El Salvador Feature films Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations Films--for the hearing impaired Folk songs, English France Germany Germany (East).--Ministerium für Staatssicherheit Germany--Berlin Great Britain Historical films History Hughes, Ted,--1930-1998 Italy Man-woman relationships Motion picture music Motion picture music--Excerpts Ocean bottles Plath, Sylvia Police patrol--Surveillance operations Political science Popular music Putnam, George Palmer,--1887-1950 Reporters and reporting Ripley, Tom (Fictitious character) Rock music Romance films Romero, Oscar A.--1917-1980 Secret service Terminally ill United States Video recordings--for the hearing impaired Widowers Women air pilots Women poets, American
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Yared, Gabriel A. 1949-....
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English (231) Undetermined (165) German (105) No Linguistic content (84) Spanish (36) Multiple languages (21) Miscellaneous languages (11) Vietnamese (4) Italian (4) Arabic (3) Dutch (2) Swedish (1) Indonesian (1) Catalan (1) Covers
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