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Dog Years , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 374min
When Mark Doty went looking to adopt a small dog, a cuddly creature who might comfort his terminally ill partner, Wally Roberts, he was surprised to find himself returning home from an animal shelter with a full-grown golden retriever, a dog whose "absolute openness of regard", and paw gently offered through the bars of a cage, proved irresistible to him. Beau, as the retriever was called, was so malnourished and in need of care that he was initially mistaken for a different breed, and Doty soon found himself attending to the constant needs of a dog starved for attention and a man confined to his bed. But the new member of the household, which also included Arden, Doty's black retriever, managed to provide a measure of comfort to everyone; as Wally neared death, Beau rushed headlong into his new life. Dog Years is the story of Doty's life with Arden and Beau, two retrievers who, each in his own way, leave a profound mark on him: Arden, who likes sleeping outdoors, even in the rain, who is observant and contemplative, who is friendly and eager to please; Beau, blithe, snatching the glove from his master's hand and running away with it, a mischievous gleam in his eye, always full of daring and bounding toward his next source of amusement. As his time with the dogs reaches its end, Doty must face the difficult realization that to deal with death is to accept it as the utter loss of an irreplaceable value. To grieve is to understand that, while we may carry on, while we may find new loved ones, the loss we have experienced is the disappearance of a unique individual who will never return, and this tragic disruption will become a permanent part of us. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Doty. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/001422/bk_harp_001422_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Autophobia: Love and Hate in the Automotive Age , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 485min
Cars are the scourge of civilization, responsible for everything from suburban sprawl and urban decay to environmental devastation and rampant climate change, not to mention our slavish dependence on foreign oil from dubious sources abroad. Add the astonishing price in human lives that we pay for our automobility, some 30 million people were killed in car accidents during the 20th century plus the countless number of hours we waste in gridlock traffic commuting to work, running errands, picking up our kids, and searching for parking, and one can't help but ask: Havent we had enough already? After a century behind the wheel, could we be reaching the end of the automotive age?From the Model T to the SUV, Autophobia reveals that our vexed relationship with the automobile is nothing new. In fact, debates over whether cars are forces of good or evil in our world have raged for over a century now, ever since the automobile was invented. According to Brian Ladd, this love and hate relationship we share with our cars is the defining quality of the automotive age. And everyone has an opinion about them, from the industry shills, oil barons, and radical libertarians who offer cars blithe paeans and deny their ill effects, to the technophobes, treehuggers, and killjoys who curse cars, ignoring the very real freedoms and benefits they provide us. Focusing in particular on our worlds cities, and spanning settings as varied as belle epoque Paris, Nazi Germany, postwar London, Los Angeles, New York, and the smoggy Shanghai of today, Ladd explores this love and hate relationship throughout, acknowledging adherents and detractors of the automobile alike.Eisenhower, Hitler, Jan and Dean, J. G. Ballard, Ralph Nader, OPEC, and, of course, cars, all come into play in this wide-ranging but remarkably wry and pithy book. A dazzling display of erudition, Autophobia is cultural commentary at its most compelling, history at its most searching and a surprising p ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Susan Bennet. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/001502/bk_adbl_001502_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Band of Brothers - Wir waren wie Brüder DVD-Box
Am frühen Morgen des D-Days landeten US Fallschirmjägertruppen auf französischem Boden. Sie kämpften am Utah Beach, in Arnheim, in der Bastogne und führten die Rhein-Offensive.BAND OF BROTHERS - WIR WAREN WIE BRÜDER erzählt die ergreifende Geschichte der Easy Company, einer Elite-Einheit von Fallschirmjägern im 2. Weltkrieg. Von der harten Ausbildung in Georgia über ihre Landung in Frankreich am D-Day bis hin zur Schlacht in den Ardennen, der Befreiung der Menschen im Konzentrationslager Dachau und der Eroberung von Hitlers Adlerhorst in Berchtesgarden fängt diese von HBO, Steven Spielberg und Tom Hanks produzierte Minisierie mit ihrer realistischen Darstellung einige der traumatischsten Erlebnisse von Soldaten im 2. Weltkrieg ein. Vor einem emotional aufgeladenen Hintergrund zeigt sie die Triumphe und Tragödien einer Militär-Einheit, die echte amerikanische Helden hervorbrachte. Basierend auf dem Bestseller "Band of Brothers" von Stephen E. Ambrose entstand eine der teuersten und ehrgeizigsten Miniserien der Fernsehgeschichte. Auf der Grundlage von Tagebüchern, Briefen und Interviews mit Überlebenden vermittelt die Serie Einsichten in die Köpfe und Herzen von Befehlshabern und gewöhnlichen Soldaten.Teil 1 - CurraheeToccoa/Georgia, 1942. Ein bunt zusammengewürfelter Haufen junger Soldaten beginnt mit der Ausbildung in einem brandneuen amerikanischen Militärregiment: den Fallschirmspringern. Lt. Sobel drillt die Easy Company mit harter Hand - und macht aus unbedarften Zivilisten die Elitesoldaten der Armee. Während des Trainings kommt es zu Rivalitäten zwischen dem bei den Rekruten verhassten Sobel und Lt. Winters, einem Nachwuchsoffizier, der sich den Respekt und die Bewunderung der Kompanie verdient.Teil 2 - Der erste TagAm 6. Juni 1944 ("D-Day") starten Flugzeuge in England, überqueren den Kanal und setzen Tausende von Fallschirmspringern über Frankreich ab, wobei sie unter schweren Beschuss geraten. Keiner der Männer landet an der geplante Stelle, viele verlieren bei der Landung ihre Waffen und Vorräte. Winters sammelt verstreute Soldaten ein, und sie versuchen ihre Einheit zu finden. Später bekommt Winters den Befehl, eine befestigte deutsche Artilleriestellung anzugreifen. Das Unternehmen glückt zwar, doch Winters, jetzt Befehlshaber der Kompanie, verliert seinen ersten Mann.Teil 3 - Carentan - Brennpunkt NormandieZwei Tage nach der Landung am D-Day soll die Easy Company die Stadt Carentan einnehmen. In der siegreichen Schlacht fallen etliche Kameraden. Soldat Blithe (Marc Warren) und andere gewöhnen sich nur sehr schwer an die Gefechtssituation. Nach 36 Tagen in der Normandie und etlichen schweren Kämpfen kehrt die Easy Company nach England zurück, doch zum Feiern bleibt keine Zeit, denn schon trifft ein neuer Marschbefehl ein.Teil 4 - Die NeuenWegen der schweren Verluste wird die Easy Company gerade noch rechtzeitig durch unerfahrene Fallschirmspringer aufgefüllt, um an der großangelegten Landung im von Deutschen besetzten Holland teilnehmen zu können: Operation Market-Garden. In Eindhoven trifft die Easy Company auf keinen Widerstand, doch aus der Nachbarstadt werden sie und eine Einheit britischer Panzer von der deutschen Übermacht vertrieben - der Rückzug bringt viele Verluste. Der Plan der Alliierten, über Holland in Deutschland einzudringen und den Krieg noch vor Weihnachten zu beenden, ist damit gescheitert.Teil 5 - KreuzungenWinters befehligt ein riskantes Unternehmen auf einem holländischen Deich - der überwältigende Sieg bringt ihm die Beförderung zum Stabsoffizier des Battaillons ein. Doch ihm behagt der neue Schreibtischposten nicht, und er macht sich wegen der Kommandeure der jetzt unter seinem Befehl stehenden drei Kompanien Sorgen. Als er von einem Wochenendurlaub in Paris zurückkehrt, kommt die Nachricht, dass die Achsenmächte in den Ardennen durch die alliierten Linien brechen wollen. Die Easy Company wird als Frontverstärkung eingesetzt, doch sie ist völlig unzureichend auf die bittere Kälte und die kommenden Grabenkämpfe vorbereitet.Teil 6 - BastogneTiefster Winter im Wald nahe der belgischen Stadt Bastogne: Verzweifelt halten die Männer der Easy Company allein die Stellung - ihre größten Feinde sind Hunger und Erfrierungen, denn sie haben keine Winterkleidung, kaum Vorräte und wenig Munition. Der erschöpfte Stabsarzt Eugene Roe (Shane Taylor) ist völlig überfordert und sehr reizbar - erst die Freundschaft zu einer belgischen Krankenschwester gibt ihm Halt. Erbärmliche Weihnachten im Schützengraben. Die deutsche Armee fordert die Kapitulation, doch dann trifft die Nachricht von General McAuliffe ein: "Schwachsinn!"Teil 7 - DurchbruchBei Bastogne hat die Easy Company den Deutschen standgehalten, doch jetzt müssen die erschöpften Soldaten die benachbarte Stadt Foy einnehmen. Im heftigen Granatenfeuer werden etliche getötet und verwundet. Die Unfähigkeit ihres Kommandeurs Lt. Dike macht alles nur noch schlimmer, doch Winters sind die Hände gebunden. Unter enormen Verlusten wird Foy von der Easy Company erobert.Teil 8 - Der SpezialauftragBei Haguenau im Elsass erreicht die Easy Company die deutsche Grenze. Laut Befehl soll eine Patrouille den Rhein überqueren und feindliche Gefangene machen. Lt. Jones meldet sich freiwillig - er hat gerade die berühmte Militärakademie in West Point absolviert und will sich unbedingt an der Front bewähren. Die Mission ist zwar erfolgreich, kostet aber einem weiteren Fallschirmspringer das Leben. Deswegen ignoriert Winters den Befehl, in der folgenden Nacht eine weitere Patrouille loszuschicken.Teil 9 - Warum wir kämpfenEndlich betritt die Easy Company deutschen Boden und trifft auf erstaunlich wenig Widerstand - so ergibt sich erstmals seit langer Zeit die Gelegenheit zum Ausruhen. Eine Patrouille entdeckt im nahen Wald ein verlassenes Nazi-Konzentrationslager voll ausgemergelter Gefangener. Die Bürger des Ortes behaupten unbegreiflicherweise, vom Lager nichts gewusst zu haben - sie werden zu Arbeit dort herangezogen. Da trifft die Nachricht ein, dass Hitler tot ist.Teil 10 - KriegsendeDie Easy Company marschiert im bayerischen Berchtesgaden ein, wo bis vor kurzem die Mächtigen des Dritten Reiches residierten. Der "Adlerhorst", Hitlers Festung auf dem Obersalzberg, wird besetzt. Die Männer müssen jetzt befürchten, dass sie zum Kriegschauplatz im Pazifik abkommandiert werden, und sie vergleichen, wie viele "Punkte" sie gesammelt haben, die ihnen vielleicht die Heimreise einbringen. Doch die japanische Kapitulation beendet den Krieg...- Shop: buecher
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Coward Plays: 4
Coward Plays: 4 - Blithe Spirit; Present Laughter; This Happy Breed; Tonight at 8. 30 (ii): ab 21.49 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Blithe Spirit Dvd UK Import
Dan Stevens, Isla Fisher, Leslie Mann and Judi Dench star in this adaptation of Noël Coward's classic comic play.Struggling to adapt his latest novel for the big screen, writer Charles Condomine (Stevens) enlists the divine intervention of medium Madame Arcati (Dench) for inspiration.However, his plan backfires when she inadvertently summons the spirit of his late ex-wife, Elvira (Mann).While only Charles can see her, the ghost of Elvira proceeds to sabotage his relationship with his new wife, Ruth (Fisher).- Shop: odax
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25th Anniversary Concert
Program Notes Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Sonata for piano in E-flat minor, op.26. The Barber Sonata is among the greatest piano works of the twentieth century, combining choice elements derived from classical, romantic and modern styles bristling with splendid difficulties. The first movement (sonata form) is comprised of one chromatic theme powerfully stated - fast and energetic. The 'scherzo' opens in a blithe, carefree mood, blending alternate light and dark textures, including a delightful waltz. The lambent strains of the 'adagio' fashion a melancholy song in the traditional manner while, simultaneously incorporating a twelve-tone technique. A vertiginous fugue closes the work. Within the strictly contrapuntal fabric, Barber exhausts his storehouse of classic and contemporary genres of piano writing. Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Reflets dans l'eau. 'Reflections in the Water (from 'Images 1') In this colorful work, the listener may hear the rhythms of water, often at low dynamic levels - monotonic and hypnotic - through the use of arpeggios and picturesque chords covering an extensive area of the keyboard. Pedal tones and melodies in the lower register are found in the secondary theme and the entirety concludes with a restatement of the opening melody in rhythmic alteration and languorous, haunting sustained chords coupled with an open octave melodic motive. Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Jardins sous la Pluie. "Gardens in the Rain" (from "Estampes") For all the beauties found in earlier works, Debussy was in his early forties when he seriously confronted the challenge of writing for piano solo. Written a few years before 'Images,' 'Estampes' or 'Prints' may represent the series of impressions herein imagined by the composer. 'Jardins' could be self-explanatory when pictured in the mind's eye: the splattering rain, the flowers, the return of the sun dispelling the storm. Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Papillons, op.2. Robert Schumann was at his greatest in his character piece cycles for the piano. 'Papillons' is a succession of waltzes and polonaises, a ballroom scene, rounded off and unified by the reappearance of the first waltz in the final piece. The miniatures that make up this op.2 are as personal and recognizably Schumannesque as anything he wrote later, the style, to be sure, deepened and ripened, but it's essentials remained unchanged. 'Papillons' is a cornucopia of lyrical ideas with the most imaginative use of harmonies and rhythms. Schumann-Liszt Widmung Franz Liszt's (1811-1886) transcription of Schumann's song, 'Widmung,' was published in 1849 and is dedicated to Clara Schumann. It is a perfect demonstration of Liszt's devotion to make the song literature accessible to the general public while providing the virtuoso pianist the opportunity to show that the keyboard instrument can sing, too. Franz Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody no.12 Few works are as closely associated with their composers as the ubiquitous Hungarian Rhapsodies are to Franz Liszt. A large portion of Liszt's piano music consists of arrangements, transcriptions, operatic arias, fantasies and the twenty Hungarian Rhapsodies, based on gypsy folk-tunes. Most of these free-form works open with a slow, passionate introduction, followed by a gradual quickening of tempo until the music becomes dizzying, culminating with a feisty, impelling section in imitation of the Hungarian dance called 'czardas.' In the twelfth Rhapsody, a haughty introduction in a grand manner sets the stage for the first of several frisky melodies. The flurry of excitement is broken by the entrance of a soulful theme, leading to development of the opening chords. Another dancelike theme enters, but before a breath can be caught, the devilishly difficult 'stretta vivace' blazes with a vigorous display of technical fireworks. Program Notes by James Leeds © James Leeds,1984, revised notes 2009. Encores The Nightingale, Alabieff-Liszt Alexander Alabieff (1787-1851) was a prolific Russian composer whose works have faded into obscurity except a song for soprano and piano, Le Rossignol (the Nightingale). With this short song, Alabieff set the Russian soul to music. Franz Liszt took this song and made one of his most affecting transcriptions. Prelude in B minor, Bach-Siloti Alexander Siloti (1863-1945) was an eminent Russian pianist and a student of Liszt. He taught Goldenweiser as well as his first cousin Rachmaninoff at the Moscow Conservatory and later became a faculty member at the Juilliard School. The Prelude was found in the Clavier-Buchlein for W.F. Bach and later expanded in the E minor prelude, WTC Book 1. It remains a favorite encore. Waltz in D flat minor, Op. 64, No.1 (Minute Waltz) One of the most popular pieces, this waltz flows forth famously in bursts of perpetual motion interrupted by a beautiful lyrical section before it returns to the opening. Encore notes by Howard Aibel © Howard Aibel, 2009 HOWARD AIBEL, pianist Howard Aibel has won international acclaim as both a performer and teacher. The New York Times, reviewing a performance at Carnegie Hall, called him "a very impressive and authoritative artist." In Russia, where he recently delighted audiences with his performances of the Schumann and Tchaikovsky Piano Concerti No. 1, a top critic in St. Petersburg wrote: "His playing was remarkable, evoking the memory of the golden age of piano playing." Aibel's career was launched in 1959, with a highly successful New York debut as the winner of that year's Naumburg Award. He soon won a Fulbright Award and top prizes in the International Busoni and International Casella Piano Competitions as well, leading to highly successful tours of the United States, Europe and Mexico. He has since made six tours of Asia, where he performed with orchestra and in recital, and gave master classes in Korea, Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan. In a performance of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Aibel shared the stage with his son, the gifted conductor Anthony Aibel. Aibel has also performed and given master classes in Dublin, Ireland, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, and Salzburg, Austria. He recently performed at the Polish Consulate in New York City to raise funds for The Chopin Society of New York. He was invited to Russia for the fourth time. He will perform, lecture and give master classes at the famed Moscow Conservatory. Aibel graduated from Juilliard as a scholarship student in the class of the eminent Mme. Rosina Lhevinne, later becoming her assistant for 10 years. He is a much sought after juror at many national and international piano competitions and was recently presented with a Bravo Award at Carnegie Hall, for "Lifetime Artistic Achievement in the field of Performing Arts" by the Italian Academy Foundation. He celebrates the 50th Anniversary of his New York Town Hall Debut, as the 1959 winner of the Naumburg Award, with a performance of the Schumann Concerto at New York City's Merkin Concert Hall in November, 2009. Howard Aibel is listed in Benjamin Saver's recent book The Most Wanted Piano Teachers in the USA, and in The International Who's Who in Music. He has recorded for Capitol Records, TR Records and Sonar Records. This is his first CD for Impromptu Classics. Howard Aibel is a Steinway Artist.- Shop: odax
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Houswife
Debut album review from Bob Ham of Willamette Week: "The first album by Houswife-a self-titled, self-released affair, recorded at home and at Jackpot! Studios in 2010-is an impressively assured work for someone who is just now dipping her toes into the music scene of her Portland hometown. Some of the delay for the 31-year-old artist was the ever-evolving composition process, which had her tucked away in the studio for the last few years. The result of that process is songs that are heady and tuneful, pop music that doesn't follow your typical pop structures but sticks with you long after the song ends. Her sound bears the mark of the music that inspired Parker to start playing music as a child. The delicate and insistent sound of the piano comes equally from her love of the work of Mozart and Rachmaninoff, the circuitous swirl of her guitar playing inspired by folk artists like Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan. You can hear the imprint of modern indie rock on these songs, as well. "Let The Walls" echoes with the ghostly pull of artists like Cat Power and PJ Harvey, and "Cutting Cords" aching like the best moments of Bill Callahan. Add to it, a vocal style that gives a tangy, brassy edge to lyrics that closely examine the intricacies of life from both a personal and a universal angle. This sharp musicianship highlights songs that are equal parts measured and thoughtful, playful and blithe. Like all the best albums, the more time you devote to the first full-length by Houswife, the more you will get out of it, and it becomes obvious that Parker is going to quickly establish herself comfortably amid the pantheon of talent in the Rose City." - Robert Ham, WW.- Shop: odax
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