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- The monuments men : Allied heroes, Nazi thieves, and the greatest treasure hunt in history / by Edsel, Robert M.,author.(CARDINAL)279581; Witter, Bret,author.(CARDINAL)294511;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 561-570) and index.pt. 1. The mission : Out of Germany ; Hitler's dream ; The call to arms ; A dull and empty world ; Leptis magna ; The first campaign ; Monte Cassino ; Monuments, fine arts, and archives ; The task -- pt. 2. Northern Europe : Winning respect ; A meeting in the field ; Michaelangelo's Madonna ; The cathedral and the masterpiece ; Van Eyck's Mystic Lamb ; James Rorimer visits the Louvre ; Entering Germany ; A field trip ; Tapestry ; Christmas wishes ; The Madonna of La Gleize ; The train ; The Bulge ; Champagne -- pt. 3. Germany : A German Jew in the U.S. Army ; Coming through the battle ; The new monuments man ; George Stout with his maps ; Art on the move ; Two turning points ; Hitler's Nero decree ; First army across the Rhine ; Treasure map ; Frustration ; Inside the mountain ; Lost ; A week to remember -- pt. 4. The void : Salt ; Horror ; The Gauleiter ; The battered mine ; Last birthday ; Plans ; The noose ; Discoveries ; The noose tightens ; The race ; Final days ; The translator ; The sound of music ; End of the road -- pt. 5. The aftermath : Understanding Altaussee ; Evacuation ; The journey home ; Heroes of civilization ; What is your connection to the story?"In a race against time, a group of American and British museum directors, curators, art historians, and others--called the Monuments Men--risked their lives to prevent destruction ... Focusing on the period between D-Day and V-E Day, ... follws six Monumetns Men on their impossible mission to save the world's great art fom the Nazis"--Accelerated Reader AR- Subjects: Art.; Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section; Art thefts; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Art treasures in war; Cultural property;
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- The road to you [sound recording] / by Pat Metheny Group.; Metheny, Pat.; Mays, Lyle.; Rodby, Steve.; Wertico, Paul.; Marçal, Armando.; Aznar, Pedro.;
Have you heard (6:07) -- First circle (8:39) -- The road to you (5:29) -- Half life of absolution (15:22) -- Last train home (5:10) -- Better days ahead (4:55) -- Naked moon (5:18) -- Beat 70 (4:40) -- Letter from home (2:18) -- Third wind (8:39) -- Solo from More travels (3:35).Pat Metheny, guitars, synthesizer ; Lyle Mays, piano, keyboards ; Steve Rodby, acoustic and electric basses ; Paul Wertico, drums, percussion ; Armando Marcal, percussion, timbales, congas, vocals ; Pedro Aznar, vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion, saxophone, steel drums, vibes, marimba, melodica.Recorded live in Bari, Pescara, Jesi and Naples, Italy and in Marseilles, Paris and Besançon, France.- Subjects: Jazz;
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- Last train home [videorecording] Gui tu lie che / by Alary, Olivier,1975-; Aung-Thwin, Mila.pro; Chen, Suqin.ive; Cross, Daniel.pro; Fan, Lixin.drt; Tang, Tingsui; Zhang, Changhua.ive; Zhang, Qin.ive; Zhang, Yang.(CARDINAL)510039; Channel Four (Great Britain)(CARDINAL)190938; Eyesteelfilm (Firm); Independent Television Service.(CARDINAL)219292; Rogers Group of Funds.; SuperChannel (Television network); Telefilm Canada.(CARDINAL)177727; TV5Monde (Television network); Zeitgeist Films.;
Editors, Lixin Fan, Mary Stephen ; director of photography, Lixin Fan ; music, Olivier Alary ; story editor, Daniel Cross.Changhua Zhang, Qin Zhang, Suqin Chen, Yang Zhang, Tingsui Tang.Every spring, China's cities are plunged into chaos as an astonishing 130 million migrant workers journey to their home villages for the New Year's holiday. This mass exodus is the largest human migration on the planet, an epic spectacle that reveals a country tragically caught between its rural past and industrial future. Working over several years in classic verite, Chinese-Canadian filmmaker Lixin Fan travels with one couple who have embarked on this annual trek for almost two decades.Not rated.DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; widescreen ; stereo.Winner, Best Documentary 2010, Los Angeles Film Critics ; Winner, Best Feature-length Documentary, 2009 Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival ; Winner, Best Feature, 2010 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival.- Subjects: Documentary films.; Nonfiction films.; Feature films.; Families; Migrant labor; Migration, Internal; Rural-urban migration;
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