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Ernst Lubitsch – The Merry Widow (1934)  Movies

Posted by newland at May 25, 2010
Ernst Lubitsch – The Merry Widow (1934)

Ernst Lubitsch – The Merry Widow (1934)
DVDrip | Language: English | Optional subtitles: English, Español
1:34:34 | MKV | H264 | 720x560 | PAL 25fps | Audio: mp4a 128kbps | 1.47 GB
Genre: Classics | Pre-Code Hollywood | Comedy | Musical | Romance

Sonia is an immensely wealthy widow whose spending keeps the small kingdom of Marshovia afloat economically. When she decides to move to Paris to find a husband, the king dispatches prince Danilo –a notorious Casanova– to seduce and bring her back home.

The best musical helmed by the great Ernst Lubitsch, The Merry Widow is frothy, funny, and tuneful from start to finish.
"Witty and incandescent…heady as the foam on champagne, fragile as mist, and as delicately gay as a good-natured censor will permit." – The New York Times

Valery Ponomarev - Trip to Moscow (1988)  Music

Posted by Gkjoflm at Sept. 30, 2010
Valery Ponomarev - Trip to Moscow (1988)

Valery Ponomarev - Trip to Moscow (1988)
Jazz, Post-Bop | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 00:55:24 min | 133 MB
Label: Reservoir | Year Of Release: 1988

"The first major Russian jazz musician to make an impression in the United States, Valery Ponomarev has always had an attractive tone, a swinging style, and a strong interest in keeping the hard bop legacy of Clifford Brown alive. He played as regularly as possible in the Soviet Union, recording for the Melodiya label and appearing at jazz festivals until defecting in 1973.

G.F.Handel - Ombra Cara. Arias (Mehta, Jacobs)  Music

Posted by First Amendment at Feb. 16, 2011
G.F.Handel - Ombra Cara. Arias (Mehta, Jacobs)

G.F.Handel - Ombra Cara. Arias (Bejun Mehta & René Jacobs)
EAC Rip | FLAC+LOG+CUE | Booklet & Covers (jpg) | RAR 373MB
1 CD | Tracks | Classical | 2010 | Harmonia Mundi | Playing Time: 71'46"

In his first recital for harmonia mundi, Bejun Mehta, the American countertenor, has chosen highlights from the repertoire of the famous castrato Senesino, accompanied by René Jacobs and Freiburger Barock.
“It's wonderful singing and on this evidence, Mehta's beauty of tone and musical intelligence confirm his position in the highest echelon of contemporary countertenors alongside the likes of David Daniels and Andreas Scholl.” Andrew Clements - The Guardian
“This is not just another aria collection, but a celebration of genius, in composition and performance alike.” Berta Joncus - BBC Music Magazine

Ange - Guet-apens (1978)  Music

Posted by v3122 at March 14, 2011
Ange - Guet-apens (1978)

Ange - Guet-apens (1978)
Progressive/Art Rock | EAC Rip | APE(Image) + Cue + Log | MP3 CBR 320Kbps | 6 Tracks
Covers Included | 1999 | 81701-2 | ~231 + 103 Mb | FSonic, FServe, Uploaded

The final classic album by this pioneering French band is also, not without coincidence, one of their best, representing the last flowering of Golden Age Progressive ideology before the Punk Rock revolution pushed it rudely off the musical map …

Jeanette Foster, "Frommer's Maui 2010 (Frommer's Complete)" (Repost)  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by s13tas at April 6, 2011
Jeanette Foster, "Frommer's Maui 2010 (Frommer's Complete)" (Repost)

Jeanette Foster, "Frommer's Maui 2010 (Frommer's Complete)" (Repost)
Publisher: Frommers | ISBN: 0470497629 | edition 2009 | PDF | 356 pages | 6,91 mb

America's #1 bestselling travel series–-Written by more than 175 outspoken travelers around the globe, Frommer’s Complete Guides help travelers experience places the way locals do.

Daughters, Wives, Mother (1960)  Movies

Posted by Someonelse at Dec. 9, 2011
Daughters, Wives, Mother (1960)

Daughters, Wives, Mother (1960)
A Film by Mikio Naruse
DVD9 Custom | ISO+MDS | NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | 02:02:07 | 7,43 Gb
Audio: Japanese AC3 3.0/1.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English (custom added), Japanese
Genre: Drama | Japan

A stellar cast in a saga of a comfortable suburban family's unraveling after the family home is mortgaged.
Johnny Burnette - The Train Kept A-Rollin' - Memphis To Hollywood: The Complete Recordings 1955-1964 (2003) [9CDs]

Johnny Burnette - The Train Kept A-Rollin' - Memphis To Hollywood:
The Complete Recordings 1955-1964 (2003) [9CDs Box Set]

EAC | FLAC(tracks)+CUEs+LOGs - 2,8 GB | Scans - 960 MB | MP3 CBR 320 Kbps - 1,35 GB
Rock & Roll / Rockabilly | TT - 639:41 minutes | Label: Bear Family Records / Catalogue # BCD 16438 IL

Johnny Burnette was at the heart of the Rock 'N' Roll revolution for ten years, both with his brother Dorsey as part of the Rock 'N' Roll Trio-considered by many the greatest rockabilly group of all time - & as a hit-making recording artist on his own. Given Johnny's importance, you wouldn't really want any other label but Bear Family to release the definitive retrospective on 9 CDs, is everything Johnny ever recorded. Not just released-recorded! That means all of his Rock 'N' Roll Trio recordings, classics like 'Train Kept A-Rollin', 'Lonesome Train (on a Lonesome Track', 'Rock Therapy', 'Honey Hush', & 'Tear It Up', his recordings for Imperial & Freedom/Liberty (complete for the first time), where he notched his hits 'Dreamin', 'You're Sixteen', and many more!

Frommer's Maui 2010 (repost)  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by sandhu1 at May 30, 2012
Frommer's Maui 2010 (repost)

Frommer's Maui 2010
Frommers; 5 edition | September 22, 2009 | ISBN-10: 0470497629 | 368 pages | PDF | 6.9 Mb

The Student Comedies - The Ozu Collection (1929-1932) [Re-UP]  Movies

Posted by Someonelse at May 2, 2015
The Student Comedies - The Ozu Collection (1929-1932) [Re-UP]

The Student Comedies - The Ozu Collection (1929-1932)
Days of Youth (1929) + I Flunked, But … (1930) + The Lady and the Beard (1931) + Where Now are the Dreams of Youth? (1932)
2DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | PAL 4:3 (720x576) | 316 mins | 7,69 Gb + 6,69 Gb
Silent or Score AC3 2.0 @ 320 Kbps with Japanese intertitles and English subtitles
Genre: Comedy, Romance

Master Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu (Tokyo Story) has been revered all over the world for the unique and poetic style of his films. This 2-disc set brings together all of his surviving early student-genre comedies on DVD for the first time.

Frommer's Maui 2006  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by bookwyrm at March 21, 2012
Frommer's Maui 2006

Frommer's Maui 2006 By Jeanette Foster
Publisher: Frommer's 2005 | 356 Pages | ISBN: 0764589024 | PDF | 4 MB