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Carla es de esas personas que se regala cada mañana cinco minutos más de sueño, de las que se toma el primer café en casa y el segundo lo sorbe bajando las escaleras del metro. Podría ser una de esas chicas que trabaja en el prestigioso bufete familiar. Pero no. Carla ha escogido otra profesión. Esta joven de espíritu inquieto es ahora la cantante de la línea 3 del metro. Cada día cientos de personas pasan por delante de ella, quizás la...
67) Miasto dziewcząt
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"Wcale nie trzeba być grzeczną dziewczynką, by stać się dobrym człowiekiem, czyli opowieść o seksie i urokach życia w Nowym Jorku. „Życie jest nie tylko ulotne, ale też niebezpieczne, dlatego nie ma sensu odmawiać sobie przyjemności” - tym mottem kieruje się główna bohaterka Miasta dziewcząt. Wyrzucona z prestiżowej uczelni Vivian trafia do Nowego Jorku, do ciotki, która prowadzi podupadający teatr rewiowy. Tu poznaje grono...
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Las Vegas 1964: Edward G. Robinson is in town to research his role in the upcoming poker movie, The Cincinnatti Kid with Steve McQueen. Frank Sinatra puts him in touch with Eddie G., Sands Casino pit boss and general 'go to' man in Las Vegas. It turns out that Howard Hughes is also in town looking to buy a casino. He's interested in the Sands, and HH usually gets what he wants. Jack Entratter, the owner of the Sands and Eddie's boss calls on Eddie...
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"A fictionalized historical account that follows the inspiring life of Willy Rosen from his time as a celebrated German soldier in WWI, a famous entertainer, and finally, a victim of Auschwitz's gas chambers, It is a heart-warming yet tragic story that reminds us that beauty can exist amidst horror."--Page [4] of cover.
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Collection of stories that set fictional and real-life creative figures--drag queens, sitcom stars, Broadway impresarios, movie divas--in the early 1980s, when gay entertainers were emerging from the closet just as the HIV virus was starting to decimate their ranks.
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Talent volume 3
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Mackenzie Little-Armstrong is on a mission: to help her talented BFFs rise and shine. Next stop, Hollywood Domination! But as Mac quickly discovers, a Tinsel-town takeover is not as easy as it seems.
73) Orphea Proud
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While reciting her poetry at a club in Queens, New York, seventeen-year-old Orphea recounts her childhood in Pennsylvania, leaving after her parents and the girl she loves die, and learning about her family and herself while living with her great-aunts on a Virginia mountaintop.
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Kelly Kimball spent a summer as a backup dancer for Darcy Barnes, the biggest pop star in the world. Kelly's got the real story on Darcy, her life, her family, and her entourage -- and she's spilling it here for the first time. Glamour. Access. Scandal. Ever wonder what your favorite pop divas are like after the cameras stop rolling? What do they do behind closed doors? What are their parties like? What do they think about? What do they fight about?...
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"Frankie Percival is cashing in her chips. To save her brother from financial ruin, Frankie--a single stage performer and mentalist who never made it big--agrees to be assassinated on the most popular television show on the planet: Death Warrant. Once she signs her life away, her memory is wiped clean of the agreement, leaving her with no idea she will soon be killed spectacularly for global entertainment. After years of working in low-rent theaters,...
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A speakeasy performer is murdered in this pioneering mystery from the mother of the police procedural. When one of New York's favorite dancers is killed in a crowded high-tone speakeasy, everyone present becomes a suspect--and those that may have eluded questioning as well. It's up to Inspector McKee of the NYPD to sift through the witness statements, separate fact from fiction, and put together a picture of the crime as it happened in order to discover...
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Neither escape nor dependence, my destiny is my spine! Destiny, burn! I heard beat up fans! Unable to blend in with my surroundings and not good at communicating with people, I have always been deeply lonely. And the only salvation in life is the existence of "Ben Ming", so it is known as "crazy fan" among fans. Until one day, the main push idol, because of beating up fans, began to be constantly on the Internet. At this point, the only cog in my...
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"Philippa nie wie, kim byli jej rodzice, wczesne dzieciństwo to dla niej strzępy mglistych, pełnych grozy obrazów. Przed laty znalazła ją na plaży i przygarnęła kobieta, która wychowała ją jak własną córkę. Po śmierci opiekunki Philippa postanawia poszukać szczęścia w Londynie. Zabawia ludzi kuglarskimi sztuczkami i barwnymi opowieściami, co od jakiegoś czasu jest zakazane pod groźbą surowej kary. Z opresji ratuje ją Aidan,...
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"1935. La llegada de Gardel a Puerto Rico causa un sorprendente revuelo. El Zorzal Criollo enamora a los isleños con su cálida y melancólica voz hasta que su exitosa gira se ve interrumpida por un intempestivo problema de salud. El azar caprichoso elige a Micaela Thorné, una mujer negra descendiente de una estirpe milenaria de curanderas, como la encargada de velar amorosamente por sus cuidados. Durante los veintisiete días que quedan recluidos...
80) Flor de arrabal
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La emocionante historia de una mujer que supo luchar contra el destino para convertirse en una estrella del espect̀culo a principios del siglo XX. En el arrabal zaragozano donde viv̕a, pocos pensaban que Flor, aquella nįa nacida en uno de sus hogares m̀s humildes, estaba destinada a convertirse en una de las grandes figuras de los escenarios, primero en Espąa y luego en toda Europa. Un camino dif̕cil, sembrado de duras pruebas, que la lleva...
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