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81) Ludwig
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Italiano
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An operatic portrait of Ludwig II, the 19th century mad king of Bavaria. Tormented by his unrequited love for his cousin, Empress Elisabeth of Austria, coupled with his obsession for the music of Wagner, Ludwig retreats into a fantasy world. He builds fairytale castles and ultimately loses his already-fragile grip on his sanity.
83) Damnation
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Hungarian
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Karrer is in love with a cabaret singer and wants to spend the rest of his life with her, but the only way he can do that is to get rid of her husband by getting him involved in a smuggling scheme.
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Strobe edge volume 5
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Resolving to focus on his girlfriend, Mayuka, during her time of need, Ren buries his growing feelings for Ninako. Meanwhile, Ninako sees a different side of Ando when they run into his ex-girlfriend. What happened to Ando in the past, and how was Ren involved?
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"What is love anyway? Ninako Kinoshita's friends tell her it's one thing, but Ninako wonders what this mysterious feeling really is. When she meets Ren Ichinose, the handsome, enigmatic guy that all the girls worship, her life takes an unexpected turn. With just a few words and a smile, he changes her world...A big change occurs in Ren and Mayuka's relationship, leaving Ninako wondering what she should do with this news. Just as things seem to be...
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"Ninako is thrilled that she's in the same class as Ren for the new school year, but is their closeness due to the fact that he only sees her as a friend? Meanwhile, Ninako's friend Sayuri faces an old flame's ardor-- Will her past love stay in the past?"--Back cover.
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Ever since Beth Bailey was a girl, she's been in love with her best friend's older brother, Mark. She's continued to hold out hope that maybe, someday, he'll love her back. But now Beth is thirty-five years old, and on the day of Mark's wedding to another woman, she finally accepts the wake-up call she needs to move on. Beth's dream of marrying her first love may be over, but her other biggest desire is still within reach: becoming a mother. Having...
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Strobe edge volume 4
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English
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"Ando confesses his feelings to Ninako and tells her to give up on Ren-- especially because there are limits to loving someone who already has a girlfriend. Meanwhile, Ren finds it harder and harder to deny his attraction to Ninako-- But will Ren choose to do anything about it, particularly when his girlfriend, Mayuka, needs him?" -- from publisher's web site.
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"Feared and hated for his sinister abilities, Wei Wuxian-the grandmaster of demonic cultivation-was driven to his death when the most powerful clans united to destroy him. Thirteen years later, Wei Wuxian is reborn. Summoned by a young man who sacrificed his soul in a forbidden ritual, Wei Wuxian is now bound to seek vengeance on the stranger's behalf or risk the destruction of his own soul. But when an evil entity emerges, a familiar face from Wei...
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Famous Mexican actress María Félix plays a rich boat passenger who has been tossed off a ship only to be rescued and then violated by a priest. With no better future, she becomes a brothel manager. When she meets a doctor, she hopes to forget her past.
La historia de una mujer llamada Victoria quien después de ser violada pierde toda la esperanza en la justicia divina y se aparta de los caminos del bien como encargada de un prostíbulo. Al paso...
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Wei Wuxian's studies come to an abrupt end when he picks a fight with a young master of the Jin Clan. A lifetime later, he wakes from his dream of days gone by to find he's still unraveling the mystery of the ghost arm. Following their latest lead, Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji arrive in Qinghe, where they must contend with strange tombs interring sabers, terryfing man-eating walls, and bizarre sewn-up corpses. But that's not even the worst of it. Wei...
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In early 20th century Vienna, Stefan Brand is in the process of fleeing Vienna on the eve of a duel he wants no part of, however before he can do so, he receives an anonymous letter from an unknown woman. Stefan is deeply moved by what he reads and starts to realize that the letter's author is Lisa Berndl, a young woman he's known, but disregarded for most of his life.
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Two childhood friends. Two broken hearts. One impromptu road trip to get away from everything. That's all this was supposed to be. After all, I've been living in the friend zone for years now. But hockey heartthrob Jasper Gervais isn't looking at me like a friend anymore. And he isn't touching me like one either. To his fans, he's the handsome, talented athlete on TV. To me, he's still the lost boy with sad eyes and a heart of gold. The man I've loved...
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"Si tuvieran que elegir contar la historia de sólo un ex, ¿cuál contarían? Así es este libro, salpicado de grandes historias y tristes anécdotas aderezadas con verdades fuertes. Hay tantos tipos de noviazgos como personas distintas en el mundo, pero al final todos anhelamos lo mismo: quedarnos con quien más amamos. No siempre se puede y no siempre es así, porque existe gente que lastima y que no sabe amar. La vida después de mi ex es un viaje...
96) All-new Doop
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"Living in the margins, Doop has freaked out X-Men and readers alike. But what happens when he gets deeply involved in X-Men business--and Kitty Pryde's personal life?! Behind the scenes of X-Men Battle for the Atom, Doop's unrequited love for Kitty forces him to drag Iceman into Doopspace for some highly unusual questioning. Doop soon discovers the shapeshifting Raze isn't really Kitty Pryde from the future, but Raze has a dark secret that just might...
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Criterion collection volume 1194
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Freaks: A tale of love, deception, and retribution set among troupe of carnival sideshow performers, shunned by society because of their physical deformities.
The unknown: An unrequited infatuation leads a circus knife-thrower on the run from the law into a troubled state, but when the circus owner discovers the desperate man's secret identity, things become markedly worse.
The mystic: A confederacy of unsavory characters conspire to cheat an heiress...
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Theatres have a certain kind of magic. When the curtain rises, we are all enraptured by the glare of the lights and the smell of the greasepaint but it's when the curtain falls that the real drama begins... In 1952 two young lovers meet, in secret, at the beautiful Southern Cross theatre in the very heart of London's West End. Their relationship is made up of clandestine meetings and stolen moments because there is someone who will make them suffer...