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The young Karl MarxThe young Karl Marx, DVD
DVD - 2018 | GermanDVD, 2018. Language: German
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Added Oct 09, 2020
The Legend of Bagger VanceThe Legend of Bagger Vance, DVD
DVD - 2001 | WidescreenDVD, 2001. Widescreen
Added Jun 24, 2012
The Girl Who Played With FireThe Girl Who Played With Fire, Book
by Larsson, StiegBook - 2009Book, 2009
Added Feb 19, 2012
The Girl With the Dragon TattooThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Book
by Larsson, StiegBook - 2008Book, 2008
Added Feb 19, 2012
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' NestThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, Book
by Larsson, StiegBook - 2009Book, 2009
Added Feb 19, 2012
Added Feb 19, 2012
The Elegance of the HedgehogThe Elegance of the Hedgehog, Book
by Barbery, MurielBook - 2008Book, 2008
Added Feb 19, 2012
DeweyDewey, BookThe Small-town Library Cat Who Touched the World
by Myron, VickiBook - 2008 | First editionBook, 2008. First edition
Added Feb 19, 2012
Doctor ZhivagoDoctor Zhivago, DVD
DVD - 2001 | Widescreen versionDVD, 2001. Widescreen version
Added Feb 19, 2012
Added Feb 19, 2012
Summary:
Following in the footsteps of The Birth House , her powerful debut novel, The Virgin Cure secures Ami McKay's place as one of our most beguiling storytellers. (Not that it has to… that is pretty much taken care of!) "I am Moth, a girl from the lowest part of Chrystie Street, born to a slum-house mystic and the man who broke her heart." So begins The Virgin Cure , a novel set in the tenements of lower Manhattan in the year 1871. As a young child, Moth's father smiled, tipped his hat and walked away from his wife and daughter forever, and Moth has never stopped imagining that one day they may be reunited -- despite knowing in her heart what he chose over them. Her hard mother is barely making a living with her fortune-telling, sometimes for well-heeled clients, yet Moth is all too aware of how she really pays the rent. Life would be so much better, Moth knows, if fortune had gone the other way - if only she'd had the luxury of a good family and some station in life. The young Moth spends her days wandering the streets of her own and better neighbourhoods, imagining what days are like for the wealthy women whose grand yet forbidding gardens she slips through when no one's looking. Yet every night Moth must return to the disease- and grief-ridden tenements she calls home. The summer Moth turns twelve, her mother puts a halt to her explorations by selling her boots to a local vendor, convinced that Moth was planning to run away. Wanting to make the most of her every asset, she also sells Moth to a wealthy woman as a servant, with no intention of ever seeing her again. These betrayals lead Moth to the wild, murky world of the Bowery, filled with house-thieves, pickpockets, beggars, sideshow freaks and prostitutes, but also a locale frequented by New York's social elite. Their patronage supports the shadowy undersphere, where businesses can flourish if they truly understand the importance of wealth and social standing - and of keeping secrets. In that world Moth meets Miss Everett, the owner of a brothel simply known as an "infant school." There Moth finds the orderly solace she has always wanted, and begins to imagine herself embarking upon a new path. Yet salvation does not come without its price: Miss Everett caters to gentlemen who pay dearly for companions who are "willing and clean," and the most desirable of them all are young virgins like Moth. That's not the worst of the situation, though. In a time and place where mysterious illnesses ravage those who haven't been cautious, no matter their social station, diseased men yearn for a "virgin cure" - thinking that deflowering a "fresh maid" can heal the incurable and tainted. Through the friendship of Dr. Sadie, a female physician who works to help young women like her, Moth learns to question and observe the world around her. Moth's new friends are falling prey to fates both expected and forced upon them, yet she knows the law will not protect her, and that polite society ignores her. Still she dreams of answering to no one but herself. There's a high price for such independence, though, and no one knows that better than a girl from Chrystie Street.Following in the footsteps of The Birth House , her powerful debut novel, The Virgin Cure secures Ami McKay's place as one of our most beguiling storytellers. (Not that it has to… that is pretty much taken care of!) "I am Moth, a girl from the…
Forrest GumpForrest Gump, DVD
DVD - 2001 | Special collector's edition, widescreenDVD, 2001. Special collector's edition, widescreen
Added Feb 19, 2012
The Bridges of Madison CountyThe Bridges of Madison County, DVD
DVD - 1997DVD, 1997
Added Feb 19, 2012
BabeBabe, DVD
DVD - 2003 | Special editionDVD, 2003. Special edition
Added Feb 19, 2012
Dead Man WalkingDead Man Walking, DVD
DVD - 1999 | Widescreen editionDVD, 1999. Widescreen edition
Added Feb 19, 2012
The English PatientThe English Patient, DVD
DVD - 1999? | Widescreen editionDVD, 1999?. Widescreen edition
Added Feb 19, 2012
TitanicTitanic, DVDThe Complete Story
DVD - 2002 | Special commemorative edDVD, 2002. Special commemorative ed
Added Feb 19, 2012
As Good as It GetsAs Good as It Gets, DVD
DVD - 1998 | Widescreen and full screen formatsDVD, 1998. Widescreen and full screen formats
Added Feb 19, 2012
Shakespeare in LoveShakespeare in Love, DVD
DVD - 1999DVD, 1999
Added Feb 19, 2012
ElizabethElizabeth, DVD
DVD - 1999 | Widescreen, Dolby 5.1 surround, stereoDVD, 1999. Widescreen, Dolby 5.1 surround, stereo
Added Feb 19, 2012
The Green MileThe Green Mile, DVD
DVD - 2000 | Widescreen versionDVD, 2000. Widescreen version
Added Feb 19, 2012
Boys Don't CryBoys Don't Cry, DVD
DVD - 2000 | Widescreen edDVD, 2000. Widescreen ed
Added Feb 19, 2012
TrafficTraffic, DVD
DVD - 2002DVD, 2002
Added Feb 19, 2012
GladiatorGladiator, DVD
DVD - 2003 | WidescreenDVD, 2003. Widescreen
Added Feb 19, 2012
Erin BrockovichErin Brockovich, DVD
DVD - 2000 | Widescreen formatDVD, 2000. Widescreen format
Added Feb 19, 2012
ChocolatChocolat, DVD
DVD - 2001 | WidescreenDVD, 2001. Widescreen
Added Feb 19, 2012
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