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Fifty-six years after WW II, Germany again participated in military
actions against Yugoslavia. By fictionally putting the protagonists
of his book, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder and Foreign
Minister Joschka Fischer, on trial for war crimes, the author
reveals the secret agenda of the German government using original
quotations and a breathtaking collection of evidence. By strictly
adhering to the German and international laws, the fiction becomes
very real and may lead readers to question the legitimacy of their
governments when declaring war in the name of the people. The book
also reveals the propaganda tools used by those in power, which may
appear not to be too different from the dark past of Germany's
recent history.
The remains of Kaniakapp--King Kamehameha III's summer
residence--bear no traces of the feast that once served ten
thousand of his subjects gathered in celebration of Hawaiian
sovereignty. Although not all historic Hawaii residences are still
standing, the pictures, photographs, and comprehensive maps in this
book can provide a wealth of knowledge. Discover the site of Queen
Ka'ahumanu's death, Princess Ruth Ke'eliklani's house, which
rivaled the splendor of King Kalkaua's official palace, and
Lili'uokalani's home, where Robert Wilcox plotted an armed
insurrection to overthrow the Constitution of 1887. Using accounts
by missionaries, ship captains, early visitors, and reports in
English and Hawaiian-language media, this groundbreaking book
provides an extensive look into the now-lost residences of the
kingdom's elite. Learn about the historic events that took place in
the residences of Hawaiian royalty and see how the island chiefs
lived their everyday lives.
From the hiding of the bones of Kamehameha the Great, to the
half-mile-long funeral procession of King Kamehameha III, to the
somber return of the embalmed remains of King Kalakaua from San
Francisco, Hawaii experienced changing responses to the deaths of
Hawaiian royalty. Missionary journals, government publications, and
articles in Hawaiian and English language newspapers provide the
source material for the first comprehensive look at the
transformation of funerary practices following permanent contact
with the West. The documentary evidence tells the story of the
adoption of new ways of honoring Hawaii royalty and the persistence
of traditional practices. Although the funeral observances for
British royalty provided an extravagant model for their Hawaii
counterparts, indigenous practices survived. While mourners no
longer knocked out their teeth or tattooed their tongues, other
traditional forms-the mass wailing, feather standards, and
composing of funeral dirges-continued well into the twentieth
century. Besides the contemporaneous accounts, dozens of historic
drawings and photographs provide rarely seen glimpses of the
obsequies of the Kamehameha and Kalakaua dynasties. Burial
locations, too, saw transformation as secret burial caves and
thatched structures housing ancient bones gave way to coral
sepulchers, Gothic mausoleums and underground crypts. The
description of the burial sites includes the locations of the final
resting places of the royalty of Hawaii.
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Conspiracy of Hearts (DVD)
Michael Goodliffe, Ronald Lewis, Albert Lieven, Lilli Palmer, Sylvia Syms, …
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1960s British drama following the attempts of a convent of nuns to
rescue Jewish children from an interment camp in WWII Italy. The
nuns and their priest, Father Desmaines (Michael Goodliffe), see it
as their Christian duty to do what they can to save the children
from the horror of the camp. Thanks to the generosity of the
facility's commanding officer, Major Vittorio Spoletti (Ronald
Lewis), who turns a blind eye, the enterprise hasn't been too
dangerous so far. However, when the Germans, led by Colonel Erich
Horsten (Albert Lieven), begin taking a greater interest, both
Spoletti and the nuns find themselves in grave danger.
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Campbell's Kingdom (Blu-ray disc)
Michael Craig, Robert Brown, John Laurie, Stanley Baker, James Robertson Justice, …
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British-made action film set in Canada and starring Dirk Bogarde,
Stanley Baker, James Robertson Justice and Sid James. Adapted from
the bestselling adventure novel by Hammond Innes, the film tells
the story of terminally-ill Scottish oil prospector Bruce Campbell
(Bogarde), who strikes more than just oil when he digs deep in the
Canadian Rockies.
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Helter Skelter (DVD)
Carol Marsh, David Tomlinson, Mervyn Johns, Peter Hammond, Richard Hearne, …
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British comedy from the late 1940s starring David Tomlinson and
Carol Marsh. The film follows wealthy socialite Susan Graham
(Marsh) as she enlists the help of various zany characters in her
eternal quest to cure herself of a never-ending bout of the
hiccups.
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Campbell's Kingdom (DVD)
Dirk Bogarde, Stanley Baker, Michael Craig, Barbara Murray, James Robertson Justice, …
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British-made action film set in Canada and starring Dirk Bogarde,
Stanley Baker, James Robertson Justice and Sid James. Adapted from
the bestselling adventure novel by Hammond Innes, the film tells
the story of terminally-ill Scottish oil prospector Bruce Campbell
(Bogarde), who strikes more than just oil when he digs deep in the
Canadian Rockies.
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No Love for Johnnie (DVD)
Peter Finch, Stanley Holloway, Mary Peach, Rosalie Crutchley, Donald Pleasence, …
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1960s drama starring Peter Finch as a parliamentary MP whose thirst
for greater power leads him into political intrigue. Johnnie Byrne
(Finch) is a Labour MP who aspires to the big-time. His hopes are
raised when his party triumphs in a general election, but Johnnie
is overlooked for a role on the front benches. To top it off, his
wife (Rosalie Crutchley) has just left him and balancing two
mistresses, including the youthful Pauline (Mary Peach), is proving
difficult. When Johnny is approached by a couple of fellow
backbenchers for help in a scheme that may destabilise the
government but advance their careers, Johnny is faced with an
important choice...
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Nobody Runs Forever (DVD)
Christopher Plummer, Rod Taylor, Lilli Palmer, Camilla Sparv, Daliah Lavi, …
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Rod Taylor and Christopher Plummer star in this 1960s action
thriller adapted from Jon Cleary's novel 'The High Commissioner'.
Australian police sergeant Scobie Malone (Taylor) is sent to London
to arrest High Commissioner Sir James Quentin (Plummer), who is
currently engaged in sensitive peace talks, on the suspicion of
murdering his first wife 25 years previously. Malone allows Quentin
a few days to finish his work before taking him back to Australia
and during this time stays with the suspect and his second wife
Sheila (Lilli Palmer) in their home. Complications arise, however,
when Malone finds himself having to prevent Quentin's assassination
at the hands of a ruthless group of spies.
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