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Author
Publisher
Deutsche Grammophon
Pub. Date
2003
Language
Italiano
Description
Set in mythical Peking, Princess Turandot declares she will marry any man of royal blood who can solve three riddles she sets him. Failure to solve the riddles will result in execution. Prince Calaf, in spite of many entreaties not to do so, wishes to seek the hand of Turandot. Calaf solves the riddles, but gives Turandot another chance to be rid of him. Ultimately, Turandot discovers that love is the answer she needs.
Pub. Date
2000
Language
Italiano
Description
The action takes place in ancient Egypt, and tells of the love of Radames, the captain of the guard, for a slave girl, Aida. She is the daughter of the King of Ethiopia, who is captured by Radames and the Egyptian troops. Tricked into betraying military secrets, Radames is condemned to be buried alive. He is joined by Aida, who dies with him.
4) La Bohème
Author
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[2005], c1982
Language
Italiano
Description
Puccini's tragic love story is set in the Latin Quarter of Paris among the bohemian students whose hectic gaiety only partially masks the despair and pain that threaten their lives. It remains one of the most popular of all operas with its stark contrasts of lively humour and poignant tragedy.
Author
Series
Expanse volume 1
Language
English
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Description
When Captain Jim Holden's ice miner stumbles across a derelict, abandoned ship, he uncovers a secret that threatens to throw the entire system into war. Attacked by a stealth ship belonging to the Mars fleet, Holden must find a way to uncover the motives behind the attack, stop a war and find the truth behind a vast conspiracy that threatens the entire human race.
8) Opera arias
Author
Publisher
Manufactured and marketed by Universal Classics Group
Pub. Date
p2003
Language
Italiano
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The second, thrilling novel in the bestselling Interdependency series, from Hugo Award-winning author John Scalzi. The Interdependency, humanity's interstellar empire, is on the verge of collapse. The Flow, the extra-dimensional conduit that makes travel between the stars possible, is disappearing, leaving entire star systems stranded. When it goes, human civilization may go with it--unless desperate measures can be taken. Emperox Grayland II, the...
12) Ancillary mercy
Author
Series
Imperial Radch volume 3
Language
English
Description
In order to save Atheok Station from her most bitter enemy, professional soldier Breq devises her most desperate plan yet.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Description
With Earth embroiled in a vast interplanetary war with the "Bugs," a young recruit in the Federal Reserves relates his experiences training in boot camp and as a junior officer in the Terran Mobile Infantry.
16) The last Emperox
Author
Series
Interdependency novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Last Emperox is the thrilling conclusion to the award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling Interdependency series, an epic space opera adventure from Hugo Award-winning author John Scalzi. The collapse of The Flow, the interstellar pathway between the planets of the Interdependency, has accelerated. Entire star systems--and billions of people--are becoming cut off from the rest of human civilization. This collapse was foretold through...
17) Hidden empire
Author
Series
Saga of seven suns volume 1
Language
English
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Formats
Description
In the distant future humans are one of only three known intelligent species. One of the others, the Klikiss, has inexplicably vanished. But they left behind extraordinary technology that allows humankind to form new suns from gaseous planets. The first experiment is a success, but it quickly becomes clear that humans have awakened a wrathful, previously unknown species.
18) Heartless
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
In this prequel to Alice in Wonderland, Cath would rather open a bakery and marry for love than accept a proposal from the King of Hearts, especially after meeting the handsome and mysterious court jester.
Author
Series
Sibyl's war volume 2
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A legend of Space Opera is back with the second book in the Sibyl's War Nicole Hammond was just trying to survive on the streets of Philidelphia, then she andher partner Bungie were abducted by a race of mysterious moth-like aliens andtaken to a strange ship called the Fyrantha. Now she is a Sibyl, a special human that has the ability to communicate with the aliens and their ship, and no one is happy. Competing factions control different parts of...
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