William Roy
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D'essais infructueux en échecs répétés, les deux jeunes mariés se heurtent à la stérilité. Rude épreuve pour Guillaume lorsqu'il découvre, après les tests, qu'il est celui qui pose problème.
Mais qu'à cela ne tienne, ils l'auront, cet enfant !
Ensemble, ils se lancent alors dans les déroutantes démarches de la fécondation in vitro. Hanté par les hyperboles de doctissimo et la culpabilité de l'infertilité, Guillaume éprouve le...
3) In Vitro
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From unsuccessful attempts to repeated failures, the two newlyweds face a menacing foe: sterility.
Together, they embark on the confusing journey that is in vitro fertilization. Haunted by the hyperbole of WebMD and the guilt of infertility, Guillaume experiences the daily embarrassment of sperm donations, tests with dreaded results and endless consultations--not to mention the specter of his own estranged father who reappears suddenly in his life...
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"Winner of the 2011 Charles Tilly Best Book Award, Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section of the American Sociological Association" William G. Roy is professor and chair of the sociology department at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of Socializing Capital (Princeton) and Making Societies.
Music, and folk music in particular, is often embraced as a form of political expression, a vehicle for bridging or reinforcing...
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"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1997" William G. Roy is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. He specializes in large-scale political and economic transformations.
Ever since Adolph Berle and Gardiner Means wrote their classic 1932 analysis of the American corporation, The Modern Corporation and Private Property, social scientists have been intrigued and challenged by the evolution of this crucial...
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In London, Lady Margaret Carstairs (Mary Forbes) and her son, Roland (Geoffrey Steele), engage renowned detective Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) to accompany them back home to Scotland as protection for their priceless gem, the Star of Rhodesia. When Roland turns up murdered and the Star disappears, Holmes and his friend Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) investigate -- only to discover another murder, and a strange connection with Watson's acquaintance Maj....
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Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) saves noted Swiss physicist Franz Tobel (William Post Jr.) from the Gestapo in Zurich and smuggles him to London. There, Tobel is reunited with his wife, Charlotte (Kaaren Verne), to whom he gives a coded message in the event he disappears. Tobel presents the weapon he developed to government officials, and when he is subsequently abducted by arch-villain Professor Moriarty (Lionel Atwill), Holmes and Dr. Watson (Nigel...
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Coach Roy Williams is one of the most respected and successful basketball coaches in the nation, he has led the UNC team for the past 18 seasons, with 903 career wins, three national championships, led his team to five Final Fours, finished first in the ACC regular standings nine times, and won three ACC tournament championships.
And yet, Williams traveled an unlikely path. In “Hard Work”¸ he tells the story of his life, from his turbulent childhood...
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In 1923, Sigmund Freud, 67 years old and an inveterate cigar smoker, discovers that he has mouth cancer, a truth long hidden from him by doctors. Despite his diagnosis, Freud survived 15 more years, convinced the cigars that were slowly destroying him increased his productivity and gave him control over himself.
At the same time, a different sort of cancer was consuming Europe. In 1933, Adolf Hitler rose to power in Germany, annexing Freud's home...
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En 1923, Sigmund Freud, âgé de 67 ans et fumeur invétéré de cigares, découvre qu'il est atteint d'un cancer de la bouche. Longtemps, les médecins lui avaient caché la vérité, persuadés qu'il n'est pas prêt à entendre la nouvelle...
Durant plus de 15 ans, Freud luttera contre sa maladie... tout en refusant d'arrêter de fumer, persuadé que le cigare augmente sa productivité et lui permet de garder une meilleure maîtrise de lui-même.
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14) Terror By Night
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When the fabled Star of Rhodesia diamond is stolen on a London to Edinburgh train and the son of its owner is murdered, Sherlock Holmes must discover which of his suspicious fellow passengers is responsible.
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Four women are brutally murdered, and Scotland Yard thinks it is the random work of a madman. Holmes and Watson are on the case and they may just come upon the evil Professor Moriarty! One of the finest of the Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce films. Beautifully restored and in Vibrant Color!