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David McAllister

    Akademische Feier zur Übergabe des Präsidentenamtes
    Raiders and conquerors. British history
    Diamonds Are Forever
    The Three Musketeers
    • This volume contains the speeches held at the ceremony upon occasion of the transfer of the office of President of the University of Göttingen in January 2011. For the first time in its long history, the university now has in Ulrike Beisiegel, a biochemist from Hamburg, a female President. She is the successor to Kurt von Figura, who had held that office since 2005. This volume contains all the speechs held, among them the speech by the Governor of Lower Saxony, David McAllister, the resignation speech of the parting President Kurt von Figura, and the inaugural speech of the new President Ulrike Beisiegel.

      Akademische Feier zur Übergabe des Präsidentenamtes2011
    • The Three Musketeers

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      The official TV tie-in to the brand new adaptation on BBC One -- full of epic adventure and with a new translation. A young Gascon gentleman, D'Artagnan, arrives in Paris determined to join the infamous King''s guards and is soon befriended by the band of musketeers, Athos, Porthos and Aramis famed for their impressive swordplay and fearless spirit. With the treacherous Cardinal Richelieu and his seductive spy, Milady, weaving a web of deceit and royal intrigue, the friends are soon drawn into an evil plot. To defend the Queen's honour and protect the King they must discover the truth, encountering stolen diamonds, Louis XIII, love, murder and vengeance along the way. A swashbuckling tale of chivalry, romance, daring rooftop duels and most of all, adventure.

      The Three Musketeers2009
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    • "Listen, Bond," said Tiffany Case. "It'd take more than Crabmeat Ravigotte to get me into bed with a man. In any event, since it's your check, I'm going to have caviar, and what the English call "cutlets", and some pink champagne. I don't often date a good-looking Englishman and the dinner's going to live up to the occasion." Meet Tiffany Case, a cold, gorgeous, devil-may-care blonde; the kind of girl you could get into a lot of trouble with-if you wanted. She stands between James Bond and the leaders of a diamond-smuggling ring that stretches from Africa via London to the States. Bond uses her to infiltrate this gang, but once in America the hunter becomes the hunted. Bond is in real danger until help comes from an unlikely quarter, the ice-maiden herself ...

      Diamonds Are Forever2009
      3,5