A universal icon of music and Hollywood, Madonna's illustrious career has spanned more than four decades and has constantly pushed the boundaries of entertainment. Not afraid of controversy, the Material Girl redefined and reshaped pop-culture history with her musical and acting talents. This documentary chronicles her life and career as well as her rise to fame.

Ein geheimer Orden, der sich auf eine Jahrhundert alte Prophezeiung stützt, will den Weltuntergang herbeiführen. Nur der Journalist Peter Adam kann dies verhindern. Dabei scheint er selbst der Schlüssel zur Apokalypse zu sein... Episode 6 - Schwarze Madonna: Zwei Wochen zuvor: Nikolas wartet in Köln auf Anweisungen von Seth und verliebt sich in Marina, eine geheimnisvolle Roma. Als er spürt, dass Peter in Rom in tödlicher Gefahr schwebt, findet...

Angie Lanier, the heroine of Kathleen MacArthur's new novel, travels a world away from her Midwest background, where she absorbs a mysterious spell cast upon her by a Balinese priest. Her efforts to learn more about her father prompts flashbacks of her confusion between the values of her modest mother and her outrageous grandmother. Angie's relationship with a free-spirited young congressman, the idol who dominated her childhood fantasies, is immediately...

After playing an intimate role in the mystery of the Resurrection, what is left for Maeve, the Celtic Mary Magdalen? Never a follower, will she emerge as a leader of the early church? Will she retire quietly to mother a sacred bloodline? Will she set sail for France to proselytize and go spelunking? The answer: all and none of the above. No sooner does Maeve open her mouth to preach the gospel her way than a fierce debate begins about what to do with...

"Queen of pop. Fashion icon. Sex symbol. Master of reinvention. Over 40 years since she first burst onto the scene, Madonna reigns supreme as a musical pioneer and cultural force whose influence and impact has spanned generations. From her early hits, such as ‘Like a Virgin’ and ‘Material Girl’, to her ever-changing and increasingly diverse discography, she has fearlessly and continually evolved, transcending genres and pushing artistic

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Happily married and pregnant with her first child, artist Kali Miller probes Lillian Campbell, her ninety-three year old grandmother, for information about her roots and her mother's accidental death when Kali was a child. But the impact on her grandmother and the answers that Kali gets are anything but what she expected. Kali's questions intensify the profound paranoia that has dominated her grandmother's adult life -- that someone from the past...

For fans of The Birth of Venus, Girl with a Pearl Earring, and The Other Boleyn Girl, Amy Hassinger, author of Nina: Adolescence, delivers this historically lush, lyrical and thoroughly enthralling novel about the forbidden love between a woman and a holy man, and about the moral and spiritual struggles of faith. In 1896, the priest in a small village in southern France suddenly came into possession of immense wealth. This much is true. What no one...