Binford, Warren (Wendi Warren H.)
Summary: "A moving picture book for older children and families that introduces a difficult topic, amplifying the voices and experiences of immigrant children detained at the border between Mexico and the US. The children's actual words (from publicly available court documents) are assembled to tell one heartbreaking story, in both English and Spanish (back to back). Each spread is illustrated in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 362.87 BINStrickland, Patrick
Summary: "This real-life Western tells the story of how citizens in a small Arizona border town stood up to anti-immigrant militias and vigilantes. The Marauders uncovers the riveting nonfiction saga of far-right militias terrorizing the border towns of southern Arizona. In one of the towns profiled, Arivaca, rogue militia members killed a man and his nine-year-old daughter in 2009. In response, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.143 STRSummary: "What begins as a hopeful journey to seek a better life becomes a harrowing and primal fight for survival when a deranged, rifle-toting vigilante chases a group of unarmed men and women through the treacherous U.S.-Mexican border. In the harsh, unforgiving desert terrain, the odds are stacked firmly against them as they continuously discover there's nowhere to hide from the unrelenting,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DESSummary: The desperadoes: Steve Upton is the sheriff of a Utah community in 1860. Upton's best friend, Cheyenne Rogers, was once an outlaw, but under Steve's guidance, has gone straight and tries to earn an honest living. But when a bank is robbed, Cheyenne is the prime suspect and will need Upton's help to save him from a lynching.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY WESTERN RANSummary: Rodrigo Reyes₂ provocative essay film re-imagines the Mexico/U.S. border as a mythical place comparable to Dante₂s purgatory. Leaving politics aside, he takes a fresh look at the brutal beauty of the border and the people caught in its spell. By capturing a stunning mosaic of compelling characters and broken landscapes on the border, Reyes reflects on the flaws of human nature and the powerful...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF PURContents: El Corrido de Heraclio Bernal / Dueto Adan & Eva with Mariachi Guadalajara -- Mariano Resendez / Timoteo Cantu & Jesus Maya -- Nieves Hernandez / Los Satelites -- Corrido de Mier / Pena & Tijerina -- Los Tequileros / Jesus Maya & Timoteo Cantu-
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Arhoolie Productions 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN ROOSummary: Includes all ten episodes of season two. The next chapter in Kurt Sutter's award-winning Sons of Anarchy saga. Set in a post-Jax Teller world, Ezekiel 'EZ' Reyes is fresh out of prison and a prospect in the Mayans M.C. charter on the California/Mexico border. Now, EZ must carve out his new identity in a town where he was once the golden boy with the American Dream in his grasp.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MAYFerguson, Kathryn.
Summary: Changing careers, veteran dancer Ferguson became a filmmaker concentrating on Mexico's Sierra Madre, making many trips into Mexico from her home in Arizona. She writes with great empathy and imagery about the people of Mexico and presents her perspective on the plight of desperate people coming from the south seeking salvation in the north.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of New Mexico Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FERGUSON, KATHRYN FERCantú, Francisco
Summary: ""A beautiful, fiercely honest, and nevertheless deeply empathetic look at those who police the border and the migrants who risk - and lose - their lives crossing it. In a time of often ill-informed or downright deceitful political rhetoric, this book isan invaluable corrective."--Phil Klay For Francisco Cantú the border is in the blood: his mother, a park ranger and daughter of a Mexican...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CANTU, FRANCISCO CANCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B CANTU CANGerster, Michelle
Summary: "A poignant bilingual YA graphic memoir about a teenage girl's harrowing experience crossing the Mexico-US border. This compelling young adult graphic memoir tells the story of Gricelda, a fifteen-year-old Mexican girl who crosses the border into America with her mother and younger brother in search of a better life. Their treacherous journey is filled with both heartbreak and hope. Will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arsenal Pulp Press 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA WORLD SPANISH GEREichstaedt, Peter H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Independent Pub Group 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.137 EICSantamaria, Sendy
Summary: Yenebi, her sister Melanie, and mom drive to school every morning across the US-Mexico border.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SANHodge, Roger D.
Summary: "An intoxicating, singularly illuminating history of the Texas borderlands from their settlement through seven generations of Roger D. Hodge's ranching family. What brought the author's family to Texas? What is it about Texas that for centuries has exerted a powerful allure for adventurers and scoundrels, dreamers and desperate souls, outlaws and outliers? In search of answers, Hodge travels...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976 HODVargas, Vincent
Summary: "An inside look at the U.S./Mexican border through the eyes of former U.S. Border Patrol agent, Vincent Vargas, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan with the U.S. Army's 75th Ranger Regiment. Featuring a Foreword by #1 New York Times bestselling author Jocko Willink. The U.S./Mexican border stretches nearly 2,000 miles and is protected by a thin line of overworked and underfunded U.S. Border...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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Summary: In the borderlands between the United States and Mexico, America's largest cat--the jaguar--is fighting to regain its kingdom. Added to the endangered species list in 1997, the jaguar has declined in population mainly due to habitat fragmentation created by roads, farms, mines, and most controversially, the border wall. Such human-made barriers prevent free movement of many wild animals for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 333.95 WEBEllingwood, Ken.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972.1084 ELLSummary: In 1978, a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man's young son home and away from his alcoholic mom. Crossing rural Mexico on their way back to Texas, the unlikely pair faces an unexpectedly challenging journey, during which the world-weary horseman may find his own sense of redemption through teaching the boy what it means to be a good man.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment 2021
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CRYCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CRYCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CRYCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE CRYFernández, Bernardo
Summary: ¿Y si los dragones fueran reales? ¿Y si todos esos avistamientos en lagos africanos y en los océanos de Indonesia fueran ciertos? ¿Y si los hemos confundido con dinosaurios? ¿Y si fueran capaces de volar, de respirar bajo el agua, de reproducirse...? En la que considera la más querida de sus novelas, Bef nos cuenta que la respuesta a todas esas preguntas pudo haberse hallado en el barrio chino...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gran Travesía 2019
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA WORLD SPANISH FERHerrera, Yuri
Summary: "Yuri Herrera does not simply write about the border between Mexico and the United States and those who cross it. He explores the crossings and translations people make in their minds and language as they move from one country to another, especially when there's no going back. Traversing this lonely territory is Makina, a young woman who knows only too well how to survive in a violent, macho...
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Publisher / Publication Date: & Other Stories 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HERRonstadt, Linda
Summary: "Feels Like Home is a love letter to Ronstadt's Mexican American roots. It tells of her coming of age in the world between Tucson and the Rio Sonora region of northern Mexico, presented through stories, photographs, and recipes"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heyday 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RONSTADT, LINDA RONCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RonstadtDobbs, Alda P.
Summary: Based on a true story, the tale of one girl's dangerous journey to cross the U.S. border.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD DOBMeza, Erika
Summary: "A girl reframes the dangerous border crossing between Mexico and the United States as a game to help her brother through the journey"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023