Summary: From the rural banana plantation where they play soccer for the village team to the big city stadiums, two brothers have become rivals and battle each other on opposing sides. When a talent scout gets stranded in their tiny town, brothers Beto and Tato are discovered. They are whisked away to Mexico City to play for the big leagues where they quickly achieve fame. Beto is nicknamed 'Rudo' for...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF RUD

Summary: Uxbal is a man on the wrong side of the law who struggles to provide for his children on the dangerous streets of Barcelona. As fate encircles him, Uxbal learns to accept the realities of life, whether bright, bad, or biutiful.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Home Entertainment 2011

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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BIU

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BIU

Summary: Inspired by true events, an expedition of the uncharted American wilderness, legendary explorer Hugh Glass is brutally attacked by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. In a quest to survive, Glass endures unimaginable grief as well as the betrayal of his confidant John Fitzgerald. Guided by sheer will and the love of his family, Glass must navigate a vicious winter in a...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE REV

Summary: Clara, a young single doctor, has everything she wants, except love. Invited to a family wedding in Mexico, Clara convinces a charming coworker to pose as her current boyfriend, only to run into her old flame at the festivities. Now, with a little help from her colorful family, Clara must choose between two men, and two futures, in this heartwarming romantic comedy.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Ev

Summary: Three different people are catapulted into dramatic and unforseen circumstances in the wake of a terrible car crash: a young punk stumbles into the sinister underground world of dog fighting; an injured supermodel's designer pooch disappears into the apartment's floorboards; and an ex-radical turned hit man rescues a Rotweiler with a gunshot wound.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Lion's Gate Home Entertainment 2001

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN AMO

Summary: In Mexico City, the lives of three strangers, a young man mixed up in the gritty underworld of dogfighting, a glamorous woman who seems to have it all, and a mysterious assassin who is desperate to reconnect with his estranged daughter, collide in a tragic twist of fate that forever alters their personal journeys. A tour de force of violence and emotion captured in a rush of kinetic handheld...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN AMO

Summary: Eleven filmmakers from eleven countries reflect on the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in short films each lasting 11 minutes, 9 seconds and 1 frame. Samīrā Makhmalbāf presents a female teacher, at an Afghani refugee camp in Iran, organizing the children for a minute's silence; meanwhile the adults express fears of an American bombardment. Claude Lelouch presents the tale of a World Trade...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Empire Pictures 2002

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF SEP

Summary: Curious case of Benjamin Button : Daisy Fuller Williams is on her deathbed in a New Orleans hospital the day that Hurricane Katrina hits. At her side is her adult daughter, Caroline. Daisy asks Caroline to read to her aloud from the diary of Daisy's lifelong friend, Benjamin Button. Benjamin's diary recounts his entire extraordinary life. The unusual aspect of his life is that he ages...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2013

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 4FI

Summary: A black comedy story of an actor famous for portraying an iconic superhero as he struggles to mount a Broadway play. In the days leading up to opening night, he battles his ego and attempts to recover his family, his career, and himself.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BIR RATED R

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BIR

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BIR

Summary: Inspired by true events, an expedition of the uncharted American wilderness, legendary explorer Hugh Glass is brutally attacked by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. In a quest to survive, Glass endures unimaginable grief as well as the betrayal of his confidant John Fitzgerald. Guided by sheer will and the love of his family, Glass must navigate a vicious winter in a...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE REV

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE REV

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Revenant

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD REV

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD REV RATED R

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Re

Summary: Fate brought them together, now vengeance will tear them apart. A violent car accident unexpectedly throws together the lives of a college professor, an ex-con and a young mother with a reckless past. The crossing of their paths takes them through the heights of love, the depths of revenge and the promise of redemption.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2004

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TWE

Summary: Four groups of people are linked by a chain of events. A wealthy American is touring Morocco with his wife. The two become the focus of an international incident also involving a poor Moroccan farmer who is struggling to keep his two young sons in line and his family together. A San Diego nanny, with her employers absent, makes the disastrous decision to take her charges with her to a wedding...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2007

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Babel

Summary: The O. Henry Prize winners contains twenty prizewinning stories chosen from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2022

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC LUI

Oliva, Alejandra

Summary: In this powerful and deeply felt memoir of translation, storytelling, and borders, Alejandra Oliva, a Mexican-American translator and immigrant justice activist, offers a powerful chronical of her experience interpreting at the US-Mexico border. Having worked with asylum seekers since 2016, she knows all too well the gravity of taking someone's trauma and delivering it to the warped demands of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Astra House 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.9 OLI

Alejandro, Rauw

Contents: Dile a él -- Strawberry kiwi -- Mood (& Sech) -- Química (Zion & Lennox ; feat. The Martinez Brothers) -- Enchule -- Decora <3 (& J Balvin) -- Un Sueño (feat. Trippie Redd) -- Reloj (& Anuel AA) -- No te creo (& Wisin & Yandel Mr. NasiGai) -- Soy una gargola (& Arcangel & Randy) -- Pensándote (& Tainy) -- Perreo pesau -- Algo Mágico -- Pomte pa mí (& Myke Towers & Sky Rompiendo) -- Elegi...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Music Entertainment 2020

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN ALE

Bahamón, Alejandro.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Collins Design 2005

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 747.79 BAH

Escovedo, Alejandro.

Contents: disc 1. Pyramid of tears (Lucinda Williams) -- Sacramento & Polk (Lenny Kaye) -- Paradise (Steve Earle & Reckless Kelly) -- Broken bottle (Jon Langford & Sally Timms) -- Wave (Calexico) -- Pissed off 2AM (Jennifer Warnes) -- She doesn't live here anymore (John Cale) -- Castanets (Los Lonely Boys) -- Don't need you (Cowboy Junkies) -- Dear head on the wall (Charlie Sexton) -- Helpless (Jon Dee...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Or Music 2004

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK POR

Pizarnik, Alejandra

Summary: Revered by the likes of Octavio Paz and Roberto Bolano, Alejandra Pizarnik is still a hidden treasure in the U.S. Extracting the Stone of Madness: Poems 1962 1972 unearths this extraordinary poet for English readers in a bilingual edition that spans the heights of Pizarnik s oeuvre. In her brief life, Pizarnik produced an astonishingly powerful body of work. In her own words, she was drawn to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: New Directions 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 PIZ

Schrader, Alejandra

Summary: Determining a food's carbon cost can be difficult. From examining the impact of the supply chain for foods to evaluating the carbon footprint of various plant-based options, this cookbook shows you exactly how to make the most environmentally friendly food choices. Packed with over 140 delicious recipes made with sustainable ingredients, this climate-friendly cooking book will teach you how to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.56362 SCH

Junger, Alejandro.

Summary: A medical director of Palm Spring's We Care Holistic Health Center presents an integrative approach to detoxifying the body of harmful chemicals introduced through everyday sources, in a guide that outlines comprehensive and medically safe processes for neutralizing and eliminating toxins from the body.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2012

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 JUN

Varela, Alejandro

Summary: "When his father falls ill, Andrés, a professor of public health, returns to his suburban hometown to tend to his father's recovery. Reevaluating his rocky marriage in the wake of his husband's infidelity and with little else to do, he decides to attend his twenty-year high school reunion, where he runs into the long-lost characters of his youth. Jeremy, his first love, is now married with two...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Astra House 2022

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VAR