Summary: In the summer heat of a small Arizona border town, sparks fly for three generations of women. 17-year-old Blanca discovers romance for the first time with the new bad boy in town. Lolita, her mother, had hit a dry spell until the husband of one of her customers husband pays her a visit. Blanca's grandmother, Doña Genoveva enlists her gardener Don Pedro to give her driving lessons and learns...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Maya Entertainment 2008

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1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE HOW

Gould, Morton

Contents: All through the night / Traditional (3:37) -- Estrellita / Ponce (3:57) -- "Moonlight" sonata : first movement / Beethoven (6:17) -- Serenade / Drigo (3:13) -- Windjammer (3:20) ; Night watch (3:17) / Gould -- Stars in my eyes / Kreisler (3:37) -- Barcarolle (June) (no. 6, The seasons, op. 37b) / Tchaikovsky (5:10) -- Onipe (from African suite) / Sowande (2:27) -- Nocturne (from A midsummer...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: RCA Victor 1996

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD EASY LISTENING GOU

Summary: Eight of director Pedro Almodóvar's original films.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Classics 2007

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

García Márquez, Gabriel

Summary: "From one of the titans of twentieth-century literature, collected here for the first time: a selection of his journalism from the late 1940s to the mid-1980s--work that he considered even more important to his legacy than his universally acclaimed worksof fiction"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 864 GAR

Peña, Abe M.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rio Grande Books 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978.9 PEN

Garcés, Juan M.

Summary: Love at Four Points is based on love letters and political intrigue written in code in an old Don Quixote volume from 1844. The people who wrote them, Sofía and Federico, exchanged secret messages during The Thousand Day War (1899-1902), between the military prison and the city in Popayán, Colombia. This book is a work of fiction about the micro-history of that horrendous civil and military...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Juan M. Garcés 2020

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

Solti, Georg Sir

Summary: Performance of the opera about the complex medieval Doge of Genoa whose life was ruled by love of family and devotion to country.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Decca 2007

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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA SIM

Schulz, Charles M. (Charles Monroe)

Summary: A collection of short stories that includes the classic graphic novel It's Tokyo, Charlie Brown!, in which Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the rest of the Peanuts gang hops on a plane to Japan when their Little League team is chosen to represent the United States in an international baseball game in Tokyo.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SCH

Summary: "Son is Cuba's principal dance and song form and the root of salsa. Fusing African and Spanish elements, it ranges in style from simple, rustic bands to the brassy arrangements of New York salsa. This rough guide, literally a 'who's who' in Cuban music, explores this rich tradition, from its conception in the early 1900s to the present day big-band revival"--Container verso.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: World Music Network 2000

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

Summary: Follows Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater's tumultuous election year, as well as other years in a career that encompassed numerous political and ideological triumphs. Though he never achieved the ultimate prize, the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980 vindicated the conservative agenda Goldwater had long championed. Ironically, in later years, Goldwater's support of issues like abortion and gay...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2007

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MR.

Various artists

Contents: Now that we found love (Heavy D & the Boyz) -- Mary Mary (Run-D.M.C.) -- Pray (M.C. Hammer) -- Tennessee (Arrested Development) -- A nightmare on my street (DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince) -- Ain't gonna hurt nobody (Kid 'N Play) -- Do you want me? (Salt N Pepa) -- Wipeout (Fat Boys) -- Rico suave (Gerardo) -- Flava in ya ear (Craig Mack) -- Deeper shade of soul (Urban Dance Squad) --...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Razor & Tie 2002

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP MON

Summary: A Roaring Twenties gangster saga that only the Coen brothers could concoct, Miller's Crossing marries the hard-boiled sensibility of classic noir fiction with the filmmakers' trademark savory dialogue, colorful characters, and finely calibrated set pieces. Gabriel Byrne brings a wry gravitas to the role of Tom Reagan, the quick-thinking right-hand man to a powerful crime boss (Albert Finney),...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY MIL

Summary: Caye, a Madrid prostitute, comes to the aid of Zulema, a Dominican streetwalker beaten by a government official blackmailing her for free sex. They form a strong bond and imagine themselves as royalty, to offer them a glimpse of hope.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2007

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

Summary: Cry macho: When an aging rodeo star takes a job of bringing the teenage son of his former boss from Mexico, where he lives with his alcoholic mother, to his father's ranch in Texas, he connects with the boy and finds redemption through teaching the boy what it meansto be a man.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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

Summary: Collects six Curious George tales, including the curious monkey's visit to a bookstore, a fire station, and a farm.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019

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1 available in Kids' Favorite Characters, Call number: JE CUR

Summary: Miguel 'Sugar' Santos is a talented Dominican baseball player who longs to break into the American big league and earn the money needed to support his impoverished family. He is a talented pitcher who might just have what it takes to earn a prized spot on a Major League Baseball team. Before that happens he'll have to prove his worth in the minor leagues. Advancing in baseball's minor league...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SUG
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF SUG

Summary: Elle, who has just gotten through breaking up with her girlfriend when Elle's granddaughter Sage unexpectedly shows up needing $600 bucks before sundown. Temporarily broke, Grandma Elle and Sage spend the day trying to get their hands on the cash as their unannounced visits to old friends and flames end up rattling skeletons and digging up secrets.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY GRA

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

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

Summary: A terrified Pilar hastily flees from her husband Antonio's rage in the middle of the night with her young son as if her life depends on it. Reaching her sister Ana's house, Pilar breaks down in turmoil. Banging on Ana's front door is Pilar's husband, Antonio, who in a fit of rage screams for Pilar to return home. With ana's support, Pilar is determined to save herself from Antonio's rage. Yet...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2006

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

Contents: Angel of the morning (Juice Newton) (4:12) -- Maximum effort (2:08) ; Small disruption (1:12) / Junkie XL -- Shoop (Salt-n-Pepa) (4:08) -- Twelve bullets (2:50) ; Man in a red suit (2:20) ; Liam Neeson nightmares (1:56) / Junkie XL -- Calendar girl (1999 remastered version) (Neil Sedaka) -- The punch bowl (5:55) ; Back to life (2:12) ; Every time I see her (:54) / Junkie XL -- Deadpool rap...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC DEA

Contents: Gonna make you sweat (everybody dance now) (C+C Music Factory) -- C'mon n' ride it (the train) (Quad City DJ's) -- It takes two (Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock) -- Bust a move (Young MC) -- U can't touch this (MC Hammer) -- Push it (Salt-n-Pepa) -- Rumpshaker (Wreckx-n-Effect) -- Humpin' around (Bobby Brown) -- Real love (Jody Watley) -- You dropped a bomb on me (Gap Band) -- Word up! (Cameo) -- Shake...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Music Entertainment 2009

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

Summary: A unique glimpse at more than fifty years of American history. Educator, civil rights champion, advisor to presidents, envoy to popes, theologian and activist, Rev. Theodore Hesburgh was called on by countless world leaders to tackle the most challenging issues of the day. He built a reputation as a savvy political operator with a penchant for bridging the divide between bitter enemies. Through...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HES