Summary: In his writings, Alejo Carpentier strove to incorporate "the marvelous," a version of reality that he maintained was indigenous to the Americas. In this program, the late author/musicologist elaborates on his Los pasos perdidos, El siglo de las luces, and Concierto barroco, while providing an understanding of the impact of surrealism and the influence of the Generation of '98 on his writing,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Mint Field (Musical group)
Contents: El parque parecia no tener fin -- Ojos en el carro -- Ciudad satelite -- Temporada de jacarandas -- Quiero otonno de nuevo -- Cambios del pasar -- Viceversa -- Nostalgia -- Bootes void -- Nada es estatico y evoluciona -- Club de chicas -- Para gali -- Parpados morados.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MINSummary: Spain's Golden Age is recognized as the most fertile and glorious era in Spanish arts and letters. Miguel de Cervantes, Francisco de Quevedo, Calderon de la Barca, Diego Velazquez, and many others created works of enduring renown.even as their country fell into ruin. This program contrasts the marvels of the Siglo de Oro through dramatizations, film clips, artwork, and visits to important...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Spain's Golden Age is recognized as the most fertile and glorious era in Spanish arts and letters. Miguel de Cervantes, Francisco de Quevedo, Calderon de la Barca, Diego Velazquez, and many others created works of enduring renown.even as their country fell into ruin. This program contrasts the marvels of the Siglo de Oro through dramatizations, film clips, artwork, and visits to important...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Hernández, Anabel
Summary: "Este libro forma parte del largo recorrido periodístico de Anabel Hernández en su incesante búsqeuda por entender el complejo imperio del crimen organizado y los cárteles de la droga en México, los cuales desde hace décadas tienen sumida a la nación en una espiral de violencia en la que todos los días son explotadas, desaparecidas o asesinadas decenas de personas inocentes, muchas de ellas del...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grijalbo 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Gray, John
Summary: Una guía practica para mejorar la comunicacion y obtener lo que usted desea en su pareja.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 1995
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Starting with the birth of the universe, this program brings to light the geologic formation of the Iberian Peninsula, the flourishing of the dinosaurs, and the rise of humankind. Using extensive dramatization, En El Inicio de los Tiempos traces the advances of the earliest humans, rendering a detailed and highly plausible scenario of existence during the unrecorded chapters of human history....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: "These eleven tales are by four outstanding authors whose work brought new life to Spanish literature. Published between 1870 and 1900, they include 'El Hechicero,' by Juan Valera, an allegorical retelling of an Andalusian legend; Pedro Antonio de Alarcon's tale of bandits, 'La buenaventura,' and his 'La Comendadora,' inspired by an incident in a Granada convent; three tales by Leopoldo Alas...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 SPANeuman, Andrés
Summary: "Un viajero enigmático. Una ciudad en forma de laberinto de la que parece imposible salir. Cuando el viajero está a punto de marcharse, un insólito personaje lo detiene, cambiando para siempre su destino. Lo demás será amor y literatura: un amor memorable, que agitará por igual camas y libros; y un mundo imaginario que condensará, a pequeña escala, los conflictos de la Europa moderna."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Debolsillo 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 FIC NEUSummary: Starting with the birth of the universe, this program brings to light the geologic formation of the Iberian Peninsula, the flourishing of the dinosaurs, and the rise of humankind. Using extensive dramatization, En El Inicio de los Tiempos traces the advances of the earliest humans, rendering a detailed and highly plausible scenario of existence during the unrecorded chapters of human history....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Told in flashback during the final days of Charles III's life, this program scrutinizes that enlightened monarch's reign, a period of moderate reformism that required balancing innovation with the heavy weight of tradition. Successful domestic initiatives such as the renovation of Madrid, controversial incidents including the reform riot of 1766 and the expulsion of the Jesuits, and disastrous...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Las Ondas Martelas
Contents: Te de una idea de como puede hacer la introduccion -- Y despues de toto -- A mi traviesa pequena -- Rima caribena -- Cum -- Nuestra noble habana -- Te imagino -- Que quieres que te diga... -- Alondra perdida -- Mi suegra -- El amanecer -- Te quiero conocer -- El desierto -- Saludo de papito.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Label Bleu 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN ONDEnriquez, Mariana
Summary: El mundo de Mariana Enriquez no tiene por qué ser el nuestro, y, sin embargo, lo termina siendo. Bastan pocas frases para pisarlo, respirarlo y no olvidarlo gracias a una viveza emocional insólita. Con la cotidianidad hecha pesadilla, el lector se despierta abatido, perturbado por historias e imágenes que jamás conseguirá sacarse de la cabeza. Las autodenominadas "mujeres ardientes," que...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House LLC 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 FIC ENRNeruda, Pablo
Summary: Presents the impassioned poems that the future Nobel prize-winner wrote while serving as Chilean consul in the Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War in the late 1930s.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New Directions 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 NERSummary: Told in flashback during the final days of Charles III's life, this program scrutinizes that enlightened monarch's reign, a period of moderate reformism that required balancing innovation with the heavy weight of tradition. Successful domestic initiatives such as the renovation of Madrid, controversial incidents including the reform riot of 1766 and the expulsion of the Jesuits, and disastrous...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Beginning with the brief tenure of Amadeus I, continuing on through the short-lived First Republic, and concluding with the reign of Alfonso XII and the early years of Alfonso XIII, this program thoroughly acquaints viewers with the second Bourbon restoration. Using dramatizations, architectural landmarks, artwork, and film clips, it covers upsurges of regionalismo and cantonalismo, the Third...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Beginning with the brief tenure of Amadeus I, continuing on through the short-lived First Republic, and concluding with the reign of Alfonso XII and the early years of Alfonso XIII, this program thoroughly acquaints viewers with the second Bourbon restoration. Using dramatizations, architectural landmarks, artwork, and film clips, it covers upsurges of regionalismo and cantonalismo, the Third...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: From the death of Almanzor and the breakup of Moorish al-Andalus into taifas to Christian victory at the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, this program depicts the continuous transformation of the Iberian Peninsula as rival powers shaped the land's destiny. The alliances and struggles among Christians, Moors, Almoravides, and Almohads are captured through numerous dramatizations and maps. Key...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Sayles, Matt.
Contents: Dusty's last ride -- Burn me in the suburbs -- Palisades -- Elevation -- Banana boat -- High desert sonata -- El heno de la muerte -- Floida Street
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Philville
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LOCAL SAYLa Arrolladora Banda El Limon De Rene Camacho
Contents: Pa'lla Y Pa'Ca (En Vivo Desde El Coloso De Reforma / 2014) (3:10) -- El Ruido De Tus Zapatos (En Vivo Desde El Coloso De Reforma / 2014) (4:32) -- La Suata (En Vivo Desde El Coloso De Reforma / 2014) (2:33) -- Llamada De Mi Ex (En Vivo Desde El Coloso De Reforma / 2014) (3:14) -- ?Que Me Vas A Dar Si Vuelvo? (En Vivo Desde El Coloso De Reforma / 2014) (4:30) -- No Regresare (En Vivo Desde El...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Disa 2014
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Camperos de Valles (Musical group)
Contents: El aguanieve = The mist (3:13) -- El fandanguito = The little fandango (3:15) -- El llorar = The cry (3:25) -- El gusto = The pleasure (3:44) -- La huasanga = Huastecan fiesta (3:13) -- La llorona = The crying woman (2:10) -- El zacamandú (4:15) -- La rosa = The rose (2:27) -- La pasión = The passion (2:57) -- El triunfo = The triumph (2:51) -- La malagueña = The woman from Málaga (3:31) -- El...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Folkways 2005
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN CAMSummary: From the death of Almanzor and the breakup of Moorish al-Andalus into taifas to Christian victory at the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, this program depicts the continuous transformation of the Iberian Peninsula as rival powers shaped the land's destiny. The alliances and struggles among Christians, Moors, Almoravides, and Almohads are captured through numerous dramatizations and maps. Key...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Brown, Brené.
Summary: Discusses how to embrace vulnerability in order to live whole, courageous lives, explaining that traits typically regarded as character flaws and weaknesses are actually clear paths to engagement and meaningful connections.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ediciones Urano 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In 1524, Venezuela was the first country with a woman ruler-on Margarita Island. Beginning there, this program traces the role of women in the nation's profitable oil industry, and their struggle with oil companies to protect the environment. The discussion is then extended to what general economic opportunities (or lack of them) are available to women within the culture-from drug smuggling to...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006