Summary: The legendary life of Fidel Castro, from exiled revolutionary to the world's most controversial and longest serving head of state. As seen through the eyes of his wife, mistress and female cohort, this film reveals the untold story of Fidel's rise to become one of the world's most powerful leaders.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FIDHugo, Victor
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barnes & Noble Books 1996
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Hugo 1996Hugo, Victor
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket 1998
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 468 HUG FRENCHHugo, Victor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Borders Classics 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION HugHogg, Lauren
Summary: Lauren Hogg, one of the survivors of the shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school in Parkland, Florida, dramatically tells her story in graphic novel form. The tragedy of yet another mass shooting has galvanized the young people of the country, and helped launch a movement that continues to gain momentum. Lauren Hogg lost her two best friends that horrible day, but despite her loss she,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Zuiker Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 371.7 HOGGarretson, Katy
Summary: Sid and his friends explore the laws of motion.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: NCircle Entertainment 2012
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2 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SIDGarretson, Katy
Summary: Sid and his friends learn about rainbows and investigate what makes them appear.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Ncircle Entertainment 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SIDSummary: The extraordinary story of the iconic poet, musician and folksinger Violeta Parra, whose songs have become hymns for Chileans and Latin Americans alike. Director Andres Wood traces the intensity and explosive vitality of her life, from humble origins to international fame, her defense of indigenous cultures and devotion to her art.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN VIOAlba, Víctor.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: American Heritage Pub. Co. 1972
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972 ALBPrechtel, Martín.
Summary: "Inspiring hope, solace, and courage in living through our losses, author Martín Prechtel, trained in the Tzutujil Maya shamanic tradition, gives a series of teachings on the relationship between grief and praise in our culture--how the inability that many of us have to grieve and weep properly for the dead is deeply linked with the inability to give praise for living. In modern society, grief...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: North Atlantic Books 2015
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Bregman, Rutger
Summary: By providing a new historical perspective on the last 200,000 years of human history, Rutger Bregman sets out to prove that we are in fact hard-wired for kindness, geared toward cooperation rather than competition, and more inclined to trust rather than distrust one another. And this fact has huge implications for how society functions.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Book Group 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 909 BRECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA 909 HumBarton, Chris
Summary: "When the British Royal Navy grew desperate to protect their ship from German U-Boat attacks, they created Dazzle ships in order to confuse the enemy of their location and destination."--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.4 BARCaparrós, Martín
Summary: "An up-to-the-minute global investigation of famine and the persistent issues the keep most of the world hungry. By one of Latin America's most famous and formidable journalists comes a book for the ages. In HUNGER, award-winning author Martin Caparros goes in search of why, in the 21st century, most of the world's inhabitants still go hungry daily and To do this he travels to places where food...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.8 CAPEspada, Martín
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 ESPPrechtel, Martín.
Summary: "The retelling of a seminal Mayan tale, with layered commentaries from the author leading the reader to an understanding of the sacred story's deeper meanings and its relevance for contemporary society"--Provided by the publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: North Atlantic Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398 PRESummary: In this sensational tale of one of the greatest storytellers in history, George Plimpton's astounding journalism career is captured in heartwarming footage and intimate personal interviews.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PLIMarton, Kati.
Summary: Renowned author Kati Marton tells how her journalist parents survived the Nazis in Budapest and were imprisoned by the Soviets.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARTON, KATI MARKlemperer, Victor
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KLEMPERER, VICTOR KLEMarton, Kati.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 MARMarton, Kati.
Summary: "This astonishing real-life spy thriller, filled with danger, misplaced loyalties, betrayal, treachery, and pure evil, with a plot twist worthy of John le Carre, is relevant today as a tale of fanaticism and the lengths it takes us to. True Believer reveals the life of Noel Field, an American who betrayed his country and crushed his family. Field, once a well-meaning and privileged American,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FIELD, NOEL HAVILAND MARBonneville, Hugh
Summary: Citizens of London prepare for the upcoming 2012 summer Olympics.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC 2013
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV TWECasasola, Agustín Víctor
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Aperture 2003