Summary: "One of Mexico's most highly regarded works of political cinema, Canoa: A Shameful Memory reimagines a real-life incident that had occurred just eight years before its release, when a group of urban university employees on a hiking trip were viciously attacked by residents of the village of San Miguel Canoa who had been manipulated by a corrupt priest into believing the travelers were communist...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CANEscobar, Mario
Summary: "Madrid, 1934. Though the Spanish Civil War has not yet begun, the streets of Madrid have become dangerous for thirteen-year-old Marco Alcalde and his younger sisters, Isabel and Ana. When Marco's parents align themselves against General Franco and his fascist regime, they have no inkling that their ideals will endanger them and everyone they love--nor do they predict the violence that is to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC ESCMartinez, Claudia Guadalupe
Summary: En el primer libro infantil que describe el capítulo olvidado de la historia de los Estados Unidos conocido como la Repatriación Mexicana, un niño y su familia dejan su amado hogar para evitar ser separados por el gobierno. Ante la perspectiva de ser separados, un niño y su familia toman la difícil decisión de dejar su hogar y emprender un viaje lleno de incertidumbre. En el camino, se...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MARSummary: An irresistible force draws the TARDIS to the barren surface of Frontios, where in the far future the last surviving humans cower amongst the ruins of their wrecked spacecraft. Under constant threat from lethal meteorite bombardments, few of the doomed colony members realize that the ground of Frontios itself opens up and devours the unwary. Not permitted to assist, the Doctor attempts to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Worldwide Americas 2011
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DOCSummary: Outlaws on the U.S.-Mexican border face the march of progress, the Mexican army and a gang of bounty hunters led by a former member as they plan to rob a U.S. Army train.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY WESTERN WILSummary: In the not-too-distant future, Todd Hewitt discovers Viola, a mysterious girl who crash lands on his planet where all the women have disappeared and the men are afflicted by "the Noise," a force that puts all their thoughts on display. In this dangerous landscape, Viola's life is threatened by the mayor of Todd's town, and as Todd vows to protect her, he will have to discover his own inner...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Video Games, Call number: DVD CHAJeffers, Oliver
Summary: Merging space travel with a road trip, a father drives all over the solar system at 37mph in order to allow his children to view the conflicts of Earth's history in the rearview mirror. Whether it's only been the 78 years it takes to drive to Venus or the 8,000 it takes to get to Neptune, humans have been fighting each other for small pieces of space on our planet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JEFTonatiuh, Duncan
Summary: "¡Enchiladas rojas, elotes amarillos, vestidos morados y pantalones de charro cafés! Las fiestas se celebran durante todo el año y siempre están llena de comida, música y, por supuesto, ¡colores! Son ocasiones alegres en las que las personas de ascendencia mexicana celebran su herencia y sus tradiciones con sus vecinos y amigos" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Appleseed 2024
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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE TONXu, Wendy
Summary: "Clementine Chang moves from Earth to Mars for a new start and is lucky enough to land her dream job with Dr. Marcella Lin, an Artificial Intelligence pioneer. On her first day of work, Clem meets Dr. Lin's assistant, a humanoid AI named Kye. Clem is no stranger to robots--she built herself a cute moth-shaped companion named SENA. Still, there's something about Kye that feels almost too human....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books / HarperAlley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 XUCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC XURoe, Monica
Summary: Twelve-year-old Emmie is working to raise money for a tricked-out wheelchair to get serious about WCMX, when a mishap on a poorly designed ramp at school throws her plans into a tailspin. Emmie loves her close-knit rural town, but she can't shake the feeling that her goals, and her choices, suddenly aren't hers anymore. With the help of her best friends, Emmie makes a plan to get her dreams off...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC ROEDobbs, 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 DOBUrlocker, M. Z.
Summary: 1950. The Cold War simmers, and ex-GI Jack Waters is called in to investigate a fatal accident at a research lab in California. When Waters recognizes the victim, he realizes he must revisit his hidden past in World War II to solve a murder and prevent Nazi scientists from creating a terrible, new weapon in America. Blending noir detective fiction with post-WWII history, The Man from Mittelwerk...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inkshares, Inc. 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Gordon, Cambria
Summary: Isabel Perez is a sixteen-year-old who dreams of writing poetry, love, and being with the young nobleman Diego Altamirano; but in Trujillo, Spain in 1481 such a love is forbidden by the boy's family because Isabel's families are conversos, new Christians,but in the privacy of their home they still practice Judaism--a secret that could destroy them all when the Inquisition reaches Trujillo and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GORSierra, Javier
Summary: In Los Angeles, Jennifer Narody is having a series of disturbing dreams involving eerie images of a lady in blue. She doesn't know that this same spirit appeared to leaders of the Jumano Native American tribe in New Mexico 362 years earlier, linked to a Spanish nun who had the power to be in two places simultaneously. Meanwhile, journalist Carlos Albert stumbles upon a nearly forgotten...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SIECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SIEAnta, Julio
Summary: "As long as he remembers to stay smart and keep his eyes open, Mateo knows that he can survive the trek across the Sonoran Desert that will take him from Mexico to the United States. That is until he's caught by the Border Patrol only moments after sneaking across the fence in the dead of night. Escaping their clutches comes at a price and, lost in the desert without a guide or water, Mateo is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 ANTMorris, Mary
Summary: From award-winning novelist Mary Morris comes the remarkable story of a remote New Mexican town coming to grips with a dark history it never imagined. In 1492, the Jewish and Muslim populations of Spain were expelled, and Columbus set sail for America. Luis de Torres, a Spanish Jew, accompanies Columbus as his interpreter. His journey is only the beginning of a long migration, across many...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MORSummary: "The Colonies' survivors have found their hopes of eluding their Cylon pursuers dashed by an invasion and occupation of their new home. As the fate of all human life hangs in the balance, friends become enemies, enemies become unexpected allies, and decisions are made that will haunt some people for the rest of their lives"--Set container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BATEscobar, Mario
Summary: "From international bestseller Mario Escobar comes a 20th-century historical novel of tragedy and resilience inspired by Spain's famed Children of Morelia and the true events that shaped their lives"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ESCOlder, Malka
Summary: "'Every once in a while, a book comes along that is both a comfort read and a rousing, fist-pumping adventure, and The Mimicking of Known Successes absolutely is both of those things. An utter triumph'--Charlie Jane Anders. The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set on Jupiter, by Malka Older, author of the critically-acclaimed Centenal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tom Doherty Associates/Tor Publishing Group 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: 1619. The British colony of Jamestown, Virginia, is shaken up when the first women in twelve years land in this breathtaking wilderness. While love triangles, bitter rivalries, and fierce competition cause conflict for the residents and the native inhabitants, the Pamunkey, they are bound together by their resolute will to survive and thrive in their new lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV JAMCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Ja 3Robinson, Kim Stanley.
Summary: From the summit of their distant future, a charismatic renegade named Ganymede travels to the past to bring Galileo forward in an attempt to alter history and ensure the ascendancy of science over religion. Yet between his brief and jarring visitations to this future, Galileo must struggle against the ignorance and superstition of his own time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROBCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult- Science Fiction, Call number: SF Robinson 2009Brock, Kimberly
Summary: "Based on real history and alternating between the story of war widow Alice searching for identity in the 1940s and excerpts from Eleanor Dare's Commonplace Book and the tale of her harrowing survival, The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare explores the meaning of female history and the sacrifices every mother makes for her daughter"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Muse 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BROCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BROSasuga, Yu.
Summary: Explorers from Earth prepare to exterminate the cockroaches used to transform Mars but are shocked to find that they had mutated into aggressive humanoids. However, the explorers have undergone an experimental surgery designed to make them more than human.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2014