Smith, Maximilian
Summary: The Cinco de Mayo (5th of May) is a Mexican holiday, also celebrated in the United States, that celebrates the victory of Mexican forces over the French on May 5, 1862 at the Battle of Puebla.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 394.2 SMIOtto, Carolyn.
Summary: An introduction to the history and traditions surrounding the Cinco de Mayo holiday.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2008
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J394.262 OTTSchaefer, Lola M.
Summary: Simple text and photographs explain the history of Cinco de Mayo, and how this commemoration of the victory of the Mexican army over the French army on May 5, 1862, is celebrated.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pebble Books 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 394.26972 SCHHernández, 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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Summary: "In May 1942, a German U-boat torpedoed two unarmed Mexican oil tankers off the Gulf Coast, forcing Mexico to enter World War II. With the help of United States President Roosevelt, Mexican President Camacho arranged to send one Air Force squadron to fight in the war. Thirty-eight of Mexico's top pilots, and about two hundred sixty additional military crew, were carefully selected to form the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lee & Low Books Inc. 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 NICBoye, Alan
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978.9 BOYArsenault, Kerri
Summary: "A galvanizing and powerful debut, Mill Town is an American story, a human predicament, and a moral wake-up call that asks: what are we willing to tolerate and whose lives are we willing to sacrifice for our own survival? Kerri Arsenault grew up in the rural working class town of Mexico, Maine. For over 100 years the community orbited around a paper mill that employs most townspeople, including...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.1 ARSStrathern, Paul
Summary: "By the end of the fifteenth century, Florence was well established as the home of the Renaissance. As generous patrons to the likes of Botticelli and Michelangelo, the ruling Medici embodied the progressive humanist spirit of the age, and in Lorenzo de' Medici (Lorenzo the Magnificent) they possessed a diplomat capable of guarding the militarily weak city in a climate of constantly shifting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 945 STRBroughton, Chad.
Summary: "In 2002, the town of Galesburg, a slowly declining Rustbelt city of 34,000 in western Illinois, learned that it would soon lose its largest factory, a Maytag refrigerator plant that had anchored Galesburg's social and economic life for half a century. Workers at the plant earned $15.14 an hour, had good insurance, and were assured a solid retirement. In 2004, the plant was relocated to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.9 BROPetersen, David
Summary: Describes the landscape, history, wildlife, and activities available for visitors at Chaco Culture National Park in New Mexico.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 978.9 PETSalazar, Aida
Summary: "Lula Viramontes aches to one day become someone whom no one can ignore: a daring ringleader in a Mexican traveling circus. But between working the grape harvest in Delano, California, with her older siblings under dangerous conditions; taking care of her younger siblings and Mamá, who has mysteriously fallen ill; and doing everything she can to avoid Papá's volatile temper, it's hard to hold...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aperture 2003
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 770.92 MEXFletcher, Catherine
Summary: "Ruler of Florence for seven bloody years, 1531 to 1537, Alessandro de' Medici was arguably the first person of color to serve as a head of state in the Western world. Born out of wedlock to a dark-skinned maid and Lorenzo de' Medici, he was the last legitimate heir to the line of Lorenzo the Magnificent. When Alessandro's noble father died of syphilis, the family looked to him. Groomed for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MEDICI, ALESSANDRO DE FLEMartines, Lauro.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 945 MARWood, Nancy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1989
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 978.956 WOOAhmed, Azam
Summary: "This unputdownable book weaves together two stories: the story of a courageous mother, and the story of the rise of drug cartels and of violence in Mexico. The story begins on an international bridge between Mexico and the U.S. Miriam Rodriguez is stalking one of the men who murdered her daughter. He is a member of the Zeta drug cartel that now controls what was once Miriam's quiet hometown of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 AHMTaylor, Alan
Summary: Historian Alan Taylor examines a pivotal twenty-year period in which North America's three largest countries--the United States, Mexico, and Canada--all transformed themselves into nations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2024
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Summary: Offers a portrait of the Mexican people, their lifestyles, and a representative sampling of their crafts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.0972 SAYRochfort, Desmond.
Summary: The story of the Mexican mural movement is told in a history of the artists, accompanied by more than one hundred reproductions of the murals that showcase popular as well as lesser-known works.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.7 ROCNúñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar
Summary: "This edition of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca'a Relacion offers readers Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz's celebrated translation of Cabeza de Vaca's account of the 1527 Panfilo de Narvaez expedition to North America. The dramatic narrative tells the story of some of the first Europeans and the first-known African to encounter the North American wilderness and its Native inhabitants. It is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970 NUNWong, James
Summary: With easy recipes using ingredients grown in your window box or the local market, ethnobotanist James Wong shows you how easy--and cheap--it is to make simple creams, salves, teas, lozenges, and much more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reader's Digest Association 2009
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Summary: "A YA memoir about survival and strength by Elvira Gonzalez, a Mexican-American track star who found freedom from poverty and violence by training to become one of the top athletes in the U.S."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2024
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 921 GONO'Farrell, Maggie
Summary: Florence, the 1550s. Lucrezia, third daughter of the grand duke, is comfortable with her obscure place in the palazzo: free to wonder at its treasures, observe its clandestine workings, and devote herself to her own artistic pursuits. But when her older sister dies on the eve of her wedding to the ruler of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio, Lucrezia is thrust unwittingly into the limelight: the duke...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: Book Club Kit FIC O'FAManning, Jack.
Summary: "Informative, engaging text and vivid photos introduce readers to pueblos"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015