Pagani, Roberto Luigi
Summary: National Geographic Traveler: Iceland is the lighthouse to follow if you do not want to miss anything of the unique and incredible atmosphere, from the northern lights to the capital, Reykjavík, which comes to life in the long summer nights of the Arctic Circle. Enjoy the fishing ports of the southern peninsula; admire the volcanoes, glaciers, and waterfalls of the south; explore the mysterious...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2023
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Contents: Opera I (18:00) -- Opera II (22:00) -- Opera IV (26:00) -- Opera V (20:00) -- Opera VI (22:00).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Dynamic 1986
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Fistful of dollars: an anonymous but deadly sharpshooter rides into a lawless Mexican border town torn by war between two factions, the Baxters and the Rojos. Instead of fleeing or dying, as most other would do, the man schemes to play the two sides off each other, getting rich in the bargain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN CLISummary: A concentration camp survivor discovers her former torturer and lover working as a porter at a hotel in postwar Vienna. When the couple attempts to re-create their sadomasochistic relationship, his former SS comrades begin to stalk them. Operatic and disturbing, it deftly examines the lasting social and psychological effects of the Nazi regime.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA NIGSummary: Tells the saga of the ill-fated 1928 Arctic expedition headed by Italian Unberto Nobile. After the crash of their dirigible, Italia, the survivors huddle in their makeshift red canvas dwelling, desperately sending out S.O.S. signals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA REDTipton, Denton J.
Summary: "Is Johnny really the good guy? See The Karate Kid in a whole new light in this retelling through the eyes of Johnny Lawrence, two-time All Valley Tournament champion. Summer, 1984. Senior year is about to start, and Johnny and the rest of the Cobra Kai rule the school. But when the new kid makes moves on the girl that broke Johnny's heart, he vows to settle the score and win back her love. Or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Spotlight 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 TIPUrrea, Luis Alberto.
Summary: This is a book of fragments, stories of moments in the lives of people along the Mexican border.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972.2 URRPuccini, Giacomo
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hungaroton 1985
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Summary: "Is Johnny really the good guy? See The Karate Kid in a whole new light in this retelling through the eyes of Johnny Lawrence, two-time All Valley Tournament champion. Summer, 1984. Senior year is about to start, and Johnny and the rest of the Cobra Kai rule the school. But when the new kid makes moves on the girl that broke Johnny's heart, he vows to settle the score and win back her love. Or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Spotlight 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 TIPUrrea, Luis Alberto.
Contents: "Nineteen-year-old Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, who journeyed to the US when she was young. Recently, it has dawned on her that he isn't the only man who has left town. In fact, there are almost no men in the village--they've all gone north. While watching The Magnificent Seven, Nayeli decides to go north herself and recruit seven men--her own...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2009
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Summary: "Is Johnny really the good guy? See The Karate Kid in a whole new light in this retelling through the eyes of Johnny Lawrence, two-time All Valley Tournament champion. Summer, 1984. Senior year is about to start, and Johnny and the rest of the Cobra Kai rule the school. But when the new kid makes moves on the girl that broke Johnny's heart, he vows to settle the score and win back her love. Or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Spotlight 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 TIPUrrea, Luis Alberto
Summary: In his final days, beloved and ailing patriarch Miguel Angel De La Cruz, known affectionately as Big Angel, has summoned his entire clan for one last legendary birthday party. But as the party approaches, his mother, nearly one hundred, dies herself, leading to a farewell doubleheader. Across one bittersweet weekend in their San Diego neighborhood, the revelers mingle among the palm trees and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC URRUrrea, Luis Alberto.
Summary: Luis Alberto Urrea's first book, Across the Wire: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border, was a haunting and unprecedented look at what life is like for those living on the Mexican side of the border, eking out only the barest of lives not far from the white sands and coral reefs of Southern California. His poignant, widely acclaimed account of the struggle of these people to survive amid...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.0972 URRKagan, Robert
Summary: "A comprehensive, sweeping history of America's rise to global superpower--a follow up to the author's acclaimed first volume, from our nation's earliest days to the dawn of the twentieth century"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.73 KAGTipton, Denton J.
Summary: "Is Johnny really the good guy? See The Karate Kid in a whole new light in this retelling through the eyes of Johnny Lawrence, two-time All Valley Tournament champion. Summer, 1984. Senior year is about to start, and Johnny and the rest of the Cobra Kai rule the school. But when the new kid makes moves on the girl that broke Johnny's heart, he vows to settle the score and win back her love. Or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Spotlight 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 TIPUrrea, Luis Alberto
Summary: 1943. Irene Woodward abandons an abusive fiancé in New York and heads to Europe with the Red Cross. She makes friends with Dorothy Dunford, and they become part of the Donut Dollies: providing camaraderie and a taste of home at the front lines before the troops head into battle. Seeing service from the Battle of the Bulge to the liberation of Buchenwald, Irene develops friendships which help...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown & Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC URRUrrea, Luis Alberto.
Summary: Teresita Urrea flees to Arizona with her father after the Tomochic Rebellion but is inundated with visits from pilgrims seeking her skills as a healer until she is chased to New York by assassins.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC URRGiordano, Umberto
Summary: Tale of the young poet and his tragic life and death during the French Revolution.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: London 1984
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD OPERA GIOPiumini, Roberto.
Summary: Cinderella is constantly teased by her evil stepmother and stepsisters. They make her do all the chores when her father is away. Then, when everyone in the city is invited to the Prince's palace for a royal ball, no one thinks of inviting Cinderella! As she watches her stepsisters leave for the dance, she wishes she could go too. Suddenly, a kindly old woman appears out of nowhere and promises...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 PIUTeatro Alla Scala
Summary: Verdi's opera tells the tragic tale of Violetta, who is dying of consumption and leaves her beloved Alfredo at the request of his father, only to be reunited with him shortly before her death.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Arthaus Musik 2008
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA TRASummary: This historical drama tells the story of Juana Inés de la Cruz, one of the greatest poets of the Spanish Siglo de Oro. In order to pursue her passion for writing, Juana enters the convent. There, she develops an intimate relationship with the vicereine, who inspires her poetry. But when the forces of the Inquisition invade the convent, the women have only each other to turn to.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN IContents: Disc one, Bossa Nova Brasilia. Desafinado / A.C. Jobim, Newton Mendonca (Joao Gilberto) (2:00) -- Dindi / A.C. Jobim, Aloysio de Oliveira (Sylvia Telles) (2:36) -- One Note Samba / A.C. Jobim, Newton Mendonca (Antonio Carlos Jobim) (3:20) -- Chega De Saudade / A.C. Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes (Elizete Cardoso) (3:29) -- A Felicidade / A.C. Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes (Agostinho Dos Santos) (2:47)...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013