Summary: Examines the interconnectivity between human beings and the natural world. Discusses ways in which the increasing estrangement from nature, brought on by modern lifestyles, is proving harmful both to people and the environment. Looks at biomimicry, the study of nature for the purpose of engineering new technologies. Argues that a reconnection with nature could be essential for restoring...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LOVContents: 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)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN BOSAlmeida, Laurindo.
Contents: Entr'acte / Ibert (3:12) -- Bachianas brasileira no. 5 : aria / Villa-Lobos (5:52) -- Ronde / Desportes (2:01) -- Azulão / Ovalle (1:28) -- Prelude in E minor, op. 28, no. 4 / Chopin ; arr. Almeida (2:13) --O Caçador / Almeida (1:47) -- Pastorale joyeuse /Desportes (2:36) -- Tres pontos de santo / Ovalle (4:06) -- Tambourin / Gossec ; arr. Almeida (1:26) --Boi-Bumbá / Henrique (1:35) --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: EMI/Angel 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL ALMAraújo, Heriberto
Summary: "In the tradition of Killers of the Flower Moon, a haunting murder-mystery revealing the human story behind one of the most devastating crimes of our time: the ruthless destruction of the Amazon rainforest-and anyone who stands in the way"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.2 ARAMarch, Aleida.
Summary: Che Guevara's widow reveals the story of a great revolutionary romance, tragically cut short by Che's assassination in Bolivia.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ocean Press 2012
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Gismonti, Egberto.
Contents: Lôro (5:28) -- Raga (8:48) -- Ciranda nordestina (9:57) -- Magico (7:40) -- Maracatu (8:19) -- Salvador (6:34).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: ECM 1984
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ GISSlade, Suzanne
Summary: "June Almeida loved learning about science and nature. An excellent student, she was especially interested in biology and won the top science prize at her school. Creative and observant, June noticed details that others often missed. She dreamed of attending university but economic hardships caused her to leave school at age 16. Still, June was determined to pursue her passion for science. She...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ALMGismonti, Egberto.
Contents: Quarto mundo #1 -- Dança das cabeças -- Aguas luminosas -- Celebração de núpcias -- Porta encantada -- Quarto mundo #2 -- Tango -- Bambuzal -- Fé cega faca amolada -- Dança solitária.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: ECM 1988
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ GISGismonti, Egberto.
Contents: Selva amazonica ; Pau rolou (20:02) -- Ano zero (6:45) -- Frevo (9:12) -- Salvador (6:34) -- Ciranda nordestina (9:57).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: ECM Records 1979
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ GISAlameida, Roy Kakulu
Summary: Forty-five tales, stories and legends adapted from various sources about the natural history of Hawaii and the customs, crafts, arts and history of Polynesian Hawaiians. Includes one original story by the compiler.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bess Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.2 Alameida1997March de la Torre, Aleida.
Summary: Forty-five years after Che's assassination in Bolivia in 1967, his widow and the great love of his life has finally released her memoir of their years together. They met as fellow guerillas during the revolutionary war in Cuba and married in June 1959, a few months after the revolution. They had four children together. Here, with great passion and poignancy, Aleida describes their shared dreams...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ocean Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARCH DE LA TORRE, ALEIDA MARKaleida (Musical group)
Contents: Convolution -- Echo saw you -- All the pretty pieces -- Division -- Free -- Think -- Coco -- Meter -- House of pulp -- 99 luftballons -- Tear the roots.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK KALBolaño, Roberto
Summary: "An unfinished masterpiece from the author of THE SAVAGE DETECTIVES and 2666"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOLPiumini, Roberto.
Summary: Hansel and Gretel wander through the woods as they try to find their way home, and spot a house made of candy! The old woman inside promises them good things to eat, but what she has in mind in anything but sweet!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 PIUPiumini, Roberto.
Summary: Geppetto is glad when one of his puppets comes to life. He calls the little wooden boy Pinocchio and raises him as his son. Pinocchio wants to be just like real boys, but as he sets out in the real world, it doesn't take long for him to get in trouble.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 PIUPiumini, Roberto.
Summary: A beautiful young princess is cursed with a hundred years of sleep, and she can only be awakened by a prince. Bright illustrations and colorful language come together in a retelling of this classic tale.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 PIUSchezen, Roberto.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 662.2 WebbSchezen, Roberto.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli 1992
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 728.8 SCHTrotta, Roberto
Summary: "Here's what it is about: For tens of thousands of years, the stars were our constant companions. In the glow of today's artificial lighting, when even professional astronomers study the universe by staring at screens rather than through eyepieces, we have forgotten this intimacy with the cosmos. Roberto Trotta is here to remind us: one of our species' most enduring and (literally) universal...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2023
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Summary: From the big bang to black holes, from dark matter to dark energy, from the origins of the universe to its ultimate destiny, The Edge of the Sky tells the story of the most important discoveries and mysteries in modern cosmology—with a twist. The book’s lexicon is limited to the thousand most common words in the English language, excluding physics, energy, galaxy, or even universe. Through the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 520 TROBolaño, Roberto
Summary: Collects some of the Chilean poet's earliest verse, including love poems, political pieces, and works that highlight such themes as the search for poetry, detectives, and the interrelationship of life, death, and the weather.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New Directions Pub. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 BOLBolaño, Roberto
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOLBolaño, Roberto.
Summary: On vacation with his girlfriend, Ingeborg, the German war games champion Udo Berger returns to a small town on the Costa Brava where he spent the summers of his childhood. Soon they meet another vacationing German couple, Charly and Hanna, who introduce them to a band of locals—the Wolf, the Lamb, and El Quemado—and to the darker side of life in a resort town. Late one night, Charly disappears...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2011
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Piumini, 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...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2010