Summary: Recent stunning discoveries are exploding the myth of the Amazon as a primeval wilderness, revealing traces of ancient civilizations that flourished there for centuries. Dense settlements indicate populations in the millions, supported by sophisticated agricultural systems, while huge geometric earthworks and roadways bear witness to complex religious ideas and social networks.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ANCAparicio, Yalitza
Summary: Looks at the life of an early-1970s, middle-class family in Mexico City through the eyes of their indigenous domestic worker who keeps the household running.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ROMJinich, Pati.
Summary: Presents a collection of recipes which use simple methods and everyday ingredients to make Mexican dishes suitable for family meals and holiday celebrations.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.5972 JINCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5972 JINCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5972 JINLinett, Andrea
Summary: Trendsetter Andrea Linett has that rare ability to distill fashion talk into advice that everyone can follow, and in this book she shares the style wisdom she's gathered over years of working in the fashion industry. Here is only the content that matters: wardrobe classics, leather, denim, suits, dressing in black and white, dressing up, getting the right fit, layering, accessories, and hair....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 643 LINJinich, Pati
Summary: A collection of recipes from the host of PBS series Pati's Mexican Table for traditional Mexican dishes and modified recipes that show the evolution of Mexican food, including such options as guacamoles, salsa, tacos, enchiladas, and guisados.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5972 JINMinich, Deanna.
Summary: Nutritionist and yoga practitioner Deanna Minich's Chakra Foods provides information on how to heal emotional and physical woes through making the right food choices. The material for this book developed out of the author's highly successful "Nutrition for the Soul" classes, workshops, and private counseling sessions. Not a diet book, it looks at both the nutritional and spiritual aspects of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Conari Press 2009
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Summary: "The "buoyant and brainy Mexican cooking authority" (New York Times) and star of the three-time James Beard Award-winning PBS series Pati's Mexican Table brings together more than 150 iconic dishes that define the country's cuisine Although many of us canrattle off our favorite authentic Mexican dishes, we might be hard pressed to name more than ten. Which is preposterous, given that Mexico has...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5972 JINLeith, Sam
Summary: "In Write to the Point, accomplished author and literary critic Sam Leith kicks the age-old lists of dos and don'ts to the curb. Yes, he covers the nuts and bolts we need to be in complete command of the language: grammar, punctuation, parts of speech, and other subjects half-remembered from grade school. But more importantly, he charts a commonsense course between the "Armies of Correctness"...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Experiment, LLC 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808 LEIAssadi, Hannah Lillith
Summary: "Ahlam, the daughter of a Palestinian refugee and his Israeli wife, grows up in the arid lands of desert suburbia outside of Phoenix. In a stark landscape where coyotes prowl and mysterious lights occasionally pass through the nighttime sky, Ahlam's imagination reigns. She battles chronic fever dreams and isolation. When she meets her tempestuous counterpart Laura, the two fall into infatuated...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Soho 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ASSAssadi, Hannah Lillith
Summary: "A story of secrets, loss, and the betrayals of memory: a lyrical novel of an aging woman confronting her romantic past under the mysterious skies of her island home. Off the coast of Georgia, near Savannah, generations have been tempted by strange blue lights in the sky near an island called Lyra. At the height of WWII, impressionable young Elle Ranier comes to the island when her new husband,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ASSGross, Zenith Henkin.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New World Library 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.7 GROAl-Saadi, Laith
Contents: Chains (4:02) -- No one left to blame (4:22) -- Morning light (5:26) -- Can't keep going (6:19) -- My hands are tied (5:30) -- Free (3:47) -- So different now (5:07) -- Before too long (3:04) -- All these years (7:02) -- Big mama (4:37).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LOCAL ALE Kotscher R Lindt
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Burlington Music Corp. 1957
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMAl-Saadi, Laith
Contents: Breathe (5:45) -- Circle (4:20) -- Mystified (5:50) -- Misbehave (5:25) -- In time (3:23) -- Everything (3:37) -- Turn it around (4:41) -- If (4:36) -- Who turned out the lights? (5:43) -- Run to you (7:02).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Laith Al-Saadi 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LOCAL ALCostanzo, Jack
Contents: Sax con ritmo -- Peanut vendor -- Bajo numero uno -- Taboo -- Malaguena -- Latin fever -- Cumbanchero -- Hornacopia -- La paloma -- Oye negra -- Mama yo quiero -- Drum-a-mania.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Capitol Jazz 2003
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN COSCult of Dom Keller
Contents: Hole in the whole -- Broken arm of god -- Ravens and rockets -- Deepest pit of emptiness -- Tunnel in the clouds -- Exterminating angels -- I can see you -- Astrum argenteum -- Nothing left to stay for -- Bring out the dead -- Waltz of the Morgellons -- Shambhala is on fire
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Fuzz Club
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK CULManushkin, Fran
Summary: When Katie's grandmother trips and breaks her ankle, Katie learns about the importance of paramedics to her neighborhood.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2021
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JBR PURPLE SPANISH MANManushkin, Fran
Summary: Katie's Aunt Patty is the new mayor, and Katie and her friends attend her first city council meeting, brimming with ideas about what their neighborhood needs--like free ice cream, puppies, and a new park where children can play in safety.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2021
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JBR PURPLE SPANISH MANAl-Saadi, Laith
Contents: Gone (3:45) -- What it means (5:23) -- Ophelia (4:38) -- How's it gonna be (6:07) -- Complete disgrace (4:56) -- Last time you'll see me cry (3:45) -- Gone (alternate take) (3:40) -- What it means (alternate take) (5:20).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LOCAL ALSummary: Editors Harris and Kelner bring together a stellar collection of tour guides who offer vacations frightening, funny, and touching -- for the fanged, the furry, the demonic, and the grotesque.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2010
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC DEASummary: Follows the lives of an aimless group of friends who spend their days outside their Munich apartment smoking cigarettes, drinking coffee and sleeping with each other. Their lives take an interesting turn when a Greek immigrant moves in and evokes extremely hostile reactions from the men in the group who beat him up when he begins dating one of the German women.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Wellspring Media 2002
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN KATContents: Soul record / Me'Shell Ndegǒcello -- Naked eye / Luscious Jackson -- Never said / Liz Phair -- Onion girl / Holly Cole -- Kiss me / Sixpence None the Richer -- Luka / Suzanne Vega -- Black & white / Sarah McLachlan -- Underneath a read moon / N'Dea Davenport -- Not an addict / K's Choice -- Get out the map / Indigo Girls -- Little black girl / Rebekah -- Deeper well / Emmylou Harris --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Arista 1999
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LILLewis, Gill.
Summary: When a baby albino dolphin caught in old fishing netting washes ashore, Paralympics sailing hopeful Felix and English school girl Kara work with veterinarians and specialists to save and reunite the dolphin with her mother, setting off a chain of events that might just save the reef from the environmental effects of proposed dredging.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LEWManushkin, Fran
Summary: Studying the planets at school, Pedro learns fascinating facts about Mars.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2021