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Summary: "Against the background of a thousand years of vivid history, acclaimed writer Marie Arana tells the timely and timeless stories of three contemporary Latin Americans whose lives represent three driving forces that have shaped the character of the region:exploitation (silver), violence (sword), and religion (stone). Leonor Gonzales lives in a tiny community perched 18,000 feet above sea level...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920.08 ARAArana, Marie
Summary: "A sweeping yet personal overview of the latino population of America, drawn from hundreds of interviews and prodigious research that emphasizes the diversity and little-known history of our largest and fastest-growing minority. LatinoLand is an exceptional, all-encompassing overview of Hispanic America based on personal interviews, deep research, and Marie Arana's life experience as a Latina....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.868 ARATouré, Amara.
Contents: N'Nijo -- Temedy -- Lamento Cubano -- Cuando Llegare -- Fatou -- N'ga Digne M'be -- Salamouti -- Afalago -- Tela -- Africa.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Analog Africa Records 2015
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN TOUChocano, Carina
Summary: "Who is "the girl"? Look to movies, TV shows, magazines, and ads and the message is both clear and not: she is a sexed-up sidekick, a princess waiting to be saved, a morally infallible angel with no opinions of her own. She's whatever the hero needs her to be in order to become himself. She's an abstraction, an ideal, a standard, a mercurial phantom. In You Play the Girl, Chocano blends...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.4 CHOWhite, Arisa
Summary: Presents the life of a California ex-slave, nurse, and midwife, who started many philanthropic projects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heyday 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MASHo, Carina
Summary: "Welcome to Sametown where everyone and everything is ... well ... the same. Except our protagonist: Mighty Mara! She's a little different. While her classmates sign up and ready their performances for the school talent show, Mara musters up the courage to also sign up--but unlike the others, she's going to dance, dance, dance! The only problem is, everyone encourages her not to! Mara won't let...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paw Prints Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HOAmara, Philip
Summary: "This is an illustrated children's anthology of noteworthy Asian Americans: 20 groundbreaking men and women from diverse backgrounds and vocations"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 AMABarna, George.
Summary: George Barna identifies, describes, and analyzes seven major "faith tribes" (Captive Christians, Casual Christians, Jews, Mormons, Pantheists, Muslims, and Skeptics) in America--documenting who they are, what they believe, how they vote, and what they are passionate about. --from publisher description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barna 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 200.973 BARAmara, Philip.
Summary: Presents a step-by-step guide to creating, publishing and marketing comic books, including developing compelling characters, approaching publishers, and adapting storylines for video games and movies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2012