Summary: The origins of the Colombian drug trade, as seen through eyes of an indigenous Wayuu family that becomes involved in the booming business of selling marijuana to American youth in the 1970s. When greed, passion and honor collide, a fratricidal war breaks out and puts their lives, culture, and ancestral traditions at stake.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BIRSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Martinez, Juan
Summary: "Praise for Juan Martinez: "A little out of the ordinary.... He takes this very unnatural environment and changes it into a landscape."-Hannah Tinti "I loved it."- Etgar Keret These are the best Americans, the worst Americans. In these stories (these cities, these people) there are labyrinths, rivers, wildernesses. Voices sound slightly different than ex-pected. There's humor, but it's going to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Small Beer Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARMartinez, Juan
Summary: The prosecutor who convicted murderess Jodi Arias for the disturbing killing of Travis Alexander, speaks for the first time about the shocking investigation and sensational trial that captivated the nation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 MARSummary: "Son is Cuba's principal dance and song form and the root of salsa. Fusing African and Spanish elements, it ranges in style from simple, rustic bands to the brassy arrangements of New York salsa. This rough guide, literally a 'who's who' in Cuban music, explores this rich tradition, from its conception in the early 1900s to the present day big-band revival"--Container verso.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: World Music Network 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN ROUMartinez-Neal, Juana
Summary: "Alma es conocida por sus icónicas rayas, ¡pero hay más que le gustaría mostrarte! Tiene brazos, manos y dedos para acariciar a un pájaro como mascota, además de piernas, pies, dedos de los pies y un adorable vientre. debajo de su corazón siempre presente" --
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD MARMartinez-Neal, Juana
Summary: When Alma Sofia Esperanza Jose Pura Candela asks her father why she has so many names, she hears the story of her name and learns about her grandparents.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JEN Caldecott Martinez-NealMartinez-Neal, Juana
Summary: Alma quiere saber por qué su nombre es tan largo, así que Papi le cuenta a su pequeña la gran historia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2018
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Summary: "Explora las maravillas de la Amazonía con Zonia, una niña asháninka, cuyas alegres aventuras en la selva se interrumpen un día por un misterioso y desconcertante descubrimiento." --contraportada.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468 MAR SPANISHMartinez-Neal, Juana
Summary: Conozca la familia de Alma...¡en dos idiomas!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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Summary: Enjoying days spent with animal friends near her home in the Amazon, young Zonia wonders what to do on a day when the rainforest calls out to her for help, in a lushly illustrated story that is complemented by back matter about the Asháninka community.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MARPanafieu, Jean-Baptiste de.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Stories Press 2011
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Summary: "A paleontologist and a storyteller take two children through the birth of our planet to the present day, covering major geological periods and the evolution of life on Earth"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 576.8 PANSeeley, Tim
Summary: "In this collection, Grayson faces some of his most difficult challenges! Not only must he take on Lex Luthor, and risks losing his position with Spyral, but Dick finds that in order to save Agent 1 he must face off with... himself! And who is the mysterious shadow leader behind Spyral, and what does he want with Dick? The super-spy finds himself in a clandestine hunt for the true identity of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 GRABaronian, Jean-Baptiste.
Summary: When Figaro's loud snoring disturbs his friends, the rooster, the donkey and the dog, they ask him to take his naps away from the farm. Figaro obliges, but soon his friends miss him very much.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kane/Miller Book Publishers 2003
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Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FAMILY ANISummary: Set in riot-torn, near-future Los Angeles, a nurse operates a secret, members-only emergency room for criminals.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Global Road Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE HOTDel Amo, Jean-Baptiste
Summary: "The small village of Puy-Larroque, southwest France, 1898. Éléonore is a child living with her father, a pig farmer whose terminal illness leaves him unable to work, and her God-fearing mother, who runs both farm and family with an iron hand. Éléonore passes her childhood with little heat and no running water, sharing a small room with her cousin Marcel, who does most of the physical labor on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DELJean-Baptiste, Marianne
Summary: After her adoptive parents die, a Black optometrist searches for her birth mother and discovers that she is a poor white factory worker.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Distribution 2021
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA SECSummary: This take on the traditional wuxia film, set in 9th century China, centers on Nie Yinniang, a young woman who was abducted in childhood from a decorated general and raised by a nun who trained her in the martial arts to be an assassin who is directed to slay corrupt government officials. After 13 years of exile, she is returned to the land of her birth with orders to kill her betrothed...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ASSSummary: Every 30 seconds in America, normal life stops. Someone is reported missing. That's where special agent Jack Malone comes in. On the behalf of victims and loved ones, Jack and his FBI team do the hard, exciting work of turning the missing into the found. Among the vanished: a man terrified of extraterrestrials, a spoiled celebrity heiress and an idealistic woman caught up in a romance with a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2012
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WITMaillard, Kevin Noble
Summary: Celebrates the Native American tradition of sharing fry bread during family meals, in a story about family, history, culture, and traditions, both new and old.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2019
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3 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MAICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MAI1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MAI
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MAICopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: WLD Cultures Maillard 2019Fogliano, Julie
Summary: "Two friends share their delight in the little things that set them apart, and the big things that bring them together"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2022