Pino, Geraldo.
Contents: Heavy heavy heavy -- Let them talk -- Africans must unite -- Shake hands -- Power to the people -- Let's have a party -- Born to be free -- Man pass man, iron de cut iron -- Right in the centre -- On the spot -- Black woman experience -- Afro soco soul live.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: RetroAfric 2005
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN PinoValério, Geraldo
Summary: "This stunning exploration of butterflies from around the world is a companion to My Book of Birds. Geraldo Valério grew up in Brazil, watching white butterflies visit the vegetable patch behind his house. As he got older, he learned more about these unique and beautiful insects, which can be found on every continent except Antarctica. In this gorgeous album, Geraldo presents his favorite...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 595.78 VALValerio, Geraldo
Summary: A little girl falls asleep, her book in hand, and as she dreams an astonishing adventure unfolds. This wordless picture book celebrates the joy and freedom that can be found in stories, dreams and the imagination.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VALSummary: Follow Umberto D., an elderly pensioner, as he struggles to make ends meet during Italy's postwar economic boom. Alone, except for his dog, Flike, Umberto strives to maintain his dignity while trying to survive in a city where traditional human kindness seems to have lost out to the forces of modernization.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN UMBValerio, Geraldo
Summary: Geraldo Valério is an artist who loves birds, from majestic golden eagles and snowy owls to brilliant cardinals and jays to the tiniest of hummingbirds. Here he presents his favorites, with beautiful collage illustrations and brief descriptions that highlight intriguing facts about each one. The illustrations show a variety of feathered creatures in their natural habitats as they hunt for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood 2016
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Summary: "On a dull gray day, a boy puts his dog on a leash and they walk to a shimmering pond where snowy white swans swim freely. One of the swans invites the boy and dog for a ride. They climb on its back and sail into a stunningly beautiful landscape, dotted with wildflowers, spoonbills and ibises. Foxes, rabbits and deer appear in this paradise, then butterflies and even bigger, more beautiful...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VALArnaldo, Monica
Summary: "Grub is a lonely raccoon. Rumbling in the trash. Looking for food. Seed is, well, a seed! Patiently waiting in the trash. Hoping someone will plant it. When the two finally meet, they realize they might be able to help each other! Grub has just one big question first: What will Seed grow? Could Seed grow Grub's favorite food, mouthwatering cheeseburgers? Seed isn't sure what a cheeseburger is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ARNSkyhorse, Brando.
Summary: A novel that explores the lives of those who shed their ethnic identity in pursuit of the American dream highlights a different character in each chapter, including Hector, a middle-aged day laborer who witnesses a murder, and his ex-wife Felicia, who survives a drive-by shooting.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC SKYWalker, Jerald
Summary: "Personal essays exploring identity, family, and community through the prism of race and black culture. Confronts the medical profession's racial biases, shopping while black at Whole Foods, the legacy of Michael Jackson, raising black boys, haircuts that scare white people, racial profiling, and growing up in Southside Chicago"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mad Creek Books, an imprint of The Ohio State University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.896 WALBrando, Marlon
Summary: An ex-fighter gets caught up in the waterfront gangs after the death of his brother.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2013
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ONSkyhorse, Brando
Summary: "Brando Skyhorse, winner of the PEN Hemingway Award, returns with his highly anticipated second novel, a literary dystopian tale set in a near-future America where mandatory identification wristbands make second-generation immigrants into second-class citizens"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SKYAntunes, Arnaldo.
Contents: Cê não vai me acompanhar -- A curva da cintura -- Grão de chãos -- Kaira -- Ir, mão -- Se você -- Um senhor -- Cara -- Psiu -- Que me continua -- Neblina de areia -- Muito além -- Coração de mãe -- Meu cabelo -- Bamako's blues.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Mais Um Discos 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/WORLDBEAT ANTArnaldo, Monica
Summary: "Little sisters and little brothers all long for the same few things when it comes to their older siblings: a turn to play, a place on the team, a chance to shine. Little Brothers & Little Sisters starts with four pairs of siblings in and around an apartment complex, each expressing through play and daily life the many gripes and pitfalls of younger siblings. Subtly, the narrative shifts to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books 2018
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Summary: Surveys the fads, fashions, trends, and cultural and intellectual preoccupations of the comfortable, high-living 1920s.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 391 HERFrisina, Gerardo
Contents: Ta na hora -- Ta na hor (instrumental) -- Craque -- Craque (instrumental)
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL LATIN FRINunez, Gerardo.
Contents: Plaza de Arenal (Soleá por bulerias) (4:35) -- Sevilla (Sevillanas) (3:46) -- Calima (7:52) -- Sahara (4:29) -- Tabaco y oro (Pasodoble) (4:10) -- Salmedina (Granaina) (6:41) -- Bajamar (4:17) -- Sancti Petri (Rumba) (4:35) -- Plazuela (Soleá) (7:14) -- Tarifa (Buleria) (4:14).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Alula Records 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN NUNHerald, Jacqueline.
Summary: Looks at how the fashions of the 1970s reflected the social, historical and cultural events of that decade.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 391 HERHerald, Jacqueline.
Summary: Explains the techniques, design, and modern changes in such crafts as pottery, basket making, carving, painting, printing, and embroidery in countries around the world.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lark Books 1993
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 745 HERErard, Michael.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 401.9 ERAArnaldo, Monica
Summary: When a kindergarten class arrives for the first day at school, they are greeted only by the words "Mr. S" on the chalkboard and a delicious-looking sandwich, resulting in merry mayhem as the kids wonder if the sandwich is their teacher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ARNCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ARNSummary: In this romantic comedy, Yoyita, a world-famous diva, returns to her home town of Guantanamo for an elegant reception and a surprise reunion with her once beloved, Candido. Overjoyed with the rekindled memories of her first love, Yoyita's elated heart fizzles while in Candido's embrace. Joining Yoyita's funeral procession back to Havana are her sexy niece Gina, a former professor blacklisted...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2000
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN GUAPrado, Pérez
Contents: Voodoo suite (& Shorty Rogers) -- St. James infirmary -- In the mood -- I can't get started -- Jumping at the Woodside -- Stomping at the Savoy -- Music makers -- Exotic suite of the Americas. Theme of two worlds ; Amoha ; Criollo ; Theme of two worlds ; Uamanna Africano ; Blues in C major ; Theme of two worlds -- Midnight in Jamaica -- Mama yo quiero -- Son of a gun -- Jacqueline and Caroline...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Bear Family Records 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ PRAPrado, Ric
Summary: "A memoir by the highest-ranking covert warrior to lift the veil of secrecy and offer a glimpse into the shadow wars that America has fought since the Vietnam Era. Enrique Prado found himself in his first firefight at age seven. The son of a middle-class Cuban family caught in the midst of the Castro Revolution, his family fled their war-torn home for the hope of a better life in America. Fifty...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022