Summary: When a young boy witnesses his mother's accidental death, a lonely, retired school-teacher reluctantly takes the child under her wing. They then embark on a trip to find his father whom he has never met.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 1999
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CENSummary: Discover Brazil through the eyes of its people and explore the surrounding beaches, jungles, and landscaping mountains that make this land so vibrant. A country built on belief, unlike any other, where tradition and transformation live together.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Discovery Communications 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BRASummary: Features Brazilian musician Joao Gilberto's first three albums. Joao Gilberto is one of the pioneers of the bossa nova musical genre, yet he has avoided the limelight for fifty years. Here, listerners can experience Gilberto's earliest music, which chronicles the beginnings of bossa nova.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN GILSummary: Clara, a vibrant former music critic, avid swimmer, grandmother, cancer survivor, willing lover and widow with flowing tresses, is the only remaining apartment owner in a gracious older building targeted for demolition by ruthless luxury high-rise developers. As the builders tactics to remove Clara become increasingly hostile, Clara proves to be a force to be reckoned with.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN AQUSummary: A fun and tender story about friendship and the complications of young love. Leo is a blind teenager who's fed up with his overprotective mother and the bullies at school. Looking to assert his independence, he decides to study abroad to the dismay of his best friend, Giovana. When Gabriel, the new kid in town, teams with Leo on a school project, new feelings blossom in him that make him...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Strand Releasing Home Video 2015
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WAYBanda Black Rio
Contents: Maria Fumaça -- Na baixa do sapateiro -- Mr. Funky Samba -- Caminho da roça -- Metalúrgica -- Baia̋o -- Casa forte -- Leblon via vaz lôbo -- Urubu Malandro -- Junia.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Mr Bongo 1977
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN BANMoreno, Joyce
Contents: Caqui (2:31) -- Nada sera como antes (2:42) -- Adeus Maria Fulo (1:41) -- The man from the avenue (2:05) -- Historia do samba (2:25) -- Joya (0:49) -- Pelo telefone (1:20) -- Pede passagem (3:05) -- Acorda amor (1:15) -- Viola fora de moda (1:42) -- Passarinho (1:56) -- Clareana (2:50) -- Aldeia de ogum (4:34) -- Banana (4:15) -- Femina (3:48) -- Magica (4:25) -- Samba de gago (3:15) -- Beiro...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Mr Bongo 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN JOYContents: 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 BOSAnaza, Kathleen
Summary: Lonely Planet's Brazil is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Marvel at Iguacu Falls, take a jungle trip, and frolick in the waves at Ipanema Beach; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Brazil and begin your journey now!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Global Limited 2023
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Summary: "Readers take a tour through Brazil in this comprehensive look at its geography, history, and culture. As readers explore main text that has been meticulously updated to highlight current events, they also find stunning photographs of Brazil's natural beauty and vibrant way of life. Featuring fact boxes that highlight essential words and phrases to know when traveling to this South American...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 981 RICContents: [v. 1.] Folk & traditional = Folclórico e tradicional. Ella diz que tem (Carmen Miranda ; Banda Da Lua) (2:41) -- Deixa esta mulher sofrer (Ary Barrosa ; Com Fon-Fon e sua orchestra) (2;52) -- Yao (Orquestra Brasiĺia) (3:38) -- Fica mais um pouco, amor (Adoniran Barbosa) (3:44) -- Candomblé : 1976 (various artists) (3:14) -- Okolofé (Wilson Moreira) (4:13) -- Gente que vem de Lisboa/Peixinhos...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Jackel Entertainment 1995
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN BRASiqueira, Ana
Summary: "Let's spend a day in Brazil! Ride the ônibus to the beach, drink sugar cane juice at the feira and play capoeira. Brazilian author Ana Siquiera and illustrator Ana Matsusaki draw on their personal experiences living in Brazil to create this appealing board book as part of the Our World Series for very young readers"--Amazon.com.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Barefoot Books 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Carlos, Antonio.
Contents: Você abusou -- Se quiser valer -- Kabaluerê -- Conceiçào da praia -- Hipnose -- Mudei de idéia -- Quem vem lá -- Nord west -- Morte do amor -- Deus o salve -- Dalena -- Bonita.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Mr Bongo 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN CARContents: Samba de flora (Airto) -- Sandalia dela (Duke Pearson w/ Flora Purim) -- Batucada (Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66) -- Skyscrapers (Deodato) -- Catavento (Milton Nascimento) -- Tombo in 7/4 (Airto) -- Bahia soul (Luiz Bonfá) -- Braun-blek-blu (Dom Um Romao) -- Kathy (Moacir Santos) -- Almas irmãs (João Donato) -- Ain't no sunshine (Sivuca) -- Rio Vermelho (Milton Nascimento) -- Consolação (Tamba 4)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN BRASummary: "1969. Marighella, Brazil's number one enemy, has no time for fear. On the one hand, a violent military dictatorship, with its fear. On the one hand, a violent military dictatorship, with its heinous crimes of torture and infamous censorship. On the other, an intimidated people. Alongside guerrilleros 30 years younger than him and willing to fight, the revolutionary leader opts for action - all...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MARBixiga 70 (Musical group)
Contents: Deika a gira girá -- Ocupai -- Kalimba -- 5 esquinas -- Kriptonita -- Tigre -- Tangará -- Retirantes -- Isa -- A morte do vaquiero.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Mais Um Discos 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN BIXMartins, Vitor
Summary: The house at Number 8 Sunflower Street tells the stories of three teenagers who have lived within its walls in the 21st century--Ana, a lesbian forced to leave her home, Greg sent to live with his aunt when his parents divorce, and Beto, a would-be photographer living during the COVID pandemic.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Push 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Todd, Mia Doi.
Contents: Mistérios -- Chovendo na rosejra -- Menina, amanha̋ de manha̋ -- Luz do sol -- O vento -- Ewé -- Portal da cor -- Segredos vegetais -- Preciso me encontrar -- Cais.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: City Zen Records 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/SOUTH AMERICAN TODRegina, Elis
Contents: Disc 1. Elis, essa mulher. Cai dentro / Baden Powell ; Paulo Cesar Pinheiro -- O bêbado e a equilibrista / João Bosco ; Aldir Blanc -- Essa mulher / Joyce ; Ana Terra -- Basta de clamares inocência / Cartola -- Beguine dodói / João Bosco ; Aldir Blanc ; Claudio Tolomei -- Eu hein Rosa! / João Nogueira ; Paulo Cesar Pinheiro -- Altos e baixos / Suely Costa ; Aldir Blanc -- Bolero de Satã /...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: En conversa en conversa / Lucio Alves ; Llaroldo Barbosa (Joao Gilberto) (2:20) -- Correnteza / Antonio Adolfo ; Tibertio Gaspar (Tamba No. 4) (3:40) -- Mañana de carnaval / Luis Bonfá (Trio Orfeo Negro) (3:07) -- Astronauta / samba do pregunta (Joao Gilberto) (2:17) -- Lenga-lenga / Laorcio de Freitao (Tamba No. 4) (2:50) -- Baiao / Luis Gonzaga (Octavio Henrique, Mr. Bossa Nova) (2:51) --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Orfeon 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN BRAEarle, Shannon
Summary: "When an oil-covered penguin washes up in Brazil, Seu João saves its life. The man and penguin become friends, and the penguin won't return to the wild."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 598.47 EARSummary: A few years from now, Bacurau, a small village in the Brazilian sertô, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their village has literally vanished from online maps and a UFO-shaped drone is seen flying overhead. There are forces that want to expel them from their homes, and soon, in a genre-bending twist, a band of armed...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BACContents: Intro -- Batucada #1 -- Zanzibar -- Amazon River -- Berimbau -- Capoeira -- Mágica -- Forró -- Misturada -- Batucada #2.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Soul Jazz Records 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN BRAContents: Eu e o meu amor/Lamento no Morro (Quarteto Jobim-Morelenbaum) -- Cores (Da Lata) -- Papo de psicólogo (Jairzinho Oliveira) -- Lá vem a Baiana (Jussara Silveira) -- Deusa do amor (Moreno Veloso + 2) -- Preto, cor preta (Jorge Aragão) -- Meu mundo é hoje (Eliete Negreiros) -- Admiração (Paulinho Moska) -- E luxo só (Rosa Passos) -- Feitiço da Vila (Márcio Faraco) -- Banho cheiroso (Rita Ribeiro).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Putumayo World Music 2002