Harris, Duchess
Summary: "The discovery of a vaccine for polio in the 1950s has prevented millions of cases of this severe paralyzing disease. The Discovery of the Polio Vaccine examines this historic advance from multiple perspectives, including those of Jonas Salk, Albert Sabin, and modern organizations working to wipe out polio once and for all. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J614.549 HARViña, Rose
Summary: "As a young girl in Cuba, Alicia Alonso practiced ballet in tennis shoes. Within a few years, she was in New York City, with a promising ballet career. But her eyesight began to fail. When Alicia needed surgeries to save her vision, dancing was impossible, but she wouldn't give up her dream. She found the strength and determination to return to the stage and become a prima ballerina. This is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Mr. Bean enters a church raffle and wins a vacation to France as well as a camcorder. Boarding a Eurostar train and arriving in Paris, the French language proves to be a barrier for Bean. He struggles to catch his train to the south of France. He orders a seafood meal and finds the consumption of the platter to be a challenge. Just before catching his train, he asks Russian film director Emil,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Hoyt, Megan
Summary: When she was young, Katalin Karik decided she would study science--even though she had never even met a scientist! But she was determined to learn as much as she could about the human body, and once she made a decision, she stuck with it. Katalin had to learn English while attending university, but she worked hard until she became a doctor. After facing many challenges, including lack of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Estrellas de Areito (Musical group)
Contents: Pónganse para las cosas (10:20) ; Hasta pantojo baila mi son (11:34) ; Que traigan el guaguancó (6:27) ; Mi amanecer campesino (13:55) / Pedro Aranzola -- Llora timbero / Israel Rodríguez (7:12) -- Yo sí como candela / Luis "Lili" Martinez Griñán (10:28) -- Fefita / José Urfe (10:24) -- Guaguancó a todos los barríos / Pedro Aranzola (14:29) -- El pregón de la montaña / Pio Leyva (10:05) --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: World Circuit/Nonesuch 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN ESTOchoa, Eliades.
Contents: Ay papacito = Oh little darling (4:09) -- Pintate los labios María = Put on your lipstick Maria (4:52) -- Carino falso = False love (4:07) -- Sublime ilusión (4:12) -- Volver = Return (4:09) -- Saludo compay = Greetings, friend (4:55) -- Qué humanidad = What humanity (3:56) -- Un negrito en La Habana = A black boy in Havana (3:43) -- Mi sueño prohibido = My forbidden dream (2:12) -- Mi...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Higher Octave World 1999
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN OCHValdez, Carlos.
Contents: San Francisco tiene su propio son (9:41) -- Descarga en faux (5:41) -- Desde el fondo del rio (7:16) -- Luz (6:55) -- Yo tengo ritmo (3:08) -- Guloya swing (4:27) -- Oguerre (5:25) -- Son de Patato (7:17) -- Señor Blues/Mbula enoka (8:15) -- Guajira en el espacio (2:28) -- Sangre de Africa (4:20) -- Kora-son (6:31).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Six Degrees 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN VALContents: Mi rumba echando candela (Celeste Mendoza) (3:28) -- Eso no es na' (María Teresa Vera) (3:28) -- Manzanillo (Orquesta Original de Manzanillo) (4:44) -- Yayabo (Orquesta Riverside) (2:53) -- Guarapachanga (Chapottín y sus Estrellas) (2:55) -- Llegué llegué/Guararey de Pastorita (Los Van Van) (6:28) -- No me llores (Conjunto Rumbavana) (5:20) -- Fifi, Teté y Popó (Orquesta Revé "Changüí '68")...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Luaka Bop/Sire/Warner Bros. 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN CUBHeath, David
Summary: In Longshot, investigative journalist David Heath takes readers inside the small group of scientists whose groundbreaking work was once largely dismissed but whose feat will now eclipse the importance of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine in medical history. With never-before-reported details, Heath reveals how these scientists overcame countless obstacles to give the world an unprecedented head start...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.5 HEAFrías, Carlos.
Summary: Carlos Frías, award-winning journalist and the US-born son of Cuban exiles, grew up hearing stories about the homeland of his parents. Sent to Cuba by his newspaper when the country began to close to the foreign press in August 2006, Frías embarked on the journey of his life -- a secret twelve day trip to the land of his parents. That experience led to this evocative, dramatic and unforgettable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: C.A. Press, Penguin Group 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 468 SPANISH FRIMcPherson, Stephanie Sammartino
Summary: "Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, scientist Katalin Karikó was one of the few people who believed in the potential of mRNA to help cells fight off disease. Breakthrough chronicles Karikó's relentless pursuit of knowledge and dedication to helping people, depicting her as an inspirational figure for readers interested in science. The book contextualizes Karikó's work within her upbringing in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2023
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 921 KARSummary: "This Cardio-Latin dance program combines high energy dance routines and a total body workout that will help you sculpt and tone the dancer's body you're looking for."--Container
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kym Johnson 2015
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD KYMArtist Not Provided
Summary: Champion ballroom instructors Alec Mazo and Edyta Sliwinska teach four different dances, breaking them into beginning, intermediate, and advanced sections.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Retroactive Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 793.3307 DANCoffin, Kimberly
Summary: "Find inspiration for your next project with this guide from top craft blogger Kimberly Coffin of Sweet Red Poppy that provides everything you need to know about your Cricut cutting machine and how to develop the skills needed to make beautiful projects with it. - Everything you need to know to create beautiful projects with your Cricut machine using paper, vinyl, fabric and more - Essential...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Get Creative 6 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.54 COFPierce, Simon
Summary: "Some people have vocally opposed vaccines ever since they were first invented. In the 20th century, the anti-vax movement gained steam as celebrities such as Jenny McCarthy spread false information about their link to autism. The COVID-19 pandemic thrust the issue into the spotlight, and misinformation spread on social media helped turn many people against vaccination. This volume examines the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: KidHaven Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 615.3 PIETruman, Margaret
Summary: Former CIA agent Max Pauling agrees to fly medical supplies to Havana as a favor to an old friend, but his simple mission takes a deadly turn when Max's contact in Havana is found dead.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TRUHakes, Jasmin 'Iolani
Summary: "Hi'i is proud to be a Naupaka, a family renowned for its contributions to hula and her hometown of Hilo, Hawaii, but there's a lot she doesn't understand. She's never met her legendary grandmother and her mother has never revealed the identity of her father. Worse, unspoken divides within her tight-knit community have started to grow, creating fractures whose origins are somehow entangled with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperVia 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAKCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAKSummary: The owner of Montmartre's most notorious nightspot, the Café Le Bal Du Paradis, Simone Pistache spends a great deal of her time in court, thanks to the banning of that "lewd and lascivious" dance, the Can-Can. So when her nightlife-loving lawyer and boyfriend, François Durnais, refuses to settle down and marry her, Simone decides to play up to his rival in romance, Parisian judge Philipe...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS CANCachao.
Contents: Los tres golpes -- Bemba è cuchara -- El progress -- El guapachoso -- Descarga A -- Cunde echa un pie -- Romántica mujer -- Sigue a Paquito si puedes -- El timbalero travieso -- Africa suite: Eleggua (Intro) -- Africa viva -- Juana la coja -- Eleggua con cachao (Coda).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Crescent Moon Records 1995
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN CACGonzalez, Ruben
Contents: Chanchullo (5:08) -- De una manera espantosa (4:19) -- La Iluvia (5:14) -- Central Constancia (5:55) -- QuizGas, quizGas (2:25) -- Choco's Guajira (6:46) -- Si te contarGa (1:27) -- El Bodeguero (5:09) -- Isora Club (5:32) -- Rico vacilGon (4:09) -- Pa' gozar (4:30).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: World Circuit/Nonesuch 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN GONBuena Vista Social Club (Musical group)
Contents: Chan chan -- De camino a la vereda -- Cuarto de Tula -- Pueblo nuevo -- Dos gardenias -- Y tu que has hecho? -- Veinte anos -- Carretero -- Candela -- Amor de loca juventud orgullecida -- Murmullo -- Buena Vista Social Club -- Bayamesa.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: World Circuit/Nonesuch 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN BUESummary: In 1996, music legend Ry Cooder went to Cuba to search for buried treasure. He found gold. Looking for lost songs and forgotten singers, Cooder discovered an exotic land of passion, sensuality and music.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Entertainment 1999