Summary: An older writer, Fernando, returns to his hometown, Medellin, Colombia. There he falls in love with 16-year-old assassin, Alexis. After Alexis is killed, Fernando hunts for his killer in the Medellin slums and falls in love with Wilmar, a boy who resembles Alexis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Video 2002
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN OURBetancourt, Ingrid
Summary: Ingrid Betancourt tells the story of her captivity in the Colombian jungle, sharing teachings of resilience, resistance, and faith. Born in Bogota, raised in France, Betancourt at age 32 gave up a life of comfort and safety to return to Colombia to become a political leader in a country that was being slowly destroyed by terrorism, violence, fear, and hopelessness. In 2002, while a candidate in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 986.106 BETSummary: While rival drug cartels warred in the streets, the Columbian national soccer team took a rapid rise to glory, with Andres Escobar its inspirational captain. Meanwhile the infamous drug baron, Pablo Escobar, pioneered "Narco-soccer". After a mistake by Andres led to a loss at the 1994 World Cup, less than ten days later he was gunned down outside a bar, a tragedy documented in this thriller...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: ESPN Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TWOGarcía Márquez, Gabriel
Summary: This astonishing book by the Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez chronicles the 1990 kidnappings of ten Colombian men and women - all journalists but one - by the Medellin drug boss Pablo Escobar.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 GARRojas Contreras, Ingrid
Summary: "For Ingrid Rojas Contreras, magic runs in the family. Growing up in the Colombia of the 1980's and 1990's in a house where "what did you dream?" was asked in place of "how are you?" her world was laced with prophecy and violence. Her maternal grandfather, Nono, was a renowned curandero, a community healer gifted with the ability to talk to the dead, tell the future, treat the sick, and move...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Gaiteros de San Jacinto
Contents: Fuego de cumbia : cumbia = Cumbia fire / Rafael Pérez García (5:24) -- Sigan bailando : puya = Keep on dancing / Manuel Antonio García Caro (2:23) -- El manolo : bullerengue / Juan Alberto Fernández Polo (4:37) -- El millo se modernizó : cumbia = The millo got modernized / Aurelio Fernández (3:51) -- Canto de zafra = Worksong / Juan Alberto Fernández Polo (5:09) -- El corcovado : gaita corrida...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/SOUTH AMERICAN GAIContents: El Sexteto Miramar -- Pachanga Miramar -- El Combo Loco -- Cumbia De Luna -- Lisandro Meza Y Su Combo Gigante -- Juventud Flaca Y Loca -- Peregoyo Y Su Combo Vacana -- Sabor De Vacana -- Orquesta Ritmo De Sabanas -- Que Se Hicieron -- Los Corraleros De Majagual -- Pompo Del Pilon -- Los Teen Agers -- Goza Mi Tamborera -- Michi Sarmiento Y Su Combo Bravo -- Calenita -- Banda 20 De Julio De...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Distrolux, SL 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN AFROCanizales (Harold Jiménez Canizales)
Summary: Andrea, a young Indigenous Colombian woman, has returned to the land she calls home. Only nineteen years old, she comes to mourn her lost child, carrying a box in her arms. And she comes with another mission. Andrea has hidden a camera upon herself. If she can capture evidence of the illegal mining that displaced her family, it will mark the first step toward reclaiming their land.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 CANSalama, Jordan
Summary: "An American writer of Argentine, Syrian, and Iraqi Jewish descent, Jordan Salama tells the story of the Río Magdalena, nearly one thousand miles long, the heart of Colombia. This is Gabriel García Márquez's territory--rumor has it Macondo was partly inspired by the port town of Mompox--as much as that of the Middle Eastern immigrants who run fabric stores by its banks. Following the river from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Catapult 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 918.61 SALGonsalves, Marc.
Summary: In "Out of Captivity," Gonsalves, Stansell, and Howes recount for the first time their amazing tale of survival, friendship, and, ultimately, rescue, tracing their five and a half years as hostages of the FARC--a Colombian terrorist and Marxist rebel organization.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 986.106 GONSummary: La historia verdadera de Pablo Escobar, el jefe del cartel de drogas de Medellín, relatado por la primera vez por su hijo Sebastián y su viuda María Isabel Campos.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Maya Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SINOndatrópica (Musical group)
Contents: Commotion -- La Naranja madura -- Hummingbird -- De mar a mar -- Malaria -- Lazalypso -- Caldo parao -- Estar contigo -- Come back again -- Soy campesino -- Boga conoero -- Bogota -- Trustin' Cumbia Bcanera -- Just a moment
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Soundway Records 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN ONDTotó la Momposina.
Contents: Adiós fulana -- El pescador -- Chi chi mani -- Curura -- Gallinacito -- La sombra negra -- Dame la mano Juancho -- La candela viva -- Dos de febrero -- Malanga -- La acabación -- Tambolero.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Real World Records 2015
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN TOTSummary: The Madrigals live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift from super strength to the power to heal, every child except one, Mirabel. But when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is in danger, Mirabel decides that...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ENCCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family EncantoCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV ENCBowden, Mark
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2001
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: For most of his life, Ignacio Carrillo traveled the villages of northern Colombia, playing traditional songs on his accordion, a legendary instrument said to have once belonged to the devil. He eventually married and settled in a small town, leaving the nomadic life behind. But after the traumatic death of his wife, he vows never to play again, and embarks on one last journey to return the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Film Movement 2010
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WINFeiling, Tom
Summary: "The Island that Disappeared tells, for the first time, the story of the passengers aboard the Mayflower's sister ship (the Seaflower) who in 1630 founded a rival Puritan colony on an isolated Caribbean island called Providence--so small it doesn't appear on most maps. Chaos ensued, and the great experiment failed. One-hundred years later the disaster repeated itself. Traveling to the island...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972.9 FEIWinter, Jeanette
Summary: "After amassing piles of books, Luis, a voracious reader, dreams up a way to share his collection with 'faraway villages.' He starts with two burros--one for himself, one for books--and heads off. Tough terrain and menacing bandits challenge him along the way, but at last he reaches a remote town, where he holds a story hour and loans titles to eager kids before returning home to his wife and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WLD Culture Winter 2010Contents: A blanco y negro = In black and white (Riquelme Carrillo, vocal) (4:44) -- A lo tuyo tú = You with what's yours (Isaac Carrillo, vocal) (3:51) -- Pedazo de acordeón = A bit of accordion (Ivo Díaz, vocal ; Orangel "El Pangue" Maestre, accordion) (5:35) -- Cadenas = Chains (I. Díaz, vocal) (4:31) -- La botellita = The little bottle (3:38) ; Fidelina (4:59) (Reynaldo "El Papi" Díaz, vocal) -- La...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 2008
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/SOUTH AMERICAN AYOSummary: The Madrigals live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift from super strength to the power to heal, every child except one, Mirabel. But when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is in danger, Mirabel decides that...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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3 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY FAMILY ENCContents: Original music CD. Rama De Tamarindo (Son Malagana) -- Nena (To Ane E Lo Memo Sexteto) -- Kunchuzo (Estrellas Del Caribe) -- Pueblo Mi (Son San) -- Malaganero Soy (Son Malagana) -- Mi Gallina (Santiago Ospino) -- Haner Alegre 5 (Haner Amariz) -- Destápame La Botella (Curramberos de Gamero) -- La candela (Estrellas Del Caribe) -- Palenque Un Rincon De Africa (Manuela Torres) -- Candela (Cumbia...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soul Jazz Records 2012
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC JENDavis, Wade.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2004
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 981 DAVDuBois, Jill
Summary: "The culture of Colombia is presented to readers in a fresh and vibrant way in this meticulously updated guide. Readers are inspired to think about both the history and current events that have affected and are still affecting this nation as they explore the detailed main text. Additional information is presented in sidebars, which also include short biographies of Colombian citizens who are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 986.1 DUBMurphy, Steve (Steven E.)
Summary: The explosive memoir of legendary DEA agents and the subject of the hit Netflix series Narcos. Readers will go deep inside the inner workings of the Search Bloc, the joint Colombian-US task force that resulted in an intensive 18-month operation that tracked Escobar.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2019