Summary: This is the story of Marlon Cruz, a young Colombian man who, motivated by his beautiful girlfriend Reina leaves his life in Colombia to illegally cross the border and find fortune in New York. Marlon's journey, which takes him to through seedy strip clubs, dance halls, homeless hostels, and the streets of Jackson Heights, ultimately takes him to a place he could have never predicted.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distibuted in the USA by Phase 4 Films 2009
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF PARSummary: When plans for Rita and Norman's long-awaited wedding begins falling apart days before the ceremony, their challenges inspire changes that make their wedding more meaningful. Meanwhile, Shane convinces Oliver that the team should urgently focus on finding clues to deliver a package containing a wedding dress.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hallmark Channel 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Si 11Pixies (Musical group)
Contents: Into the white -- Wave of mutilation -- There goes my gun -- Monkey gone to heaven -- Debaser -- Isla de encanta -- Bone machine -- Cactus -- Gigantic -- Gouge away -- Tame -- Down to the well -- Rock a my soul -- Hey (Live town & country May 1st '88) -- Hey (first John Peel session) -- In heaven -- Wild honey pie -- Caribou
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Speedball
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK PIXSummary: "An impassioned group of men and women risk everything for family, faith and the very future of their country--as the film's adventure unfolds against the long-hidden, true story of the 1920s Cristero War--the daring people's revolt that rocked 20th century North America. ... General Gorostieta, the retired military man who at first thinks he has nothing personal at stake as he and his wife ......
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: distributed by ARC Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FoCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD/Blu Movie ForDiaz, Julio
Summary: Introduces the battery-powered sports car, describing the unique features of the Tesla Roadster.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rourke Educational Media 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.2 DIADiaz, Madi
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Alliance Entertainment 2024
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Summary: "In When My Brother Was An Aztec, Natalie Diaz examines memory's role in human identity. Each section filters memory through specific individuals and settings. The first concentrates on a diabetic grandmother without legs and the landscape, tangible and intangible, of a Native American reservation. The second engages a brother's strife with drug-use and his unraveling of the family, the home....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Copper Canyon Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.6 DIADiaz, Von
Summary: "In this deliciously groundbreaking cookbook, Von Diaz travels across oceans and nations to honor island cooking in over 125 recipes organized by their ancestral cooking techniques. These techniques, among the oldest known to humanity, enable people to make delicious food with limited ingredients, often without modern tools or electricity"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: Told with interstitial historical chapters, fourteen-year-old Taína (Ty) must draw from the strength of her Taíno ancestors to bring her family and community hope and healing after a devastating incident.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc. 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SANSantiago, Esmeralda
Summary: "A powerful novel of family, race, faith, sex, and disaster that moves between Puerto Rico and The Bronx, revealing the lives and loves of five women and the secret that binds them together"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial USA, LLC 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 FIC SANSantiago, Esmeralda.
Summary: "Even as a young girl in nineteenth-century Spain, Ana Cubillas is drawn to the exotic island of Puerto Rico by the diaries of an ancestor who traveled there with Ponce de Leon. And in twin brothers Ramon and Inocente, both in love with Ana, she finds a way to get there: she marries Ramon and convinces the brothers that their destiny is in the remote sugar plantation they have inherited on the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SANPosteguillo, Santiago
Summary: "The runaway international bestseller - part sweeping historical epic, part legal thriller - following the trial that shaped the life of the young Julius Caesar and gave root to an immortal legacy. Every legend has a beginning. Rome, 77 B.C. Senator Dolabella, known for using violence against anyone who opposes him, is going on trial for corruption and has already hired the best lawyers and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2024
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Summary: "A powerful novel of family, race, faith, and culture that moves between Puerto Rico and the Bronx, revealing the lives and loves of five women and the secret that binds them. They refer to themselves as "las madres," a close-knit group of women who, with their daughters (las nenas), have created a family based as much on friendship as on blood ties.Their story begins in Puerto Rico in 1975...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SANSantiago, Mikel
Summary: "What starts out as an idyllic summer holiday on the Irish coast soon becomes a living nightmare with unpredictable consequences for a world-renowned composer and his family in this chilling psychological thriller. Recently divorced and in the middle of a creative crisis, Peter Harper decides to take shelter on Ireland's scenic and isolated Tremore Beach. But after he is struck by lightning one...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SANSantiago, Wilfred.
Summary: A graphic depiction of the life of Roberto Clemente that discusses his childhood, success in baseball, mission off the field, death, and other related topics.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fiction SantiagoDiaz, Natalie
Summary: "Postcolonial Love Poem unravels notions of American goodness and creates something more powerful than hope―in it, a future is built, future being a matrix of the choices we make now, and in these poems, Diaz chooses love."--Amazon.com.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Graywolf Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: 811 DIACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Poetry DiazJiménez, Santiago.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN JIMSantiago, Derick
Summary: "If you are looking to experience the joy of cocktail mixology without the bar, crowd, or booze, The Mocktail Club has you covered! As more and more people embrace the alcohol-free lifestyle, the range of mocktail recipes continues to grow. From plays on classic cocktails to mocktails to new flavor concoctions, the options are endless. The 75 creative mocktails in this book are all about fresh...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2024
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Summary: Actress Cameron Diaz opens a conversation with her peers on a topic that that for too long has been taboo in our society: the aging female body. She shares the latest scientific research on how and why we age, synthesizing insights from top medical experts with her own thoughts, opinions, and experiences. The Longevity Book explores what history, biology, neuroscience, and the women’s health...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperWave 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 DIADiaz, Cameron
Summary: After discovering the man she is dating is married, Carly Whitten, the man's wife Kate, and yet another woman he is seeing join forces to get their revenge.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Fox Home Entertainment 2014
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD OTH RATED PG-13Diaz, Lucky
Summary: When a little boy finally catches up to Paletero Josae, who has the perfect treats for a hot summer day, his pockets are empty, so the entire community bands together to help him find his dinero.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DIADíaz, Jaquira
Summary: "Jaquira Díaz writes an unflinching account of growing up as a queer biracial girl searching for home as her family splits apart and her mother struggles with mental illness and addiction. From her own struggles with depression and drug abuse to her experiences of violence to Puerto Rico's history of colonialism, every page vibrates with music and lyricism"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DIAZ, JAQUIRA DIABaca, Jimmy Santiago
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New Directions Pub. 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 BACDiva
Summary: L.A.'s sci-fi priestess is a unique talent. Los Angeles is a trip. And currently the music emanating from this West Coast dreamland are spinning heads like no others. Diva Dompe is central to this L.A. renaissance, having founded the fabulously costumed trio BlackBlack with her sister Lola; thrown down sinewy bass grooves as a member of the sadly missed Pocahaunted and grown into a key member...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Critical Heights 2011