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Blacks Caribbean Area Politics and government Folk-songs, Spanish Latin America Guevara, Che 1928-1967 Internationalists United States History Latin America Latin America Relations United States Latin America Social life and customs Juvenile literature Popular music United States Relations Latin America World music Latin AmericaThong, Roseanne
Summary: Rhyming text details the rituals and traditions of the Latin American holiday, including decorating altars, visiting graves, and dressing up for the parade.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 394.2 THOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE THO (BASKET)Hernandez, Jessica
Summary: "An Indigenous environmental scientist breaks down why western conservationism isn't working--and offers Indigenous models informed by case studies, personal stories, and family histories that center the voices of Latin American women and land protectors"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Atlantic Books 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "The World Today Series: Latin America offers the latest available economic, demographic, political, and cultural information. Including solid statistical data expressing freedom, violence, and governmental orientation. Consideration is given to the evolving relationships with the United States and other Latin American nations. Revisions have also addressed new historical interpretations, for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 980 LATSummary: Connected By Coffee tells the story of Latin American coffee farmers and how our daily brew is deeply connected to the region's troubled past and hopeful future. Following a 1000-mile journey from Mexico to Nicaragua, the film shows how equitable trading relationships are helping empower communities and take a step towards social justice. On every step of the film s journey we see the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CONHagerty, Alexa
Summary: "An anthropologist working with forensic teams and victims' families to investigate crimes against humanity in Latin America explores what science can tell us about the lives of the dead in this haunting account of grief, the power of ritual, and a quest for justice. "Exhumation can divide brothers and restore fathers, open old wounds and open the possibility of regeneration-of building...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown, an imprint of Random House 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.9 HAGVarious artists
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sublime Frequencies 2007
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN LATMorlock, Rachael
Summary: "Latin America is a region that consists of 13 dependencies and 20 countries including Argentina and Brazil. Because of the area's wide breadth, diverse geography, and unique colonization patterns, there are many distinct sub-cultures that all offer a different perspective on life in the region. Along with eye-catching full-color images, this book's informative narrative examines these many...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 980 MORSeñor Coconut.
Contents: Introducción -- Showroom dummies -- Trans Europe Express -- The robots -- Neon lights -- Autobahn -- Homecomputer -- Tour de France -- The man machine -- Music non stop.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: New State 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SENSummary: Examines the myth and reality of Che Guevara including his friendship with Castro, his world travels, his days as guerilla leader and his death at age 39.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 1997
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CHELoya, Olga.
Summary: A bilingual collection in English and Spanish of fairy tales from Latin America. The 15 entries include Mayan and Aztec versions of the creation of the world. Fifteen stories, full of momentos magicos and presented in equally vibrant English and Spanish, include tales of the supernatural, of animals and tricksters, of strong women, and myths. In stories from Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Puerto...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: August House 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 LOYSummary: "Fifteen original short stories from YA superstars featuring the monsters of Latine myths and legends"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Melodic, uplifting Latin and African songs are the essence of this musical journey. Grab a cup of coffee, sit back, and enjoy this beautiful music from the coffee lands"--Container.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/WORLDBEAT PUTBenson, Elizabeth P.
Summary: "Categorization of animals by domesticated, hunted, anomalous, birds, amphibians and reptiles, fish, crustaceans, and mollusks reveals common themes among depictions from Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Florida 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 BensonDaddy Yankee.
Contents: Jefe -- En sus marcas listos fuera -- Cambio -- Fuera de control -- Impacto -- Ella me levanto -- A lo clásico -- Bring it on (ft. Akon) -- Who's your daddy? -- Celular -- Ven Damelo -- Papi lover (ft. Nicole Scherzinger) -- Que paso! -- Mensaje de estado -- Tensión (ft. Hector 'el Father') -- Soy lo que soy -- Coraza Divina -- Hope on a plane to PR (ft. Will.i.am) -- Me quedaría -- Todos...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Interscope Records 2007
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RAP DADElys, Dori
Summary: "With vibrant illustrations and flaps die-cut to look like papel picado, the intricately designed sheets of tissue paper, this joyful board book teaches young ones how to honor loved ones around us and those who have passed on."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD ELYLabrecque, Ellen
Summary: "Viva la revolucion! Find out how Che Guevara--a doctor turned communist leader and much more than a face on a T-shirt--ended up paying the ultimate price for his cause. His very image has become associated with a spirit of rebellion, but Ernesto Guevara--known around the world simply as Che--didn't dream of becoming a revolutionary. Author Ellen Labrecque takes readers on a journey through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GUERomo Edelman, Claudia
Summary: "Meet the Queen of Salsa, Celia Cruz-once just a girl from Havana, Cuba, who loved to sing. Her soulful voice, compelling charm, and unstoppable determination led to her meteoric rise to fame, opening the door for Latinx performers everywhere. Her booming career took her from the Sonora Matancera to the Fania All-Stars, with the rising popularity of salsa, a genre born of Afro-Cuban musical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CRUGuevara, Ernesto
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 980.035 GUEContents: El carretero (Barrio Cubano de Ronald Rubinel) (3:41) -- Salsita (Sin Palabras) (4:02) -- Linda manigua (Sidestepper) (3:53) -- El estuche (Los Aterciopelados) (3:22) -- Soy callejero (Los Mocosos) (4:35) -- Chan chan (El Conjunto Massalia) (4:37) -- Latin flavour (Funkanzazenji) (3:10) -- Bizcocho amargo (Si Se) (4:17) -- Yorulamento (Supatone) (3:01) -- Sensemaya (Carlos de Nicaragua &...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Putumayo World Music 2002
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN PUTHernandez, Jaime
Summary: "A collection of three Latin American folktales retold in graphic novel form"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: TOON Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 HEROrtiz, Paul
Summary: "Spanning more than two hundred years, An African American and Latinx History of the United States is a revolutionary, politically charged narrative history, arguing that the "Global South" was crucial to the development of America as we know it. Scholar and activist Paul Ortiz challenges the notion of westward progress as exalted by widely taught formulations such as "manifest destiny" and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.9 ORTBonello, Deborah
Summary: "Drug transporters. Money launderers. Killers. Street drug vendors. Weapons traffickers. Kidnappers. Extortionists. VICE journalist Deborah Bonello reports from the trenches in this first-ever in-depth exploration of the hidden power women wield in Latin American drug cartels"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Offers a selection of traditional children's songs, chants, and rhymes from a variety of Latin American countries, with lyrics in Spanish and English translation, and music arranged for piano, voice, and guitar.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 1999