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Criterion collection ; 1194Summary: The extraordinary story of the iconic poet, musician and folksinger Violeta Parra, whose songs have become hymns for Chileans and Latin Americans alike. Director Andres Wood traces the intensity and explosive vitality of her life, from humble origins to international fame, her defense of indigenous cultures and devotion to her art.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN VIOSummary: Freaks: A tale of love, deception, and retribution set among troupe of carnival sideshow performers, shunned by society because of their physical deformities.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: In rhyming text and illustrations explores some of the many things a leaf can be, from tree topper to rain stopper. Includes facts about leaves and a glossary.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SALCarta
Contents: Alfred M--Building bridges--Hourglass--Small lights--The likeness is undeniable--Sidereal--Santander--Descension--Prettier at night--Bank of England--Back to nature--Who killed the clerk?--The late Alfred M
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Silber records 0000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK CARParra, Jessica
Summary: As seventeen-year-old Rubi secretly juggles participating in a baking competition, improving her grades for college admission, and a newfound romance, she soon realizes she must learn how to manage her family's expectations while finding her own path.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC PARParra, John
Summary: Today Juanito is accompanying his father who is in the landscaping business, and he takes his sketchbook along to draw anything that catches his eye, and gets to help his father plan an entire garden--and then help plant it. Includes an autobiographical note.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Library Ideas, LLC 2022
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Summary: In this sequel to Adventures With Waffles, best friends Trille and Lena find their seaside escapades disrupted by a new soccer coach, who puts Lena's goalkeeping dreams on hold, and a new girl on whom Trille has a crush.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PARHassouri, Paria
Summary: "In this autobiographical narrative, an Iranian-American pediatrician and mother of three is blindsided when one of her children comes out as transgender. As the author grapples with her child's transition from male to female, she is forced to re-examineher ideas of parenting, gender, and personal identity"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New World Library 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HASSOURI, PARIA HASParra For Cuva.
Contents: Sacred feathers -- Quadrant -- Yunyun -- Ellajazz -- Little wave -- Auryn -- Darwīs̆ -- No home -- Reality -- Celestial charts -- The walk -- Syu -- U1 -- Onom.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC PARPeto, Violet
Summary: Simple text and colorful illustrations teach young readers to count from one to ten, inviting them to count the eggs of ten animals, guess their species, and lift interactive flaps to see what their hatched babies look like.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2019
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Summary: "In 1986, the teenage daughter of a wealthy family gets lost in an abandoned rubber plantation while fleeing her angry father and is forever changed by the experience. In 2009, pressed into a dangerous scheme by a former lover, a woman captures a rare two-headed cobra. And in 2011, a young, unhappy American living in Saigon with her sort-of boyfriend, disappears without a trace. Over the course...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KUPMarta
Contents: Intro -- Today -- When it's going wrong -- Nowhere -- Think of you -- Moving through water -- Swimming away -- Walking -- Czarno czarny.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC MARMarra, Anthony.
Summary: Stegner Fellow, Iowa MFA, and winner of The Atlantic's Student Writing Contest, Anthony Marra has written a brilliant debut novel that brings to life an abandoned hospital where a tough-minded doctor decides to harbor a hunted young girl, with powerful consequences. In the final days of December 2004, in a small rural village in Chechnya, eight-year-old Havaa hides in the woods when her...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishing Group 2013
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Goldstein, Darra
Summary: "100 traditional yet surprisingly modern recipes from the far northern corners of Russia, featuring ingredients and dishes that young Russians are rediscovering as part of their heritage. Russian cookbooks tend to focus on the food that was imported fromFrance in the nineteenth century or the impoverished food of the Soviet era. Beyond the North Wind explores the true heart of Russian food, a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5947 GOLGoldstein, Darra.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59 GOLBarra, Allen.
Summary: Barra exposes the uncanny parallels--and lifelong friendship--between Micky Mantle and Willie Mays, two of the greatest baseball players ever to take the field.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 920 BARMarra, Anthony
Summary: After America's entry into WWII, Maria Lagana, an associate producer at Mercury Pictures, rises through a maze of conflicting politics, divided loyalties, and jockeying positions until a man from her imprisoned father's past threatens her carefully constructed facade.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MARViolet, Mia
Summary: "This is the deeply personal and witty account of growing up as the kid who never fitted in. Transgender blogger Mia Violet reflects on her life and how at 26 she came to finally realise she was 'trans enough' to be transgender, after years of knowing she was different but without the language to understand why. From bullying, heartache and a botched coming out attempt, through to counselling,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In this offbeat comedy from Finland, Turo is stuck in a small village where the best thing is his life is being the lead vocalist for the amateur metal band Impaled Rektum. The only problem? He and his bandmates have practiced for twelve years without playing a single gig. The guys get a surprise visitor from Norway, the promoter for a huge heavy metal music festival, and decided it's now or...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HEAMarra, Anthony
Summary: "When we first meet Maria Lagana, she's rewriting scripts at Mercury Pictures, a failing Hollywood studio known for its schlock. Maria's job is to re-craft dialogue and action to circumvent the censors, a skill she's mysteriously adept at. Born in Italy, as a teenager Maria witnessed Mussolini's censors arrest her father, an event that will destroy her family and burden Maria with questions of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hogarth 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARCopies Available at East Bay
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARMarra, Anthony.
Summary: In a rural village in December 2004 Chechnya, a failed doctor Akhmed harbors the traumatized 8-year-old daughter of a father abducted by Russian forces and treats a series of wounded rebels and refugees while exploring the shared past that binds him to the child.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hogarth 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARMarra, Anthony.
Summary: A collection of interwoven tales explores themes of family, sacrifice, war, and the redemptive power of art.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hogarth 2015