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Cardenal, Ernesto. Ernst, Max Marina Mariza Mariza. Marta Ottaviani, Jim Pasquali, Elena.Summary: An epic adaptation of Bulwer-Lytton's novel about the final hours of residents of Pompeii before the cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino on Video 2000
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF LASSummary: "The brilliant debut by Guatemalan filmmaker Jayro Bustamante is a mesmerizing fusion of fact and fable, a dreamlike depiction of the daily lives of Kaqchikel speaking Mayans on a coffee plantation at the base of an active volcano. Immersing viewers in its characters' customs and beliefs, the film chronicles with unblinking realism, a disappearing tradition and a disappearing people."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN IXCSummary: Levi, an intellectual exiled by the Fascist government during World War II to a mountain village in southern Italy, discovers the resilience and dignity of people who live close to the land.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Facets Video 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CHRSummary: Murder, betrayal, office politics, temptation ... it's all in a day's work for Detective Salvo Montalbano. With his always loyal and sometimes effective police squad, he solves crimes in the town of Vigata, crossing paths with Mafia dons, priests, housewives, liars and saints. All the while he confronts his personal demons, which war against his professional ideals, his commitment to his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: El sombrero de tres picos. Suite no. 1 (11:00) ; Suite no. 2 (13:00) / Manuel de Falla (Orquesta de Conciertos de Madrid ; Pedro de Freitas Branco, [conductor]) -- Concierto de Aranjuez. Adagio / Joaquín Rodrigo (Ernesto Bitetti, guitar ; Orquesta de Conciertos de Madrid ; José Buenagu, [conductor]) (11:47) -- La procesión del Rocío / Joaquín Turina (Orquesta de Conciertos de Madrid ; Odón...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: EMI Classics 1991
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL MUSSummary: In one of a long series of spaghetti westerns, Lee Van Cleef stars as Clayton, a hard-as-nails gunman who is pitted against an equally tough opponent in Saxon (Horst Frank). Clayton turns out to have a softer side when he befriends a young cowboy named Newland (Peter O'Brien) who has been wrongly accused of murder. The good guys and the bad guys are almost interchangeable as the story reaches...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Arrow Video 2019
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY WESTERN GRAErnst, Max
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cameo/Abrams 1997
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.3 ERNMariza.
Contents: O silencio da guitarra -- Cavaleiro monge -- Feira de Castro -- Vielas de Alfama -- Retrato -- Fado curvo -- Menino do bairro negro -- Caravelas -- Entre o rio e a razao -- O deserto -- Primavera -- Aneis do meu cabelo.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Times Square Records 2003
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/EUROPEAN MARSummary: A fastidious composer reeling from a disastrous concert, Gustav von Aschenbach (Dirk Bogarde) travels to Venice to recover. There, he is struck by a vision of pure beauty in the form of a young boy named Tadzio (Björn Andrésen), his infatuation developing into an obsession even as rumors of a plague spread through the city. Based on the novella by Thomas Mann, this late masterpiece from Luchino...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA DEASummary: Lancelot is a ruthless and ignoble opportunist who returns from his impossibly futile mission to locate the Holy Grail, only to callously rekindle his affair with the Lady Guinevere. A non-romanticized portrait of the knights of the round table.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LANSummary: An elegy of exile and an epic immersion into the world of rural Italy during the Mussolini years, Francesco Rosi's sublime adaptation of the memoirs of the painter, physician, and political activist Carlo Levi brings a monument of twentieth-century autobiography to the screen with quiet grace and solemn beauty. Banished to a desolate southern town for his anti-Fascist views, the worldly Levi...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CHRMariza
Contents: Trigueirinha -- Quem me dera -- Amor perfeito -- Oração -- Sou (rochedo) -- É mentira -- Semente viva -- Por tanto te amar -- Nosso tempo -- Verde limão -- Quebranto -- Oi nha mãe -- Fado errado -- Fado refúgio -- Triguerinha.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Music 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/EUROPEAN MARMariza.
Summary: Master of Portugal's fado, Mariza'a debut finds her escaping with a familiar sound of her voice accompanied by her evocative guitar.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Times Square Records 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/EUROPEAN MARSummary: It centers on a family of beekeepers living in stark isolation in the Tuscan countryside. The dynamic of their overcrowded household is disrupted by the simultaneous arrival of a silently troubled teenage boy taken in as a farmhand and a reality TV show intent on showcasing the family. Both intrusions are of particular interest to the eldest daughter, who is struggling to find her footing in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WONMariza
Summary: New Best of from much-loved Portuguese Fado singer, who was a smash at the Sydney Festival in 2006 and subsequently toured Australia again in 2007 and 2009 (both times performing at the Sydney Opera House). The album features a guest appearance from recent Australian visitor Buika.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/EUROPEAN MARMariza.
Contents: Loucura -- Medo -- Maria Lisboa -- Montras -- Há uma música do povo -- Menino do bairro negro -- Meu fado meu -- Duas lágrimas de orvalho -- Cavaleiro monge -- Recusa -- Há palavras que nos beijam -- Feira de Castro -- Desejos vãos -- Primavera -- Chuva -- Ó gente da minha terra.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Times Square Records 2007
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/EUROPEAN MARSummary: A continuation of the very popular Very Christmas series conveying a festive spirit from the place where many Christmas traditions were invented. A delightful and unpredictable collection redolent of candle-lit trees, St. Nikolaus, gingerbread, the Christkindl, roast goose and red cabbage, Gugelhopf and stollen cakes, accompanied by plenty of schnapps.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New Vessel Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VEROttaviani, Jim
Summary: Introduces the lives and work of three eminent primatologists, sharing insights into their educations under mentor Louis Leakey while exploring their pivotal contributions to twentieth-century natural science.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Square Fish, First Second 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Back in the late '80s, Randy 'The Ram' Robinson was a headlining professional wrestler. Now, decades past his prime, he barely gets by working small wrestling shows in VFW halls and as a part-time grocery store employee. He faces health problems that may end his wrestling career and is attempting to come to terms with his life outside the ring. He wants to reconcile with the daughter he...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2009
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA WREMarta
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 MARSummary: A detective gives a ride to a half-naked girl, who is abruptly killed by thugs. Almost killed himself, the detective tries to solve the murder.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2001
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Twelve years afte the events in Frank Herbert's Dune, Maud'Dib--Arrakis emperor Paul Atreides--has become the unintended figurehead of a violent dictatorship, and his enemies are multiplying. Vanishing into the desert, he waits as destiny shapes his twin heirs Leto II and Ghanima, who must contend with their scheming aunt Alia while Princess Wensicia, of the enemy House Corrino, plots her own...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Entertainment 2003
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Place a hold to request this item.Cardenal, Ernesto.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Curbstone Press 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 861 CARPasquali, Elena.
Summary: A classic book of gentle and reassuring bedtime prayers in a picture book format, this collection offers prayers that are simple with a traditional feel, taking the child through the night and into the next day. Illustrated with peaceful pictures and plenty of cozy scenes, this book is just the right size for parent and child to share together, making it ideal for introducing prayer as a part...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lion UK 2013