Soto, Ada Maria
Summary: "Arthur Drams works for a secret government security agency, but all he really does is spend his days in a cubical writing reports no one reads. After getting another "lateral promotion" by a supervisor who barely remembers his name, it's suggested that Arthur try to 'make friends' and 'get noticed' in order to move up the ladder. It's like high school all over again: his attempts to be...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: [Jennifer Garcia] 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SOTVarious artists
Contents: Cafúa / Nonato & Seu Conjunto -- Mar afunda / Os Novos Crioulos -- Crioula multicolorida / José Roberto -- Agora é moda / Rita Lee -- No aguento você / Trio Esperança -- 16 Toneladas (Sixteen tons) / Noriel Vilela -- Ele guenta / Chocolate da Bahia -- E necessário / Tim Maia -- Cobra criada / Joao Bosco -- Tanga / Som Três -- Uma Rosa prà dita / Os Incriveis -- Aleluia / Robson Jorge -- Jeep /...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Mr Bongo 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Set in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the film tells the story of director Mario Suarez's quest to make the ultimate tango film. Lonely after his wife (one of the film's stars) has left him, Mario must find the themes that will hold the film together, while simultaneously permitting his musicians and dancers the freedom of expression that is necessary to satisfy the tango-hungry Argentine audience....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Tristar Home Video 1999
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TANSummary: In this audacious debut feature, Joao Paulo Miranda Maria conjures a surreal image of the racial and social rifts in modern day Brazil. Cristovam, an Indigenous Black man from the rural North, moves to an industrialized Southern town populated by the descendants of Austrian ex-pats to work in a milk factory. Immediately confronted with their virulent racism, he becomes more and more estranged...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MEMSummary: Fistful of dollars: an anonymous but deadly sharpshooter rides into a lawless Mexican border town torn by war between two factions, the Baxters and the Rojos. Instead of fleeing or dying, as most other would do, the man schemes to play the two sides off each other, getting rich in the bargain.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN CLISummary: A portrait of contemporary Iran, as seen through the eyes of one woman as she drives through the streets of Tehran over a period of several days. Her journey is comprised of ten conversations with various female passengers, and shed light on the lives of these women whose voices are seldom heard.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Video 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TENSummary: No one's ever really gone. Rey's journey continues, and the Skywalker saga concludes.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE STACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI STACopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD STASummary: The Skywalker saga continues as the heroes of The Force Awakens join the galactic legends in an epic adventure. Having taken her first steps into the Jedi world, Rey joins Luke Skywalker on an adventure with Leia, Finn and Poe that unlocks mysteries of the Force and secrets of the past.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE STACopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI STACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD STACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD STA RATED PG-13Summary: This historical drama tells the story of Juana Inés de la Cruz, one of the greatest poets of the Spanish Siglo de Oro. In order to pursue her passion for writing, Juana enters the convent. There, she develops an intimate relationship with the vicereine, who inspires her poetry. But when the forces of the Inquisition invade the convent, the women have only each other to turn to.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN IAdair, Marina.
Summary: With a kidney transplant behind her, Avery Adams is determined to channel her inner adventurer and explore everything life has to offer. Only problem is, the closest she's ever come to a real-life adventure was sixth-grade science camp. So to seize the summer in her rustic Sierra Nevada town, she takes a job as a guide at the local adventure lodge. But Avery doesn't realize her biggest...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC ADASummary: Told from the perspectives of eight different Pacific Island cultures, directed by eight different female Pacific filmmakers, and starring eight different indigenous actresses as the title character, this portmanteau film about female empowerment tells the story of one fictitious woman's life in eight separate vignettes, each segment advancing a decade or so forward, deploying a single...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN VAIÁlvarez, Ana María
Summary: A showcase of sustainable living in prefab, solar, mobile and modular houses. In this book, architect Ana Maria Alvarez presents an array of the world's best sustainable residential architecture. Studying houses in many countries, she provides photographs, floor plans and elevations, mechanical schematics showing water and air circulation, and more to reveal how even the smallest home can be...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Home Build AlvarezKlein, Adria F. (Adria Fay)
Summary: City Train needs a little help to get started.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Klein, Adria F. (Adria Fay)
Summary: Many clowns in colorful costumes are riding on Circus Train.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2014
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Pre-Reader (Orange), Call number: JBR ORANGE KLEKarlsson, Adria
Summary: An older brother reacts to his younger sibling's gender transformation with compassion. Includes a note from the author.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Editions, an imprint of Capstone 2021
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KARCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KARKlein, Adria F. (Adria Fay)
Summary: Engine is looking for Passenger Car, and all his other car friends.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Rodriguez, Ana Maria
Summary: Information about the symptoms, treatment, and research on Autism spectrum disorders including Autism and Asperger syndrome.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.Machado, Ana Maria
Summary: Manny Wolf rewrites a help wanted ad, clarifying that a real wolf is needed so that a documentary can be made to show people what real wolves are like and how different they are from their big, bad fictional counterparts who've applied for the job.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MACBerglund, Bruce R.
Summary: "During World War II, a group of homesick Polish soldiers took in an orphaned bear cub and named him Wojtek. As the bear cub grew, he became friends with the soldiers, lifting their spirits as he learned to imitate them around camp. Later, Wojtek was helpful by carrying many heavy shells during a large battle in Italy. Learn how Wojtek showed his courage in battle and earned the rank of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a capstone imprint 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 BERSummary: Angela is a university student in Madrid writing her thesis about violence in the media. During her research, she comes across a shocking 'snuff' film (a film where a murder is actually committed for the camera) that has apparently been shot on the campus. Investigating further, she uncovers clues that the university's administrators may be involved in an unexplained series of student...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TESMachado, Ana Maria
Summary: A child decides to invite a few friends for a birthday party, encouraging guests to bring food and friends, but the guest list soon gets out of control and becomes the craziest, wildest party ever.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MACKlein, Adria F. (Adria Fay)
Summary: Circus Train pulls in to town, and each kind of animal is in it's own brightly colored car.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2013
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Pre-Reader (Orange), Call number: JBR ORANGE KLEKlein, Adria F. (Adria Fay)
Summary: Freight Train waits patiently while his cars are filled with cargo to carry.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2013
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Pre-Reader (Orange), Call number: JBR ORANGE KLESummary: "Yosuke Kobayashi, a detective assigned to a homicide unit, saw his wife killed by a serial killer, Shinji Nishizono. From the shock of the incident, he suffers from MPD (multiple personality disorder) and becomes Kazuhiko Amamiya. Soon after he manages to hunt down and kill his wife's murderer. Now a new series of murders have started and the suspect claimed to be Shinji Nishizono. Could it...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Eiji Ohtsuka Office/MPD Psycho Project 2000