Salvayre, Lydie
Summary: De stellingname van de Franse schrijver Georges Bernanos (1888-1948) en de herinneringen van een oude Catalaanse vrouw schilderen de Spaanse burgeroorlog.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Éditions du Seuil 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 468 SAL FRENCHMontañés, Mónica
Summary: "During the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath, siblings Soccoro and Paco must live with constant secrets while they wait to reunite with their father, who fled Spain due to political persecution."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MONMariconda, Barbara.
Summary: "Set during the turmoil of the Spanish Civil War, sixteen-year-old Drina yearns to dance flamenco. When she dances, she forgets who she is. She forgets what seems to be her legacy: I am nothing. I belong nowhere. Why does her mother forbid her to dance, the very thing that makes her feel alive? She wonders about the secrets her mother holds, about the rumored life she had before Drina was...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC MARFellowes, Jessica
Summary: "1937. War with Germany is dawning, and a civil war already rages in Spain. Split across political lines, the six Mitford sisters are more divided than ever. Meanwhile their former maid, Louisa Cannon Sullivan, is now a private detective, working with her ex-policeman husband Guy Sullivan. Louisa and Guy are surprised when a call comes in from novelist Nancy Mitford requesting that they look...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC FELAllende, Isabel
Summary: "In the late 1930s, civil war gripped Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the mountains to the French border. Among them is Roser, a pregnant young widow, who finds her life irreversibly intertwined with that of Victor Dalmau, an army doctor and the brother of her deceased...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Allende 2020Sepetys, Ruta
Summary: Madrid, 1957. Under the fascist dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, Spain is hiding a dark secret. Meanwhile, tourists and foreign businessmen flood into the country under the welcoming guise of sunshine and wine. Among them is eighteen-year-old Daniel Matheson, the son of a Texas oil tycoon, who arrives in Madrid with his parents hoping to connect with the country of his mother's birth...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SEPFollett, Ken.
Summary: This novel picks up right where the first book left off, as its five interrelated families, American, German, Russian, English, Welsh, enter a time of enormous social, political, and economic turmoil, beginning with the rise of the Third Reich, through the Spanish Civil War and the great dramas of World War II, up to the explosions of the American and Soviet atomic bombs. Carla von Ulrich,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2012
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC FOLFollett, Ken.
Summary: This novel picks up right where the first book left off, as its five interrelated families, American, German, Russian, English, Welsh, enter a time of enormous social, political, and economic turmoil, beginning with the rise of the Third Reich, through the Spanish Civil War and the great dramas of World War II, up to the explosions of the American and Soviet atomic bombs. Carla von Ulrich,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Follett 2012Pawel, Rebecca
Summary: Rising to the position of sergeant in the Guardia Civil, young law student Tejada works to impose order in the ruins of Madrid when his best friend is found murdered, and in the wake of unlikely suspects, he finds himself seeking justice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PAWCercas, Javier
Summary: "From the internationally renowned author of The Impostor, a courageous journey into his own family history and that of a country collapsing from a fratricidal war--his most moving, most personal book, one he has spent his entire life preparing to write. Javier Cercas grew up hearing the legend of his adored great-uncle Manuel Mena, who died at nineteen in the bloodiest battle of the Spanish...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CERWilson, Kip
Summary: "Tells the story of Gerda Taro, a headstrong photojournalist with a passion for capturing the truth amid political turmoil and the first woman photojournalist killed in combat"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WILMcLain, Paula
Summary: "In 1937, twenty-eight-year-old Martha Gellhorn travels alone to Madrid to report on the atrocities of the Spanish Civil War and becomes drawn to the stories of ordinary people caught in the devastating conflict. It's the adventure she's been looking for and her chance to prove herself a worthy journalist in a field dominated by men. But she also finds herself unexpectedly--and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction McLain 2018Burton, Jessie
Summary: Odelle Bastien, a Caribbean emigre living in London in 1967, discovers a painting rumored to be the work of Isaac Robles, a young artist of immense talent and vision whose mysterious death has confounded the art world for decades. As she tries to sort through the conflicting stories of its discovery, she does not know who to believe, including her art gallery colleague, Marjorie Quick. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Burton 2016Gordon, Mary
Summary: "From the award-winning, much loved writer: a deeply moving novel about an American woman's place during the Spanish Civil War, the lessons she took from it, and how her story will shape her granddaughter's path. Marian cut herself off from her conservative, wealthy Irish Catholic family when she volunteered during the Spanish Civil War--experiences she has always kept to herself. Now in her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GORAronson, Marc
Summary: Recounts the achievements of photojournalism pioneers Robert Capa and Gerda Taro as they captured the tragedies of the Spanish Civil War and documented the fight against Facism.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 770 AROSummary: The development of the arts in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern era is an astonishing record of cultural achievement, from the breathtaking architecture of Gothic cathedrals to the daring visual experiments of the Cubist painters. We all have our favorite artists, periods, or styles from this immensely rich tradition, but how many of us truly know the full sweep of European art? How...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 HISSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Orwell, George
Summary: Orwell's personal account of his experiences and observations in the Spanish Civil War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Will Johnson & Dog's Tail Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 946 ORWAllende, Isabel
Summary: Sponsored by the poet Pablo Neruda to flee the violence of the Spanish Civil War, a pregnant widow and an army doctor unite in an arranged marriage only to be swept up by the early days of World War II.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC ALLAllende, Isabel
Summary: "In the late 1930s, civil war gripped Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the mountains to the French border. Among them is Roser, a pregnant young widow, who finds her life irreversibly intertwined with that of Victor Dalmau, an army doctor and the brother of her deceased...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2020
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC ALLAllende, Isabel
Summary: "In the late 1930s, civil war grips Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the mountains to the French border. Among them is Roser, a pregnant young widow, who finds her life intertwined with that of Victor Dalmau, an army doctor and the brother of her deceased love. In order to...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020