Summary: A Victorian-era, coming-of-age series that follows the free-spirited, orphaned Emily, whose vivid imagination and romantic nature clash with her strict adoptive family.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Emily 2010Vallejo, César
Summary: Throughout his life, César Vallejo (1892–1938) focused on human suffering and the isolation of people victimized by inexplicable forces. One of the great Spanish language poets, he merged radical politics and language consciousness, resulting in the first examples of a truly new world poetry. The Black Heralds is Vallejo’s first book and contains a wide range of poems, from love sonnets in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Latin American Literary Review Press 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 VALSummary: The computer who wore tennis shoes : Dexter Riley, a handsome but bumbling Medfield College student, accidentally becomes The Computer Who Knew Too Much when he is transformed into a genius after an electrifying computer mishap. Dexter now poses a threat to a local gangster's dangerous gambling operation as the new intellect becomes a pawn in the tug-of-war between the greedy college deans and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney DVD 2010
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY COMAira, César
Summary: "In César Aira's new novel, Fulgentius, a sixty-seven-year-old imperial Roman general-"Rome's most illustrious and experienced"-is sent to pacify the remote province of Pannonia. He is a thoughtful, introspective person, a saturnine intellectual who greatly enjoys being on the march away from his loving family, and the sometimes deadly intrigues of Rome. Fulgentius is also a playwright (though...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Directions Publishing Corporation 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AIRVillalobos, Ricardo.
Contents: Reblop -- Recat -- Resvete -- Retimeless -- Reemergence -- Reblazhenstva -- Reannounce -- Recurrence -- Requote -- Replob -- Reshadub -- Rebird -- Retikhiy -- Rekondakion -- Rensenada -- Resole -- Redetach.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: ECM 2011
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC VILSummary: 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 CLIAira, César
Summary: "An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter is the story of a moment in the life of the German artist Johann Moritz Rugendas (1802-1858). Greatly admired as a master landscape painter, he was advised by Alexander von Humboldt to record the spectacular landscapes of Chile, Argentina, and Mexico. Rugendas did in fact become one of the best of the nineteenth-century European painters to venture...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Directions 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AIRLozano, César
Summary: "Esta es una obra en la que el Dr. César Lozano nos exhorta a valorar lo que tenemos; es un reconocimiento de que nuestra vida es breve y pasajera pero que, para aquellos que tenemos esperanza, siempre nos lleva al verdadero despertar. ¡Despierta!... que la vida sigue ofrece valiosas fórmulas y técnicas que te sacudirán para que no te quedes enredado en tus problemas y disfrutes de los mejores...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aguilar 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 LOZSummary: Published in 1554, The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes introduced a new genre of writing, the picaresque. This classic, award-winning adaptation of the anonymous masterpiece tells the story of the young and constantly hungry protagonist, Lazaro, whose worldly education on the road through a series of masters presents a sly, often comical critique of 16th-century Spain.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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García Hernández, César Cuauhtémoc
Summary: "An in-depth look at the imprisonment of immigrants addressing the intersection of immigration and the criminal justice system"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 325.73 GARVillalobos, Juan Pablo
Summary: Award-winning Mexican author Juan Pablo Villalobos explores illegal immigration with this emotionally raw and timely nonfiction book about ten Central American teens and their journeys to the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Magazines, Call number: YA 305.235 VILSummary: This vintage dramatization of La Celestina-arguably the most influential work of the early Renaissance in Spain-places the spotlight squarely on Celestina, an old bawd who dominates the story's action. Recruited by Calisto to help him seduce a young woman named Melibea, she becomes the center of a plot that begins in comedy and ends in tragedy. Attributed to Fernando de Rojas, La Celestina is...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Millan, Cesar.
Summary: In this book the author, a well-known dog trainer takes on the topic of training for the first time, by explaining the importance of balance as the foundation for a healthy relationship between you and your dog. In order to provide a variety of training options, he calls upon some of the foremost experts in the field to offer their advice so that you can find the perfect approach that works for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Archetype 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 636.7 MILVillalobos, Juan Pablo
Summary: What Tochtli wants more than anything right now is a pygmy hippopotamus from Liberia for his private zoo. But Tochtli is growing up in his drug baron father's luxury hideout, shared with hit men and dealers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VILSummary: Cleopatra tries to increase her power with help from the Roman Empire. Both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony fall for her. After Caesar's death Cleopatra seduces Mark Antony, but the couple soon face certain doom.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CLEMillan, Cesar
Summary: Looks at the positive effects that having and training dogs has on their owners, and shares personal stories of how the dogs in his life have given him important lessons in respect, confidence, resilience, and authenticity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2017
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Summary: After more than 9 seasons as TV's Dog Whisperer, Cesar Millan has a new mission: to use his unique insights about dog psychology to create stronger, happier relationships between humans and their canine companions. Both inspirational and practical, A Short Guide to a Happy Dog draws on thousands of training encounters around the world to present 98 essential lessons. Taken together, they will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2013
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Millan, Cesar.
Summary: Presents advice, tips, and techniques for raising a puppy, addressing a range of common concerns from selecting a compatible breed and meeting health needs to housebreaking essentials and achieving ideal behavior.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 636.7 MILMillan, Cesar.
Summary: Brimming with practical tips and techniques, "A Member of the Family" addresses the most common issues and questions that emerge over the course of a person's lifetime relationship with a dog, explaining what it takes to be a good dog owner. From choosing the right dog for your particular family's needs to setting the rules of the house to finding a quality veterinarian and monitoring your...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 MilSummary: "A bourgeois woman is driving alone on a dirt road when she becomes distracted and runs over something. In the days following this jarring incident, she becomes dazed and emotionally disconnected from the people and events in her life. She becomes obsessed with the possibility that she may have killed someone. The police confirm that there were no accidents reported in the area and everything...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Strand Releasing Home Video 2009
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HEAMillan, Cesar.
Summary: Learn what goes on inside your dog's mind and develop a positive, fulfilling relationship with your best friend. "Dog Whisperer" Cesar Millan is America's most sought-after dog-behavior expert, but he is not a trainer in the traditional sense--his expertise lies in his ability to comprehend dog psychology. Tracing his own journey from a clay-walled farm in Mexico to the celebrity palaces of Los...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2006
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 636.7 MILCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 MilRoden, Cesar
Summary: Meet the hottest ices in town: 50 artisanal ice pops, lovingly made with fresh fruit and bursting with spices, herbs, coffee, chocolate, and nuts! Along with their unique recipes, authors Nadia and Cesar Roden—an aunt-and-nephew team—give fun techniques for working with molds, choosing sticks, creating stripes and swirls, suspending ingredients, and adding decorations. The lusciously lickable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Epicurem 2015