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Fiction Urrea, L
Oliver La Farge - Adult 2 available
Fiction Urrea, L
Southside - Adult 2 available
Fiction Urrea, L
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2010. | First Back Bay paperback edition. | Back Bay Books | 338, 10 pages ; 21 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Adult 3 available Fiction Urrea, L Oliver La Farge - Adult 2 available Fiction Urrea, L Southside - Adult 2 available Fiction Urrea, L |
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2016 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Hachette Audio | English | Available Online
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2009 | OverDrive | Little, Brown and Company | English | Available Online
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2009 | Little, Brown and Company | English | Available Online
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Description
Nineteen-year-old Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, who journeyed to the US to find work. Recently, it has dawned on her that he isn't the only man who has left town. In fact, there are almost no men in the village — they've all gone north. While watching The Magnificent Seven, Nayeli decides to go north herself and recruit seven men — her own "Siete Magnv?ficos" — to repopulate her hometown...
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Main Library - Adult / Spanish 1 available
Fiction Urrea, L
Oliver La Farge - Adult / Spanish 1 available
Fiction Urrea, L
Southside - Adult / Spanish 1 available
Fiction Urrea, L
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2009 | 1. ed. en español. | Little, Brown & Company | 353 p. ; 21 cm. | Español | On Shelf
Main Library - Adult / Spanish 1 available Fiction Urrea, L Oliver La Farge - Adult / Spanish 1 available Fiction Urrea, L Southside - Adult / Spanish 1 available Fiction Urrea, L |
Author
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Main Library - Adult 2 available
Fiction Urrea, L
Oliver La Farge - Adult 2 available
Fiction Urrea, L
Southside - Adult 5 available
Fiction Urrea, L
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2005 | 1st Back Bay paperback ed. | Back Bay Books | 499 p. ; 21 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Adult 2 available Fiction Urrea, L Oliver La Farge - Adult 2 available Fiction Urrea, L Southside - Adult 5 available Fiction Urrea, L |
Description
When sixteen-year-old Teresita, the illegitimate daughter of a late-nineteenth-century rancher, arises from death possessing the power to heal, she is declared a saint and finds her faith tested by the impending Mexican civil war.
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Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2006 | 1. ed. en español. | Back Bay Books | 501, 12 p. : 21 cm. | Español | On Shelf
Southside - Adult / Spanish 1 available Fiction Urrea, L |
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Main Library - Adult 4 available
Fiction Urrea, L
Oliver La Farge - Adult 4 available
Fiction Urrea, L
Southside - Adult 4 available
Fiction Urrea, L
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2018] | First edition. | Little, Brown and Company | 326 pages ; 25 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Adult 4 available Fiction Urrea, L Oliver La Farge - Adult 4 available Fiction Urrea, L Southside - Adult 4 available Fiction Urrea, L |
Checked Out
1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
Publication Date | Source | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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2018 | OverDrive | Little, Brown and Company | English | Checked Out
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2018 | Little, Brown and Company | English | Checked Out
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Description
"In Urrea's exuberant new novel of Mexican-American life, 70-year-old patriarch Big Angel de la Cruz is dying, and he wants to have one last birthday blowout. Unfortunately, his 100-year-old mother, America, dies the week of his party, so funeral and birthday are celebrated one day apart. The entire contentious, riotous de la Cruz clan descends on San Diego for the events -- "High rollers and college students, prison veternaos and welfare mothers,...
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c2007 | Special ed. ; widescreen. | MGM Home Entertainment Inc | 1 videodisc (128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Southside - Media 1 available DVD Magnificent |
Description
The citizens of a small Mexican farming village hire seven gun fighters to defend them from a ruthless and exploitative group of bandits led by Calvera. As Calvera's next raid approaches, the peasants and the gun fighters work together to prepare to defend the village.
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Main Library - Media 2 available
DVD Magnificent
Oliver La Farge - Media 2 available
DVD Magnificent
Southside - Media 1 available
DVD Magnificent
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[2016] | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | On Shelf
Main Library - Media 1 available DVD Magnificent Oliver La Farge - Media 1 available DVD Magnificent Southside - Media 1 available DVD Magnificent | ||
c2007 | Special ed. | Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | On Shelf
Main Library - Media 1 available DVD Magnificent Oliver La Farge - Media 1 available DVD Magnificent |
Description
The citizens of a small Mexican farming village hire seven gun fighters to defend them from a ruthless and exploitative group of bandits led by Calvera. As Calvera's next raid approaches, the peasants and the gun fighters work together to prepare to defend the village.
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Main Library - Adult 1 available
305.86872 Mar
Oliver La Farge - Adult 1 available
305.86872 Mar
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2017]. | First edition. | Crown | xvi, 298 pages ; 25 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Adult 1 available 305.86872 Mar Oliver La Farge - Adult 1 available 305.86872 Mar |
Description
"The deeply reported story of identical twin brothers who escape El Salvador's violence to build new lives in California--fighting to survive, to stay, and to belong. Growing up in rural El Salvador in the wake of the civil war, Ernesto Flores had always had a fascination with the United States, the faraway land of skyscrapers and Nikes, while his identical twin, Raul, never felt that northbound tug. But when Ernesto ends up on the wrong side of the...
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Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2007 | Abrams | 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (chiefly col.), map ; 23 cm. | English | On Shelf
Southside - Adult 1 available 304.87 Adl |
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Main Library - Adult Graphic Novels 1 available
364.137 Led
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2017] | Mad Creek Books, an imprint of The Ohio State University Press | 117 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 x 26 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Adult Graphic Novels 1 available 364.137 Led |
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Main Library - Adult 1 available
304.873 Var
Oliver La Farge - Adult 1 available
304.873 Var
Southside - Adult 1 available
304.873 Var
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2018] | First edition. | HarperCollins Publishers | xiii, 232 pages ; 20 cm. | English | Library Use Only
Main Library - Adult 1 available 304.873 Var Oliver La Farge - Adult 1 available 304.873 Var Southside - Adult 1 available 304.873 Var |
Description
"My name is Jose Antonio Vargas. I was born in the Philippines. When I was twelve, my mother sent me to the United States to live with her parents. While applying for a driver's permit, I found out my papers were fake. More than two decades later, I am still here illegally, with no clear path to American citizenship. To some people, I am the "most famous illegal" in America. In my mind, I am only one of an estimated 11 million human beings whose uncertain...
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Main Library - Adult 1 available
364.137 Cor
Oliver La Farge - Adult 1 available
364.137 Cor
Southside - Adult 1 available
364.137 Cor
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2020] | First edition. | One World | xvii, 185 pages ; 22 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Adult 1 available 364.137 Cor Oliver La Farge - Adult 1 available 364.137 Cor Southside - Adult 1 available 364.137 Cor |
Description
"Traveling across the country, journalist Karla Cornejo Villavicencio risked arrest at every turn to report the extraordinary stories of her fellow undocumented Americans. Her subjects have every reason to be wary around reporters, but Cornejo Villavicencio has unmatched access to their stories. Her work culminates in a stunning, essential read for our times. Born in Ecuador and brought to the United States when she was five years old, Cornejo Villavicencio...
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Main Library - Adult 1 available
Fiction Luiselli, V
Oliver La Farge - Adult 1 available
Fiction Luiselli, V
Southside - Adult 2 available
Fiction Luiselli, V
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2019. | First edition. | Alfred A. Knopf | 383 pages : illustrations (some color), photographs ; 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Adult 1 available Fiction Luiselli, V Oliver La Farge - Adult 1 available Fiction Luiselli, V Southside - Adult 2 available Fiction Luiselli, V |
Checked Out
1 copy, 2 people are on the wait list.
Publication Date | Source | Edition | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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2019 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group | English | Checked Out
1 copy, 2 people are on the wait list.
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Description
"A novel about a family of four, on the cusp of fracture, who take a trip across America--a story told through varying points of view, and including archival documents and photographs"--
"From the two-time NBCC Finalist, a fiercely imaginative novel about a family's summer road trip across America -- a journey that, with breathtaking imagery, spare lyricism, and profound humanity, probes the nature of justice and equality in America today. A mother...
14) American dirt
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Main Library - Adult 1 available
Fiction Cummings, J
Oliver La Farge - Adult 1 available
Fiction Cummings, J
Southside - Adult 4 available
Fiction Cummings, J
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2020. | First U.S. edition. | Flatiron Books | 386 pages ; 25 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Adult 1 available Fiction Cummings, J Oliver La Farge - Adult 1 available Fiction Cummings, J Southside - Adult 4 available Fiction Cummings, J |
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Main Library - Media 1 available
CD spoken Mystery Cummins, J
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2020] | Unabridged. | Macmillan Audio | 14 audio discs (approximately 17 hrs.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Media 1 available CD spoken Mystery Cummins, J |
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2020 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Macmillan Audio | English | Available Online
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2020 | OverDrive | Flatiron Books | English | Checked Out
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2020 | Flatiron Books | English | Checked Out
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Oliver La Farge - Large Type 1 available
Mystery Cummins, J
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2020. | Large print edition | Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company | 661 pages (large print) : map ; 23 cm. | English | On Shelf
Oliver La Farge - Large Type 1 available Mystery Cummins, J |
Description
"También de este lado hay sueños. On this side, too, there are dreams. Lydia Quixano Perez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable. Even though she knows they'll never sell, Lydia stocks some of her all-time...
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Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2018. | First Alfred A. Knopf edition. | Alfred A. Knopf | 304 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Adult 1 available Fiction Kumar, A |
Description
"The author of the widely praised Lunch with a Bigot now gives us a remarkable novel--reminiscent of Teju Cole, W.G. Sebald, John Berger--about a young new immigrant to the U.S. in search of love: across dividing lines between cultures, between sexes, and between the particular desires of one man and the women he comes to love. The young man is Kailash, from India. His new American friends call him Kalashnikov, AK-47, AK. He takes it all in his stride:...
On Shelf
Oliver La Farge - Adult Graphic Novels 1 available
Fiction LaGuardia
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2019. | First edition. | Berger Books an imprint of Dark Horse Comics | 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm. | English | On Shelf
Oliver La Farge - Adult Graphic Novels 1 available Fiction LaGuardia |
Description
"In an alternate world where aliens have integrated with society, pregnant Nigerian-American doctor Future Nwafor Chukwuebuka has just smuggled an illegal alien plant named Letme Live through LaGuardia International and Interstellar Airport... and that's not the only thing she's hiding. She and Letme become part of a community of human and alien immigrants; but as their crusade for equality continues and the birth of her child nears, Future -- and...
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Oliver La Farge - Adult 1 available
Fiction Chai, M
Southside - Adult 1 available
Fiction Chai, M
Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2018] | Blair | 146 pages ; 21 cm | English | On Shelf
Oliver La Farge - Adult 1 available Fiction Chai, M Southside - Adult 1 available Fiction Chai, M |
Description
In the title story of this timely and innovative collection, a young woman wearing a Prada coat attempts to redeem a coupon for plastic storage bins while her in-laws are at home watching the Chinese news and taking her private phone calls. It is the lively and wise juxtaposition of cultures, generations, and emotions that characterize May-lee Chai's amazing stories. Within them, readers will find a complex blend of cultures spanning China, the Chinese...
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Publication Date | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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[2019] | Beacon Press | 74 pages ; 18 cm | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Adult 1 available 811.54 Bac |
Description
"Jimmy Santiago Baca sends us on a journey with Sophia, an El Salvadorian mother facing a mountain of obstacles, carrying with her the burden of all that has come before: her husband's murder, a wrenching separation from her young son at the border, then rape and abuse at the hands of ICE, yet persevering: "I keep walking/carrying you in my thoughts," she repeats, as she wills her boy to know she is on a quest to find him."--Back cover.
19) Americanah
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Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2013 | First edition. | Alfred A. Knopf | 477 pages ; 25 cm. | English |
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2 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
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Description
"A young woman from Nigeria leaves behind her home and her first love to start a new life in America, only to find her dreams are not all she expected"--
Author
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Main Library - Adult 2 available
Fiction Akhtar, A
Oliver La Farge - Adult 1 available
Fiction Akhtar, A
Southside - Adult 2 available
Fiction Akhtar, A
Publication Date | Edition | Publisher | Physical Description | Language | Availability | |
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2020. | First edition. | Little, Brown and Company | xx, 345 pages ; 25 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Adult 2 available Fiction Akhtar, A Oliver La Farge - Adult 1 available Fiction Akhtar, A Southside - Adult 2 available Fiction Akhtar, A |
Description
"A deeply personal work about identity and belonging in a nation coming apart at the seams, Homeland Elegies blends fact and fiction to tell an epic story of longing and dispossession in the world that 9/11 made. Part family drama, part social essay, part picaresque novel, at its heart it is the story of a father, a son, and the country they both call home"--