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1) Claudine
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1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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While struggling to support herself and her six children in Harlem by working as a maid for a wealthy family, Claudine meets a charming garbage man, Roop. But although Roop is smitten with the lovely single mother, his own life trials make him slow to respond to her invitation to a lifetime of love.
2) Friday
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1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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On a typical day in South Central Los Angeles two buddies need to settle a $200 debt, but in their efforts to come up with the money they encounter the distractions and obstacles of family, friends, and neighbors.
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635 pages ; 19 cm.
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Español
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In this Spanish-language translation of Ellison's famous work, "the nameless narrator ... describes growing up in a black community in the South, attending a Negro college from which he is expelled, moving to New York and becoming the chief spokesman of the Harlem branch of 'the Brotherhood, ' and retreating amid violence and confusion to the basement lair of the Invisible Man he imagines himself to be"--Amazon.com.
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247 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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Español
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Durante la Gran Depresión, Bud, un niño que tiene 10 años, se escapa de su familia adoptiva y va en búsqueda de su padre. Bud cree que su padre es un gran músico.
Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids.
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1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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During a trip to the picturesque snowcapped mountains in Colorado, eight married college friends have gathered for their annual seven-day reunion. But the cozy mood is shattered when the group comes face-to-face with one pair's infidelity. As secrets are revealed, each couple begins questioning the validity of their own marriage. Over the course of the weekend, husbands and wives take a hard look at their lives, wrestling with issues of commitment,...
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1 videodisc (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Recounts the aftermath of the murder of Henry Marrow, a 23-year-old African-American Vietnam veteran who was killed by a prominent white businessman and his grown sons in Oxford, North Carolina. Responding to the crime and the sham trial that followed, many young African-American men took to the streets, engaging in riots and vandalism. Marrow's cousin, Benjamin Chavis, decided that the best way to protest the government was a peaceful march on the...
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1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A drama of forced high school integration in Alexandria, Virginia in 1971. After leading his team to fifteen winning seasons, white football coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by African-American Herman Boone, tough, opinionated and as different from Yoast as could be. The two men overcome their differences and turn a group of hostile young men into champions. A rousing celebration of how a town torn apart by resentment, friction and mistrust...
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64 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 25 cm.
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English
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A biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., a minister who advocated and practiced non-violent civil disobedience to protest prejudice, segregation, and discrimination based on color in the United States.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 cm
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English
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"Conocido por sus contribuciones al graffiti y al neoexpresionismo, Jean-Michel Basquiat se convirtió en uno de los nombres más jóvenes del mundo del arte. El prodigio haitiano-puertorriqueño usó sus obsesivos garabatos y diseños de calaveras para pintar su legado a través de Nueva York. Los padres descubrirán que este libro de biografía sobre Basquiat es una historia alentadora para sus pequeños que esperan expresarse a través de la creatividad,...
10) Volver a casa
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379 pages ; 23 cm
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Español
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Effia y Esi nacen en Ghana durante el momento algido del comercio de esclavos a traves del Atlantico. Comparten la misma madre, pero sus padres pertenecen a dos grupos etnicos diferentes, los fante y los asantes, ambos victimas, pero tambien complices, de los colonos britanicos que se dedican a la trata de personas. A las dos hermanas les aguardan destinos opuestos. En catorce capitulos magistralmente enlazados, la escritora narra la historia de las...
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55 pages ; 19 cm
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Español
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"Ante la mirada de un mundo sobrecogido tras la invasión del Capitolio de los Estados Unidos, Amanda Gorman tomó la palabra a continuación del presidente Joe Biden. Era la poeta más joven que recitaba en una ceremonia de investidura, como antes lo hicieron Robert Frost o Maya Angelou, y cautivó a millones de personas que veían en ella la luz de una esperanza, y en los versos de La colina que ascendemos la inauguración de una nueva era."--
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15) Jugo fresco
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm
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Español
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Art and his dad venture to their local farmer's market to find fresh ingredients to make a juice that will help Dad overcome his cold, and learn that staying healthy takes carrots, collards, cayenne, and community. Includes recipe for cold-clobbering juice.
16) Pulpo guisado
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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Español
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"The octopus Grandma is cooking has grown to titanic proportions. ¡Tenga cuidado! Ramsey shouts. Be careful! But it's too late. The octopus traps Grandma! Ramsey must use both art and intellect to free his beloved abuela. Then the story takes a surprising twist. And it can be read two ways. Open the fold-out pages to find Ramsey telling a story to his family. Keep the pages folded, and Ramsey's octopus adventure is real. This beautifully illustrated...
17) Amor de pelo
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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Español
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El pelo de Zuri le permite ser ella misma. Se enrolla o se riza para convertirse en una corona de princesa o una capa de superhéroe. ¡Pero un día súperespecial necesita un peinado súperespecial! Peine en mano, papá le ayuda a Zuri a encontrar el look perfecto. Amor de pelo celebra los rizos que son solo tuyos, el lazo entre padres e hijas y la alegría que te llena cuando puedes expresarte libremente.
Zuri's hair lets her be herself. In rolls...
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1 videodisc (approximately 106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
The story of the 'Fighting 99th' - the first squadron of black American pilots to be allowed to fight for their country. It is 1943 and the U.S. is suffering huge losses on the ground and in the air. Four newly recruited pilots are united by a desire to serve their country, at a time when black flyers were not welcomed in the Air Force. Now, the "Tuskegee Airmen" must undertake the riskiest mission of their lives and to prove to America that courage...
20) 12 years a slave
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English
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Based on the true story of Solomon Northup. It is 1841, and Northup, an accomplished, free citizen of New York, is kidnapped and sold into slavery. Stripped of his identity and deprived of all dignity, Northup is ultimately purchased by ruthless plantation owner Edwin Epps and must find the strength within to survive. Filled with powerful performances by an astonishing cast including Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Brad...
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