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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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English
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"Though twelve-year-old Miguel Rivera dreams of playing guitar for the world, his family of shoemakers, who banned music generations ago, has a different future in mind for the hopeful musician. One night, Miguel's attempt to prove his musical talent finds him in the Land of the Dead--a colorful metropolis where his musical idol, Ernesto de la Cruz, lives in a sparkling hacienda. With help from a kind trickster named Héctor, Miguel aims to meet Ernesto...
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199 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
Description
Features literary critic Ilan Stavans in the role of academic-become-investigator as he tries to seek the truth about Rolando and the secret documents that reveal the mysterious sect of crypto-Jews - whose lineage is traced back to the Inquisition, and who still live today, partially concealed, in the American Southwest.
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200 pages : chiefly illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm
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English
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"A groundbreaking and timely graphic memoir from one of the most iconic figures in American sports -- and a tribute to his fight for civil rights. On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to protest racial injustice inflicted upon African Americans....
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1 volume : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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English
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"Mexico, 1952. Haunted by the death of a friend, Hellboy, the world's greatest occult detective, has become a drunken luchador for hire. But now, to save the life of an innocent young girl, he must put his own problems behind him and battle an evil hunchback, the Frankenstein monster, a werewolf, and vampire women in a madman's house of horrors"--Page 4 of cover.
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184 unnumbered pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm
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English
Description
"After witnessing her engineer father die in mysterious circumstances on one of the Cobalt Corporation's experimental oil extraction projects, Nova Terrell has grown up to hate the seemingly benevolent company that the town of Catch Creek, New Mexico, relies on for its livelihood and, thanks to the "Mother Nature" project, its clean water. Haunted by her father's death, the rebellious Nova wages a campaign of sabotage and vandalism on the oil giant's...
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xiv, 290 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 28 cm
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English
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"In 1967, in response to theatrical censorship rules that put him on the political "black list" in Mexico City and caused his plays and his pantomime classes at the School of Fine Arts to be cancelled, filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky decided to pursue a new form of artistic expression to earn his living: comics. Working with his friend Luis Spota, the editor of the cultural section of the newspaper El Heraldo de México, Jodo initially planned 3 months'...
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Nathan Hale's hazardous tales volume 9
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127 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
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English
Description
John Wesley Powell always had the spirit of adventure in him. As a young man, he traveled all over the United States exploring. When the Civil War began, Powell went to fight for the Union, and even after he lost most of his right arm, he continued to fight until the war was over. In 1869, he embarked with the Colorado River Exploring Expedition-- ten men in four boats-- to float through the Grand Canyon. Ten explorers went in, but only six came out....
9) Twin cities
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248 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm
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English
Description
Twin siblings Teresa and Fernando have a chance to go to different middle schools ... in different countries. Teresa is ready to thrive on her own, but she soon finds herself failing under the pressure of crossing the US-Mexico border every day. It's hard to balance English at school and Spanish at home. She might not have to worry about being compared to her brother anymore, but now she doesn't have his support when she could really use it. Choosing...
10) Frontera
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
Description
"As long as he remembers to stay smart and keep his eyes open, Mateo knows that he can survive the trek across the Sonoran Desert that will take him from Mexico to the United States. That is until he's caught by the Border Patrol only moments after sneaking across the fence in the dead of night. Escaping their clutches comes at a price and, lost in the desert without a guide or water, Mateo is ill-prepared for the unforgiving heat that is sure to...
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