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"In Buenos Aires, Art and culture critic James Gardner offers a colorful biography of the "Paris of the South," from its origins and time as a colonial city, through its Golden age, the rise of Peron, and the Falklands War, to the present day. With entertaining asides about art, architecture, literature, food and dance, as well as local customs and colorful personalities, this is a rich and unique historical narrative of Buenos Aires"--Amazon.com....
2) Argentina
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32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm.
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Describes the history, geography, people, and customs of the South American country, Argentina.
3) Argentina
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144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm.
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Discusses the history, geography, and people of Argentina as well as the country's rich culture and traditions and its beautiful natural areas.
4) Argentina
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61 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm.
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"The Wind That Lays Waste begins in the great pause before a storm. Reverend Pearson is evangelizing across the Argentinian countryside with Leni, his teenage daughter, when their car breaks down. This act of God or fate leads them to the workshop and home of an aging mechanic called Gringo Brauer and a young boy named Tapioca. As a long day passes, curiosity and intrigue transform into an unexpected intimacy between four people: one man who believes...
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"In 1981, a young father and son set out on a road trip across Argentina, devastated by the mysterious death of the wife and mother they both loved. United in grief, the pair travels to her family home near Iguazú Falls, where they must confront the horrific legacy she has bequeathed. For the woman they are grieving came from a family like no other -- a centuries-old secret society called the Order that pursues eternal life through ghastly rituals....
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324 pages ; 25 cm
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"A global manhunt sweeps up a former federal agent when his childhood friend becomes the chief suspect in a terrorist rampage. His hazardous stint in U.S. law enforcement behind him, Valentine Pescatore has started over as a private investigator in Buenos Aires. Then he runs into a long-lost friend: Raymond Mercer, a charismatic, troubled singer who has converted to Islam. After a terrorist attack kills hundreds, suspicion falls on Raymond--and Pescatore....
9) Argentina
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1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Three-time Academy Award nominee Carlos Saura's latest foray into the music of Argentina explores the heart of traditional Argentine folklore and its stunning musical heritage, from traditional styles to modern dance.
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"Se acerca el confinamiento de 2020 y el protagonista siente la tentación de retirarse a su cabaña en las afueras de Buenos Aires para hacer frente desde allí a lo que pueda venir. Mientras espera, cultiva un jardín con todo tipo de plantas y flores. Su amor por la naturaleza le lleva a indagar en la formación del pensamiento científico, el nacimiento de la botánica y la gran aventura de las expediciones europeas del siglo xviii. Al mismo tiempo,...
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xxx, 149 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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"Reprint, with minor changes, of the 1955 translation of Gerchunoff's 1910 classic volume about Jewish immigrants in rural Argentina. Twenty-six vignettes, with some inter-related characters, tell stories of customs, love, death, religion, prejudice, and assimilation. Skillful translation captures bilingual (Spanish-Yiddish) flavor of original. Stavans' essay provides useful historical and literary background"--Handbook of Latin American Studies,...
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1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Explores the unspoiled wilderness of Tierra del Fuego, an island at the southern tip of Patagonia in South America. Shows the Magellanic penguins, elephant seals, right whales, and guanacos, who inhabit this stark, wind-whipped wilderness. Looks at the challenges they and their homeland face from human actions.
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1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Zay Harding takes the road trip of a lifetime on one of the longest and most spectacular highways in the world, Argentina's Ruta 40, often called La Mitica Ruta 4,0 or the Mythical Route 40. Running the entire length of the country, from the border with Bolivia to the southern tip of Patagonia and along the edge of the Andes mountains, Zay completes a 3,000 mile journey from north to south across the entire country.
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1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Patagonia, 1960. A German doctor meets an Argentine family and follows them to a small town where the family will be starting a new life. The family welcomes the doctor into their home and entrusts their young daughter to his care, unaware that he is a notorious war criminal. At the same time, Israeli agents are desperately looking to bring "the German doctor" to justice.
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158 pages ; 23 cm
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"El calor agobia en el monte chaqueño. ¿Lloverá? Varados por una falla mecánica, el reverendo Pearson y su hija Leni esperan pacientes que el Gringo Bauer y Tapioca, el chico que hace años han dejado a su cuidado, pueda repararla para seguir camino. En ese cementerio de autos desmantelados y chatarra agrícola, los adolescentes pasan el rato y los adultos conversan sobre sus propias vidas. El encuentro inesperado cambiará a todos. Padres de...
18) Tango
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1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Set in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the film tells the story of director Mario Suarez's quest to make the ultimate tango film. Lonely after his wife (one of the film's stars) has left him, Mario must find the themes that will hold the film together, while simultaneously permitting his musicians and dancers the freedom of expression that is necessary to satisfy the tango-hungry Argentine audience. Things become complicated when Mario falls in love with...
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