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"El Conde de Montecristo" es una de las novelas de aventuras más famosas de todos los tiempos. Escrita por el autor francés Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) y publicada en 1844. "El Conde de Montecristo" fue un éxito comercial al momento de su publicación, gracias en parte a la acogida de otra novela reciente de Dumas, "Los Tres Mosqueteros" (1844).
La novela narra la vida de Edmundo Dantés desde que fue apresado injustamente en el castillo de If...
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“Un libro importante…Emocionalmente sobrecogedor. Alvarez nos hace un regalo cargado de rara generosidad y coraje.”—The San Diego Union-Tribune
Ellas eran lasa cuatro hermanas Mirabal—símbolos de una esperanza desafiante en un país ensombrecido por la dictadura y la desesperación. Sacrificaron sus vidas, seguras, y confortables, en nombre de la libertad....
Ellas eran lasa cuatro hermanas Mirabal—símbolos de una esperanza desafiante en un país ensombrecido por la dictadura y la desesperación. Sacrificaron sus vidas, seguras, y confortables, en nombre de la libertad....
5) Malinche
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FonoLibro se enorgullece en presentar la nueva novela de la laureada escritora mexicana Laura Esquivel, Malinche, narrada por la estrella mexicana Lucia Méndez.
Cuando Malinalli conoce a Cortés, asume que se trata del propio Dios Quetzalcóatl que regresa a liberar a su pueblo. Los dos se enamoran apasionadamente, pero este amor pronto es destruido por la desmedida sed de conquista, poder y riqueza de Cortés.
A lo largo de la historia de México...
7) Far and away
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Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
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Widescreen.
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1 DVD (140 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A poor but proud Irish tenant farmer accompanies the spoiled and headstrong daughter of a wealthy landlord to America in a quest for land.
8) Rough Riders
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
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2 DVDs (ca. 183 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A fact-based, rough and tumble western depicting a young and energetic Theodore Roosevelt leading his legendary Rough Riders in their fight against oppressive Spanish rule at the turn of the 20th century.
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Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
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Widescreen.
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1 DVD (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The hot-headed young D'Artagnan joins forces with three veteran Musketeers to prevent the villainous Cardinal Richelieu from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war.
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Distributed by Starz Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
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1 DVD (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Español
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Mexico, 1521. The Spanish army of Hernando Corte?s has swept through the New World forcing their religious beliefs on the brave Aztec people. A skillful Aztec scribe, who survived the Massacre of the Temple in 1520, spends years trying to preserve the rites and customs of his people. The Spanish army would conquer their land, but not the soul of the Aztec people.
11) 500 nations
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
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4 DVDs (372 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 CD-ROM (sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.) + 1 booklet (unpaged : col. ill. ; 18 cm.)
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English
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"500 Nations is an eight-part documentary that looks back at life in North America before the arrival of the Europeans, then follows the epic struggles of Indian Nations as the continent is reshaped by contact"--Booklet.
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Buena Vista Home Entertainment [distributor
Pub. Date
2002]
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1 DVD (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Quasimodo ventures from his tower to the joyous festival of fools, but the crowd turns cruel and rejects him because of the way he looks. The gypsy Esmeralda rescues him and he finds himself battling to save the people and the city he loves--while reminding us to see people as they are rather than how they appear.
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Excel Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
[2005]
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1 DVD (ca. 110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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When the Steed family relocates to upstate New York from their home in Vermont, religious strife threatens to destroy their close-knit relationship. The situation grows increasingly dire when both sons fall for the daughter of a wealthy merchant.
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HBO Video
Pub. Date
©2006
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6 DVDs (ca. 720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 character guide ([8] p. : color illustrations. color ports. ; 17 cm.)
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English
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Four hundred years after the founding of the Republic, Rome is the wealthiest city in the world, a cosmopolitan metropolis of one million people, epicenter of a sprawling empire. The Republic was founded on principles of shared power and fierce personal competition, never allowing one man to seize absolute control. But now, those foundations are crumbling, eaten away by corruption and excess. After eight years of war, soldiers Lucius Vorenus and Titus...
15) Che
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Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
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Widescreen.
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1 DVD (80 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Che Guevara, el joven idealista y revolucionario que luchó por los pobres y oprimidos, ha inspirado a una tras otra generación. Fascinante historia acerca de la intrépida vida del Che líder de una sangrienta rebelión socialista que sacudiría al mundo entero.
Rebel. Hero. Lover. Legend. Che has inspired generation after generation as the young idealist and revolutionary who fought for the poor and oppressed. A story about Che's fearless life...
17) Goya's ghosts
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
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Widescreen.
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1 DVD (ca. 114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Told through the eyes of celebrated Spanish painter Francisco Goya. Set against political turmoil at the end of the Spanish Inquisition and start of the invasion of Spain by Napoleon's army. Captures the essence and beauty of Goya's work which is best known for both the colorful depictions of the royal court and its people, and his grim depictions of the brutality of war and life in 18th century Spain. When Goya's beautiful muse is accused of being...
18) No end in sight
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Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
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1 DVD (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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An insider's look at the decisions that led to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq and the handling of the occupation. Based on over 200 hours of footage, the film provides a candid retelling of the events following the fall of Baghdad in 2003 by high ranking officals, as well as Iraqi civilians, American soldiers and prominent analysts. Examines the manner in which the principal errors of U.S. policy--the use of insufficient troop levels, allowing the...
19) Buffalo soldiers
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Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Standard.
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1 DVD (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Fact-based story about the all-black U.S. Cavalry Troop H, which protected the Western territories in post-Civil War times. The story focuses on the troops' attempts to capture an Apache warrior, Vittorio, who slaughters the settlers in New Mexico. The film examines the racial tensions that existed between the black soldiers and some of the white soldiers, and the truths about the Indian invaders.
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"Basada en una investigación meticulosa, esta novela narra la vida de Inés Suárez. Española de una familia pobre, Inés trabaja como costurera. Es el siglo dieciséis, y la conquista de América está apenas comenzando. Cuando un día el esposo de Inés desaparece rumbo al Nuevo Mundo, ella parte en busca de él, escapando de su vida claustrofóbica. En Perú, Inés se entera de que su esposo murió en una batalla, y muy pronto empieza una apasionada...
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