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1) The Aztecs
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (2 video files, approximately 100 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This two-part collection documents the rise and fall of one of the most remarkable civilizations. From the ancient Olmec and their giant carved stone heads to the magnificent pyramids of the moon and sun at Teotihuacan, the Aztecs were inheritors of thousands years of indigenous culture. Who were the Aztecs and how was their complex civilization created? How did a small army of Spanish conquistadors destroy such a powerful foe and close a chapter...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
This novel continues the stories of five interrelated families who struggle with social, political, and economic turmoil in the mid-twentieth century, during which they witness the rise of Nazi Germany, the Spanish Civil War, and the horrors of World War II. It picks up right where the first book left off, and continues up to the explosions of the American and Soviet atomic bombs. Carla von Ulrich, born of German and English parents, finds her life...
Publisher
Excel Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Circa 1939 ace city reporter Polly Perkins has noted the sudden disappearances of many of the world's most famous scientists. After the city falls under attack of giant flying robots, she decides to team up with her ex-boyfriend, aviation officer Joe 'Sky Captain' Sullivan and flys around the world in search of the evil mastermind, Dr. Totenkopf, whose plan it is to create a new world by destroying the one of today.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seven years after the Monsterpocalypse, Joel Dawson, along with the rest of humanity, has been living underground ever since giant creatures took control of the land. After reconnecting over the radio with his high school girlfriend, Aimee, who is now 80 miles away at a coastal colony, Joel begins to fall for her again. As Joel realizes that there's nothing left for him underground, he decides to venture out to Aimee, despite all the dangerous monsters...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1. ed. Vintage Español.
Physical Desc
1016 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Follows the fates of five interrelated families--American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh--as they move through the dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women's suffrage.
Sigue los destinos de cinco familias interrelacionadas--una estadounidense, una alemana, una rusa, una inglesa, y una galesa--mientras pasan por los dramas de la Primera Guerra Mundial, la Revolución Rusa, y la lucha por el sufragio femenino....
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Once upon a time, Dora and Boots went exploring in Fairytale Land. When Boots eats an enchanted banana and falls under a mean witch's spell, Dora must set out on her toughest adventure yet - she needs your help to become la Princesa Dora to save Sleeping Boots. Help her find the Dragon's Red Ring, teach the Giant's rocks to sing, turn winter into spring, and bring the moon to the Queen and King - all while watching out for the witch! Preschools will...
9) King Kong
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Young and beautiful actress Ann Darrow is from the world of 1930s vaudeville, who is down on her luck. She meets Carl Denham, an over-ambitious filmmaker, who brings her on an exploratory expedition to Skull Island where she finds compassion and the true meaning of humanity with an ape named Kong. Together, beauty and beast finally meet their fate in New York, where the filmmaker has taken and displayed the ape in the quest of finding his fame by...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
xvi, 696 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (mostly color), color portraits, maps. ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
The magisterial and enigmatic Charles V, Emperor of Europe and the New World, is the central figure in the second volume of Hugh Thomas's great history of the Spanish Empire. It begins with the return of the remnants of Magellan's expedition around the world in 1522 and ends with Charles's death in 1558.
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (400 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tremors: Two country handymen and a seismology student discover a desolate town infested with gigantic man-eating creatures that live underground.
Tremors 2: Two desert desperadoes take on the task of destroying giant underground creatures that are terrorizing Mexican oil fields.
Tremors 3: Returning home to Perfection, Nevada, Burt finds that the town has been turned into a tourist attraction, complete with simulated giant worm attacks. A phony...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The series had a simple premise: The coyote, who was very hungry, tried to catch the Road Runner, who was very fast. Wile E. would try anything to catch his prey, utilizing a wide variety of products from the Acme Company (rocket skates, giant magnets, foot springs, etc.) Regardless of the scheme, it would always backfire, and Wile E. would end up trapping, flattening, or blowing himself up.
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Primera edición, Abril de 2022.
Physical Desc
939 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Una novela histórica colosal que recrea con sólida documentación histórica y con las licencias de la ficción novelística el infructuoso rescate del Inca. El Inca Atahualpa, Señor del Principio, ha sido capturado por unos extraños barbudos que han llegado hasta Cajamarca montados en llamas gigantes y premunidos de mortales cilindros en los que habita Illapa, el dios del Trueno y el Relámpago. El Mundo de las Cuatro Direcciones se encuentra...
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