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1) Emperor
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Immediately after Emperor Hirohito's World War II surrender, General MacArthur suddenly finds himself the de facto ruler of a foreign nation. He challenges his expert on Japanese culture, General Fellers to provide evidence in ten short days to decide if the Japanese Emperor, worshipped as a god by his people but accused of war crimes, should be punished or saved, as the fate of a nation waits.
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 447 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dedicated government employee Leslie Knope and her fellow colleagues return for big laughs from the small town of Pawnee, Indiana, in the hilarious third season of Parks and Recreation. Their funny antics continue as they ramp up for their most important civic project yet: the Harvest Festival. As Leslie Knope plans, prepares and publicizes, her colleagues take on other challenges such as a crippling flu, the statewide softball tournament, and more....
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (157 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A new mockumentary that looks at the exciting world of local government. Examines the mundane but necessary ways that people interact with their government, and asks why it's frequently so complicated - standing in line at the DMV, applying for home construction permits, or trying to get the city to fix a pothole.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a gifted ghostwriter is hired to write the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang, he quickly finds himself trapped in a web of political and sexual intrigue. Lang is implicated in a scandal over his administration's harsh tactics, and as the ghostwriter digs into the politician's past, he discovers secrets that threaten to jeopardize international relations forever.
9) Control room
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A chronicle which provides a rare window into the international perception of the Iraq War, courtesy of Al Jazeera, the Arab world's most popular news outlet. Criticized by Cabinet members and Pentagon officials for reporting with a pro-Iraqi bias, and strongly condemned for frequently airing civilian casualties as well as footage of American POW's, the station has revealed (and continues to show the world) everything about the Iraq War that the Bush...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
455 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Description
"Con el informe autoritario perfeccionado a trav?s de ocho presidencias de Nixon a Obama, el autor Bob Woodward revela con un detalle sin precedentes la desgarradora vida dentro de la Casa Blanca del presidente Donald Trump y precisamente c?mo toma decisiones sobre las principales pol?ticas nacionales y extranjeras. Woodward extrae de cientos de horas de entrevistas con fuentes de primera mano, notas de reuniones, diarios personales, archivos y documentos....
Author
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
180 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
Español
Description
From Madero and Huerta to Felipe Angeles and Rodolfo Fierro, passing through Carranza, Obregón, León Toral and many other historical figures, the stories woven by Ignacio Solares unsettle, dazzle and surprise readers. In his plots, destiny delivers the shots differently from the official versions, events no longer coincide with what is commemorated, and private infernos open their doors to the public, in the event someone would dare to switch them....
14) Machuca
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
In 1973, the Chilean military, under the direction of General Augusto Pinochet and backed by the CIA, overthrew the socialist government of President Salvador Allende. Set against the background of this political instability is the story of friendship between two boys from different sides of the social spectrum.
Author
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Physical Desc
267 pages ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Description
Muchas cosas han pasado desde que algunos criticos de izquierda apodaron a Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza, Carlos Alberto Montaner y Alvaro Vargas Llosa "Los tres chiflados del liberalismo", por publicar el Manual de perfecto idiota latinamericano.
16) México engañado
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
595 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Description
En las escuelas mexicanas se incuba la mediocridad. Los actuales libros de texto gratuitos de historia deliberadamente engañan, manipulan y ocultan la realidad de lo acontecido en nuestro país, condenando a México al estancamiento. ¿Cómo avanzar si insistimos en inculcarle a las nuevas generaciones de mexicanos escandalosas mentiras redactadas en beneficio del gobierno en turno? ¿Por qué se atenta cínicamente contra los preceptos constitucionales...
18) Mohandas Gandhi
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
Español
Description
M?s informaci?n sobre Mohandas Gandhi.
Learn about Mohandas Gandhi.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
287 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Examines the rise of the drug cartels in Mexico, their effects on society, and the increase in violence since the Mexican government attempted to control the drug trade, and profiles some individuals involved on both sides of the law.
"Presenta todos los ángulos esenciales para entender la guerra más sangrienta que ha vivido México desde hace un siglo: las rutas de la droga, el lavado de dinero, las complicidades oficiales, el cambio de bando...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
351 pages ; 21 cm
Language
Español
Description
"En el Uruguay de 1977, el gobierno militar oprime a los disidentes con una fuerza brutal. En este ambiente opresivo donde los derechos personales están suspendidos, la homosexualidad es una transgresión peligrosa que debe ser castigada. Aun así, Romina, Flaca, Anita "La Venus", Paz, y Malena--cinco cantoras--se encuentran milagrosamente en Cabo Polonio, un lugar aislado que reclaman como su santuario secreto. Y este despertar se contrapone al...
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