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"It is November 25, 1960, and three beautiful sisters have been found dead near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. The official state newspaper reports their death as accidental. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Nor does it explain that the sisters were among the leading opponents of Gen. Rafael Leonidas Trujillo's dictatorship. It doesn't have to. Everybody knows of Las...
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Ellas eran las cuatro hermanas Mirabal-simbolos de una esperanza desafiante en un pais ensombrecido por la dictadura y la desesperacion. Sacrificaron sus vidas, seguras, y confortables, en nombre de la libertad. Ellas eran "las Mariposas," y en esta novela extraordinaria, Patria, Minerva, Maria Teresa, y Dede nos cuentan, a traves de las decadas, sus propias historias. Desde anecdotas sobre lazos para el pelo y secretos enamoramientos al contrabando...
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A Study Guide for Julia Alvarez's "In the Time of the Butterflies," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.
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Ellas eran las cuatro hermanas Mirabal-simbolos de una esperanza desafiante en un pais ensombrecido por la dictadura y la desesperacion. Sacrificaron sus vidas, seguras, y confortables, en nombre de la libertad. Ellas eran "las Mariposas," y en esta novela extraordinaria, Patria, Minerva, Maria Teresa, y Dede nos cuentan, a traves de las decadas, sus propias historias. Desde anecdotas sobre lazos para el pelo y secretos enamoramientos al contrabando...
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MGM Home Entertainment
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[2002]
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English
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An idealistic young woman falls for a rebel leader and takes on a murderous dictator. Today, November 25 is observed in many Latin American countries as the International Day Against Violence Towards Women. This is based on the story of the Mirabal sisters, whose deaths became the final blow to the regime of Leonidas Trujillo, who was assassinated six months later.
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Scarlett O'Hara is the daughter of a wealthy southern plantation owner. Ashley is the love of her life, but he is going to marry his cousin Melanie Hamilton. At a barbecue at Twelve Oaks, Scarlett meets Rhett Butler. News of the Civil War starting arrives at the barbecue. As the war continues, Scarlett becomes a widow, all while still pining for Ashley. After the war, Scarlett travels to her family's plantation only to find it in ruins, with no food,...
7) Terra nostra
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Chronological time is abolished and space concentrated into one area in a multi-dimensional pageant of Spanish history and culture that touches upon a facets of human experience.
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New Line Home Entertainment
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[2004]
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English
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Evan Treborn wants to be free of his disturbing childhood memories. As a young child, he often blacked out for long periods of time and would try to detail his life through journal writing. As a young adult, he revisits the journal entries to figure out the truth about his troubled childhood friends Kayleigh, Lenny, and Tommy. When he discovers he can travel back in time in order to set things right, he does so in order to save his beloved friends....
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New Line Home Entertainment
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[2009]
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English
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A young man struggling to get over disturbing memories from his childhood discovers he is able travel back in time and alter events in his past (1st film). After a tragic accident claims the life of his girlfriend, Nick discovers he has the paranormal power to change the past and save her (2nd film).
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New Directions
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[1963]
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English
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Garcia Lorca's position as one of the few geniuses of the modern theatre was firmly established in the English-speaking world with his Three tragedies. Here, with an introduction by the dramatist's brother, Francisco Garcia Lorca, are five of his "comedies," in the authorized translations, extensively revised to reflect recent Lorca scholarship and to convey the sparkle, freshness, and magic of the original Spanish. "The Shoemaker's Prodigious Wife"...
11) Heroes: Season 3
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
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[2009]
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English
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Nathan creates a secret government program to hunt and capture people with superhuman abilities that gets out of his control, while those with abilities fight or flee. Peter struggles with his limited powers, and Hiro struggles with his lack of powers. Sylar searches for his father and has a run in with the government program, but makes a different decision than any of the other superpowered people.
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Curbstone Press
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1996.
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Español
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"Bilingual edition of nine poems, all of which relate experiences of passage and increased, at times painful, awareness. English versions are highly readable, even 're-readable' (Sojourner, Feb. 1997); however, they often lack the alliterative precision and nuances of the Spanish. No commentary of any kind provided"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
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Plaza & Janés
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2020.
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Español
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"Posy Montague se aproxima a su setenta cumpleaños. Todavía vive en la encantadora casa familiar, Admiral House, entre los magníficos paisajes de Suffolk en los que transcurrió su idílica infancia cazando mariposas con su padre y donde crio a sus propios hijos. Pero Posy sabe que debe tomar una angustiosa decisión. A pesar de los recuerdos que alberga y del exquisito jardín que ha pasado veinticinco años creando, la casa se cae a pedazos a...
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Warner Bros Entertainment
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[2014]
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English
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Evan Treborn is a college student who finds that he has a unique ability to travel into his past and alter prior events, thus enabling him to rearrange his future. The story opens in childhood with Evan and three friend, Lenny, Kayleigh, and her brother, Tommy, getting into lots of mischief and, frighteningly, avoiding being videotaped naked by Kayleigh and Tommy's drunken, sadistic father.
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Barney Home Video
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[1999]
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English
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With a little help from Barney and a big imagination, the children enjoy a fun-filled day at "Baby Bob's School" where every lesson includes unexpected surprises. Five programs in one package: video, sing along, interactive games, Barney' ABC animals read along, and Barney's A great day for learning song sampler.
19) Hemingway on war
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Scribner
Pub. Date
[2003]
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English
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Ernest Hemingway witnessed many of the seminal conflicts of the twentieth century, and he recorded them with matchless power. Now, this landmark volume brings together Hemingway's most important writings on war. Edited and with an introduction by Hemingway's grandson Sean and featuring a personal foreword by the author's only living son, Patrick, this volume includes selections from Hemingway's first book of short stories, In Our Time, as well as...
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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"Crank up the gravity and put your head safely in a jar! It's Volume Seven of FUTURAMA, the animated sci-fi comedy from The Simpsons creator Matt Groening. Crammed with a whole new dimension of extras not shown on TV, this cosmic collection includes 13 bizarre and brilliant episodes involving ancient prophecies, Presidents' heads, robot gangsters, angry butterflies, and of course, sausage-making. It's a shipload of futuristic fun!" --
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