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2) Snow
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Investigating the murder of a County Wexford priest in 1957, Detective Inspector St. John Strafford navigates harsh winter weather and the community's culture of silence to expose an aristocratic family's dangerous secrets.
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English
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On an April day in 1937, the sky opens and fire rains down upon the small Spanish town of Guernica. Seventeen-year-old Sibi and her family is caught up in the horror. Griff, an American military attacȟ, pulls Sibi from the wreckage, and it's only the first time he saves her life in a span of hours. When Germany claims no involvement in the attack, insisting the Spanish Republic was responsible, Griff guides Sibi to lie to Nazi officials. If she or...
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English
Description
Sicily, April 16 1677. From his deathbed, Charles III's viceroy, Anielo de Guzmán y Carafa, marquis of Castle Rodrigo, names his wife, Doña Eleonora, as his successor. Eleonora de Moura is a highly intelligent and capable woman who immediately applies her political acumen to heal the scarred soul of Palermo, a city afflicted by poverty, misery, and the frequent uprisings they entail.The Marquise implements measures that include lowering the price...
8) Spain
Series
Publisher
Grolier Educational
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the customs and beliefs connected to some of the special occasions celebrated in Spain, including Semana Santa, April Fair, and the Festival of the Great Fire. Includes recipes and related activities.
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Publisher
BasicBooks, a division of HarperCollins
Pub. Date
©1994
Physical Desc
xxi, 1002 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The critically acclaimed, definitive biography of the complex, elusive man credited with saving Spain from both the communists and Hitler as well as orchestrating the Spanish economic miracle of the 1960s.
10) Music of Spain
Author
Publisher
RCA Red Seal
Pub. Date
©1984, 1982
Physical Desc
1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in. + program notes ([8] pages)
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None
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Series
Second World War volume 1
Language
English
Description
Covers the period from the Treaty of Versailles to Churchill's appointment as Prime Minister in 1940.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
xx, 367 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the pre-dawn darkness of April 30, 1943, the body of a Royal Marine Major washed ashore on the south-western coast of Spain, part of an incredible plot to mislead the German High Command about the Allies' impending Mediterranean invasion. What made this ruse unique--and macabre--was that the "Major" was actually a deceased Welsh laborer, who drifted lifelessly ashore carrying false documents indicating that the Allies were set to launch an attack...
13) Tyrant memory
Author
Publisher
New Directions
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
270 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The tyrant of the book is the actual pro-Nazi mystic Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, known as the Warlock, who came to power in El Salvador in 1932. An attempted coup in April of 1944 failed, but a general strike in May finally forced him out of office. The book takes place during that tumultuous month between the coup and the strike. With her husband a political prisoner and her son fleeing for his life, wealthy Haydée Aragon takes matters into...
Publisher
Future Educational Films Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 204 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Walking the Camino: Six Ways to Santiago, an 84 minute documentary, follows a diverse group of pilgrims, ages 3 to 73, from all over the world as they attempt to cross an entire country on foot with only a backpack, a pair of boots, and an open mind."--Container.
"Walking the Camino has been in the making since fall, 2008, ... On April 22nd, 2009, our crew converged upon St. Jean Pied de Port, the traditional starting point of the Camino Francés....
Author
Publisher
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
176 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map, portraits (chiefly color), facsimiles ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"This exhibition offers an unprecedented look at the life and artistic achievements of seventeenth-century Afro-Hispanic painter Juan de Pareja (ca. 1608-1670). Largely known today as the subject of The Met's iconic portrait by Diego Velázquez, Pareja was enslaved in Velázquez's studio for over two decades before becoming an artist in his own right. This presentation is the first to tell his story and examine the role of enslaved artisanal labor...
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Series
Life of Picasso volume 4
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
308 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The spectacular fourth and final volume of Picasso's life is set in Paris, Normandy, the south of France, Royan, and Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War and at the beginning of World War II. Drawing on original and exhaustive research from interviews and never-before-seen material in the Picasso family archives, this book opens with a visit by the Hungarian-French photographer Brassaï to Picasso's chateau in Normandy, Boisgeloup, where he would...
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