Jermyn, Leslie
Summary: Meaning River of the Colorful Birds, Uruguay is a small country in South America that is covered by crisscrossing rivers and lush hills. Home to approximately 3.5 million people, the country is often regarded as the most stable and prosperous country in Central and South America. Uruguay produces 95 percent of its electricity from renewable energy and is known as one of the most socially...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 989.5 JERDe Robertis, Carolina
Summary: "From the highly acclaimed, award-winning author of The Gods of Tango, a revolutionary new novel about five wildly different women who, in the midst of the Uruguayan dictatorship, find each other as lovers, friends, and ultimately, family. In 1977 Uruguay, a military government has crushed political dissent with ruthless force. In an environment where citizens are kidnapped, raped, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2019
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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: FIC DERDrexler, Jorge.
Contents: Bailar en la cueva -- Bolivia -- Data data -- La luna de rasquí -- Universos paralelos -- Todo cae -- Esfera -- La plegaria del paparazzo -- La noche no es una ciencia -- El triángulo de las Bermudas -- Organdí.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Music Latina 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN DRESummary: Costa-Gavras puts the United States' involvement in South American politics under the microscope in this arresting thriller. An urban guerilla group, outraged at the counterinsurgency and torture training clandestinely organized by the CIA in their country (unnamed in the film), abducts a U.S. official to bargain for the release of political prisoners; soon the kidnapping becomes a media...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN STASummary: Globe Trekker's Holly Morris discovers two South American countries that share a similar name but couldn't be more different, Uruguay and Paraguay. In Uruguay's capital Montevideo, Holly discovers its colonial Spanish history and charm and tries the local cuisine. She travels down to the beach to get a taste of the annual carnival festivities. On to Paraguay, Holly heads to its capital Asuncion...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 918 GLOBenedetti, Mario
Summary: "Santiago, a political prisoner in Uruguay, was jailed after a brutal military coup that saw many of his comrades flee elsewhere. Santiago, feeling trapped, can do nothing but write letters to his family, and try to stay sane. Far away, his nine-year-old daughter Beatrice wonders at the marvels of 1970s Buenos Aires, but her grandpa and mother--Santiago's beautiful, careworn wife,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Benedetti 2018Summary: "It's 1988, and Melo, an Uruguayan town on the Brazilian border, awaits the visit of Pope John Paul II. 50,000 people are expected to attend, and the most humble locals believe that selling food and drink to the multitude will just about make them rich. Petty smuggler Beto thinks he has the best idea of all--he decides he will build a WC in front of his house and charge for its use. His efforts...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Film Movement 2008
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF POPGriffin, W. E. B.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRITalty, Stephan
Summary: "The untold story of a Latvian Nazi's gruesome crimes and an Israeli spy's epic journey to bring him to justice-a case that altered the fates of all ex-Nazis."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.15 TALGriffin, W. E. B.
Summary: Remaining in Argentina to tie up loose ends pertaining to the UN oil-for-food scandal, Delta Force officer Charley Castillo learns about the disappearance of a key DEA agent who has become a casualty of diplomatic complacency and the international drug trade.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GRICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRIMairal, Pedro
Summary: Trapped in a loveless marriage, Lucas Pereyra, an unemployed writer in his forties, finds the one thing that keeps him going is the woman from Uruguay whom he met at a conference and has been longing to see ever since.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAISummary: On October 13, 1972, a young rugby team from Montevideo, Uruguay, boarded a plane for a match in Chile, then vanished into thin air. Sixteen of the 45 passenger resurfaced, 72 days after their plane crashed. Thirty-five years later, the survivors returned to tell their story in their own words.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2009
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC STRParrado, Nando
Summary: A survivor of the horrific 1972 plane crash that stranded his rugby team in the Andes for seventy-two days provides his account of the ordeal and of his desperate expedition across seventy miles of frozen wilderness to find help.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 982 PARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Survival ParradoFattoruso, Hugo.
Contents: Brisas (2:41) -- Milonga blues (5:10) -- Conmigo (5:07) -- Melodia en Candombe (3:34) -- Atardecer (4:13) -- Agua y aceite (4:03) -- Aero rings (2:47) -- Todo voce (3:04) -- Islands queen (4:38) -- Mi cancion (3:37) -- Can't reach (2:29) -- Septiembre asi (4:55) -- El gramillero (7:42) -- Figuras y reflejos (5:08).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Big World 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN FattoGriffin, W. E. B.
Summary: Still tying up loose ends from the investigation of a UN scandal in Argentina, Delta Force officer Charley Castillo is pulled into the case of a missing DEA agent who disappeared while trying to interdict a drug shipment. For some reason no one is trying to get the agent back.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GRISummary: Join Walking Dead star and motorcycle enthusiast Norman Reedus on epic road trips around the world. Each episode features Reedus and a riding companion a fellow actor, musician, or friend, exploring local culture and seeking adventure on the road.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022