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Burro genio / by Villaseñor, Victor,author.(DLC)n 91010301 ;
"Growing up in the 1940s on his family's gracious Southern California ranch, young Villaseñor envisions a cowboy's life, just like he's seen in western movies and learned from his loving but occasionally abrasive Mexican-born papá. Reality, however, finds him in the unwelcome company of an American school system where he doesn't fit in and is ostracized thanks to his undiagnosed dyslexia and limited English. Throughout this spirited memoir, novelist and nonfiction writer Villaseñor (who has chronicled his family history in Rain of Gold; Wild Steps of Heaven; Thirteen Senses; etc.) faces an entourage of abusive teachers and embittered classmates who chip away at his confidence, leading him to the brink of adopting a personal philosophy of violence-for-respect. He seeks support in the strength of his close-knit family."De pie frente al público, Victor Villaseñor miró al grupo de maestros sentados frente a él, y su mente se llenó de recuerdos de infancia llenos de humillación y abuso por parte de sus profesores. Se sintió enfurecer. Con el corazón en la mano, comenzó a hablar de esos abusos. Y cuando terminó, para su gran sorpresa, encontró a todos los profesores de pie aplaudiéndolo. Muchas de las personas en el público no lograban contener sus lágrimas. Así comienzan las conmovedoras y apasionadas memorias de Victor Villaseñor. A pesar de ser muy talentoso e imaginativo desde muy niño, tuvo que vivir con una dificultad de aprendizaje, y la frustración de ser latino en una escuela americana en la que sólo se hablaba inglés. A pesar de los profesores que lo maltrataban porque no podía hablar inglés, Villaseñor se aferró a su sueño de un día convertirse en escritor.--Desde la descripción de la editorial.
Subjects: Biographies.; Villaseñor, Victor.; Authors, American; Mexican Americans; Mexican American authors; Dyslexics; Learning disabilities; Autores estadounidenses; Mexicano-americanos; Autores mexicano-americanos; Aprendizaje; Hispanoestadounidenses;
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Los genios / by Bayly, Jaime,1965-author.(CARDINAL)684022;
"García Márquez y Vargas Llosa se conocieron en el aeropuerto de Caracas, en agosto de 1967. Con apenas treinta y un años, Vargas Llosa era ya un escritor aclamado por la crítica. García Márquez, cuarenta años cumplidos, encontraba por fin el éxito editorial con Cien años de soledad, publicada ese año en Buenos Aires. Antes de confundirse en un abrazo en el aeropuerto de Caracas que dio inicio formal a la amistad, los dos genios de la literatura se habían escrito cartas y leído mutuamente con admiración. Se hicieron amigos entrañables, vecinos en el barrio de Sarrià en Barcelona y hasta compadres. Vargas Llosa publicó en 1971 un libro en homenaje a García Márquez, titulado Historia de un deicidio. Contra todo pronóstico, la amistad se envenenó y estropeó para siempre. En febrero de 1976, Vargas Llosa le dio una trompada a García Márquez en un teatro en Ciudad de México, derribándolo y dejándolo aturdido, con un ojo morado y la nariz rota, al tiempo que le decía: 'Esto es por lo que le hiciste a Patricia'. ¿Qué le hizo García Márquez a Patricia Llosa, la esposa de Mario? ¿Por qué Vargas Llosa le asestó un puñetazo a García Márquez? ¿Qué circunstancias íntimas corrompieron aquella amistad que parecía inquebrantable? ¿Por qué no volvieron a reunirse ni hablarse durante décadas? ¿Por qué se volvieron enemigos irreconciliables, incapaces de perdonarse, a pesar de los esfuerzos de su agente literaria Carmen Balcells? Los genios, la novela más ambiciosa y fascinante de Jaime Bayly, recrea con formidables bríos narrativos los años gloriosos en que García Márquez y Vargas Llosa fueron grandes amigos y explora, desde las licencias de la ficción, los secretos, las felonías, las delaciones y las iras volcánicas que dinamitaron estruendosamente esa amistad que parecía irrompible."--Back cover.
Subjects: Novels.; Biographical fiction.; García Márquez, Gabriel, 1927-2014; Vargas Llosa, Mario, 1936-; Friendship; Authors, Latin American; Amistad; Autores latinoamericanos; Friendships.;
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Cosas que pasan / by Isol.(CARDINAL)433037;
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Subjects: Fiction.; Genios;
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100 genios del balon / by Lati, Alberto,author.(CARDINAL)799889; Moreno, César,illustrator.(CARDINAL)797832;
Publisher Annotation: Where did the greatest soccer cracks come from? What were their beginnings like? What type of obstacles did they have to overcome? How were their lives like before they achieved fame and glory? These were their beginnings: Pele selling nuts so that he could afford a soccer ball; Maradora juggling an orange in the streets of Villa Fiorito; Cruyff asking his mother to saw a red stripe on his t-shirt so that it could look like he was from the Ajax Club; Garrincha sleeping at a factory; Cristiano Ronaldo sneaking out at dawn to go to the gym; and Messi pushed by his grandmother to go into the field. Fascinating stories behind each soccer crack. Mexico, 224pp.
Subjects: Biographies.; World Cup (Soccer); Soccer players; Soccer;
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The columnist [videorecording]/ by Brian, Sabine,producer.; Groot, Genio de,actor.; Herbers, Katja,actor.; Hofman, Rein,actor.; Kelen, Bram van der,actor.; Porro, Claire,actor.; Van Aart, Ivo,film director.; Versteeg, Ronald,producer.; Windhorst, Daan,writer.; Wolffers, Kaja,producer.; Film Movement (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)344832;
Genio De Groot, Katja Herbers, Rein Hofman.Successful columnist Femke is flooded every day by anonymous harassments and death threats on social media. She becomes addicted to the vicious messages, and finds herself continuously clicking back to the hateful comments before she goes to sleep. Not only is this affecting her motivation to write new articles, but she also needs to finish writing the novel she promised to deliver her publisher. One day, she snaps and decides to take revenge. The act eases and inspires her to write like never before.Rating: Not rated.DVD, wide screen.Title from disc surface.
Subjects: Feature films.; Horror films.; Foreign films; Journalists; Revenge; Social media;
For private home use only.
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My brilliant friend. by Costanzo, Saverio,television director,screenwriter.directorauthor.; Ferrante, Elena,screenwriter.author.; Piccolo, Francesco,1964-screenwriter.author.; Paolucci, Laura,screenwriter.author.; Del Genio, Elisa,actor.; Nasti, Ludovica,actor.; Vitolo, Anna Rita,actor.; Gallone, Luca,actor.; Villa, Imma,actor.; Milo, Antonio,actor.; Gallo, Alessio,actor.; Acca, Valentina,actor.; Buonanno, Antonio,actor.; Romano, Dora,actor.; Rohrwacher, Alba,actor.; Mazzucco, Margherita,actor.; Girace, Gaia,actor.; De Palo, Elisabetta,1951-actor.; Richter, Max,musical director.; Calvelli, Francesca,editor of moving image work.; Cianchetti, Fabio,director.; Television adaptation of (work):Ferrante, Elena.Amica geniale (Novel); Fandango (Production company),production company.; HBO Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.; Home Box Office (Firm),presenter.; Rai Fiction (Firm),production company.; TIMvision (Firm),production company.; Umedia (Firm),production company.; Warner Home Video (Firm),distributor.; Wildside (Firm),production company.;
Music, Max Richter ; editor, Francesca Calvelli ; director of photography, Fabio Cianchetti.Elisa del Genio, Ludovica Nasti, Anna Rita Vitolo, Luca Gallone, Imma Villa, Antonio Milo, Alessio Gallo, Valentina Acca, Antonio Buonanno, Dora Romano, Alba Rohrwacher, Margherita Mazzucco, Gaia Girace, Elisabetta De Palo.A tale of best friends Lila and Elena, which started at school in the 1950s. As an elderly woman, Elena tries to unravel the mystery of her brilliant friend, who also became her worst enemy.TV rating: TV-MA ;DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9 ; 1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Audio, Italian 5.1; color.
Subjects: Television programs.; Television series.; Fiction television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Coming-of-age television programs.; Based on the book.; Foreign films.; Best friends; Female friendship;
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Death dive to Saturn [videorecording] / by Del Genio, Anthony,commentator.; Dougherty, M.,commentator.; Ehrmann, Jedd,editor of moving image work.; Porco, Carolyn C.,commentator.; Randall, Terri,screenwriter,television director,television producer.; Scharf, Caleb A.,1968-commentator.(CARDINAL)352726; Sechler, Craig,narrator.; Spilker, Linda J.,commentator.; Waite, J. H.(John H.),commentator.; PBS Distribution (Firm),film distributor.(CARDINAL)309769; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),publisher.(CARDINAL)189964; Terri Randall Film and Video Productions,production company.; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.),production company.(CARDINAL)154259;
Editor, Jedd Ehrmann.Narrator, Craig Sechler ; commentators, Anthony Del Genio, Caleb Scharf, Carolyn Porco, Michele Dougherty, J. Hunter Waite, Linda Spilker.Originally aired on television on September 13, 2017.For over a decade, NASA's Cassini space probe has been transmitting images of Saturn's rings and moons. This program presents Cassini's observations of Saturn's surface and chronicles the probe's final hours as it enters the planet's atmosphere.DVD; Region 1, NTSC; widescreen presentation; stereo.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Science television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Cassini (Spacecraft); Saturn probes.; Space flight to Saturn.;
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Cómo controlar el mal genio by Potter-Efron, Ronald T.(CARDINAL)765887;
Subjects: Anger.; Control (Psychology); Control (Psicología); Ira.;
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Il genio di Francesco Francia : un orafo pittore nella Bologna del Rinascimento / by Scalini, Mario,editor.(CARDINAL)196997; Rossoni, Elena,editor.(CARDINAL)354014; Francia, Francesco,approximately 1450-1517.Works.Selections.; Pinacoteca nazionale (Bologna, Italy),host institution.(CARDINAL)132696;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-158).
Subjects: Exhibition catalogs.; Francia, Francesco, approximately 1450-1517; Art, Renaissance;
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Olivia y el genio sinvergüenza / by Pico, Thom,author.(CARDINAL)823394; Karensac,illustrator.(CARDINAL)823395; Reyes Camps, Francesc,translator.(CARDINAL)596898;
Aster is bored at her new home in the mountains in the middle of nowhere--until she meets an odd old shepherdess and her woolly dogs, a sneaky trickster, and an angry fox.Con lo tranquila que estaba Olivia en la ciudad, y a sus padres les ha dado por mudarse a un pueblo en la montaña, en mitad de la nada. Y todo porque su madre tiene que salvar a la región de una devastadora invasión de pájaros gigantes. Qué rollo de verano, por aquí no hay nada con lo que entretenerse... Salvo una misteriosa pastora y sus lanosos perros lanosos, un par de monstruos y un genio sivergüenza. ¡Parece que al final Olivia no tendrá tiempo de aburrirse!
Subjects: Comics (Graphic works); Deseos; Fiction.; Graphic novels.; Magia; Mudanza de casa; Novelas gráficas.; Country life; Country life; Dogs; Dogs; Foxes; Foxes; Jinn; Jinn; Magic; Magic; Witches; Witches; Magia;
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