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The cubs and other stories / by Vargas Llosa, Mario,1936-(CARDINAL)351999;
The cubs.--The leaders.--The grandfather.--A visitor.--On Sunday.--The challenge.--The younger brother.
Subjects: Fiction.; Short stories, Peruvian;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Fire from the Andes : short fiction by women from Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru / by Benner, Susan E.(Susan Elizabeth),1957-(CARDINAL)642067; Leonard, Kathy S.,1952-(CARDINAL)642068;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-189).
Subjects: Fiction.; Bolivian fiction; Bolivian fiction; Ecuadorian fiction; Ecuadorian fiction; Peruvian fiction; Peruvian fiction; Short stories, Bolivian; Short stories, Ecuadorian; Short stories, Peruvian;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Lost city of the Incas : the story of Machu Picchu and its builders / by Bingham, Hiram,1875-1956.(CARDINAL)152311;
Bibliography: page 232-234.A special illustrated edition of Hiram Bingham's classic work captures all the magnificence and mystery of the amazing sites he uncovered. In the earliest days of the 20th century, Bingham ventured into the wild and then unknown country of the Eastern Peruvian Andes. In 1911, he came upon the fabulous Inca city that ultimately made him famous: Machu Picchu. And his achievement did not end there, because in the space of one short season he went on to discover two more lost cities: Vitcos, where the last of the Emperors was assassinated, and another settlement buried deep below the cloud-forest of the jungle.
Subjects: Incas.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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City of clowns / by Alarcón, Daniel,1977-author.(CARDINAL)353554; Alvarado, Sheila,illustrator.(CARDINAL)814020;
"A gorgeously rendered graphic novel of Daniel Alarcon's story City of Clowns. Oscar "Chino" Uribe is a young Peruvian journalist for a local tabloid paper. After the recent death of his philandering father, he must confront the idea of his father's other family, and how much of his own identity has been shaped by his father's murky morals. At the same time, he begins to chronicle the life of street clowns, sad characters who populate the violent and corrupt city streets of Lima, and is drawn into their haunting, fantastical world. This remarkably affecting story by Daniel Alarcon was included in his acclaimed first book, War by Candlelight, and now, in collaboration with artist Sheila Alvarado, it takes on a new, thrilling form. This graphic novel, with its short punches of action and images, its stark contrasts between light and dark, truth and fiction, perfectly corresponds to the tone of Chino's story. With the city of Lima as a character, and the bold visual language from the story, City of Clowns is moving, menacing, and brilliantly vivid"--
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Comics (Graphic works); Fiction.; Journalists;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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The gold machine : in the tracks of the mule dancers / by Sinclair, Iain,1943-author.(CARDINAL)770909;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-418)."From the award-wining author of The Last London and Lights Out for the Territory, a journey in the footsteps of our ancestors. In The Gold Machine, Iain Sinclair and his daughter travel through Peru, guided by - and in reaction to - an ill-fated colonial expedition led by his great-grandfather, Arthur Sinclair. The incursions of Catholic bounty hunters and Adventist missionaries are contrasted with today's ecotourists and short-cut vision seekers. The family history of a displaced Scottish highlander fades into the brutal reality of a major land grab. The historic thirst for gold and the establishment of sprawling coffee plantations leave terrible wounds on virgin territory. A Boys' Own Adventure story is transformed into a shocking tale of the violated rights of indigenous people, secret dealings between London finance and Peruvian government, and the collusion of the church in colonial expansion. A beautiful valley is now the property of a British corporation. In Sinclair's haunting prose, no place escapes its past, and nor can we."--Jacket flap.GLINTS. By the Brown River -- Something out of Something Else -- Dirty Sand -- The silence in the forest -- FRETS. The map on the downstairs wall -- Visiting agent -- Passage money -- The beast in the jungle -- Casement's camera -- Guano -- Tasmania -- Hell's Gates -- Into the interior -- FEVERS. The advocate -- Lima -- Breakfast -- Bones -- Soroche -- Convento de Santa Rosa de Ocopa -- La Oroya -- Tarma -- La Merced -- FURIES. San Luis de Shuaro -- Maria Genoveva Leon Perez -- Lucho's farm -- Cerro de la Sal -- Pampa Michi -- Bajo Marankiari -- The waterfall -- Mules -- Mariscal Caceres -- Pichanaki -- Puerto Yurinaki -- Cascades -- Pampa Whaley -- The Cage of Paper -- Melbourne -- PROXIMA CENTAURI. Solly Mander.
Subjects: Sinclair, Iain, 1943-; Sinclair, Iain, 1943-; Offenses against the environment.; Environmental degradation; Indigenous peoples;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Frog day : a story of 24 hours and 24 amphibian lives / by Crump, Martha L.,author.(CARDINAL)333202; Angell, Tony,illustrator.(CARDINAL)321367;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface -- Artist's note -- Midnight: Wallace's flying frog (Asia) -- 1 AM : horned marsupial frog (Central and South America) -- 2 AM : mud-nesting frog (South America) -- 3 AM : wood frog (North America) -- 4 AM : Wandolleck's land frog (New Guinea) -- 5 AM : crawfish frog (North America) -- 6 AM : cane toad (South America, introduced elsewhere) -- 7 AM : common midwife toad (Europe) -- 8 AM : golden poison frog (South America) -- 9 AM : Pacific horned frog (SouthAmerica) -- 10 AM : tomato frog (Madagascar) -- 11 AM : Bornean foot-flagging frog (Asia) -- Noon : African bullfrog (Africa) -- 1 PM : rockhole frog (Australia) -- 2 PM : giant frog (Australia) -- 3 PM : Yucatán shovel-headed treefrog (Mexico, Central America) -- 4 PM : Oriental fire-bellied toad (Asia) -- 5 PM : Darwin's frog (South America) -- 6 PM : reticulated humming frog (South America) -- 7 PM : Rosenberg's gladiator frog (Central and South America) -- 8 PM : Matang narrow-mouthed frog (Borneo) -- 9 PM : Túngara frog (Central and South America, the Caribbean) -- 10 PM : African clawed frog (Africa, introduced elsewhere) -- 11 PM : common toad (Europe, Asia, Africa) -- Epilogue."From morning to night and from the forest to the desert, what do frogs do all day? In this short book, celebrated biologist Marty Crump shows readers exactly how frogs spend their time. Each chapter covers a single frog during a single hour, highlighting twenty-four different species from around the globe. At midnight in Indonesia, we hear the rustle of leaves above. It's not a bird, but Wallace's flying frog, using its webbed feet and emerald-green skin flaps to glide through the forest canopy. Other amphibians might hide from the morning sun, but not Madagascar's orange-red tomato frog. If its showy coloration doesn't discourage predators, a sticky mucus-powerful enough to glue a snake's jaws together-provides a means of escape. At dusk, in a Peruvian rain forest, we see a giant spider-a hairy tarantula-and what looks like a tiny amphibian pet taking shelter in its burrow. Other frogs make a tasty meal for this tarantula, but the dotted humming frog is a friend, eating the ants that might otherwise make a meal of the tarantula's eggs. For each chapter, award-winning artist Tony Angell has depicted these scenes with his signature pen and ink illustrations. Working closely together to narrate and illustrate these unique moments in time, Crump and Angell have created an engaging read that is a perfect way to spend an hour or two-and a true gift for readers, amateur scientists, and all frog fans"--
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Frogs.; Frogs;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 7
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Guerra en la penumbra : cuentos / by Alarcón, Daniel,1977-(CARDINAL)353554; Paredes, Julio,1957-2021.; Alarcón, Renato.(CARDINAL)607156;
Inundación -- Ciudad de payasos -- Suicidio en la Tercera Avenida -- Lima, Perú, 28 de Julio, 1979 -- Ausencia -- El visitante -- Guerra en la penumbra -- Una ciencia para estar solo -- Un muerto fuerte.Spanish translation of "War by candlelight". Short stories by the Peruvian born author.
Subjects: Fiction.; Spanish language materials.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Punto de fuga / by Gamboa, Jeremías,1975-author.(CARDINAL)425798;
El edificio de la calle Los Pinos -- Nuestro nombre -- Evening interior -- María José -- Un responso por el cine Colón -- La conquista del mundo -- Tierra prometida -- La visita.The insufferable need to escape drives young people on journeys that lead to isolation, homesickness, and hopelessness in the short stories presented here.
Subjects: Short stories, Peruvian.; Short stories.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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La palabra del mudo : antología / by Ribeyro, Julio Ramón,1929-1994,author.(CARDINAL)893151; Ribeyro, Julio Ramón,1929-1994.Gallinazos sin plumas.; Ribeyro, Julio Ramón,1929-1994.Insignia.; Ribeyro, Julio Ramón,1929-1994.Banquete.; Ribeyro, Julio Ramón,1929-1994.Explicaciones a un cabo de servicio.; Ribeyro, Julio Ramón,1929-1994.Merengues.; Ribeyro, Julio Ramón,1929-1994.Botella de chicha.; Ribeyro, Julio Ramón,1929-1994.Por las azoteas.; Ribeyro, Julio Ramón,1929-1994.Profesor suplente.; Ribeyro, Julio Ramón,1929-1994.Aventura nocturna.; Ribeyro, Julio Ramón,1929-1994.Ridder y el pisapapeles.;
"The Peruvian writer Julio Ramón Ribeyro is one of the masters of the short story and a major contributor to the great flourishing of Latin American literature that followed the Second World War. In a letter to an editor, Ribeyro said about his stories, 'in most of [them] those who are deprived of words in life find expression-- the marginalized, the forgotten, those condemned to an existence without harmony and without voice. I have restored to them the breath they've been denied, and I've allowed them to modulate their own longings, outbursts, and distress.' This is work of deep humanity, imbued with a disorienting lyricism that is Ribeyro's alone"--
Subjects: Short stories.; Fiction.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Song without a name [videorecording] / by León, Melina(Director),film director,screenwriter,film producer,editor of moving image work.; White, Michael J.(Screenwriter),screenwriter,film producer.; Briones, Inti,film producer,director of photography.; Mendoza, Pamela,actor.; Párraga, Tommy,actor.; Rojas, Lucio,actor.; Hernández, Maykol,actor.; Quispe, Lidia,actor.; Luxbox (Firm),production company.; Vida Misma Films,production company.; MGC (Firm),production company.; Mula Producciones,production company.; Bord Cadre Films,production company.; Torch Films,production company.; Film Movement (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)344832;
DVD; NTSC; all regions; full screen; 5.1 surround sound/2.0 stereo.Pamela Mendoza Arpi, Tommy Párraga, Lucio Rojas, Maykol Hernández, Lidia Quispe.Not rated by the MPAA.Based on harrowing true events, it tells the story of Georgina, an indigenous Andean woman whose newborn baby is whisked away moments after its birth in a downtown Lima clinic, and never returned. Stonewalled by a byzantine and indifferent legal system, Georgina approaches journalist Pedro Campas, who uncovers a web of fake clinics and abductions, suggesting a rotting corruption deep within Peruvian society. Set in 1988, in a Peru wracked by political violence and turmoil.Music, Pauchi Sasaki ; director of photography, Inti Briones ; editors, Manuel Bauer, Melina León, Antolín Prieto.
Subjects: Feature films.; Fiction films.; Abduction; Clinics; Political corruption; Motion picture producers and directors; Motion picture producers and directors;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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