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Rosie Graham has a problem. A few, actually. She just quit her well paid job to focus on her secret career as a romance writer. She hasn't told her family and now has terrible writer's block. Then, the ceiling of her New York apartment literally crumbles on her. Luckily she has her best friend Lina's spare key while she's out of town. But Rosie doesn't know that Lina has already lent her apartment to her cousin Lucas, who Rosie has been stalking--for...
2) En la sombra
Author
Publisher
Plaza Janés/Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
Fue una de las imágenes más desgarradoras del siglo XX: Dos niños, dos príncipes, caminando detrás del féretro de su madre, mientras el mundo contemplaba la escena con pesar... y horror. A la vez que se daba sepultura a Diana, princesa de Gales, miles de millones de personas se preguntaban qué debían pensar y sentir esos príncipes y qué rumbo tomarían sus vidas. En el caso de Harry, esta es, por fin, esa historia. Con su franqueza directa...
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"This moving tale introduces the youngest picture book audience to a girl who misses her grandmother-whom she calls Tata or Tatita, as is traditional in many Spanish-speaking cultures-and yearns to spend time with her. But Tatita is not here any more. The spare, striking illustrations make it ambiguous whether the girl misses her tata because she lives in a faraway place, is ill, or has passed on. Yet this gorgeous, deceptively simple book's ending...
5) Viva Frida
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
Via spare text, examines Kahlo's creative process.
6) The perfect horse: the daring U.S. mission to rescue the priceless stallions kidnapped by the Nazis
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Language
English
Description
In the chaotic last days of World War II, a small troop of American soldiers captures a German spy and learns that on a secret farm behind enemy lines, Hitler has stockpiled the world's finest purebred horses in order to breed the perfect military machine -- an equine master race. But with the starving Russian army closing in, the animals are in imminent danger of being slaughtered for food. With only hours to spare, one of the U.S. Army's last great...
7) Dear Frankie
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005].
Language
English
Description
To spare the feelings of her fatherless boy, Lizzie secretly authors letters from his "father" recounting seafaring adventures around the world. Torn between exposing the truth and protecting her son, Lizzie hires a handsome stranger to play the role of a father and gets more than anyone bargained for.
8) Spare parts
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Four Hispanic high school students organize a robotics club. With no experience, 800 bucks, used car parts and big dreams, this rag tag team goes up against the country's reigning robotics champion, MIT.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Travel back to Tudor times with Arthur Inkblott, Queen Elizabeth I's favourite scribe, and his pet ferret, Smudge. Meet Henry VIII and his six wives, fight the Spanish Armada and sail around the world with Christopher Columbus!
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"The story of an uncovered voyage as colorful and momentous as any on record for the Age of Discovery-and of the Black mariner whose stunning accomplishment has been until now lost to history It began with a secret mission, no expenses spared. Spain, plotting to break Portugal's monopoly trade with the fabled Orient, set sail from a hidden Mexican port to cross the Pacific--and then, critically, to attempt the never-before-accomplished return, the...
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[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Armed with more power and greater responsibility, Ragnar's desire to seek out and conquer new kingdoms remains unquenchable. Loyalties shift as friends turn to foes and unlikely alliances are formed. Amidst all the war and political confusion, not a single soul is spared in the name of supremacy.
12) 9
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English
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In the final days of humanity, a dedicated scientist gives the spark of life to nine of his creations. The world has turned into an unrecognizable landscape of machines and spare parts, but this group of nine finds that if they band together, their small community might just be able to change the course of history.
Publisher
Vanguard Cinema
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
Español
Description
Horse breeder Jesus helps a man, Doroteo Arango who is accused of killing a landowner, escape sure death. Arango later becomes the legendary anti-government movement leader Pancho Villa. When Jesus is captured by Villa's men for selling horses to the government, Pancho Villa recognizes him and returns the favor and spares his life.
Jesus un criador de caballos ayuda a un peon acusado de matar ha un hacendado. Con la ayuda de Jesus el pobre hombre,...
16) Wild target
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
When world-class assassin Victor spares the life of Rose, a free-spirited thief, he unwittingly becomes a mentor to her and Tony, who joins them as they must now outwit the hitman sent by Victor's unhappy client.
17) Don't hang up
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
While not in class, Brady and his friends spend their spare time making prank calls that they upload online to receive millions of views. As their online celebrity begins to rise, the boys escalate their pranks to a dangerous level. One evening, Brady and his best friend receive a prank call of their own, igniting a nightmare for the pair of teenagers when a mysterious stranger turns their own game against them with deadly consequences.
18) Soñadores
Author
Publisher
Neal Porter Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
"En 1994, Yuyi Morales dejó su hogar en Xalapa, México, para emigrar a Estados Unidos con su hijo pequeño. Aunque dejó atrás casi todas sus pertenencias, no llegó con las manos vacías. Trajo consigo su fortaleza, su trabajo, su pasión, sus esperanzas y sueños ... y sus historias. El nuevo y magnífico libro de Yuyi Morales, Soñadores, se centra en la búsqueda por encontrar un hogar en un nuevo lugar. El trayecto de Yuyi y su hijo Kelly...
19) The ladykillers
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
Marva Munson is a spry, elderly woman who is looking for a tenant for the spare room in her house. Goldthwait H. Dorr moves in and gains Munson's permission to use the basement for rehearsals with his "medieval music ensemble." Dorr is masterminding the robbery of a riverboat casino, and the fellow musicians in his ensemble are actually the crew he's assembled to pull off the job. Despite their best efforts, Munson finds out about their scheme and...
20) Fire Creek
Publisher
[Distributed by Covenant Communications]
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Spared by a God he didn't believe in, Jason Malek comes home to Utah with shrapnel wounds in his legs and the memory of his best friend dying in combat. As Jason struggles with the question of why he heard a voice that saved his life, he meets new neighbors who have challenges of their own. As he grows closer to them he discovers they have needs he is uniquely prepared to meet. He also learns more about his relationship to his father, who had been...
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