Van Dyke Parks
1) ¡Spangled!
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 audio disc (37:27) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
¡Spangled! is a collaboration between Guatemalan-born singer-songwriter Gaby Moreno and American musician, songwriter, arranger, and producer Van Dyke Parks. The ten-song set celebrates the migration of song across the Americas and spans more than a century, including a bolero from Panama, a bossanova from Brazil, and an elegiac ballad from the Southwest United States—Ry Cooder, John Hiatt, and Jim Dickinson’s “Across the Borderline,” performed...
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Description
An idealistic young woman falls for a rebel leader and takes on a murderous dictator. Today, November 25 is observed in many Latin American countries as the International Day Against Violence Towards Women. This is based on the story of the Mirabal sisters, whose deaths became the final blow to the regime of Leonidas Trujillo, who was assassinated six months later.
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 sound media player (2 hr.) : digital ; 9 x 6 cm.
Description
A tiny baby girl is snatched from her adopted family by an ugly toad but escapes to find happiness with the king of the flower angels. (1st tale) The story of Ruby Rouge, her mysterious friend Conjure Woman and the two baskets of talking eggs with very different yolks. (2nd tale) A simple fisherman catches a magical fish who promises to grant his wishes ... but when the man's wife start making outlandish demands the flounder fulfills a wish of his...
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 289 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 activity booklet ([16] p. ; ill. ; 19 cm.)
Description
This series takes children on a magical adventure to new and exciting places filled with fun and interesting characters. Harold uses his purple crayon to draw characters and situations which help him learn and have fun. As seen on HBO.
8) Broken trail
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 185 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A man and his estranged nephew become the guardians of five abused and abondoned Chinese girls. Their rivals intend to kidnap the girls while the two are delivering a herd of horses.