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1) Venezuela
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"Readers take a journey from the beaches to the Andes Mountains in this engaging and informative guide to life in Venezuela. The unique culture of this nation is highlighted in thoroughly updated main text that allows readers to make connections between historical and current events, as well as fun fact boxes and stunning full-color photographs. Recipes are included to add a hands-on component to this reading experience, and maps provide additional...
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Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor volume 1
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English
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When Captain Kyle Mercer of the Army's elite Delta Force disappeared from his post in Afghanistan, a video released by his Taliban captors made international headlines. But circumstances were murky: Did Mercer desert before he was captured? Then a second video sent to Mercer's Army commanders leaves no doubt: the trained assassin and keeper of classified Army intelligence has willfully disappeared. When Mercer is spotted two years later in Caracas,...
3) Venezuela
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Discusses the land, the history, the economy, the people, and the festivals of Venezuela. When Spanish explorers arrived on the coast of South America, they found that natives had built their homes on stilts along the the swampy shore of Lake Maracaibo. Because this reminded the Europeans of the city of Venice, they named the region Venezuela (Little Venice). Today, Venezuela is one of the leading oil-producing nations in the world. It has a high...
4) Venezuela
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"Developed by literacy experts for students in grades three through seven, this book introduces young readers to the geography and culture of Venezuela"--Provided by publisher.
5) Harm's way
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While on an off-the-books mission to rescue 10 missionaries being held hostage in Venezuela by a vicious drug syndicate, Jonathan Grave, along with his key operatives, infiltrates the enemy camp where he discovers something far more dangerous, not just to his team, but to the whole world.
6) Venezuela
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Explores the history and culture of Venezuela, including the people, food, government, and more.
7) Venezuela
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Introduces Venezuela, describing its history, geography, cities, food, animals, religion, occupations, and system of government.
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2021.
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Español
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"El relato de cómo Jorge Ramos confrontó y desenmascaró a Nicolás Maduro ante las cámaras, y todo lo que ocurrió antes y después de la entrevista. El 25 de febrero de 2019, apoyado por su equipo de Univision, Jorge Ramos realizó una entrevista --preparada minuciosamente-- a Nicolás Maduro. Después de un cuarto de hora, y luego de evidenciar su disgusto por el severo cuestionamiento de quien se ha caracterizado por confrontar a...
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In August 2004, the Venezuelan public came out in record numbers to deliver an overwhelming vote of confidence. After many attempts to unseat him, Hugo Chavez, the former military man who took the country first by coup and then by ballot, again emerged as the people's choice. It was, in his words, "a victory for the people of Venezuela."
Yet despite Chavez's successes, having defended his post in six referenda, two elections and against one failed...
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This captivating book charts the upbringing, career development, and living legend status of one of the greatest baseball players today. After coming from humble beginnings in his native Venezuela, Cabrera signed with the Florida Marlins when he was just sixteen and made his major league debut with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at age twenty. He was twice named Most Valuable Player and twice played in the World Series. Finally, in 2014, he signed with...
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2016.
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Español
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A nine-year-old boy's preening obsession with straightening his hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his hard-working mother, in this tender but clear-eyed coming-of-age tale. Junior is a beautiful boy, with big brown eyes, a delicate frame, and a head of luxurious dark curls. But Junior aches to straighten those curls, to acquire a whole new look befitting his emerging fantasy image of himself as a long-haired singer. As the opportunity...
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2014.
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After hearing about efforts in Venezuela to develop a more equitable as well as sustainable food and agriculture system, filmmaker Simon Cunich heads to Venezuela to investigate what we might learn about food sovereignty from the country's various initiatives to reduce the price of food by opening up urban land to community farming. So they may become urban gardeners, the nation is providing citizens with free seeds, tools, and other materials needed...
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Jack Ryan novel volume 23
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"For a century, the Panama Canal has served as the path between the seas. Control of this vital waterway is the difference between free trade and chaos in world markets. So when Panamanian President Rafael Botero asks for a show of support against the socialist opposition, his old friend President Jack Ryan can't turn down an invitation to visit the country, but what seems like an ordinary opportunity to preach the values of democracy quickly turns...
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2015.
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Español
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"5 Factories" provides a penetrating look at the Bolivarian socio-economic project designed to challenge the dominant neo-liberal development model. 5 Factories provides a penetrating look at the Bolivarian socio-economic project designed to challenge the dominant neo-liberal development model. Since the election of Hugo Chávez in 1998, the Venezuelan government has implemented reforms to transform the nation into what Chávez and his supporters...
17) Venezuela
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Explores Venezuela, including the geography, people, education, rural and urban life, housing, food, work, and amusements, and provides other information about the country.
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2014.
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A unique collaboration between two indigenous filmmakers and an anthropologist, Owners of the water is a compelling documentary with groundbreaking ethnographic imagery. A central Brazilian Xavante, a Wayuu from Venezuela, and a US anthropologist explore an indigenous campaign to protect a river from devastating effects of uncontrolled Amazonian soy cultivation. Xavante and Wayuu are nationally and internationally prominent political actors and both...
19) Pararescue corps
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In this compilation of three previously published books, the Pararescue troopers are called upon to perform rescue missions in Alaska, along the Nile River highlands, and in the Amazon rain forest--including rescuing some of their own members when a mission goes awry.
20) Doña Barbara
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2012.
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University of Chicago Press edition.
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The classic novel of Venezuelan ranchers battling over land and love—a forerunner of magic realism set in the “steamy, tumescent, lust driven” plain (Larry McMurtry, from the foreword).
Rómulo Gallegos is best known for being Venezuela’s first democratically elected president. But in his native land he is equally famous as a writer responsible for one of Venezuela’s literary treasures, the novel Doña...Interlibrary Loan
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