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The desert bride [videorecording] / by Atán, Cecilia,film director,screenwriter.; Pivato, Valeria,film director,screenwriter.; García, Paulina,actor.; Rissi, Claudio,actor.; Strand Releasing (Firm),publisher.;
Paulina Garcia, Claudio Rissi.54-year-old Teresa has worked for decades as a live-in maid with a family in Buenos Aires. When the family sells the house, she is forced to take a job in the distant town of San Juan. Although feeling uncomfortable with traveling, she embarks on a journey through the desert. During her first stop, in the land of the miraculous 'Saint Correa', she loses her bag with all her belongings. This unexpected incident leads her to cross paths with El Gringo, a traveling salesman and the only person who can help Teresa find her bag. What seemed like the end of her world will ultimately prove her salvation.PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Motion pictures, Argentine.; Foreign films.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Man-woman relationships; Middle-aged women; Women household employees;
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Desert girl, monsoon boy / by Dairman, Tara.; Sreenivasan, Archana.;
"Two families flee extreme weather in India and come together on a mountaintop"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Families; Sandstorms; Monsoons;
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Queen of the desert [videorecording] / by Abdo, Jay,actor.; Agutter, Jenny,actor.; Calder, David,1946-actor.; Franco, James,1978-actor.; Fulford, Christopher,actor.; Herzog, Werner,1942-film director,screenwriter.; Kidman, Nicole,1967-actor.; Lewis, Damian,1971-actor.; Pattinson, Robert,1986-actor.; Waring, Nick,1966-actor.; 120dB Films (Firm),production company.; Benaroya Pictures,production company.; Elevated Films,production company.; IFC Films,production company.; Palmyra Films,production company.; Shout! Factory (Firm),publisher.;
Nicole Kidman, James Franco, Robert Pattinson, Damian Lewis, Jay Abdo, Jenny Agutter, David Calder, Christopher Fulford, Nick Waring.A true story of a trailblazing woman who found freedom in the faraway world of the Middle East. Gertrude Bell chafes against the stifling rigidity of life in turn-of-the-century England, leaving it behind for a chance to travel to Tehran. So begins her lifelong adventure across the Arab world, a journey marked by danger, a passionate affair with a British officer, and an encounter with the legendary T.E. Lawrence.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for brief nudity and some thematic elements.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Historical films.; Bell, Gertrude Lowthian, 1868-1926; Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935; Colonial administrators; Women Asianists;
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Biodiversity of deserts / by Pyers, Greg.;
Describes the variety of living things in the deserts of the world as well as the threat to desert biodiversity from overgrazing, invasive animals, mining, farming, wildlife poaching and climate change.For primary school age.
Subjects: Deserts; Biodiversity;
© 2010., Macmillan Library,
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Weird, wild, amazing! desert : exploring the world's incredible drylands / by Flannery, Tim F.(Tim Fridtjof),1956-; Caldwell, Sam(Illustrator);
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Subjects: Desert animals; Desert ecology;
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Desert plants and animals / by Romero, Libby.;
What can live in a harsh, dry desert? Make reading your superpower with DK's beautiful, leveled nonfiction.
Subjects: Readers (Publications); Desert plants; Desert animals;
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Let's look at iguanas / by Jango-Cohen, Judith.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.Explores the lives of iguanas, including what they eat and how they protect themselves from enemies.
Subjects: Desert iguana;
© 2010., Lerner,
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The desert and the sea : 977 days captive on the Somali pirate coast / by Moore, Michael Scott,author.;
Subjects: Biographies.; Moore, Michael Scott.; Kidnapping victims; Kidnapping; Hostages; Pirates;
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What lives in the desert? / by Gaarder-Juntti, Oona,1979-; Craig, Diane.;
Describes deserts and the animals, such as the jack rabbit, armadillo, bandicoot and dingo, who make deserts their home.
Subjects: Desert animals; Desert ecology;
© c2009., ABDO Pub. Co.,
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A desert food chain : a who-eats-what adventure in North America / by Wojahn, Rebecca Hogue.; Wojahn, Donald.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Follow the food chain through the desert as the hunt is on to find food and avoid becoming someone else's next meal.
Subjects: Desert ecology; Food chains (Ecology);
© 2009., Lerner,
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