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1) World War Z
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Gerry Lane travels the globe in an effort to eliminate the zombie pandemic that is endangering the existence of humanity.
2) World War Z
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Former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane travels the globe in an effort to eliminate the zombie pandemic that is endangering the existence of humanity.
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Walking dead volume Season 4
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In the fourth season, we see Rick and the group of survivors fostering a thriving community in the safe haven of the prison only to have it short-lived as the group loses everything, their home, family, and friends to the threat of the walkers, outside threats and the hidden dangers brewing inside the fences. The group of survivors are broken apart and sent on divergent paths, unsure of everyone else's fate as they are exposed to new dangers, new...
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Night of the Living Dead opens with chaos-the brains of the recently deceased have become mysteriously reanimated, causing the dead to rise and feed on human flesh. While visiting their father's grave, Barbra (Judith O'Dea) and her brother Johnny (Russell Streiner) are attacked by a strange shuffling man. Barbra runs into a farmhouse where she encounters Ben (Duane Jones), and they must find a way to save themselves from the horde of zombies. Hailed...
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In a uncertain world, Rick Grimes and his band of survivors must not only fight the dead. In a sixteen episode season, Rick and his fellow survivors continue to seek refuge in a desolate and post-apocalyptic world and soon discover that there are greater forces to fear than just the walking dead. The struggle to survive has never been so perilous. Introducing new characters: the Governor and fan-favorite Michonne, along with her zombie pets.
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Dia De Los Muertos
OBD Day of the Dead (October) - YOUTH
September - Celebrate National Hispanic-Heritage Month - YOUTH
OBD Day of the Dead (October) - YOUTH
September - Celebrate National Hispanic-Heritage Month - YOUTH
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With sugar skulls, sweet-smelling marigold petals and joyful songs, Hispanic families welcome back ancestors on this holiday.
Traducción al español del resumen en inglés: Con calaveras de azúcar, pétalos de maravilla de olor dulce y canciones alegres, las familias hispanas dar una buena acogida a los antepasados en estas el feriado.
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The new chapter in the terrifying horror series is a chilling prequel, set before the haunting of the Lambert family, reveals how gifted psychic Elise Rainier reluctantly agrees to use her ability to contact the dead in order to help a teenage girl who has been targeted by a dangerous supernatural entity.
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The new chapter in the terrifying horror series is a chilling prequel, set before the haunting of the Lambert family, reveals how gifted psychic Elise Rainier reluctantly agrees to use her ability to contact the dead in order to help a teenage girl who has been targeted by a dangerous supernatural entity.
10) Best man down
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When their obnoxious and over-served best man, Lumpy, unexpectedly dies at their destination wedding in Phoenix, bride and groom Kristin and Scott are forced to cancel their honeymoon and fly home to the snowy Midwest to arrange for his funeral. But getting Lumpy's body back to Minneapolis is just the start of their adventure, as the well-intended sacrifice surprises at every turn.
11) Huesos
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"Introduce your little ones in both English and Spanish to the strong bond between a human and their pet - and how one passing away will never do them apart! Huesos is Abuelo's four-legged travieso, a rambunctious troublemaker with a constant ball of energy and a big bite. Nothing and no one is safe from Huesos' mischief and chomping teeth, from Grandpa's slippers to the neighborhood's mailman. Until on day, Calaca Pascuala knocks on his door and...
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Cuenta los días que faltan para el Día de los Muertos, también conocido como Día de Muertos. La Catrina, vestida con sus ropas tradicionales, introducirá a los más pequeños a los números y sus primeras palabras en inglés y español.
"Count the days left until Día de los Muertos, also known as Day of the Dead. La Catrina, dressed in her traditional clothes, will introduce little ones to numbers and their first English and Spanish words."...
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"Inspired by one of the most recognized symbols of Dia De Muertos or Day of the Dead, a holiday that celebrates life and remembers the dearly departed, this book will introduce little ones to emotional expressions and their first English and Spanish words"--Amazon.com.
15) Piranesi
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OBD Los Angeles Times 2020 Book Prize Winners and Finalists - ADULT
Perfect Escape Reads
Staff Suggestions 2021 (SCPLD)
Thomas Ford Library's Science Fiction Book Club Selections
Perfect Escape Reads
Staff Suggestions 2021 (SCPLD)
Thomas Ford Library's Science Fiction Book Club Selections
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La casa de Piranesi no es un edificio cualquiera: sus habitaciones son monumentales, con paredes llenas de miles de estatuas, y sus pasillos, interminables. Dentro del ďdalo de corredores hay un očano aprisionado en el que las olas retumban y las mareas inundan los aposentos. Pero Piranesi no tiene miedo: comprende las embestidas del mar igual que el patr̤n del laberinto, mientras explora los l̕mites de su mundo y avanza, con la ayuda de un hombre...
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"Welcome to the Family! It's just like yours: father, mother, sister, brother, abuelita, gato. Well, but, there's something just a little bit different about this family. Maybe it's those clothes they wear... just a little bit fashion backward. And the colors! So vibrant and... lively. Maybe that's what it is. They are just so full of life. Familia--life from a Day of the Dead perspective!"--
18) Best man down
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When their obnoxious and over-served best man, Lumpy, unexpectedly dies at their destination wedding in Phoenix, bride and groom Kristin and Scott are forced to cancel their honeymoon and fly home to the snowy Midwest to arrange for his funeral. But getting Lumpy's body back to Minneapolis is just the start of their adventure, as the well-intended sacrifice surprises at every turn.
19) Everwild
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Skinjacker trilogy volume 2
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Nick, known as the dreaded "Chocolate Ogre, " is trying to find all the children in Everlost and release them from the limbo they are in, while Mikey and Allie have joined a band of skinjackers and are putting themselves in danger by visiting the world of the living.
"Nick, el Ogro de Chocolate, quiere ayudar a las almas de Everlost a alcanzar la luz al final del túnel. Mary Hightower, peligrosa fanática autoproclamada reina de los niños perdidos,...
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Miguel, a budding musician in a family that hates music, goes on a voyage of discovery through the Land of the Dead in search of the truth about his family, accompanied by a trickster skeleton named Hector.
"Es el Día de los Muertos, y Miguel Rivera no puede pensar en otra cosa que no sea el concurso anual de talentos, pero por desgracia, su familia odia la música. Cuando Miguel toma la guitarra del finado músico Ernesto de la Cruz, se ve de pronto...