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1) Ixcanul
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2017]
Formats
Description
In Guatemala, a marriage is arranged for a seventeen-year-old Kaqchikel girl by her parents.
2) Guatemala
Author
Series
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Description
Presents information about Guatemala, discussing its geography, wildlife, history, languages, cities, agriculture, holidays, and food.
3) José
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jose lives with his mother in Guatemala City, where, dominated by conservative Catholic and Evangelical Christian religion, living one's life as an openly gay man is hard for Jose to imagine. His mother has never had a husband and is determined to hold on to him. Jose fills his free time with dating apps, but when he meets attractive and gentle Luis, they pursue an unexpected relationship with more emotion than Jose has ever felt.
4) Guatemala
Author
Series
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
144 p. : col. ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Description
"Provides comprehensive information on the geography, history, wildlife, governmental structure, economy, cultural diversity, peoples, religion, and culture of Guatemala"--Provided by publisher.
7) Borderless
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Description
Caught in the cross hairs of gang violence, seventeen-year-old fashion designer, Maya, and her mother set off on a perilous journey from Guatemala City to the US-Mexico border.
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Description
In New York Times bestselling author Jacqueline Sheehan's evocative and emotionally compelling novel, a mother and her adopted daughter each embark on a journey of self-discovery in the wake of a stunning revelation.
How do you keep a secret so huge that it could devastate everyone you care about? For Kate Malloy, the answer is simple: one lie at a time. That's how she has protected her daughter for more than a dozen years, shielding her from a terrible...
12) Fodor's Belize
Publisher
Fodor's Travel Publications
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
v. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 21 cm.
Author
Publisher
Harvard Square Editions
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
305 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"Peace Corps Volunteer Laura Jenson has a lot in common with Peter Franklin, a Fulbright Scholar, whom she meets in Guatemala City in 1963. Both of them are inspired by JFKs call to action for a new foreign policy that would help the poor and promote democracy. What they find, however, is the reality of Americas one-dimensional Cold War policies that got us into Vietnam and radicalized a generation. They fall in love as Laura becomes involved in Guatemalas...
Author
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
608 pages ; cm.
Description
""Canto que emiten los pájaros: trino. Encadenamiento fatal de sucesos: destino." Una mujer combate la soledad haciendo crucigramas. Una familia acomodada se entera de que su hijo se ha hecho amigo del hijo de un narco. Un hombre sufre impotencia y acude a un inefable urólogo. Otro ve cómo su tranquila vida de jardinero se altera fortuitamente. Todo un pueblo es masacrado en Guatemala por un contingente del ejército al que habían convidado a...
Author
Appears on list
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Description
Guatemala, 1954. The military coup perpetrated by Carlos Castillo Armas and supported by the CIA topples the government of Jacobo ?rbenz. Behind this violent act is a lie passed off as truth, which forever changes the development of Latin America: the accusation by the Eisenhower administration that ?rbenz encouraged the spread of Soviet Communism in the Americas. Harsh Times is a story of international conspiracies and conflicting interests in the...
17) Our mothers
Publisher
Strand Releasing Home Video
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (77 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on information he hears from an older woman with missing family members, a young anthropologist in Guatemala searches for his father who disappeared during the war.
18) La Llorona
Series
Criterion collection volume 1156
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Formats
Description
While standing trial for atrocities committed against Guatemala's Mayan communities, a former military dictator is haunted by a series of disturbing visions.
20) Canción
Author
Publisher
Bellevue Literary Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
158 pages ; 19 cm
Description
In Canción, Eduardo Halfon's eponymous wanderer is invited to a Lebanese writers' conference in Japan, where he reflects on his Jewish grandfather's multifaceted identity. To understand more about the cold, fateful day in January 1967 when his grandfather was abducted by Guatemalan guerillas, Halfon searches his childhood memories and, soon, chance encounters around the world lead to more clues about his grandfather's captors, including a butcher...
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