Danny Trejo
Author
Language
English
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AMPL National Hispanic Heritage
2023-06 - New Biographies & Memoirs
Biographies From People of Color
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2023-06 - New Biographies & Memoirs
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Description
"For the first time, the full, fascinating, and inspirational true story of Danny Trejo's journey from crime, prison, addiction, and loss to unexpected fame as Hollywood's favorite bad guy with a heart of gold. On screen, Danny Trejo the actor is a baddie who has been killed at least a hundred times. He's been shot, stabbed, hanged, chopped up, squished by an elevator, and once, was even melted into a bloody goo. Off screen, he's a hero beloved by...
Author
Publisher
Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
The legendary actor and L.A. restauranteur shares his favorite--and badass--recipes for bold, fun and versatile Mexican dishes along with stories about his lifelong love of food, in this cookbook that is symbolic of L.A.'s vibrant Latino culture.
Author
Publisher
Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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2023 FPPL Latine/Hispanic Heritage Month Reading List
HPL Cookbooks
Unidos: Hispanic Heritage Month (Adult)
HPL Cookbooks
Unidos: Hispanic Heritage Month (Adult)
Description
"A cantina-style celebration of Mexican food and drink, entertaining, and Hollywood culture in 100 recipes for nachos, tacos, and Danger Dogs plus cocktails and non-alcoholic drinks from the legendary actor, restaurateur, and author of the acclaimed Trejo's Tacos The cantina is the place where families, friends, and colleagues gather to celebrate. In Trejo's Cantina, beloved actor and restaurateur Danny Trejo shares recipes for snacks and drinks that...
Author
Publisher
Atria Espańol
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
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Description
"For the first time, the full, fascinating, and inspirational true story of Danny Trejo's journey from crime, prison, addiction, and loss to unexpected fame as Hollywood's favorite bad guy with a heart of gold"--$cProvided by publisher.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Having spent most of her life exploring the jungle with her parents, nothing could prepare Dora for her biggest challenge yet: High School. When her parents mysteriously disappear while searching for the Lost City of Gold, Dora must swing into action and lead a group of ill-equipped high schoolers on a quest to save them. It is a high stakes mission as Dora and her new friends navigate the jungle, outrun treasure hunters and solve ancient puzzles...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
In the heart of the 1970s, amid a flurry of feathered hair and flared jeans, Gru (Oscar nominee Steve Carell) is growing up in the suburbs. A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them. Luckily, he gets some mayhem-making backup from his loyal followers, the Minions. Together, Kevin, Stuart, Bob, and Otto, a new Minion sporting braces and a desperate need to please, deploy their...
7) Storks
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Storks used to deliver babies; they now deliver packages for a global Internet store. Junior, top delivery stork, is about to be promoted when he accidentally activates the Baby Making Machine, which produces an unauthorized baby girl! Desperately, Junior must deliver the bundle of joy before his boss finds out. Get ready for this wild, revealing journey that could make more than one family whole and restore the storks' true mission in the world.
8) Spy kids
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bursting with an awesome array of ultracool, high-tech gadgetry, Spy Kids delivers enough thrilling entertainment to satisfy the entire family! Nine years ago, top international spies Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez traded the excitement of espionage for the adventure of parenthood. But when they're called out on a secret mission, the Cortezes are separated from their family and kidnapped by the evil Fegan Floop. Fortunately, their kids, Carmen and Juni,...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mild action and rude humor.
Marissa Cortez Wilson has it all: married to a famous spy-hunting television reporter, with a new baby and intelligent twin step kids, Rebecca and Cecil. When maniacal Timekeeper disrupts her domestic bliss--threatening to take over the planet--Marissa comes out of retirement as a top secret agent. With Armageddon quickly approaching, Rebecca and Cecil are thrust into action! With a little help from some familiar Spy Kids...
10) Predators
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Royce is a mercenary who reluctantly leads a group of elite warriors mysteriously brought together on a jungle planet. But when these cold-blooded human 'predators' find themselves in all-out war against a new breed of alien Predators, it's the ultimate showdown between hunter and prey.
11) Machete
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Set up, double-crossed and left for dead, Machete is an ass-kicking ex-Federale who lays waste to anything that gets in his path. As he takes on hitmen, vigilantes and a ruthless drug cartel, bullets fly, blades clash and the body count rises. Any way you slice it, vengeance has a new name: Machete.
Language
English
Description
As a ruthless gang overruns a small mining town, they murder their own leader, Guerrero Hernandez, in a cold-blooded power grab. Sentenced to eternity in hell, Guerrero finds himself confronted by Satan himself, offering a daring proposition: deliver the six souls of his former gang and he will escape damnation.
Publisher
Well Go USA
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young family vacationing in Mexico is terrorized by the unrelenting evil spirit known to locals as 'La Llorona.' This legendary specter has been kidnapping children for decades. When she captures their only child, his parents must fight back with everything they've got.
Publisher
Dimension Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Carmen and Juni Cortez are back. Now they are full-fledged SPYkid operatives with the OSS. Together they embark on a mission to a mysterious island to retreive a valuable device, which in the wrong hands could jeopardize the world!
Language
English
Formats
Description
The saga of El Mariachi continues when a corrupt CIA agent forces him out of hiding to help sabotage an assassination attempt on the President of Mexico by an evil cartel kingpin. El Mariachi has his own reason for helping, he is doing it for revenge. Special features include: deleted scenes, commentary, featurettes, and more.
16) Machete kills
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
In his latest mission, Machete is recruited by the U.S. President to stop a crazed global terrorist who is planning to start a nuclear war. Meanwhile, Machete has a bounty on his head, and he faces death from a series of deadly assassins.
18) 3 from hell
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The long anticipated follow up to House of 1,000 Corpses and The Devil's rejects. After barely surviving a furious shootout with the police, Baby Firefly, Otis Driftwood, and Captain Spaulding are behind bars. But pure evil cannot be contained, and a firestorm of murder, madness, and mayhem will be released.
19) Pups alone
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Get ready for hilarious canine holiday hijinks! While everyone is away on a company ski trip, a jealous inventor hires two thieves to break into his co-worker's house and steal his top-secret new creation. But they are no match for a mischievous pack of neighborhood pups, who set up tricks and traps to protect the home and save Christmas. This laugh-out-loud comedy stars Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jerry O₂Connell, Dolph Lundgren, Danny Trejo and Rob...
Publisher
FilmRise
Language
English
Formats
Description
For teenage Nola (Sabrina Carpenter), home is the open road. Her self-reliant father (Steven Ogg) is her anchor in a life of transience. The pair crisscross the United States in a lovingly refurbished RV, relishing their independence and making ends meet by doing odd jobs. A shocking rupture, though, casts Nola out on her own. She makes her way to Albuquerque, New Mexico, in search of a mother she never knew. When her motorhome unexpectedly breaks...