Robert Rodriguez
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Latinos will account for a third of our workforce by 2050, yet Latino executives make up only 4 percent of senior roles in corporate America. This book identifies a path to close that gap.
Dr. Robert Rodriguez and Andrés T. Tapia call it the "4 percent Shame"-the low percentage of Latino corporate executives today. Inspired by Price Cobbs's seminal work on the secrets of successful Black leaders, this book seeks to understand the external forces...
Author
Language
English
Description
Hermits have thrived in every major historical era, geography, culture, and society - from antiquity to the present, East and West, in deserts, forests, and mountains, depicted in art, literature, and lore.
What are their motives?
Religious, spiritual, philosophical? Ethical, aesthetic, psychological? From a love of wilderness to a desire for the anonymity of life as a "hermit in the city." From an inkling about the universe to a desire for radical...
Author
Language
English
Description
Acquired wisdom has always put Sgt. Pepper at the head of the class, but it was Revolver that truly signaled The Beatles' sea change from a functional band to a studio-based ensemble. These changes began before Rubber Soul but came to fruition on Revolver, which took an astonishing 300 hours to produce, far more than any rock record before it.
The making of Revolver-hunkered down in Abbey Road with George Martin-is in itself a great Beatles story,...
4) Hypnotic
Publisher
Relativity
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A detective becomes entangled in a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government program while investigating a series of strange, reality-bending crimes.
Series
Ride with Norman Reedus volume season 1
Publisher
AMC Studios
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Follow motorcycle enthusiast Norman Reedus as he hits the open road to explore local biker culture and celebrate the best and brightest collectors, mechanics and craftsmen around the country. Each episode will feature Reedus and a riding companion as they journey to custom bike shops, tattoo parlors, collector's warehouses, or a roadside smokehouse with plenty of time for unplanned detours and tire changes.
6) Machete #0
Publisher
IDW
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
This special #0 issue carves its story from Robert Rodriguez's upcoming "Grindhouse" flick, Machete! In this introductory issue, which will lead into an all-new series in December, Rodriguez himself, alongside producer Aaron Kaufman, pens the ultimate "Mexploitation" tale of revenge as we see what drew Machete to first pick up the blades...
7) El Mariachi
Series
Mexico trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
Español
Description
"All he wants is to be a mariachi, like his father, his grandfather and his great grandfather before him. But the town he thinks will bring him luck brings only a curse of deadly mistaken identity. Forced to trade his guitar for a gun, the mariachi is playing for his life"--Container.
Series
From dusk till dawn volume 1
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The Gecko brothers, two dangerous outlaws on a wild crime spree, kidnap a father and his two kids then head south to a seedy Mexican bar to hide out in safety. But when they face the bar's truly notorious clientele, they're forced to team up with their hostages in order to make it out alive!
9) Sin City
Series
Sin City volume 1
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Welcome to Sin City, the town that beckons to the tough, the corrupt, and the brokenhearted. A universe of unlikely and reluctant heroes still try to do the right thing in a city that refuses to care. See Frank Miller's graphic novels come to life.
10) Desperado
Series
Mexico trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2003
Language
English
Description
A mysterious guitar player seeks vengeance against the men who murdered his girlfriend --
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The coolest SPYkids anywhere are back for a huge new adventure! Carmen and Juni are on a mission to recover a device that threatens the entire world! It is now up to the Cortez family to save the world from the evil scientist.
12) Machete kills
Series
Machete volume 2
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.
13) Spy kids
Series
Publisher
Dimension Home Video, Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
When their international spy parents are kidnapped by children's television program host Fegan Floop, Carmen and Juni Cortez must criss-cross the globe in a quest to save their parents.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When Alita awakens with no memory in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman. Ido also tries to shield Alita from her mysterious history while her street-smart new friend Hugo offers instead to help trigger her memories. But it is when the deadly and corrupt forces that run the city come after Alita that she...
15) Machete
Series
Machete volume 1
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Based on the fake trailer Rodriguez made for inclusion in the movie Grindhouse, Machete tells the story of a Mexican Federale. Years ago in Mexico, Machete was double-crossed by his boss, resulting in his wife and child being murdered before his eyes by drug kingpin Torrez, and Machete himself beaten, shot, and left for dead. Now, Machete resurfaces in Austin, Texas, working day labor when he's hired to assassinate Senator McLaughlin, an extreme advocate...
Series
Kill Bill volume 2
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The Bride continues on her deadly pursuit of her former partners in the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad, who, in a furious assault, attempted to murder her and her unborn child on her wedding day. As the Bride faces off against allies-turned-nemeses Budd and Elle, she flashes back to the day of her deadly wedding. We learn how she was recruited and trained and about her relationship with Squad leader Bill.
Series
Publisher
Dimension Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
In this continuation of the Spy Kids saga, Juni Cortez has now retired from being a spy and is trying to live a normal life, while Carmen is still with OSS. When his sister Carmen is trapped inside a groundbreaking new video game, the only way to free her is to enter the game's virtual world and make it to the highest level. Juni goes in to rescue her, and together, the Spy Kids battle through tougher and tougher levels of the game, overcoming challenges...
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The adventures of Sharkboy & Lavagirl: Max dreams of a world far away from his own called Planet Drool. One day the heroes of Planet Drool, Shark Boy and Lava Girl, materialize on earth needing Max's help. All is not well in his dream world, an alien intelligence threatens his dream planet. Max takes off on a wild and dangerous journey with Shark Boy and Lava Girl to save Planet Drool.
Dora and the lost city of gold: Having spent most of her life...