The Resource Saving the world, by Julia Alvarez, (sound recording)
Saving the world, by Julia Alvarez, (sound recording)
Resource Information
The item Saving the world, by Julia Alvarez, (sound recording) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sacramento Public Library.
Resource Information
The item Saving the world, by Julia Alvarez, (sound recording) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sacramento Public Library.
- Summary
- A best-selling, Latin-American author living in Vermont, Alma stays behind when her husband travels to the Dominican Republic to help fight AIDS. She needs the time to work on her latest book, but she has terrible writer's block. Soon, her focus is diverted to an entirely new story, that of the early 19th-century anti-smallpox expedition of Dr. Francisco Balmis. Accompanying Dr. Balmis was Doą Isabel, who cared for the orphan boys serving as living carriers of the smallpox vaccine. It is the narrative of the courageous Doña Isabel that provides hope and inspiration when Alma's husband is taken captive
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 14 sound discs (16 hr., 30 min.)
- Note
-
- In container (17 cm.)
- Title from container
- "Unabridged Fiction"--Container
- "With tracks every 3 minutes for easy book marking"--Container
- Isbn
- 9781419389160
- Label
- Saving the world
- Title
- Saving the world
- Statement of responsibility
- by Julia Alvarez
- Subject
-
- Audiobooks
- Balmis, Francisco Xavier de -- Fiction
- Middle-aged women -- Fiction
- Smallpox -- Fiction
- AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Fiction
- Married women -- Fiction
- AIDS (Disease) -- Patients | Family relationships -- Fiction
- Vaccination -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Historical fiction
- Expedición Marítima de la Vacuna, 1803-1810 -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A best-selling, Latin-American author living in Vermont, Alma stays behind when her husband travels to the Dominican Republic to help fight AIDS. She needs the time to work on her latest book, but she has terrible writer's block. Soon, her focus is diverted to an entirely new story, that of the early 19th-century anti-smallpox expedition of Dr. Francisco Balmis. Accompanying Dr. Balmis was Doą Isabel, who cared for the orphan boys serving as living carriers of the smallpox vaccine. It is the narrative of the courageous Doña Isabel that provides hope and inspiration when Alma's husband is taken captive
- Additional physical form
- Issued also on cassette.
- Cataloging source
- RECBX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Alvarez, Julia
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Form of composition
- not applicable
- Format of music
- not applicable
- LC call number
- PS3551.L845
- LC item number
- S28 2006c
- Literary text for sound recordings
- fiction
- PerformerNote
- Narrated by Blanca Camacho
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Camacho, Blanca
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Married women
- Middle-aged women
- AIDS (Disease)
- AIDS (Disease)
- Expedición Marítima de la Vacuna
- Balmis, Francisco Xavier de
- Vaccination
- Smallpox
- Label
- Saving the world, by Julia Alvarez, (sound recording)
- Note
-
- In container (17 cm.)
- Title from container
- "Unabridged Fiction"--Container
- "With tracks every 3 minutes for easy book marking"--Container
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Control code
- ocm67226014
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Extent
- 14 sound discs (16 hr., 30 min.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781419389160
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Other control number
- 9781419389160
- Other physical details
- digital
- Publisher number
- C3690
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- System details
- Compact disc
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
- Label
- Saving the world, by Julia Alvarez, (sound recording)
- Note
-
- In container (17 cm.)
- Title from container
- "Unabridged Fiction"--Container
- "With tracks every 3 minutes for easy book marking"--Container
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Control code
- ocm67226014
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Extent
- 14 sound discs (16 hr., 30 min.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781419389160
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Other control number
- 9781419389160
- Other physical details
- digital
- Publisher number
- C3690
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- System details
- Compact disc
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
Subject
- AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Fiction
- AIDS (Disease) -- Patients | Family relationships -- Fiction
- Audiobooks
- Balmis, Francisco Xavier de -- Fiction
- Expedición Marítima de la Vacuna, 1803-1810 -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Married women -- Fiction
- Middle-aged women -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Smallpox -- Fiction
- Vaccination -- Fiction
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