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1) X-Isle
Author
Publisher
David Fickling
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
476 p. ; 23 cm.
Description
Baz and Ray, survivors of an apocalyptic flood, win places on X-Isle, an island where life is rumored to be better than on the devastated mainland, but they find the island to be a violent place ruled by religious fanatic Preacher John, and they decide they must come up with a weapon to protect themselves from impending danger.
Author
Description
Jon Krakauer's literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. He now shifts his focus from extremes of physical adventure to extremes of religious belief within our own borders, taking readers inside isolated American communities where some 40,000 Mormon Fundamentalists still practice polygamy. Defying both civil authorities and the Mormon establishment in Salt Lake City, the renegade leaders of these Taliban-like...
Publisher
Quiver Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After a viral pandemic decimates the world, a survivalist is forced to take on a group of heavily armed religious fanatics who believe that he is harboring a woman who could be the key to ending the virus and repopulating the world.
Series
Criterion collection volume 541
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
©2010
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (93 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two children are stalked by a murdering psychopathic preacher who wants their father's stolen fortune.
5) Revival
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"In a small New England town over half a century ago, a boy is playing with his new toy soldiers in the dirt in front of his house when a shadow falls over him. He looks up to see a striking man, the new minister, Jamie learns later, who with his beautiful wife, will transform the church and the town. The men and boys are a bit in love with Mrs. Jacobs; the women and girls, with the Reverend Jacobs--including Jamie's sisters and mother. Then tragedy...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
x, 443 pages ; 21 cm
Description
The pampered daughter of a wealthy Hasidic businessman, Batsheva Ha-Levi grows up in the affluent suburbs of Los Angeles. But everything changes when she turns eighteen and finds that her loving father has made a secret vow which will shatter her life, forcing her to marry a man she hardly knows and sending her to the exotic, golden city of Jerusalem. On her wedding day, she enters a strange and foreign world steeped in tradition and surrounded by...
Publisher
Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (871 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"No collection is complete without this final, climactic season of the groundbreaking sci-fi series Stargate SG-1. Throughout their service to country and planet, the brave soldiers and scientists of SG-1 have traveled instantaneously to other worlds, investigated ancient mysteries and protected Earth from hostile alien forces. And now, in Season 10, the team, led by Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks), embarks on their ultimate adventure. Where will...
Author
Publisher
Coffee House Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
227 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"The story of a young woman's relationship with her brother, and the long shadow cast by his childhood brain tumor, touching on everything from family violence to sexuality and the personal struggle to remain intact in times of intense trauma"--Provided by publisher.
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