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Author
Series
Noumena volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
496 pages 25 cm.
Description
"The human race is at a crossroads; we know that we are not alone, but details about the alien presence on Earth are still being withheld from the public. As the political climate becomes more unstable, the world is forced to consider the ramifications of granting human rights to non-human persons. How do you define "person" in the first place? Cora Sabino not only serves as the full time communication intermediary between the alien entity Ampersand...
Author
Series
Unnaturals volume 1
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Description
"When Castor the street dog is captured, he learns there is a nefarious underground fighting ring in Lion's Head where animals are injected with DNA-changing serums, transformed into dangerous hybrids, and forced to battle one another to survive"--
63) Miss Sloane
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the world of political power brokers, Sloane takes on the most powerful opponent of her career and will do whatever is required to win.
64) The Martian
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 141 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After a bad storm blows across Mars Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead and left behind. Now stuck on a hostile planet he must find a way to signal to Earth and in the meantime, survive on limited supplies.
"Hell, I'm scared of simply sleeping outdoors and I walked out of the movie with just the tiniest daydream of strapping myself into a rocket and shooting for the stars (ideally with Matt Damon as my co-pilot)."--Globe and Mail.
"What's so...
65) Joker moon
Series
Wild cards volume 29
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
354 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Description
"In Joker Moon, the next Wild Cards adventure from series editor George R. R. Martin, we follow Aarti, the Moon Maid, who can astrally project herself onto the surface of the moon and paint projections across the lunarscape. Theodorus was a dreamer. As achild, he dreamt of airplanes, rockets, and outer space. When the wild card virus touched him and transformed him into a monstrous snail centaur weighing several tons, his boyhood dreams seemed out...
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2012, c2011
Physical Desc
xxvi, 322 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Identifies an interconnectedness between the brain and matter to reveal how the key to life is in the relationship between things and outlines a scientific paradigm that can be applied practically to improve society and the planet.
67) The 5th Wave
Author
Series
5th wave volume 1
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2013], ©2013
Physical Desc
457 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them"--
69) Under the skin
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2014, 2013
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An alien in the form of a voluptuous young woman combs the streets of Scotland in search of men. She lures a succession of lost souls into her otherworldly lair, where they are seduced, stripped of their humanity, and never heard from again.
Author
Formats
Description
Social scientist Brené Brown, PhD, LMSW, has sparked a global conversation about the experiences that bring meaning to our lives -- experiences of courage, vulnerability, love, belonging, shame, and empathy. Now Brown redefines what it means to truly belong in an age of increased polarization. Brown argues that we're experiencing a spiritual crisis of disconnection, and introduces four practices of true belonging that challenge everything we believe...
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Formats
Description
The companion volume to the multimillion-copy classic No Easy Day by former Navy SEAL Mark Owen reveals the evolution of a SEAL Team Six operator. Mark Owen?s instant #1 New York Times bestseller, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama bin Laden, focused on the high-profile targets and headline-grabbing chapters of the author?s thirteen years as a Navy SEAL. His follow-up, No Hero, offers a rare counterpoint: an account...
Author
Series
Hollows (Kim Harrison) volume Prequel
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
441 pages ; 24 cm.
Description
"#1 New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison returns to her beloved Hollows series with The Turn, the official prequel to the series that will introduce you to a whole new side of Rachel Morgan's world as they've never seen it before! Can science save us when all else fails? Trisk and her hated rival, Kal, have the same goal: save their species from extinction. But death comes in the guise of hope when a genetically modified tomato created to...
Author
Series
Chronicles of Narnia volume 5
Description
Lucy and Edmund, accompanied by their peevish cousin Eustace, are transported to the land of Narnia where Eustace is temporarily transformed into a green dragon because of his selfish behavior and skepticism.
76) Primer
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 77 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Everything you think you know about modern science is about to unravel in this critically acclaimed film about two young engineers and the consequences they face when they invent a machine that enables them to travel back in time.
77) In your eyes
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A romance with a supernatural twist, Rebecca, a lonely housewife in New Hampshire, suddenly discovers that she shares a strange connection with Dylan, a struggling ex-con in New Mexico; they can see through one another's eyes and experience sensations felt by the other. Though they've never met, the two share a unique, unparalleled intimacy by being in each other's heads and begin a long-distance relationship unlike any other.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
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Formats
Description
"Talking to Strangers is a classically Gladwellian intellectual adventure, a challenging and controversial excursion through history, psychology, and scandals taken straight from the news. He revisits the deceptions of Bernie Madoff, the trial of Amanda Knox, the suicide of Sylvia Plath, the Jerry Sandusky pedophilia scandal at Penn State University, and the death of Sandra Bland - throwing our understanding of these and other stories into doubt....
79) Cake eater
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
451 pages ; 22 cm
Description
In the year 3070, App sensation, style icon, and social influencer Marie Antoinette arrives in Versailles to marry Louis-Auguste and together, after witnessing people outside of their gilded world suffering and starving, risk everything to set things right.
Author
Publisher
Gibbs Smith
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
A collection of simple hands-on activities for young readers related to robots, robotics, coding, and artificial intelligence. Activities included range from building very simpler robots using common household items, to how to create code to make robots learn and perform basic tasks. Also includes a glossary of key terms.
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