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Author
Publisher
Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A visionary and powerful debut thriller set in a terrifyingly plausible dystopian near-future-with clear parallels to today's headlines-in which the future of humanity lies in the hands of one woman, a scientist who has stumbled upon a secret that the government will go to any lengths to keep hidden A world half in darkness. A secret she must bring to light. It is 2059, and the world has crashed. Forty years ago, a solar catastrophe began to slow...
Author
Language
English
Description
"From the bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night comes a dreamy reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico. Carlota Moreau: A young woman growing up on a distant and luxuriant estate, safe from the conflict and strife of the Yucatán peninsula. The only daughter of a researcher who is either a genius or a madman. Montgomery Laughton: A melancholic overseer with a tragic past...
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The history of technology you probably know is one of men and machines, garages and riches, alpha nerds and brogrammers. But the little-known fact is that female visionaries have always been at the vanguard of technology and innovation--they've just been erased from the story. Until now. Women are not ancillary to the history of technology; they turn up at the very beginning of every important wave. But they've often been hidden in plain sight, their...
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English
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"A few years from now, in a world similar to ours, there exists a sort of “depression plague” that people refer to simply as “The Grey.” No one can predict whom it will afflict, or how, but once infected, there's no coming back. A young Hong Kong based scientist, Lily Barnes, is trying to maintain her inner light in an increasingly dark world. The human race is dwindling, and people fighting to push forward are increasingly rare. One day,...
Author
Series
Monkeewrench volume 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Monkeewrench crew returns to face the city of Minneapolis's worst nightmare--a rampant serial killer on the loose--in the electrifying new thriller. When Minneapolis homicide detectives Leo Magozzi and Gino Rolseth are called to a crime scene in a heavily wooded city park, everything about the setting is all too familiar. And when they discover a playing card on the victim's body, their worst fears are confirmed--there's a serial killer operating...
Author
Series
Questioneers volume 3
Language
English
Description
Ada Twist is a very curious girl who shows perseverance by asking questions and performing experiments to find things out and understand the world.
87) The steel kiss
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Series
Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver returns with his next blockbuster thriller featuring forensic detective Lincoln Rhyme. Amelia Sachs is hot on the trail of a killer. She's chasing him through a department store in Brooklyn when an escalator malfunctions. The stairs give way, with one man horribly mangled by the gears. Sachs is forced to let her quarry escape as she jumps in to try to help save the victim. She and famed forensic...
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English
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Description
These vivid and compelling tales, many set in Africa and Asia, are about immigrants and others facing change and dislocation. The science is never pedantic; indeed the language of biology and natural history is used to great lyrical effect. The stories are accomplished and seasoned, remarkably so given that this is the author's first book. Murray is adept at holding together a complex narrative and creating characters who reach out emotionally to...
89) Claimed
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Lydia Susi is passionate about protecting wolves in their natural habitat. When a hotel chain develops a tract of land next to the preserve, Lydia is one of the most vocal opponents of the project--and becomes a target. One night, a shadowy figure threatens Lydia's life in the forest, and a new hire at the Wolf Study Project comes from out of nowhere to save her. Daniel Joseph is both mysterious, and someone she intrinsically wants to trust. But...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
""So delicately calibrated and precisely beautiful that one might not immediately sense the sledgehammer of pain building inside this book. And I mean that in the best way. What powerful tension and depth this provides!"-Aimee Bender. Fourteen-year-old Linda lives with her parents in the beautiful, austere woods of northern Minnesota, where their nearly abandoned commune stands as a last vestige of a lost counter-culture world. Isolated at home and...
91) MosquitoMan
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
"Working at an underground disease control facility, Dr. Bowman has seen every strain of infectious disease known to man. He and his team work to find vaccines for the most deadly strains including the West Nile virus. That is, until his lab is invaded by criminals intent on stealing a new vaccine. But the new drug is not yet safe for humans. When Bowman's attackers inject him with the experimental serum, they unleash a horrifying transformation....
92) Sunrise alley
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Language
English
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Description
The shipwrecked stranger washed up on the beach near Samantha's home turns out to be a half-human experiment by the notorious criminal Charon, a practitioner of illegal robotics with evil plans. Samantha and the man seek help from Sunrise Alley, an underground organization of AIs that have gone rogue.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A curmudgeonly but charming old woman, her estranged grandson, and a colony of penguins proves it's never too late to be the person you want to be in this rich, heartwarming story from the acclaimed author of Ellie and the Harpmaker. Eighty-five-year-old Veronica McCreedy is estranged from her family and wants to find a worthwhile cause to leave her fortune to. When she sees a documentary about penguins being studied in Antarctica, she tells the...
Publisher
CBS Studios
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (557 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An alien crashes deep into the oilfields of New Mexico with a mission: he must find the brilliant scientist Justin Falls, the one woman on earth who can help save his species. An unlikely duo, together they discover that in order to save his world, they must first save ours. An inspired continuation of the novel by Walter Tevis and the iconic 1976 film starring David Bowie. This three-disc collection includes all ten episodes plus featurettes and...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (546 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Drs. Ephraim Goodweather and Nora Martinez race to create a biological weapon to destroy the creatures, Abraham Setrakian relentlessly searches for an ancient book that holds the key to defeating the sinister Master. Aware that he is now hunted by his handful of unlikely allies, the Master creates even more unstoppable bloodthirsty monsters.
97) Lovelock
Author
Series
Mayflower trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bestselling author Orson Scott Card teams up with the talented Kathyrn H. Kidd to create a startling look at the ethics of bioengineering
Lovelock is a capuchin monkey engineered to be the perfect servant--intelligent, agile, pliant, and devoted to his owner. He is a Witness--privileged to spend his days and nights observing the life of one of Earth's most brilliant scientists through digital recording devices behind his eyes. In his heart is the...
98) Medicine man
Publisher
Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Robert Campbell, a brilliant but unorthodox scientist, is racing against time in his bold research for a cure against cancer. Deep in the Amazon rain forest, Campbell is hot on the trail of an amazing discovery, but soon finds himself caught in the midst of an explosive adventure.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When forced to work on a project with your nemesis, it's best to stick to the science. Further research could trigger explosive results. Like an avenging, purple-haired Jedi bringing balance to the mansplained universe, Bee Königswasser lives by a simple code: What would Marie Curie do? If NASA offered her the lead on a neuroengineering project--a literal dream come true after years scraping by on the crumbs of academia--Marie would accept without...
100) Ghost Ship
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
When NUMA team leader Kurt Austin finds his own memories of a dangerous mission aren't to be trusted, he must follow a trail of mysterious disppearances to the truth in this novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series.
After a narrow escape during a perilous rescue operation to save the passengers and crew from a sinking yacht, Marine adventurer Kurt Austin awakens with fragmented and conflicting memories. Did...
After a narrow escape during a perilous rescue operation to save the passengers and crew from a sinking yacht, Marine adventurer Kurt Austin awakens with fragmented and conflicting memories. Did...
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