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Description
"What if you could take a vacation to your past, without the filter of memory? What would you give to go back in time and relive your youth, in person, with the people who shared it? On the eve of her 40th birthday, Alice's life isn't terrible. She likes her job, even if it isn't exactly the one she expected. She's happy with her apartment, her romantic status, her independence, and she adores her lifelong best friend. But something is missing. Her...
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Inventions: Our lives are made easier by one invention or another, but we may not realize that not every invention is carefully planned - some of the most valuable ones came about by accident! Bill examines the process of inventing. Do-it-yourself science: You can demonstrate big scientific ideas with small, simple experiments. Get a lesson from Bill and learn how you can conduct scientific research.
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Inventions: Our lives are made easier by one invention or another, but we may not realize that not every invention is carefully planned - some of the most valuable ones came about by accident! Bill examines the process of inventing. Do-it-yourself science: You can demonstrate big scientific ideas with small, simple experiments. Get a lesson from Bill and learn how you can conduct scientific research.
4) Volcano
Pub. Date
c1996
Description
Videocassette. A mixture of animation and live footage serves as a background for a narrated introduction to the geology of continental drift and the origin of volcanoes, and to the influence of volcanic activity on human culture
Author
Description
"In retreat from a devastating loss and crushing injustice, Katie lives alone in a fortresslike stone house on Jacob’s Ladder island. Once a rising star in the art world, she finds refuge in her painting. The neighboring island of Ringrock houses a secret: a government research facility. And now two agents have arrived on Jacob’s Ladder in search of someone—or something—they refuse to identify. Although an air of menace hangs over these men,...
Author
Series
Magisterium volume 1
Description
Warned away from magic all of his life, Callum endeavors to fail the trials that would admit him to the Magisterium only to be drawn into its ranks against his will and forced to confront dark elements from his past.
8) The Martian
Pub. Date
[2015]
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.
9) The Departed
Pub. Date
[2007]
Formats
Description
In South Boston, the state police force are waging a war on Irish-American organized crime. Undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate, which is run by gangland chief Frank Costello. Billy quickly gains Costello's confidence. Colin Sullivan is a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the police department as an informer for the syndicate. Colin is rising to a position of power within the Special Investigation Unit....
10) The Matrix
Series
Description
Computer hacker realizes the world is a hoax, an elaborate deception spun by all-powerful machines of artificial intelligence that control us.
In an anti-utopian future, the real world as we know it is nothing more than a computer construct created by an all-powerful artificial intelligence. A small group of humans has found a way out of the construct and are now fighting for the future of the human race.
11) Nope
Pub. Date
[2022]
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Description
Two siblings who run a California horse ranch discover something wonderful and sinister in the skies above, and the owner of an adjacent theme park tries to profit from the mysterious, otherworldly phenomenon.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Formats
Description
Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, it begins to tell the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Alex is an 18-year old Earthling who has an extraordinary talent for video game wizardry and conquers the Starfighter game. He is then recruited by alien Centauri to be part of an elite legion of fighters. Leaving behind his trailer park existence, he heads to the outer regions of space. Alex becomes the last hope for the beleaguered Star League and hundreds of worlds, including Earth.
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
As imminent conflict brews between the powerful Trade Federation and the peaceful planet of Naboo, Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi travel to Naboo to warn the Queen of the galactic fallout which is to follow. Eventually, Naboo is invaded forcing the Jedis to evacuate the planet with the Queen and her court. They travel to the desert planet of Tatooine where they meet a slave boy called Anakin Skywalker who is evidently one...
15) Horse
Series
Pub. Date
copyright 2009.
Description
An introduction to horses that explores the history and varieties of horses, and the links between horses and humankind.
16) Weather
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Go on a whirlwind tour of Earth's turbulent atmosphere and reveals the forces that make the day fair or foul. From hurricane to heat wave, weather is the most closely watched wild card in nature.
17) The iron giant
Pub. Date
c2016.
Description
A giant robot from outer space lands on Earth and frightens a small town. The robot befriends a young boy and wins its humanity by saving the townspeople from their own fears and prejudices. Includes deleted scenes and commentary from director Brad Bird. Also includes theatrical version in addition to signature edition version.
18) The iron giant
Description
Hogarth Hughes just rescued an enormous robot that fell from the stars to Earth. Now young Hogarth has one very big friend and an even bigger problem: how do you keep a 50-foot-tall, steel-eating giant a secret?
19) Grizzly Mountain
Pub. Date
p2004
Description
Two time-travelling 20th century kids go to the wild frontier of the Oregon Territory in the year of 1870 and help the Indians of Gizzly Mountain to save the their sacred tribal homeland from the scheme of greedy land developers.
20) The book of Eli
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Eli (Washington) walks alone in post-apocalyptic America. He heads west along the Highway of Death on a mission he doesn't fully understand but knows he must complete. In his backpack is the last copy of a book that could become the wellspring of a revived society. Or in the wrong hands, the hammer of a despot. Eli keeps his blade sharp and his survival instincts sharper as his quest thrusts him into a savage wasteland and pits him against a menacing...