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21) Easy go
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Beneath the sands of the Egyptian desert lies treasure beyond imagining. And when a professor of archaeology finds clues to the location of a Pharaoh's lost tomb in ancient hieroglyphs, he hatches a plan to find the burial site--and plunder it. But can a five-man team of smugglers and thieves uncover what the centuries have hidden? And even if they find it, can they escape with it...and with their lives?--Publisher.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Fifty years after The Andromeda Strain made Michael Crichton a household name—and spawned a new genre, the technothriller—the threat returns, in a gripping sequel that is terrifyingly realistic and resonant.
The Evolution is Coming.
In 1967, an extraterrestrial microbe came crashing down to Earth and nearly ended the human race. Accidental exposure to the
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Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
xii, 448 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
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English
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On a remote jungle island, genetic engineers have created a dinosaur game park. But as always there is a dark side to the fantasy and after a catastrophe destroys the park's defence systems, the scientists and tourists are left fighting for survival.
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
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xiv, 366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"Fifty years after The Andromeda Strain made Michael Crichton a household name, the threat returns, in a gripping sequel that is as terrifyingly realistic and resonant as the original"--
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Sequel to 'Jurassic Park' in which the dinosaurs are now living on a nearby island. Ian Malcolm and his girlfriend lead an expedition to track the dinos.
"****...pristine picture and steller Dolby Digital 5.1 sound...Editor's Choice."--Video Librarian (refers to DVD)
26) Runaway
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Columbia TriStar
Pub. Date
c2000
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1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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When two electronic engineers meet violent deaths, Jack Ramsey, a sergeant in the Runaway Squad, is called to investigate. He discovers a link between the murders and the development of a terrifying new weapon created by an evil mastermind.
27) Disclosure
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2009
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1 videodisc (ca. 129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
When an executive and family man rejects the advances of another employee, the employee claims sexual harassment against him. This title has been Repackaged.
28) Coma
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2012.
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1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Ten cases. Now 12. Why are young, healthy patients admitted for minor surgery at Boston Memorial Hospital ending up on life support? Dr. Susan Wheeler wants to know. Somebody else wants her dead. Genevieve Bujold plays Wheeler, trailing clues, clambering along ductways, hiding among morgue cadavers, infiltrating the eerie Jefferson Institute (an unforgettable marvel of spooky technology) and persuading her skeptical boyfriend and fellow doctor Mark...
29) Twister
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1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A scientist is determined to discover a better way of predicting tornadoes with a device that shoots thousands of little trackers into the eye of the storm. Trouble is, getting it there is very dangerous.
30) Jurassic park 3D
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Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Experience one of the biggest films in motion picture history with director Steven Spielberg's ultimate thrill ride, Jurassic Park. Featuring Academy Award winning visual effects and groundbreaking filmmaking, this epic film is sheer movie-making magic that was 65 million years in the making. Jurassic Park takes you to an amazing theme park on a remote island where dinosaurs once again roam the earth and five people must battle to survive among the...
31) The 13th warrior
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Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 103 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
After being warned by a fortune-teller that their fight against legendary creatures is doomed to failure unless they have a 13th warrior, a travelling ambassador (Banderas) is given no choice but to join a group of fierce fighters.
32) Westworld
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Turner Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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English
Description
This story of a technological paradise suddenly turned nightmare is a genuine shocker. For $1,000 a day, vacationers can indulge whims at the "theme park" called Westworld where the gunhands and dance-hall girls are all robots programmed to serve the guests' violent and lustful fantasies--until something goes wrong with their circuitry.
33) Rising sun
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
A Los Angeles cop is called in to investigate the murder of a prostitute in the boardroom of a Japanese-owned company, only to discover a "shadow world" of futuristic technology, ancient ways and confusing loyalties.
34) Congo
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Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
©2012.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
An expedition to return a gorilla to Africa and find the Lost City of Zinj and its diamond mines encounters a variety of dangers.
35) Looker
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
While trying to protect one of his patients from a murderer, a plastic surgeon discovers that the patient is connected with a research facility that plans to use her image on TV as part of a mind control experiment.
36) Congo
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An expedition to return a gorilla to Africa and find the Lost City of Zinj and its diamond mines encounters a variety of dangers.