Colin Wilson
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
Author Colin Wilson opens this illuminating psychological discussion with the development of the 1977 Behavioral Science Unit, which was set up in order to answer the many questions surrounding serial killers: How does someone become a serial killer? How do they choose their victims, and why do they not feel remorse? How are they caught? Wilson interviews FBI Special Agent Robert Ressler, coiner of the term “serial killer" and one of the pioneers...
6) John Carter
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on Edgar Rice Burroughs's classic novel, a war-weary former military captain is inexplicably transported to Mars and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.
8) The meg
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Formats
Description
A deep-sea submersible filled with an international research crew lies disabled at the bottom of the Pacific after having been attacked by a massive shark previously thought to be extinct. With time running out, expert deep sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor is recruited by a visionary Chinese oceanographer to save the crew and the ocean itself from this unstoppable threat that is a pre-historic 75-foot-long shark known as the Megalodon.
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
Deena Shan is ready to give up and leave the rebellion. When a failed hyperspace jump puts the ship carrying Deena, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and Tungo Li in orbit above an Imperial stronghold, they go on the offensive, leading their crew in a potentially suicidal strike. It finally comes down to Deena to decide the success or failure of the mission.
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the war against the invading alien Yuuzhan Vong, Kaye and Nina reunite refugees with their families, and Finn is on a mission to infiltrate Coruscant!"--Provided by publisher.
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ray Ferrier is a working class man living in New Jersey. He has become estranged from his family and his life isn't in order. His small town life is shaken violently by the arrival of destructive intruders: Aliens which have come up from the ground, en masse, to destroy Earth and all the humans living on it. As the aliens plow through the country in a wave of mass destruction and violence, Ray must put aside thoughts of himself and come to the defense...
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (58 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A portrait of the American composer; includes extensive performance extracts from Nixon in China, El Niño, and the film of Klinghoffer as well as his orchestral compositions, Shaker Loops, The Chamber Symphony and Gnarly Buttons.
13) Casper
Language
English
Formats
Description
Determined to get her hands on her father's hidden fortune, Carrigan is forced to hire an afterlife therapist to exercise the ghosts that keep frightening her away. Dr. Harvey and his daughter, Kat, move in and soon Kat meets Casper, the friendliest ghost. But Casper's uncles are still determined to drive all the "fleshies" away.
14) Lifeforce
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a space exploration team travels to examine Halley's Comet, they find an alien spacecraft whose occupants carry a deadly secret. Spacelings take over the bodies of the humans and return to earth.
15) Amistad
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (155 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, the movie chronicles the incredible journey of a group of enslaved Africans who overtake their captor's ship and attempt to return to their beloved homeland. When the ship, La Amistad, is seized, these captives are brought to the United States where they are charged with murder and await their fate in prison. A battle ensues that captures the attention of the entire nation, confronting the very foundation of the American justice...
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs in 3 separate volumes (DVD) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jurassic Park: Scientists develop a means of bringing dinosaurs to life using DNA taken from dino' blood, which has been preserved inside insects encased in amber. Originally issued in 1993.
The lost world: Four years after the failure of Jurassic Park on Isla Nublar, it is revealed that there was another island ("Site B") on which dinosaurs were bred before being transported to Isla Nublar. Originally issued in 1997.
Jurassic Park III : Eight years...
17) Detroit
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (143 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Amidst the chaos of the Detroit Rebellion, with the city under curfew and as the Michigan National Guard patrolled the streets, three young African American men were murdered at the Algiers Motel.
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
With her father presumed dead, Lara must race to recover an ancient artifact that can alter space and time if not destroyed. She finds the key that will unlock the two sections that must be put together in order for the artifact to work. She must fight her nemises in order to restore harmony and all before the planets and sun align.
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A decade has passed since John Connor helped prevent Judgment Day and save mankind from mass destruction. Now 25, Connor lives 'off the grid' with no home, credit cards, cell phones or a job. No record of his existence. No way he can be traced by Skynet - the highly developed network of machines that once tried to kill him and wage war on humanity. Out of the shadows of the future steps the T-X, Skynet's most sophisticated cyborg killing machine yet....
20) Troy
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (162 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It is the year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age. Two emerging nations clash after Paris, a Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnon to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power and sets off for Troy with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks. With the help...