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After the flood : a novel / by Montag, Kassandra,author.;
A little more than a century from now, our world has been utterly transformed. After years of slowly overtaking the continent, rising floodwaters have obliterated America's great coastal cities and then its heartland, leaving nothing but an archipelago of mountaintop colonies surrounded by a deep expanse of open water. Stubbornly independent Myra and her precocious seven-year-old daughter, Pearl, fish from their small boat, the Bird, visiting dry land only to trade for supplies and information in the few remaining outposts of civilization. For seven years, Myra has grieved the loss of her oldest daughter, Row, who was stolen by her father after a monstrous deluge overtook their home in Nebraska. Then, in a violent confrontation with a stranger, Myra suddenly discovers that Row was last seen in a far-off encampment near the Artic Circle. Throwing aside her usual caution, Myra and Pearl embark on a perilous voyage into the icy northern seas, hoping against hope that Row will still be there. On their journey, Myra and Pearl join forces with a larger ship and Myra finds herself bonding with her fellow seekers who hope to build a safe haven together in this dangerous new world. But secrets, lust, and betrayals threaten their dream, and after their fortunes take a shocking-- and bloody-- turn, Myra can no longer ignore the question of whether saving Row is worth endangering Pearl and her fellow travelers.
Subjects: Apocalyptic fiction.; Dystopian fiction.; Climatic changes; Floods; Mothers and daughters; Voyages and travels; Ocean travel;
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Knock at the cabin [videorecording] / by Aldridge, Ben,actor.; Amuka-Bird, Nikki,1976-actor.; Bautista, David,1969-actor.; Grint, Rupert,1988-actor.; Groff, Jonathan,actor.; Quinn, Abby,actor.; Shyamalan, M. Night,screenwriter,film director,film producer.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Tremblay, Paul.Cabin at the end of the world.; Universal Studios, Inc.,film distributor.;
Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Rupert Grint.From visionary filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan comes a thriller about a tight-knit family who are taken hostage by four armed strangers while vacationing at a remote cabin. The visitors, led by Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy), demand that the young girl and her parents make an unthinkable choice: to save their family or save humanity.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Apocalyptic films.; Feature films.; Horror films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Eschatology; Families; Family vacations; Home invasion; Hostages; Human sacrifice; Strangers;
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Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The body next door / by Chance, Maia,author.;
They buried their secrets, but not deep enough ... Hannah McCullough's life is far from perfect, but you'd never know it by looking at her. Instead, you'd see a beautiful young mother wholly devoted to her two children and a docile wife utterly besotted with her self-made millionaire husband, Allan. You'd see the designer clothes she wears, the luxury car she drives, the dewy-eyed au pair she employs. You wouldn't see the dark secret she carries. But when a construction crew unearths the body of a young girl near the McCulloughs' vacation home on Orcas Island, Hannah has no choice but to confront her past. She wonders how much Allan knows about the victim and the apocalyptic cult she was connected to. Meanwhile, Allan can't seem to understand why his beautiful young bride, as polished and pristine as the collectible artifacts in his glass case, would threaten their fairy-tale lifestyle by digging too deep, in places she knows she shouldn't. As the police investigation into the gruesome discovery deepens, the facade of Hannah's picture-perfect marriage starts to crumble, and she soon finds herself on a dire hunt for answers. And Hannah's search takes an unexpected turn after she crosses paths with three strangers with shocking secrets of their own.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Criminal investigation; Cults; Girls; Married people; Secrecy; Strangers;
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Furiosa [videorecording] : a Mad Max saga / by Burke, Tom,1981-actor.; Fraser, Charlee,actor.; Hemsworth, Chris,actor.; Jones, Nathan(Actor),actor.; Miller, George,1945 March 3-film director,film producer,screenwriter.; Sampson, Angus,actor.; Taylor-Joy, Anya,1996-actor.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,film distributor.;
Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Charlee Fraser, Angus Sampson, Tom Burke, Nathan Jones.As the world fell, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a great Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the Wasteland, they come across the Citadel presided over by The Immortan Joe. While the two Tyrants war for dominance, Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Science fiction films.; Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Apocalyptic films.; Dictators; Good and evil; Kidnapping victims; Kidnapping; Man-woman relationships; Motorcycle gangs; Women adventurers; Survival;
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The ferryman [sound recording] : a novel / by Cronin, Justin,author.; Brick, Scott,narrator.; Freeman, Suzanne Elise,narrator.; Random House Audio Publishing,publisher.;
Read by Scott Brick, Suzanne Elise Freeman."A riveting novel about a group of survivors on a hidden island utopia--where the truth isn't what it seems. Founded by the mysterious genius known as the Designer, the archipelago of Prospera lies hidden from the horrors of a deteriorating outside world. In this island paradise, Prospera's lucky citizens enjoy long, fulfilling lives until the monitors embedded in their forearms, meant to measure their physical health and psychological well-being, fall below 10 percent. Then they retire themselves, embarking on a ferry ride to the island known as the Nursery, where their failing bodies are renewed, their memories are wiped clean, and they are readied to restart life afresh. Proctor Bennett, of the Department of Social Contracts, has a satisfying career as a ferryman, gently shepherding people through the retirement process--and, when necessary, enforcing it. But all is not well with Proctor. For one thing, he's been dreaming--which is supposed to be impossible in Prospera. For another, his monitor percentage has begun to drop alarmingly fast. And then comes the day he is summoned to retire his own father, who gives him a disturbing and cryptic message before being wrestled onto the ferry. Meanwhile, something is stirring. The Support Staff, ordinary men and women who provide the labor to keep Prospera running, have begun to question their place in the social order. Unrest is building, and there are rumors spreading of a resistance group--known as 'Arrivalists'--who may be fomenting revolution. Soon Proctor finds himself questioning everything he once believed, entangled with a much bigger cause than realized-and on a desperate mission to uncover the truth"--
Subjects: Apocalyptic fiction.; Audiobooks.; Dystopian fiction.; Novels.; Thrillers (Fiction); Ferries; Insurgency; Retirement; Social classes; Social status;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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All the water in the world : a novel / by Caffall, Eiren,author.;
"In the tradition of Station Eleven, a literary thriller set partly on the roof of New York's Museum of Natural History in a flooded future. All the Water in the World is told in the voice of a girl gifted with a deep feeling for water. In the years after the glaciers melt, Nonie, her older sister and her parents and their researcher friends have stayed behind in an almost deserted New York City, creating a settlement on the roof of the American Museum of Natural History. The rule: Take from the exhibits only in dire need. They hunt and grow their food in Central Park as they work to save the collections of human history and science. When a superstorm breaches the city's flood walls, Nonie and her family must escape north on the Hudson. They carry with them a book that holds their records of the lost collections. Racing on the swollen river towards what may be safety, they encounter communities that have adapted in very different and sometimes frightening ways to the new reality. But they are determined to find a way to make a new world that honors all they've saved. Inspired by the stories of the curators in Iraq and Leningrad who worked to protect their collections from war, All the Water in the World is both a meditation on what we save from collapse and an adventure story -- with danger, storms, and a fight for survival. In the spirit of From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler and Parable of the Sower, this wild journey offers the hope that what matters most -- love and work, community and knowledge -- will survive"--
Subjects: Science fiction.; Apocalyptic fiction.; Novels.; Floods; Survival; Knowledge and learning; Rivers;
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Rogue warrior [videorecording] : robot fighter / by Birdsall, Tracey,actor.; Crawford, Daz,actor.; Kircher, William,actor.; Manley, Steven,actor.; Mcgrath, Tim,actor.; Park, Ashley,actor.; Johnson, Neil,film director.; Entertainment One (Firm),film distributor.;
Tracey Birdsall, William Kircher, Daz Crawford, Ashley Park, Steven Manley, Tim Mcgrath.A few decades from now, Sienna, a rebellious robot-fighting arms dealer, lives on a post apocalyptic Earth. When the cities start to fall under the control of the A.I. Scourge, a hyper-weaponized robot army, Sienna decides to leave the Earth and journey to the center of the galaxy, seeking a mythical weapon that can neutralize any form of A.I. Pursued by giant machines, Sienna loses everything she cares about in an effort to save the last vestiges of humanity in an A.I. controlled galaxy.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Science fiction films.; Feature films.; Arms dealers; Robots; Weapons; Dystopias;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Vesper [videorecording] / by Brake, Richard,1964-actor.; Buožyte, Kristina,1982-film director,screenwriter.; Chapman, Raffiella,actor.; Clark, Brian(Filmmaker),screenwriter.; Dehn, Edmund,actor.; Gaydos, Melanie,actor.; Marsan, Eddie,actor.; McEwen, Rosy,actor.; Samper, Bruno,1974-film director,screenwriter.; Anton Films,production company.; IFC Films,publisher.; Natrix Natrix (Firm),production company.; RLJ Entertainment,film distributor.; Rumble Fish (Firm),production company.;
Cinematography, Feliksas Abrukauskas ; editor, Suzanne Fenn ; music, Dan Levy.Raffiella Chapman, Eddie Marsan, Rosy McEwen, Richard Brake, Melanie Gaydos, Edmund Dehn.After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a thirteen-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed father, meets a woman with a secret who will force her to use her wits, strengths, and biohacking abilities to fight for the possibility of having a future.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Apocalyptic films.; Feature films.; Science fiction films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Bioengineering; Fathers and daughters; Regression (Civilization); Secrecy; Survival; Teenage girls; Virus-vector relationships;
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The last beekeeper / by Dalton, Julie Carrick,author.;
"Julie Carrick Dalton's The Last Beekeeper is a celebration of found family, an exploration of truth versus power, and the triumph of hope in the face of despair. "Fans of Delia Owens will swoon to find their new favorite author." (Hank Phillippi Ryan) It's been more than a decade since the world has come undone, and Sasha Severn has returned to her childhood home with one goal in mind-find the mythic research her father, the infamous Last Beekeeper, hid before he was incarcerated. There, Sasha is confronted with a group of squatters who have claimed the quiet, idyllic farm as a way to escape the horrific conditions of state housing. While she feels threatened by their presence at first, the friends soon become her newfound family, offering what she hasn't felt since her father was imprisoned: security and hope. Maybe it's time to forget the family secrets buried on the farm and focus on her future. But just as she settles into her new life, Sasha witnesses the impossible. She sees a honeybee, presumed extinct. People who claim to see bees are ridiculed and silenced for reasons Sasha doesn't understand, but she can't shake the feeling that this impossible bee is connected to her father's missing research. Fighting to uncover the truth could shatter Sasha's fragile security and threaten the lives of her new-found family-or it could save them all. Sasha's journey is a meditation on forgiveness and redemption and a reminder to cherish the beauty that still exists in this fragile world. Also by Julie Carrick Dalton: Waiting for the Night Song"--
Subjects: Apocalyptic fiction.; Ecofiction.; Novels.; Bees; Families; Family secrets; Farms; Fathers and daughters;
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Station eleven [videorecording] / by Davis, Mackenzie,actor.; Lawler, Matilda,actor.; Murai, Hiro,television director.; Patel, Himesh,1990-actor.; Podeswa, Jeremy,television director.; television adaptation of (work):Mandel, Emily St. John,1979-Station eleven.; Paramount Pictures Corporation,distributor.;
Mackenzie Davis, Himesh Patel, Matilda Lawler, David Wilmot, Nabhaan Rizwan, Lori Petty, Caitlin Fitzgerald, David Cross.Originally broadcast on television 2021-2022.A post-apocalyptic saga spanning multiple timelines, this limited drama series tells the stories of survivors of the devastating flu as they attempt to rebuild and reimagine the world anew while holding on to the best of what's been lost.14A.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Apocalyptic television programs.; Dystopian television programs.; Fantasy television programs.; Television mini-series.; Television programs.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Actors; Epidemics; Man-woman relationships; Survival; Traveling theater;
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