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The omega factor / by Berry, Steve,1955-author.;
"The Ghent Altarpiece is the most violated work of art in the world. Thirteen times it has been vandalized, dismantled, or stolen. Why? What secrets does it hold? Enter UNESCO investigator, Nicholas Lee, who works for the United Nations' Cultural Liaison and Investigative Office (CLIO). Nick's job is to protect the world's cultural artifacts--including countless lesser-known objects and national treasures. When Nick travels to Belgium for a visit with a woman from his past, he unwittingly stumbles on the trail of the twelfth panel for the Ghent Altarpiece, stolen in 1934 under cover of night and never seen since. Soon Nick is plunged into a bitter conflict, one that has been simmering for nearly two thousand years. On one side is the Maidens of Saint-Michael, les Vautours, Vultures, a secret order of nuns and the guardians of a great truth. Pitted against them is the Vatican, which has wanted for centuries to both find and possess what the nuns guard. Because of Nick the maidens have finally been exposed, their secret placed in dire jeopardy--a vulnerability that the Vatican swiftly moves to exploit utilizing an ambitious cardinal and a corrupt archbishop, both with agendas of their own. From the tranquil canals of Ghent, to the towering bastions of Carcassonne, and finally into an ancient abbey high in the French Pyrenees, Nick Lee must confront a modern-day religious crusade intent on eliminating a shocking truth from humanity's past. Success or failure--life and death--all turn on the Omega Factor"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Catholic Church; Unesco; Antiquities; Art thefts; Art; Nuns; Secrecy; Secret societies; Theft;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The omega factor [sound recording] / by Berry, Steve,1955-author.; Brick, Scott,narrator.; Hachette Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Scott Brick."The Ghent Altarpiece is the most violated work of art in the world. Thirteen times it has been vandalized, dismantled, or stolen. Why? What secrets does it hold? Enter UNESCO investigator, Nicholas Lee, who works for the United Nations' Cultural Liaison and Investigative Office (CLIO). Nick's job is to protect the world's cultural artifacts--including countless lesser-known objects and national treasures. When Nick travels to Belgium for a visit with a woman from his past, he unwittingly stumbles on the trail of the twelfth panel for the Ghent Altarpiece, stolen in 1934 under cover of night and never seen since. Soon Nick is plunged into a bitter conflict, one that has been simmering for nearly two thousand years. On one side is the Maidens of Saint-Michael, les Vautours, Vultures, a secret order of nuns and the guardians of a great truth. Pitted against them is the Vatican, which has wanted for centuries to both find and possess what the nuns guard. Because of Nick the maidens have finally been exposed, their secret placed in dire jeopardy--a vulnerability that the Vatican swiftly moves to exploit utilizing an ambitious cardinal and a corrupt archbishop, both with agendas of their own. From the tranquil canals of Ghent, to the towering bastions of Carcassonne, and finally into an ancient abbey high in the French Pyrenees, Nick Lee must confront a modern-day religious crusade intent on eliminating a shocking truth from humanity's past. Success or failure--life and death--all turn on the Omega Factor"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; Novels.; Catholic Church; Unesco; Antiquities; Art thefts; Art; Nuns; Secrecy; Secret societies; Theft;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Fractured path / by Cervantes, Jennifer.;
In San Francisco in 1965, eighteen-year-old Blake Estancia searches the city for magical relics tied to her family's curse, reclaiming her dormant abilities along the way and barely managing to keep a step ahead of a murderous secret society.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Blessing and cursing; Magic; Ability; Art; Secret societies; Racially mixed people;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The ancient Egyptians / by Shuter, Jane;
Examines many different aspects of ancient Egyptian society, including religion, leisure, medicine, art, and technology.
© c1998., Heinemann Interactive Library,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Torah. -- by Jewish Publication Society.;
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© c2004., Kuperard,
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Making numbers count : the art and science of communicating numbers / by Heath, Chip,author.; Starr, Karla,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Understanding numbers is essential - but humans aren't built to understand them. Chip Heath outlines specific principles that reveal how to translate a number into our brain's language. This book is filled with examples of extreme number makeovers, vivid before-and-after examples that take a dry number and present it in a way that people click in and say "Wow, now I get it!" This book will help math-lovers and math-haters alike translate the numbers that animate our world - allowing us to bring more data, more naturally, into decisions in our schools, our workplaces, and our society.
Subjects: Information visualization.; Visual communication.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Da Vinci code [videorecording (DVD)] / by Bettany, Paul,1971-; Hanks, Tom,1956-; Howard, Ron,1954-; McKellen, Ian; Molina, Alfred,1953-; Prochnow, Jürgen.; Reno, Jean,1948-; Tautou, Audrey,1978-;
Alfred Molina, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Jean Reno, Jurgen Prochnow, Paul Bettany, Tom Hanks.Clues from a murder in the Louvre museum point to a religious group that will stop at nothing to protect an ancient secret that could change how everyone views Christianity. Based on the best-selling novel by Dan Brown.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD.
Subjects: Brown, Dan, 1964- ; Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519; Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519; Adventure films; Art museum curators; Cryptographers; Feature films; Grail; Secret societies; Video recordings for the hearing impaired;
© c2006., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Pride and prejudice [videorecording (DVD)] / by Austen, Jane,1775-1817.Pride and prejudice.Videorecording.; Ehle, Jennifer.; Firth, Colin,1960-; A & E Home Video (Firm); Arts and Entertainment Network.; British Broadcasting Corporation.Television Service.; New Video Group.;
Colin Firth, Jennifer Ehle, Alison Steadman, Benjamin Whitrow, Susannah Harker.A&E's adaptation of Jane Austen's story of a feisty young woman's romantic adventures and misadventures in the society of the 19th century English gentry.PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.; Courtship; Family; Historical television programs.; Television mini-series.; Young women;
© c2001., A & E Home Video : Distributed by New Video,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Secret Society of Aunts & Uncles / by Gyllenhaal, Jake,1980-; Caruso, Greta.; Santat, Dan.;
"The art of Auntieology and Uncleology is a sacred craft, but ten-year-old Leo has an Uncle Mo--a clueless stationery supply salesman with good intentions--who just doesn't get it. Yet. The Secret Society of Aunts & Uncles is a madcap, magical adventure into the heart of what it means to have an aunt or uncle--how we learn to keep each other close and how we find love in the simplest things."--
Subjects: Picture books.; Uncles; Aunts; Secret societies; Adventure and adventurers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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V for Vendetta [videorecording (DVD)] / by Hill, Grant; Hurt, John,1940; McTeigue, James; Portman, Natalie,1981; Rea, Stephen; Silver, Joel; Wachowski, Andy,1967; Wachowski, Larry,1965; Weaving, Hugo,1960; Anarchos Productions, Inc; Silver Pictures; Virtual Studios (Firm; Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ; Warner Home Vide;
Director of photography, Adrian Biddle ; editor, Martin Walsh ; music, Dario Marianelli ; costume designer, Sammy Sheldon ; production designer, Owen Paterson.Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, John Hurt.Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, the story of a young working-class woman, Evey, who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man known only as 'V.' Incomparably charismatic and ferociously skilled in the art of combat and deception, 'V' ignites a revolution when he urges his fellow citizens to rise up against tyranny and oppression. As Evey uncovers the truth about 'V's' mysterious background, she also discovers the truth about herself. She becomes his ally in his plan to bring freedom and justice to a cruel and corrupt society.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Deception; Feature film; Science fiction film; Totalitarianism; Vendetta; Video recordings for the hearing impaire;
© c2006., Warner Home Video,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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