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Let it destroy you : a novel / by Lye, Harriet Alida,author.;
"From the acclaimed author of The Honey Farm and Natural Killer comes a tense and enveloping novel inspired by the incredibly true story of the man who invented the atomic bomb, though all he wanted to do was save the world. It is 1945, and Hungarian Jewish physicist August Snow is on trial at the International War Crimes Court for patenting a technology that has been proven capable of destroying the entire world. He instigated humanity's ability to decide its own death and then profited from the inevitable, but the initial reason for his research was to come up with a way to cure his daughter, Leora, of cancer. August's wife June insists she had nothing to do with the bomb--after all, she was forced to give up her career as a doctor when she got pregnant, lost her place in the public sphere, and in the early days of motherhood she almost lost her mind, too. But who is implicated in events of global significance? Who is responsible for the seemingly small decisions that affect the life of a family, of a child? Going back to tell the story of how June and August fell in love and arrived at where they are now, the novel travels across Europe and America during the lead-up to the Second World War, tracing how the rise of antisemitism shaped their lives. Their personal stories parallel August's discovery of nuclear fission, his involvement with the Manhattan Project, and their beloved daughter's radiation treatment. Though the treatment saved Leora from the cancer that would have otherwise killed her, August and June separated when they disagreed about what should be done with the information he had gained from developing her cure. The aftermath of their love, like the fallout of the bomb, destroys everything in its wake. Let It Destroy You is a story of love, morality, creation, and loss, told with great reverence for the natural world while capturing the tragic brilliance of an idealistic mind."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Atomic bomb; Ethics; Inventors; Man-woman relationships; Married people; Nuclear weapons; Physicists;
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George Harrison : living in the material world / by Harrison, Olivia,1948-; Holborn, Mark,1949-;
After the bombs -- Mach Schau -- A puff of madness -- Pilgrimage -- All things must pass -- Handled with care -- Fresh air.
Subjects: Harrison, George, 1943-2001; Harrison, George, 1943-2001.; Rock musicians; Rock musicians;
© c2011., Abrams,
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Nineteen steps : a novel / by Brown, Millie Bobby,2004-author.; McGurl, Kathleen,author.;
"Millie Bobby Brown's dazzling debut novel is a moving tale of love, longing, and loss, inspired by the true events of her family's experience during World War II"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Airmen; Americans; Bombings; Disasters; Interpersonal attraction; Man-woman relationships; Secrecy; World War, 1939-1945;
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Portrait of a spy / by Silva, Daniel,1960-;
Subjects: Spy stories.; Suspense fiction.; Allon, Gabriel (Fictitious character); Art restorers; Intelligence officers; Suicide bombings; Terrorism;
© c2011., Harper,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Deja vu [videorecording ] / by Caviezel, Jim,1968; Goldberg, Adam,1970; Greenwood, Bruce,1956; Kilmer, Val,1959; Patton, Paula; Scott, Tony,1944; Washington, Denzel,1954; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm; Touchstone Home Entertainment (Firm;
Director of photography, Paul Cameron ; editor, Chris Lebenzon ; music, Harry Gregson-Williams ; costume designer, Ellen Mirojnick ; production designer, Chris Seagers.Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer, Paula Patton, Bruce Greenwood, Adam Goldberg, Jim Caviezel.A ferry filled with crewmen from the USS Nimitz and their families is blown up in New Orleans during Mardi Gras. BATF Doug Carlin is brought in to assist in the recovery of evidence from the massive investigation, and gets attached to an experimental FBI surveillance unit. The unit uses technology to directly look back in time a little over four days into the past. While tracking down the bomber, Carlin gets an idea in his head: would it be possible to use the device to actually travel back in time and not only prevent the bombing but also the murder of a local woman whose truck was used in the bombingCanadian Home Video Rating: PGDVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround
Subjects: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; Adventure film; Bombings; Feature film; Video recordings for the hearing impaire;
© c2007., Touchstone Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment,
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Source code by Anvar, Cas.; Arden, Michael,1982-; Farmiga, Vera.; Gyllenhaal, Jake,1980-; Jones, Duncan,1971-; Monaghan, Michelle.; Peters, Russell.; Ripley, Ben.; Wright, Jeffrey.; Entertainment One (Firm); Summit Entertainment.; Vendôme Pictures.;
Music by Chris Bacon ; edited by Paul Hirsch ; director of photography, Don Burgess.Jake Gyllenhaal, Jeffrey Wright, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Russell Peters, Michael Arden, Cas Anvar.When Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of an experimental government program called the 'Source Code' that enables him to cross over into another man's identity in the last eight minutes of his life. Armed with the task of identifying the bomber of a Chicago commuter train, Colter must relive the incident over and over again, gathering clues until he can solve the mystery and prevent an even deadlier second terrorist attack.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Blu-ray; Dolby Digital 5.1; anamorphic widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Bombers (Terrorists); Bombings; Feature films.; Science fiction films.; Terrorism; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Time travel;
© c2011., Vendôme Pictures ; Distributed by Entertainment One,
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American Prometheus : the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer / by Bird, Kai,author.; Sherwin, Martin J.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967.; Atomic bomb; Physicists; Science;
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Murder at the Porte de Versailles / by Black, Cara,1951-author.;
"November, 2001: in the wake of 9/11, Paris is living in a state of heightened fear, with constant bomb alerts and heightened ethnic tension. For Aimée Leduc, November is bittersweet: the anniversary of her father's death and her daughter's third birthday fall on the same day. A gathering for family and friends is disrupted when a bomb goes off at the police laboratory-and Boris Viard, the partner of Aimée's friend Michou, is found unconscious at the scene of the crime, his fingerprints on the bomb fragments. Aimée doesn't believe Boris set the bomb. In an effort to prove him not guilty, she battles the police and his own lab colleagues, collecting conflicting eyewitness reports. When a member of the French secret service drafts Aimée to help investigate possible links to an Iranian Revolutionary guard and fugitive radicals who bombed Interpol in the 1980s, Aimée uncovers ties to a cold case of her father's. As Aimée scours the streets of Teheran-sur-Seine trying to learn the truth, she has to ask herself if she should succumb to pressure from Chloe's biological father and move them out to his farm in Brittany"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Bombings; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Leduc, Aimee (Fictitious character); Women private investigators;
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Flashpoint. [videorecording] / by Colantoni, Enrico.; Dillion, Hugh.; Frazee, David.; Johnson, Amy Jo.; Paetkau, David.; CTV Television Network.; Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (Firm); Phase 4 Films (Firm);
Scorpio -- First in line -- The element of surprise -- Asking for flowers -- Who's George? -- Attention Shoppers -- He Knows His Brother -- Never Kissed a Girl -- planets aligned -- Eagle two -- Backwards day -- Haunting the barn -- Between heartbeats.Music composed by Amin Bhatia, Ari Posner.Hugh Dillion, Amy Jo Johnson, David Paetkau, Enrico Colantoni.A television program about a special tactical team that rescues hostages, busts gangs, defuses bombs, and takes on other tough cases.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Action and adventure television programs.; Hostage negotiations; Police; Police; Problem-oriented policing;
© c2009., Phase 4 Films (Firm),
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The panther / by DeMille, Nelson.;
Anti-terrorist task force agent John Corey and his FBI agent wife, Kate Mayfield, search for the mastermind behind the bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen.
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Corey, John (Fictitious character); Terrorism;
© 2012., Grand Central Pub.,
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