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Descendants 2 : the novelization / by Geron, Eric.; McGibbon, Josann.; Parriott, Sara.;
Mal, Evie, Carlos, and Jay may be the children of terrible villains, but they're fitting in amazingly well on Auradon. Well, at least most of them are. For Mal, the pressure to be royally perfect is too intense, so she returns to her rotten roots on the Isle of the Lost. But Mal soon finds that her archenemy, Uma, the daughter of Ursula, has taken her spot as self-proclaimed Princess of Evil. Even worse, Uma has a plan to destroy Auradon, and a gnarly gang of pirates to back her up. LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Radio and television novels.; Children of criminals; Penal colonies; Quests (Expeditions); Disney characters; Magic;
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Afterlives / by Gurnah, Abdulrazak,1948-author.;
Restless, ambitious Ilyas was stolen from his parents by the Schutzruppe askari, the German colonial troops; after years away, he returns to his village to find his parents gone, and his sister Afiya given away. Hamza was not stolen, but was sold; he has come of age in the schutztruppe, at the right hand of an officer whose control has ensured his protection but marked him for life. Hamza does not have words for how the war ended for him. Returning to the town of his childhood, all he wants is work, however humble, and security - and the beautiful Afiya. The century is young. The Germans and the British and the French and the Belgians and whoever else have drawn their maps and signed their treaties and divided up Africa. As they seek complete dominion they are forced to extinguish revolt after revolt by the colonised. The conflict in Europe opens another arena in east Africa where a brutal war devastates the landscape. As these interlinked friends and survivors come and go, live and work and fall in love, the shadow of a new war lengthens and darkens, ready to snatch them up and carry them away.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Colonies; Homecoming; Interpersonal relations;
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The mimicking of known successes / by Older, Malka,1977-author.;
"The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set on Jupiter, by Malka Older, author of the critically-acclaimed Centenal Cycle. On a remote, gas-wreathed outpost of a human colony on Jupiter, a man goes missing. The enigmatic Investigator Mossa follows his trail to Valdegeld, home to the colony's erudite university-and Mossa's former girlfriend, a scholar of Earth's pre-collapse ecosystems. Pleiti has dedicated her research and her career to aiding the larger effort towards a possible return to Earth. When Mossa unexpectedly arrives and requests Pleiti's assistance in her latest investigation, the two of them embark on a twisting path in which the future of life on Earth is at stake-and, perhaps, their futures, together."--
Subjects: Science fiction.; Novels.; Lesbians; Missing persons; Space colonies;
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Beheld : a novel / by Nesbit, TaraShea,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Ten years after the Mayflower pilgrims arrived on rocky, unfamiliar soil, Plymouth is not the land its residents had imagined. Seemingly established on a dream of religious freedom, in reality the town is led by fervent puritans who prohibit the residents from living, trading, and worshipping as they choose. By the time an unfamiliar ship, bearing new colonists, appears on the horizon one summer morning, Anglican outsiders have had enough.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Murder; Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony); Puritans;
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Queen of the sun [videorecording] : what are the bees telling us? / by Hauk, Günther.; Pollan, Michael.; Shiva, Vandana.; Siegel, Taggart.; Music Box Films.;
Director of photography, Taggart Siegel ; sound design by Ryan Mauk ; animation by Noah Dorsey, Michelle Hwang, Chris Rodgers, Alyssa Timon, Emma Tripp ; edited by Jon Betz, Taggart Siegel ; original score, Jami Sieber.Commentary, Gunther Hauk, Kirk Webster, Carlo Petrini, Michael Pollan, Yvon Achard, Ian Davies, Eric Olson, Randy Johnson, Roy Arbon, Raj Patel, Michael Thiele, Johannes Wirz, Massimo Carpinteri, Vandana Shiva, May Berenbaum, Gunter Friedmann, Scott Black, Hugh Wilson, Jeffrey Smith, Horst Kornberger, David Heaf, Philip Schilds, Jennifer Kornberger, Colin Fleay, Ruth Hamlyn, Warren Thompson, Ivan Hyslop, Jacqueline Freeman, Zan Yassin, Jacquie Berger, Deborah Romano, David Yassky, Kerry Grefig, Ron Breland.Viewers will journey through the catastrophic disappearance of bees and the mysterious world of the beehive. Weaved is an unusual and dramatic story of the heartfelt struggles of beekeepers, scientists, and philosophers from around the world including Michael Pollan, Gunther Hauk, and Vandana Shiva. Together they reveal both the problems and the solutions in renewing a culture in balance with nature.E.DVD ; NTSC, all regions; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; 5.1 surround, stereo.Winner IDA, Pare Lorentz Award Honorable Mention ; Winner Director's Choice, Rhode Island International Film Festival ; Winner, Planet in Focus ; Winner, Red Rock ; Official Selection IDFA, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam ; Winner, Syracuse ; Winner Audience Award, Maui ; Winner, Nashville ; Winner Best Documentary, Youth Jury Rhode Island ; Winner Audience Award, Indiememphis
Subjects: Bee culture; Bee culture.; Beekeepers.; Colony collapse disorder of honeybees.; Documentary films.; Honeybee; Honeybee.;
© c2012., Music Box Films,
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Alien. [videorecording] / by Crudup, Billy,1968-actor.; Fassbender, Michael,1977-actor.; McBride, Danny,1976-actor.; Scott, Ridley,film director.; Logan, John,1961-screenwriter.; Harper, Dante,screenwriter.; Waterston, Katherine,actor.; Bichir, Demián,1963-actor.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,publisher.; Scott Free Productions,production company.; Brandywine Productions,production company.;
Music, Jed Kurzel ; editor, Pietro Scalia ; director of photography, Dariusz Wolski ; producers, Ridley Scott, Mark Huffam, Michael Schaefer, David Giler, Walter Hill ; story by Jack Paglen and Michael Green.Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, Demián Bichir, Carmen Ejogo, Jussie Smollett, Callie Hernandez, Amy Seimetz, Nathaniel Dean.The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world. When they uncover a threat beyond their imagination, they must attempt a harrowing escape.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Science fiction films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Extraterrestrial beings; Human-alien encounters; Interplanetary voyages; Space colonies;
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Alien. [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by Crudup, Billy,1968-actor.; Fassbender, Michael,1977-actor.; McBride, Danny,1976-actor.; Scott, Ridley,film director.; Logan, John,1961-screenwriter.; Harper, Dante,screenwriter.; Waterston, Katherine,actor.; Bichir, Demián,1963-actor.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc,publisher.; Scott Free Productions,production company.; Brandywine Productions,production company.;
Music, Jed Kurzel ; editor, Pietro Scalia ; director of photography, Dariusz Wolski ; producers, Ridley Scott, Mark Huffam, Michael Schaefer, David Giler, Walter Hill ; story by Jack Paglen and Michael Green.Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, Demián Bichir, Carmen Ejogo, Jussie Smollett, Callie Hernandez, Amy Seimetz, Nathaniel Dean.The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world. When they uncover a threat beyond their imagination, they must attempt a harrowing escape.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.40:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Science fiction films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Extraterrestrial beings; Human-alien encounters; Interplanetary voyages; Space colonies;
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Spaced out / by Gibbs, Stuart,1969-;
In 2041 twelve-year-old Dashiell Gibson is a resident of Moon Base Alpha, and at the moment he is faced with a number of problems: coping with the nasty Sjoberg twins, finding out how the commander of the base has managed to disappear from a facility no bigger than a soccer field, and dealing with the alien Zan who communicates with him telepathically from afar--and who is hiding a secret which may threaten the whole Earth.Ages 8-12.LSC
Subjects: Science fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Space colonies; Extraterrestrial beings; Human-alien encounters; Telepathy; Secrecy;
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Countess / by Palumbo, Suzan,author.;
"A queer Caribbean anti-colonial Count of Monte Cristo set in space in which a betrayed captain seeks revenge on the interplanetary empire that subjugated her people for generations. Virika Sameroo lives in colonized space under the Æerbot Empire, much like her ancestors before her in the British West Indies. After years of working hard to rise through the ranks of the empire's merchant marine, she's finally become first lieutenant on an interstellar cargo vessel. When her captain dies under suspicious circumstances, Virika is arrested for murder and charged with treason, despite her lifelong loyalty to the empire. Her conviction and subsequent imprisonment set her on a path of revenge, determined to take down the evil empire that wronged her, all while the fate of her people hangs in the balance."--
Subjects: Queer fiction.; Science fiction.; Novels.; False imprisonment; Imperialism; Insurgency; Revenge; Space colonies; Women;
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Antimatter blues / by Ashton, Edward(Science fiction writer),author.;
"Summer has come to Niflheim. The lichens are growing, the six-winged bat-things are chirping, and much to his own surprise, Mickey Barnes is still alive-that last part thanks almost entirely to the fact that Commander Marshall believes that the colony's creeper neighbors are holding an antimatter bomb, and that Mickey is the only one who's keeping them from using it. Mickey's just another colonist now. Instead of cleaning out the reactor core, he spends his time these days cleaning out the rabbit hutches. It's not a bad life. It's not going to last. It may be sunny now, but winter is coming. The antimatter that fuels the colony is running low, and Marshall wants his bomb back. If Mickey agrees to retrieve it, he'll be giving up the only thing that's kept his head off of the chopping block. If he refuses, he might doom the entire colony. Meanwhile, the creepers have their own worries, and they're not going to surrender the bomb without getting something in return. Once again, Mickey finds the fate of two species resting in his hands. If something goes wrong this time, though, he won't be coming back."--
Subjects: Science fiction.; Novels.; Cloning; Human-alien encounters; Life on other planets; Space colonies;
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