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Deepwater Horizon [videorecording] / by Berg, Peter,1964-actor.; Berg, Peter,1964-film director.; Carnahan, Matthew Michael,screenwriter.; Griffin, Douglas M.,1966-actor.; Russell, Kurt,actor.; Wahlberg, Mark,1971-actor.; Hudson, Kate,1979-; Elevation Pictures,film distributor.;
Mark Wahlberg, Peter Berg, Kurt Russell, Douglas M. Griffin, Kate Hudson, Dylan O'brien.For the one hundred and twenty-six people aboard the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig, April 20, 2010, began like any normal day. Before day's end, the world would bear witness to one of the greatest man-made disasters in U.S. history. It reveals the brave acts of the men and women who rose to the challenge and risked everything to lead others to safety.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: PG-13; for prolonged intense disaster sequences and related disturbing images, and brief strong language.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Thrillers (Motion pictures); Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; British Petroleum Company; BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010; Environmental disasters; Environmental disasters; Offshore oil industry; Offshore oil industry; Offshore oil well drilling; Oil well drilling rigs;
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Clive Cussler Desolation code : a novel / by Brown, Graham,1969-author.;
"When Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala investigate a mass stranding of aquatic life in the Indian Ocean, they accidentally uncover a much deeper mystery. A strange figure soon steals NUMA's findings, forcing a high-speed chase -- someone really didn't want them examining those dead whales. But who, and why? A cryptic text through the NUMA satellite network makes things still stranger: these odd phrases and numbers look like NUMA codes. But who could be tantalizing the crew with such specific knowledge of their tech? Are they being helped by an old friend, or lured into a trap by a traitor who knows a little too much about NUMA's inner workings? Kurt, Joe, and even Max, the agency's supercomputer, will have to investigate like never before as they decrypt data, infiltrate a cult of cloned men, and prepare for a battle on two very different planes: one physical; one digital. The aquatic stranding was just the beginning of a sinister plan concocted by a mind more brilliant than any they've ever faced -- the mind of a machine. A new, terrifying world order is being plotted. First marine ecosystems will be devastated, then the entire globe's ... Unless the NUMA crew can stop this code of desolation"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Austin, Kurt (Fictitious character); Artificial intelligence; Environmental disasters; Marine ecology; Whales;
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Clive Cussler Desolation code [sound recording] : a novel / by Brown, Graham,1969-author.; Brick, Scott,narrator.; Penguin Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Scott Brick."When Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala investigate a mass stranding of aquatic life in the Indian Ocean, they accidentally uncover a much deeper mystery. A strange figure soon steals NUMA's findings, forcing a high-speed chase -- someone really didn't want them examining those dead whales. But who, and why? A cryptic text through the NUMA satellite network makes things still stranger: these odd phrases and numbers look like NUMA codes. But who could be tantalizing the crew with such specific knowledge of their tech? Are they being helped by an old friend, or lured into a trap by a traitor who knows a little too much about NUMA's inner workings? Kurt, Joe, and even Max, the agency's supercomputer, will have to investigate like never before as they decrypt data, infiltrate a cult of cloned men, and prepare for a battle on two very different planes: one physical; one digital. The aquatic stranding was just the beginning of a sinister plan concocted by a mind more brilliant than any they've ever faced -- the mind of a machine. A new, terrifying world order is being plotted. First marine ecosystems will be devastated, then the entire globe's ... Unless the NUMA crew can stop this code of desolation"--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Novels.; Thrillers (Fiction); Austin, Kurt (Fictitious character); Artificial intelligence; Environmental disasters; Marine ecology; Whales;
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The nature of fragile things / by Meissner, Susan,1961-author.;
"April 18, 1906: A massive earthquake rocks San Francisco just before daybreak, igniting a devouring inferno. Lives are lost, lives are shattered, but some rise from the ashes forever changed. Sophie Whalen is a young Irish immigrant so desperate to get out of a New York tenement that she answers a mail-order bride ad and agrees to marry a man she knows nothing about. San Francisco widower Martin Hocking proves to be as aloof as he is mesmerizingly beautiful. While Sophie quickly develops deep affection for Kat, Martin's silent five-year-old daughter, his odd behavior leaves her with the uneasy feeling that something about her newfound situation isn't right. Then one early-spring evening, a stranger at the door sets in motion a transforming chain of events. Sophie discovers hidden ties to two other women. The first, pretty and pregnant, is standing on her doorstep. The second is hundreds of miles away in the American Southwest, grieving the loss of everything she once loved. The fates of these three women intertwine on the eve of the devastating earthquake, thrusting them onto a perilous journey that will test their resiliency and resolve and, ultimately, their belief that love can overcome fear. From the acclaimed author of The Last Year of the War and As Bright as Heaven comes a gripping novel about the bonds of friendship and mother love, and the power of female solidarity"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906; Earthquakes; Natural disasters; Mail order brides; Friendship;
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South of nowhere / by Deaver, Jeffery,author.;
"A small town in Northern California is at risk of being destroyed by a failing levee, and Colter Shaw has been hired to locate a family swept away by the raging water, with mere hours to survive. But is the levee at risk of failing from natural causes or is someone sabotaging it? With the help of his sister, Dorion, the duo must save the citizens before the old town washes out at the hands of a secret conspirer"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Shaw, Colter (Fictitious character); Disasters; Levees; Missing persons; Missing persons; Sabotage; Siblings;
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South of nowhere [text (large print)] / by Deaver, Jeffery,author.;
"A small town in Northern California is at risk of being destroyed by a failing levee, and Colter Shaw has been hired to locate a family swept away by the raging water, with mere hours to survive. But is the levee at risk of failing from natural causes or is someone sabotaging it? With the help of his sister, Dorion, the duo must save the citizens before the old town washes out at the hands of a secret conspirer"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large print books.; Novels.; Shaw, Colter (Fictitious character); Disasters; Levees; Missing persons; Missing persons; Sabotage; Siblings;
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Hard rain / by Allen, Samantha Jayne,author.;
"In shock and found clinging to a tree branch, Bethany Richter is pulled from thrashing floodwaters that have decimated the town of Garnett, Texas and killed a dozen others. Six months after solving the murder of a local waitress, Annie McIntyre is working as an apprentice P.I. when she's handed her first solo case: uncover the identity of the man who rescued Bethany before he was swept downriver. When Annie's search turns up a different victim-shot dead, not drowned-Annie questions if the hero they seek is actually a killer. Flexing her new skills while relying on the wisdom of her eccentric, ex-cop grandfather, the case leads Annie into a web of drug dealers, preachers, and wayward drifters trying to make sense of life after a disaster. Annie's own convictions are put to the ultimate test as long-held secrets, corruption, and violence are exposed like the ruin that lies beneath receding waters"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Corruption; Floods; Murder; Natural disasters; Private investigators; Secrecy;
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Hurricanes and tornadoes / by Jennings, Terry J.;
Looks at how and why hurricanes and tornadoes occur, and what can be done to prevent them or to lessen their effect.
Subjects: Hurricanes; Tornadoes;
© c2000., Thameside Press,
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Once a warrior : how one veteran found a new mission closer to home / by Wood, Jake,1983-author.;
"The powerful story of one Marine who found healing and renewed purpose after returning from combat, for himself and tens of thousands of fellow veterans. When Marine sniper Jake Wood came home in 2009 from grueling tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, his country asked yet more of him: to compartmentalize his traumatic memories, put his elite military training on a shelf, and adjust to living outside high-stakes situations. Jake feared he would join the huge population of veterans struggling to reintegrate. Since 2001, more service members have died by suicide than have been killed in Afghanistan. One activity helped Jake and his friend and fellow Marine Clay Hunt find a measure of hope: helping communities after disasters, where their training rendered them unusually effective in high-stakes situations. But as their new organization struggled to get off the ground and the VA tied up Clay's meds in red tape, Clay committed suicide. Reeling, Jake resolved to help as many disaster-affected communities and provide a mission to as many veterans as possible. Over the past 10 years, with no money or experience, he and his team have recruited over 100,000 volunteers to his organization Team Rubicon. It's established a reputation for delivering desperately needed aid faster and better than other organizations hindered by bureaucracy. Racing against the clock, veteran volunteers utilize their military training to untangle complex problems quickly and keep calm under pressure in catastrophic scenarios. What's more, Team Rubicon gives meaningful direction to men and women who need the disaster response work as much as the work needs them. Having a continued purpose--a mission that matters--can be the key to a veteran's successful transition from war to peace"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Wood, Jake, 1983-; United States. Marine Corps; United States. Marine Corps. Marine Regiment, 7th. Battalion, 2nd.; Team Rubicon (Organization); Afghan War, 2001-; Disaster relief.; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Marines; Philanthropists; Veterans;
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The impossible [videorecording] / by Atienza, Belén.; Bayona, J. A.(Juan Antonio); Etura, Marta,1978-; Holland, Tom,1943-; Joslin, Samuel.; McGregor, Ewan,1971-; Pendergast, Oaklee.; Sanchez, Sergio G.; Watts, Naomi,1968-; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada); Summit Entertainment.;
Music by Fernando Velázquez ; cinematography, Óscar Faura ; edited by Elena Ruiz, Bernat Vilaplana.Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Tom Holland, Samuel Joslin, Oaklee Pendergast, Marta Etura.Based on a true story of a family caught, with tens of thousands of strangers, in the mayhem of one of the worst natural catastrophes of our time. But the true-life terror is tempered by the unexpected displays of compassion, courage, and simple kindness that Maria and her family encounter during the darkest hours of their lives.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, widescreen presentation; Dolby digital 5.1.Winner of 2012 Academy Award for Best actress in a leading role (Naomi Watts)
Subjects: Families; Feature films.; Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004; Natural disasters; Tsunamis; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2013., Summit Entertainment ; Distributed by Entertainment One,
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