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The dolphin house / by Schulman, Audrey,1963-author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Based on the true story of the 1965 "dolphin house" experiment, this spellbinding novel captures the tenor of the social experiments of the 1960's in award-winning author Audrey Schulman's tightly paced and evocative style. It is 1965, and Cora, a young, hearing impaired woman, buys a one-way ticket to the island of St. Thomas, where she discovers four dolphins held in captivity as part of an experiment led by the obsessive Dr. Blum. Drawn by a strong connection to the dolphins, Cora falls in with the scientists and discovers her need to protect the animals. Recognizing Cora's knack for communication, Blum uses her for what will turn into one of the most fascinating experiments in modern science: an attempt to teach the dolphins human language by creating a home in which she and a dolphin can live together. As the experiment progresses, Cora forges a remarkable bond with the creatures, until her hard-won knowledge clashes with the male-dominated world of science. As a terrible scandal threatens to engulf the experiment, Cora's fight to save the dolphins becomes a battle to save herself.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Animals; Deaf; Dolphins; Human-animal communication; Nineteen sixties; Science; Women;
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It's a zoo in here! / by Patterson, James,1947-; Sitts, Brian.; Tejido, Jomike.;
Rafe Khatchadorian is horrified that because of a missed science assignment he has to go to summer school; but instead of three weeks in a school room, he finds himself as a volunteer at BushyTail animal refuge, which is really hard, smelly work--and somehow he needs to use the experience (and the help of a girl he meets there) to produce a first-class science report.LSC
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Khatchadorian, Rafe (Fictitious character); Boys; Zoos; Zoo animals; Animal welfare; Middle schools; Friendship;
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Self/less [videorecording] / by Goode, Matthew,1978-actor.; Martinez, Natalie,actor.; Pastor, Alex,1981-screenwriter.; Pastor, David,1978-screenwriter.; Reynolds, Ryan,actor.; Singh, Tarsem,film director.; Endgame Entertainment (Firm),production company.; Focus Features.; Gramercy Pictures,publisher.; Videoville Showtime.;
Director of photography, Brendan Galvin ; editor, Robert Duffy ; music, Antonio Pinto.Ryan Reynolds, Natalie Martinez, Matthew Goode.In this provocative psychological science fiction thriller, an extremely wealthy man dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness into the body of a healthy young man. But all is not as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body's origin and the secret organization that will kill to protect its cause.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Cancer; Consciousness; Feature films.; Rich people; Science fiction films.; Terminally ill; Thrillers (Motion pictures);
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Annie Bot A Novel [electronic resource] : by Greer, Sierra.aut; cloudLibrary;
For fans of Never Let Me Go and My Dark Vanessa, a powerful, provocative novel about the relationship between a female robot and her human owner, exploring questions of intimacy, power, autonomy, and control. Annie Bot was created to be the perfect girlfriend for her human owner Doug. Designed to satisfy his emotional and physical needs, she has dinner ready for him every night, wears the pert outfits he orders for her, and adjusts her libido to suit his moods. True, she’s not the greatest at keeping Doug’s place spotless, but she’s trying to please him. She’s trying hard. She’s learning, too. Doug says he loves that Annie’s AI makes her seem more like a real woman, so Annie explores human traits such as curiosity, secrecy, and longing. But becoming more human also means becoming less perfect, and as Annie’s relationship with Doug grows more intricate and difficult, she starts to wonder: Does Doug really desire what he says he wants? And in such an impossible paradox, what does Annie owe herself?
Subjects: Electronic books.; Visionary & Metaphysical; Literary; Contemporary Women; Science Fiction; Psychological; Psychological;
© 2024., HarperCollins,
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Realive [videorecording] / by Chaplin, Oona,1986-actor.; Gil, Mateo,1972-screenwriter,film director.; Hughes, Tom,1986-actor.; Lebon, Charlotte,actor.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Music, Lucas Vidal ; editor, Guillermo la Cal ; director of photography, Pau Esteve Birba.Tom Hughes, Charlotte Le Bon, Oona Chaplin, Barry Ward, Julio Perillán.Diagnosed with a terminal cancer, a man decides to freeze his body so that he could get revived in the future, but resuscitated some sixty years later, he finds himself unable to cope with the realities of his new life.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Science fiction films.; Feature films.; Cryonics; Man-woman relationships; Terminally ill; Love;
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High life [videorecording] / by Pattinson, Robert,1986-actor.; Binoche, Juliette,1964-actor.; Andre 3000,1975-actor.; Goth, Mia,1993-actor.; Buzek, Agata,1976-actor.; Eidinger, Lars,1976-actor.; Tran, Claire,actor.; Denis, Claire,film director.; Elevation Pictures,film distributor.;
Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Andre Benjamin, Mia Goth, Lars Eidinger, Agata Buzek, Claire Tran.Monte and his baby daughter are the last survivors of a damned and dangerous mission to deep space. The crew, death row inmates led by a doctor with sinister motives, has vanished. As the mystery of what happened onboard the ship is unraveled, father and daughter must rely on each other to survive as they hurtle toward the oblivion of a black hole.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Science fiction films.; Feature films.; Interplanetary voyages; Survival; Fathers and daughters; Death row inmates; Black holes (Astronomy);
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Doctor Who. [videorecording] / by Briggs, Nicholas,1961-; Capaldi, Peter.; Moffat, Steven,1961-; Payne, Jamie.; Smith, Matt,1982-; Wilson, Marcus.; BBC Video (Firm);
Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi, Nicholas Briggs, Jenna-Louise Coleman, Dan Starkey.Orbiting a quiet backwater planet, the massed forces of the universe's deadliest species gather, drawn to a mysterious message that echoes out to the stars. And amongst them, The Doctor. Rescuing Clara from a family Christmas dinner, the Time Lord and his best friend must learn what this enigmatic signal means for his own fate and that of the universe.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG. DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound.
Subjects: Doctor Who (Fictitious character); Human-alien encounters; Interplanetary voyages; Science fiction television programs.; Space and time;
© c2014., BBC Video,
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Battleship [videorecording ] / by Rihanna,1988-; Berg, Peter,1964-; Decker, Brooklyn,1987-; Hoeber, Erich.; Hoeber, Jon.; Kitsch, Taylor,1981-; Neeson, Liam.; Skarsgård, Alexander.; Battleship Delta Productions (Firm); Bluegrass Films.; Hasbro, Inc.; Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm);
Music by Steve Jablonsky ; director of photography, Tobias Schliessler ; edited by Colby Parker Jr., Billy Rich, Paul Rubell.Liam Neeson, Rihanna, Brooklyn Decker, Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgard.Based on the classic Hasbro naval combat game, Battleship is the story of an international fleet of ships who come across an alien armada while on a naval war games exercise. An intense battle ensues over sea, land, and air.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Battleships; Extraterrestrial beings; Feature films.; Human-alien encounters; Science fiction films.; War games, Naval;
© c2012., Universal Studios Home Entertainment,
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Mars needs moms [videorecording] / by Barnbrook, Jacquie.; Cahoon, Kevin.; Cusack, Joan,1962-; Fogler, Dan.; Green, Seth,1974-; Harnois, Elisabeth,1979-; Henerson, Matthew.; Scott, Tom Everett,1970-; Sterling, Mindy.; Wells, Simon.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm); Walt Disney Pictures.; Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (Firm);
Music by John Powell ; director of photography, Robert Presley ; Edited by Wayne Wahrman.Joan Cusack, Seth Green, Dan Fogler, Elisabeth Harnois, Mindy Sterling, Kevin Cahoon, Tom Everett Scott, Jacquie Barnbrook, Matthew Henerson.His mother (voice of Joan Cusack) abducted by Martians intent on harvesting her maternal instincts to nurture their young, nine-year-old Milo (voice of Seth Green) stows away in an alien spacecraft bound for Mars in a bid to bring her safely back to Earth. Later, on the Red Planet, Milo befriends a subterranean-dwelling earthling named Gribble (Dan Fogler) and a spirited Martian lass named Ki (Elisabeth Harnois), who agree to help him locate his missing mother and confront the head alien in charge (voice of Mindy Sterling).Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Animated films.; Children's films.; Feature films.; Human-alien encounters; Kidnapping victims; Life on other planets; Mothers; Rescues; Science fiction films.; Video recordings for children.;
© c2011., Disney,
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Blade runner [videorecording] / by motion picture adaptation of (work):Dick, Philip K.Do androids dream of electric sheep?[videorecording].; Ford, Harrison,1942-actor.; Hannah, Daryl,actor.; Hauer, Rutger,1944-actor.; Olmos, Edward James,actor.; Scott, Ridley,film director.; Young, Sean,actor.; Warner Home Video (Firm),publisher.;
Screenplay, Hampton Faucher and David Peoples ; music, Vangelis.Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, Daryl Hannah.In Phillip K. Dick's science fiction story, replicants are genetically engineered humans of superior strength and intelligence. This adventure film based on the Dick story stars Harrison Ford as a 21st century detective assigned the mission to locate and destroy four rebellious replicants.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Science fiction films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Dick, Philip K.; Androids; Detectives; Dystopias; Genetic engineering;
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