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Arch-conspirator / by Roth, Veronica,author.;
"From dystopian visionary and bestselling phenomenon Veronica Roth comes a razor-sharp reimagining of Antigone. In Arch-Conspirator, Roth reaches back to the root of legend and delivers a world of tomorrow both timeless and unexpected. "A gut punch of a story. Roth takes everything fragile about love, everything powerful about certain doom, and blooms with it. You'll be holding your breath until the very last word."-Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six Outside the last city on Earth, the planet is a wasteland. Without the Archive, where the genes of the dead are stored, humanity will end. Passing into the Archive should be cause for celebration, but Antigone's parents were murdered, leaving her father's throne vacant. As her militant uncle Kreon rises to claim it, all Antigone feels is rage. When he welcomes her and her siblings into his mansion, Antigone sees it for what it really is: a gilded cage, where she is a captive as well as a guest. But her uncle will soon learn that no cage is unbreakable. And neither is he"--
Subjects: Science fiction.; Dystopian fiction.; Mythological fiction.; Novels.; Antigone (Mythological character); Dictators; Dystopias; Families; Genes; Imprisonment; Kings and rulers; Nobility; Parents; Revolutions; Uncles; Women heroes;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The devil's hand [sound recording] / by Carr, Jack(Joint pseudonym),author.; Porter, Roy,narrator.; Simon & Schuster Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Ray Porter.It's been twenty years since 9/11. Two decades since the United States was attacked on home soil and embarked on twenty years of war. The enemy has been patient, learning, and adapting. And the enemy is ready to strike again. A new president offers hope to a country weary of conflict. He’s a young, popular, self-made visionary, but he’s also a man with a secret. Halfway across the globe a regional superpower struggles with sanctions imposed by the Great Satan and her European allies, a country whose ancient religion spawned a group of ruthless assassins. Faced with internal dissent and extrajudicial targeted killings by the United States and Israel, the Supreme Leader puts a plan in motion to defeat the most powerful nation on earth.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; Political fiction.; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; United States. Navy. SEALs; Biological weapons; Terrorism; Terrorism; Veterans;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The starless crown / by Rollins, James,1961-author.;
"An alliance embarks on a dangerous journey to uncover the secrets of the distant past and save their world in this captivating, deeply visionary adventure from #1 New York Times bestselling thriller-master James Rollins. A gifted student foretells an apocalypse. Her reward is a sentence of death. Fleeing into the unknown she is drawn into a team of outcasts: A broken soldier, who once again takes up the weapons he's forbidden to wield and carves a trail back home. A drunken prince, who steps out from his beloved brother's shadow and claims a purpose of his own. An imprisoned thief, who escapes the crushing dark and discovers a gleaming artifact - one that will ignite a power struggle across the globe. On the run, hunted by enemies old and new, they must learn to trust each other in order to survive in a world evolved in strange, beautiful, and deadly ways, and uncover ancient secrets that hold the key to their salvation. But with each passing moment, doom draws closer. WHO WILL CLAIM THE STARLESS CROWN?"--
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Dystopian fiction.; Alliances; Antiquities; End of the world; Outcasts; Quests (Expeditions); Thieves; Veterans;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Sweet fury / by Bischoff, Sash,author.;
"When a beloved actress is cast in a feminist adaptation of a Fitzgerald classic, she finds herself the victim in a deadly game of revenge in which everyone, on screen and off, is playing a part. Lila Crayne is America's sweetheart: she's generous and kind, gorgeous and magnetic. She and her fiancé, visionary filmmaker Kurt Royall, have settled into a stunning new West Village apartment and are set to begin filming their feminist adaptation of Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night. To prepare for the leading role, Lila begins working with charming and accomplished therapist Jonah Gabriel to dig into the trauma of her past. Soon, Lila's impeccably manicured life begins to unravel on the therapy couch--and Jonah is just the man to pick up the pieces. But everyone has a secret, and no one is quite who they seem. A twisty, thought-provoking novel of construction and deconstruction in conversation with the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald and told through the lens of the film industry, Sweet Fury is an incisive and bold critique of America's deep-rooted misogyny. With this novel, Bischoff examines the narratives we tell ourselves, and what happens when we co-opt others into those stories; and she probes the blurred lines between victim and perpetrator and the true meaning of justice."--Publisher.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Feminism; Fiancées; Misogyny; Motion picture actors and actresses; Motion picture industry; Motion picture producers and directors; Psychic trauma; Psychoanalytic counseling; Revenge; Secrecy;
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Mister Impossible / by Stiefvater, Maggie,1981-;
Ronan, Hennessy, and Bryde are dreamers; Ronan's dreams always seem to end in random destruction, using up the power of the ley lines he cannot even sense; Hennessy makes multiple copies of herself, dreaming them into reality in search of her own fragile identity, and Bryde dreams of power and reordering his companions and the world to his own specifications; their families and duplicates are the collateral damage of their dreams--and meanwhile they are hunted by the "Moderators," led by Carmen Farooq-Lane and the "Visionary" Liliana, determined to destroy the dreamers and save the world.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Dreams; Leys; Identity (Psychology);
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The Brutalist [videorecording] / by Brody, Adrien,actor.; Corbet, Brady,1988-screenwriter,film director,film producer.; Jones, Felicity,actor.; Nivola, Alessandro,actor.; Pearce, Guy,1967-actor.; Fastvold, Mona,1981-screenwriter.; Elevation Pictures,film distributor.;
Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Alessandro Nivola.Escaping post-war Europe, a visionary architect arrives in America to rebuild his life. On his own in a strange new country, a wealthy industrialist recognizes his talent. But power and legacy come at a heavy cost.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.MPAA rating: R.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic wide screen format (1.66:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Architects; American Dream; Refugees; Man-woman relationships; Holocaust survivors; Industrialists; Brutalism (Architecture);
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Tesla [videorecording] / by Hewson, Eve,actor.; Hawke, Ethan,1970-actor.; Gross, Hannah,actor.; Almereyda, Michael,film director.; Videoville Showtime,publisher.;
Eve Hewson, Ethan Hawke, Hannah Gross.A freewheeling take on visionary inventor Nikola Tesla, his interactions with Thomas Edison and J.P. Morgan's daughter Anne, and his breakthroughs in transmitting electrical power and light.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Historical films.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943; Electrical engineers; Inventors;
For private home use only.
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Knock at the cabin [videorecording] / by Aldridge, Ben,actor.; Amuka-Bird, Nikki,1976-actor.; Bautista, David,1969-actor.; Grint, Rupert,1988-actor.; Groff, Jonathan,actor.; Quinn, Abby,actor.; Shyamalan, M. Night,screenwriter,film director,film producer.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Tremblay, Paul.Cabin at the end of the world.; Universal Studios, Inc.,film distributor.;
Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Rupert Grint.From visionary filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan comes a thriller about a tight-knit family who are taken hostage by four armed strangers while vacationing at a remote cabin. The visitors, led by Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy), demand that the young girl and her parents make an unthinkable choice: to save their family or save humanity.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Apocalyptic films.; Feature films.; Horror films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Eschatology; Families; Family vacations; Home invasion; Hostages; Human sacrifice; Strangers;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Death Valley : a novel / by Broder, Melissa,author.;
"The most profound book yet from the visionary author of Milk Fed and The Pisces, a darkly funny novel about grief that becomes a desert survival story. In Melissa Broder's astounding new novel, a woman arrives alone at a Best Western seeking respite from an emptiness that plagues her. She has fled to the California desert to escape a cloud of sorrow-both for her father in the ICU and a disabled husband whose illness is worsening. What the motel provides, however, is not peace but a path, thanks to a receptionist who recommends a nearby hike. Out on the sun-scorched trail, the woman encounters a towering cactus whose size and shape mean it should not exist in California. Yet the cactus is there, with a gash through its side that beckons like a familiar door. So she enters it. What this woman finds inside this mystical succulent sets her on a journey at once desolate and rich, hilarious and poignant. This is Melissa Broder at her most imaginative, most universal, and finest. This is Death Valley"--
Subjects: Magic realist fiction.; Novels.; Cactus; Fathers and daughters; Grief; Married people;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Tesla [videorecording] / by Hewson, Eve,actor.; Hawke, Ethan,1970-actor.; Gross, Hannah,actor.; Almereyda, Michael,film director.; Videoville Showtime,publisher.;
Eve Hewson, Ethan Hawke, Hannah Gross.A freewheeling take on visionary inventor Nikola Tesla, his interactions with Thomas Edison and J.P. Morgan's daughter Anne, and his breakthroughs in transmitting electrical power and light.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio) ; Dolby TrueHD 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943; Electrical engineers; Inventors;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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