Whiteley, Aliya

Summary: Skyward Inn, within the high walls of the Western Protectorate, is a place of safety, where people come together to tell stories of the time before the war with Qita. But safety from what? Qita surrendered without complaint when Earth invaded; Innkeepers Jem and Isley, veterans from either side, have regrets but few scars. Their peace is disturbed when a visitor known to Isley comes to the Inn...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Solaris, an imprint of Rebellion Publishing Ltd 2021

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Strieber, Whitley.

Summary: Complex biomechanical hybrids, made with alien gene-splicing techniques and spawned in an underground facility deep below New Mexico, threaten the world, while the U.S. president rages against the scientists who have kept him in the dark. Human science proves ineffectual against the hybrids, and humanity's only hope lies in the first generation of hybrids, Mark and Gina, who are unaware of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2011

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Strieber, Whitley.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 1986

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Oliva, Alexandra

Summary: "As a child, Linda Russell was left to raise herself in a 20-acre walled-off property in rural Washington. The woods were her home, and for twelve years she lived oblivious to a stark and terrible truth: Her mother had birthed her only to replace another daughter who died in a tragic accident years before. And then one day Linda witnesses something she wasn't meant to see. Terrified and alone,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2021

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Child, Lincoln.

Summary: The Thorpes were the perfect couple: young, attractive, and ideally matched. But the veil of perfection can mask many secrets. When the Thorpes are found dead in their tasteful Flagstaff living room after having committed double suicide, alarms go off in the executive offices of Eden, Incorporated, the worldwide matchmaking phenomenon that uses its astonishing artificial intelligence and...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audiobooks 2004

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Monáe, Janelle

Summary: "Whoever controls our memories controls the future. Janelle Monáe and an incredible array of talented collaborating creators have written a collection of tales comprising the bold vision and powerful themes that have made Monáe such a compelling and celebrated storyteller. Dirty Computer introduced a world in which thoughts-as a means of self-conception-could be controlled or erased by a select...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Voyager 2022

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Toriyama, Akira

Summary: As the cosmic battle between Goku and Vegeta continues, Goku is forced to use the dangerous Kaio-ken technique. But Vegeta reappears, changing himself into a 50-foot ape with superpowers, including energy strong enough to explode mountains. As Goku lies with his ribs shattered, his and earth's only hope is the genki-dama, the "spirit bomb" powered by the chi of all living things on the planet.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Comics 2001

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Doyle, Arthur Conan

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 1997

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Summary: When Dave Drayton notices a strange mist on the lake, he does not think much of it. Later, when his son, Billy, his neighbor Brent Norton, and he travel to the grocery store, strange things begin to happen. On their way to the market, they see the army, the local firefighters, and the police heading toward the mist. When he sees this, Brent mentions something about "Project Arrowhead," a secret...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Genius Products 2008

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