Riddle, A. G.
Summary: Quantum physicist Doctor Ty Vogel identifies a pattern of sub-atomic particles in a data transmission being sent across space and time. That signal, and the message it carries, will change the world forever.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC RIDEliasberg, Jan
Summary: "Berlin, 1938. Groundbreaking physicist Dr. Hannah Weiss is on the verge of the greatest discovery of the 20th century: splitting the atom. She understands that the energy released by her discovery can power entire cities or destroy them. Hannah believes the weapon's creation will secure an end to future wars, but as a Jewish woman living under the harsh rule of the Third Reich, her research is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ELISummary: John McClane, the heroic New York cop with a knack for being in the wrong place at the right time, is back, and his latest predicament takes him all the way to Russia to track down his estranged son, Jack, who has been imprisoned in Moscow. But the mission takes a deadly turn as father and son must join forces to thwart a nuclear weapons heist that could trigger World War III.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE GOOPreller, James
Summary: Second-grade detectives Jigsaw, Mila, and their friends solve two related mysteries--a lost coin purse, and a magic trick gone awry.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC PRESummary: Five (1951) Black and White 93 minutes Not Rated Starring: William Phipps, Susan Douglas, James Anderson, Charles Lampkin, Earl Lee When a nuclear bomb destroys the world, only five survivors remain. A pregnant woman, a philosopher, a black man, a banker and an explorer seek shelter in an abandoned house. As the last living human beings, they must work together. However, their clashing visions...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR CLASummary: "This unnerving procedural thriller painstakingly details an all-too-plausible nightmare scenario in which a mechanical failure jams the United States military's chain of command and sends the country hurtling toward nuclear war with the Soviet Union. Working from a contemporary best seller, screenwriter Walter Bernstein and director Sidney Lumet wrench harrowing suspense from the doomsday...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA FAIReeve, Philip
Summary: London is a radioactive ruin. But Tom and Wren discover that the old predator city hides an awesome secret that could bring an end to the war. But as they risk their lives in its dark underbelly, time is running out. Alone and far away, Hester faces a fanatical enemy who possesses the weapons and the will to destroy the entire human race.The final book in the Mortal Engines series, Philip...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC REESummary: In April 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics becomes one of the world's worst man-made catastrophes. This gripping 5-part HBO miniseries tells the powerful and visceral story of this event and its aftermath.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CHEReedy, Trent
Summary: Danny Wright is considered to be a hero by many in the rebel held area of Idaho and the Northwest, but he has little faith in what passes for a government there, or in the secretive and repressive Brotherhood--and when nuclear weapons are detonated in Washington, D.C. and New York, the Civil War suddenly turns into World War III.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC REESummary: Clara is searching for the special key to unlock a box from her late mother. Inside that box is a priceless item that her mother left for her. During her godfather's yearly holiday party, Clara almost gets the key but it disappears. She embarks on a quest into a mysterious world which has four different realms: a snowflakes realm, flowers realm, sweets realm, and the challenging realm where the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2019
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY NUTCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NuFoxe, Steve
Summary: "After long being derided by the citizens of New Yolk, Spider-Ham has finally been recognized for his outsized contribution to the city's safety, and receives the key to the city from none other than the mayor. Of course, Spider-Ham isn't paying attention to the fine print telling him he didn't actually get to keep the key, and he swings off without returning the highly coveted oversized...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2021
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2 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FOXCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC FOXSharmat, Marjorie Weinman
Summary: "Nate the Great helps his friend Esmeralda find the word she wrote down that was going to be the name of the upcoming pet concert, before it's too late"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE SHASummary: A former United States Air Force general and three other convicts escape from a military prison. The four men take over a nuclear base and proceed to hold America hostage, threatening to launch the base's missiles if they don't receive ten million dollars and if the president fails to release a top-secret document on the Vietnam War.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Olive Films 2012
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TWIForstchen, William R.
Summary: Two years since the detonation of nuclear weapons above the United States brought America to its knees, and after suffering starvation, war, and countless deaths, the survivors of Black Mountain, North Carolina, are beginning to piece back together the technologies they had once taken for granted: electricity, radio communications, and medications. They cling to the hope that a new national...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio 2015
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Summary: A thriller featuring the largest nuclear explosion since the days of the Soviet Union, a Norwegian Navy icebreaker that disappears, a missing scientist who was working on a top secret Russian military program, and--of course--Lance Spector.
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Publisher / Publication Date: AuthorContact 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HERIgnatius, David
Summary: From a hidden enclave in the maze of Tehran, an Iranian scientist who calls himself "Dr. Ali" sends an encrypted message to the CIA. It falls to Harry Pappas to decide if it's authentic. Dr. Ali sends more secrets of the Iranian bomb program to the agency, then panics. He's being followed, but he doesn't know who's onto him, and neither does Pappas. The White House is no help at all.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC IGNJameson, Hanna
Summary: An American academic is stranded at a Swiss hotel as the world descends into nuclear war, along with twenty other survivors, who become obsessed with identifying a murderer in their midst after the body of a young girl is discovered in one of the hotel's water tanks.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC JAMJohansen, Iris.
Summary: Best selling author Iris Johansen collaborates with her son Roy for the first time. When her brother Connor is murdered aboard a Russian submarine being prepared for display in a U.S. museum, marine architect Hannah Bryson must figure out who killed him and why, before she meets the same fate.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC JOHWilliams, Andria
Summary: In 1959, Nat Collier moves with her husband, Paul, and their two young daughters to Idaho Falls, a remote military town. An Army Specialist, Paul is stationed there to help oversee one of the country’s first nuclear reactors—an assignment that seems full of opportunity. Then, on his rounds, Paul discovers that the reactor is compromised, placing his family and the entire community in danger....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WILMartin, Brett S.
Summary: This title examines the STEM concepts that make hockey so exciting. From the physics of puck control to the technology of smart clothing, chapters bring STEM concepts to life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: SportsZone, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2018
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.96 MARZombie, Zack
Summary: Have you ever wondered what life is like for a Minecraft Zombie? After Steve and Zombie accidentally launch a prototype display rocket and get sucked through a wormhole (it's a long story), they are relieved to land safely back in the Overworld. However, nothing is as it seems. Zombie's dad is organised, his mum is scatty, he is allowed to stay up all day and the Humans are scaring the mobs!...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Koala Books 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ZOMHooks, Gwendolyn.
Summary: Alex's search for his missing dog, Jet, leads him to a tea party in his sister's room.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2004
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN HOOCaldwell, Taylor
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1974
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CALHenson, Fatima R.
Summary: Two years ago, a wormhole opened and ushered vicious dragons into the world. The dragons burned Earth's cities to the ground and sent its inhabitants scattering for cover -- and since then, Ayanna Grace, a seventeen-year-old Black girl, has been scratching out a life in an abandoned subway system, part of an extensive underground community. Underground, medicine runs short and outbreaks of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: SparkPress, a BookSparks imprint 2022