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61) Shoot 'em up
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mr. Smith is not the best idea for looking after a child, yet after stumbling upon a blazing shoot-out, helping to birth a child amidst a hail of gunfire, and seeing the mother die before his eyes, he becomes determined to protect the young innocent at all costs. His adversaries are equally determined, and they will not stop until the newborn is dead. Now, in order to ensure that maniacal criminal mastermind Mr. Hertz and his gang of henchmen do not...
Author
Series
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
425 pages : maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When an attempted revenge plot goes dangerously wrong, Ash inadvertently throws the fire and earth gods into a conflict that can only be settled by deadly, lavish gladiator games, throwing Madoc in Ash's path. She realizes that his powers are the weapon her rebellion needs--but Madoc won't jeopardize his family, regardless of how intrigued he is by the beautiful warrior. But when the gods force Madoc's hand, he and Ash uncover an ancient war that...
Author
Series
Eurona duology volume 2
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
496 pages : maps ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In The Great Pursuit, the dramatic sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Great Hunt, Wendy Higgins delivers another thrilling fantasy filled with dangerous enemies, political intrigue, searing romance, and a princess who is willing to do everything to protect her kingdom. One hunt has ended, but the pursuit for love and justice continues. The kingdom of Lochlanach has traded the great beast that once terrorized the realm of Eurona for something...
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (345 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tenth Doctor is reunited with former companion Donna Noble in this first set of adventures from the rebooted Doctor Who's fourth season. In these gripping stories, you'll meet the adorably cute but sinister Adipose, visit ancient Pompeii on the day before its infamous eruption, journey to the home world of the Ood, and more.
Author
Series
Harlequin presents volume 3871
Publisher
Harlequin Presents
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
252 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Vincenzo de Santi has dedicated his whole life to redeeming his family's crimes. So when Lucy Armstrong offers evidence about her nefarious father in exchange for her freedom, he will show no mercy. No matter how innocent she seems... Lucy must escape her father's prison, even if that means bargaining with another powerful man. Yet for all Vincenzo proclaims to be coldhearted, his touch is red-hot. For once, Lucy isn't afraid. However, before Vincenzo...
66) Berried at sea
Author
Series
Publisher
Beyond the Page Publishing
Pub. Date
©2018.
Physical Desc
176 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The long-awaited wedding of Monica and Greg is the highlight of the harvest season in Cranberry Cove drawing friends from far and wide to help them celebrate. Among the guests are an old college friend of Monica's and the woman's boisterous new husband, a man with many enemies and more than a few bitter women in his past. When he turns up dead on a boat, the victim of a fatal stabbing, Monica steps in once again to unravel the mystery. As she dredges...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
444 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In an imaginary Nigeria, a cunning entrepreneur is selling body parts stolen from Dr. Menka's hospital for use in ritualistic practices. Dr. Menka shares the grisly news with his oldest college friend, bon viveur, star engineer, and Yoruba royal, Duyole Pitan-Payne--the life of every party--who is about to assume a prestigious post at the United Nations in New York. It now seems that someone is determined that he not make it there. Neither Dr. Menka...
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Stephen and Bloom are brothers who have been con artists since they were kids. Stephen is the mastermind, while Bloom is the main character of Stephen's stories. As adults, they travel the world and never enlist the same people twice in their cons, except for their consistent sidekick, the mysterious and primarily silent Bang Bang, a Japanese woman who just appeared in their lives one day and happens to have a penchant for blowing things up. As Bloom...
69) The enemy above
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Lexile measure
660L
Physical Desc
232 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1942, twelve-year-old Anton, his family, and their small community of Ukrainian Jews are hiding from the advancing Nazis troops, and from the gestapo, in a web of underground caves, and one officer in particular, Major Karl Von Duesen, is determined to catch or kill every Jew he can find--but as the tide of war turns, a final confrontation between Anton and his enemy is looming.
70) Hitman
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Unrated. ; Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A mysterious hired gun has a barcode tattoo on his bald head. In lieu of a name, he is number 47. Living like a chaste monk while slipping past borders to kill his targets, 47 moves like a determined shark. He speaks softly to his contact at the enigmatic "Organization," which raises cast-off children to become well-paid assassins. Fruitlessly pursued by an Interpol cop who can never get sovereign governments to cooperate, 47 has no trouble slipping...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
136 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Friends and enemies--sometimes it's hard to tell the two apart. Especially when some people seem to be both. In her bestselling book Mean Girls, Hayley DiMarco counseled teens about how to handle mean girls at school or church who were making their lives miserable. But what's a girl to do when her own friends are the ones doing those mean and hurtful things--being her BFF one day but betraying her the next? Frenemies helps girls figure it out. In...
72) Night fall
Author
Series
Publisher
ACE
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
456 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The Droods are all about control, making people do what they're told for a greater good. The Nightside is all about choice: good and bad and everything in between. The Droods want to make the world behave; the Nightside wants to party. They were never going to get along. For centuries, ancient Pacts have kept the Droods out of the Nightside, but now the Droods see the Nightside as a threat to the whole world. So they march into the long night, in...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (345 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Not only do all his past companions reunite with the Tenth Doctor in this thrilling set of episodes, Captain Jack Harkness also returns and we meet River Song for the first time. The second half of Series Four is a seminal set of stories which no Doctor Who collection is complete without.
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Christmas Eve and the Doctor is reunited with Wilf and together they face the return of an old enemy. The Doctor faces the end of his life, as the Master's victory unleashes the greatest terror of all.
Author
Publisher
Fortress Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
ix, 312 pages : portraits, facsimiles, color maps, music ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In conversations about the Reformation, the name Martin Luther towers above all others. And rightly so. His work, vision, and writings set Christianity on a course of events that would forever change the way that most believers live and understand their faith. And yet, the Reformation was far more than Martin Luther. Around Luther were hundreds of people - fellow teachers and priests, politicians, artists, printers, and spouses - without whose activity...
77) Never back down
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
At his new high school Jake Tyler, a rebellious teen, is lured into an ultimate underground fighting club in a Backyard Fight. Jake finds a mentor at the club, a mixed martial arts veteran. When Jake begins to receive threats regarding the safety of his friends and family he seeks help from the veteran fighter in order to train his mind and body for one final no-holds-barred elimination fight with his unrelenting personal nemesis and local martial...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
[Widescreen ed.].
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Includes 2 classics featuring John Wayne. North to Alaska: a prospector tries to find a wife for his friend. The undefeated: former Civil War adversaries fight a common enemy in Mexico.