Michael Crichton
21) Micro: a novel
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xiii, 429 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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English
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A group of graduate students accept work with a mysterious biotech company in Hawaii only to be abandoned in a treacherous wilderness when they discover their employer's dark agenda.
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xii, 448 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
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English
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On a remote jungle island, genetic engineers have created a dinosaur game park. But as always there is a dark side to the fantasy and after a catastrophe destroys the park's defence systems, the scientists and tourists are left fighting for survival.
23) Pirate latitudes
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English
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The Caribbean, 1665. Pirate captain Charles Hunter, with backing from a powerful ally, assembles a crew of ruffians to take the Spanish galleon, "El Trinidad," guarded by the bloodthirsty Cazalla, a favorite commander of the Spanish king himself.
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316 pages : map ; 23 cm
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Español
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Un cuento ambientado en el Salvaje Oeste durante la edad de oro de la caza de fósiles sigue las hazañas de dos paleontólogos ambiciosos que sabotean las carreras de los demás en una rivalidad que llegó a conocerse como las Guerras de Huesos.
A tale set in the Wild West during the golden age of fossil hunting follows the exploits of two ambitious paleontologists who sabotage each others' careers in a rivalry that came to be known as the Bone...
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xvii, 266 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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In teeming Victorian London, where lavish wealth and appalling poverty live side by side, Edward Pierce charms the most prominent of the well-to-do as he cunningly orchestrates the crime of the century. Who would suspect that a gentleman of breeding could mastermind the daring theft of a fortune in gold? Who could predict the consequences of making the extraordinary robbery aboard the pride of England's industrial era, the mighty steam locomotive?...
28) Micro
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493 pages ; 21 cm
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Español
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Three men are found dead in the locked second-floor office of a Honolulu building, with no sign of struggle except for the ultrafine, razor-sharp cuts covering their bodies. The only clue left behind is a tiny bladed robot, nearly invisible to the human eye. In the lush forests of Oahu, groundbreaking technology has ushered in a revolutionary era of biological prospecting.
Tres hombres son encontrados muertos en la oficina cerrada del piso segundo...
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289 pages ; 19 cm
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English
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It is 922 A.D. The refined Arab courtier Ibn Fadlan is accompanying a party of Viking warriors back to the north. Fadlan belatedly discovers that his job is to combat the terrors in the night that come to slaughter the Vikings--but just how he will do it, Fadlan has no idea.
31) The terminal man
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6 audio discs (6 hrs., 35 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Harry Benson suffers from violent seizures. So violent that he often blacks out when they take hold. Shortly after severely beating two men during an episode, the police escort Benson to a Los Angeles hospital for treatment. There, Dr. Roger McPherson, head of the prestigious Neuropsychiatric Research Unit, is convinced he can cure Benson with an experimental procedure that would place electrodes deep in his brain's pleasure centers, effectively short-circuiting...
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366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"In 1967, an extraterrestrial microbe came crashing down to Earth and nearly ended the human race. Accidental exposure to the particle -- designated The Andromeda Strain -- killed every resident of the town of Piedmont, Arizona, save for an elderly man and an infant boy. Over the next five days, a team of top scientists assigned to Project Wildfire worked valiantly to save the world from an epidemic of unimaginable proportions. In the moments before...
34) Jurassic Park
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1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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This epic film is sheer movie-making magic that was 65 million years in the making. Jurassic Park takes you to an amazing theme park on a remote island where dinosaurs once again roam the earth and five people must battle to survive among the prehistoric predators.
35) Disclosure
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1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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An executive who rejects the advances of his new female boss finds himself charged with sexual harrassment. His struggle to clear his name leads him into his company's cyberspace virtual reality corridor and uncovers a conspiracy amongst company personnel.
36) The 13th warrior
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1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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When exiled Arab courtier Ahmad Ibn Fadlan comes across a band of Vikings, he is appalled by their way of life, but after a fortune teller warns the Northmen of a mysterious enemy, Admad is compelled to enter into battle with them.
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1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Four years after the disaster at Jurassic Park, dinosaurs have secretly survived on a nearby island and roam free but now there is a more ominous threat--a plan to capture and bring the dinosaurs to the mainland. John Hammond sees a chance to redeem himself for his past mistakes and sends an expedition to reach the island before the mercenary team gets there. The two groups confront each other in the face of extreme danger and must team up for their...
38) Twister
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1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton play scientists pursuing the most destructive weather front to sweep through mid-America's Tornado Alley in 50 years.
39) Westworld
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1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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This story of a technological paradise suddenly turned nightmare is a genuine shocker. For $1,000 a day, vacationers can indulge whims at the "theme park" called Westworld where the gunhands and dance-hall girls are all robots programmed to serve the guests' violent and lustful fantasies -- until something goes wrong with their circuitry.
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1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 leaflet
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English
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Four years after the disaster at Jurassic Park, dinosaurs have secretly survived on a nearby island and roam free. Now there is a more ominous threat--a plan to capture and bring the dinosaurs to the mainland. John Hammond sees a chance to redeem himself for his past mistakes and sends an expedition to reach the island before the mercenary team gets there. The two groups confront each other in the face of extreme danger and must team up for their...