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White House intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton is thrust into a life-or-death situation when she travels to the Arctic to investigate the discovery of a rare meteorite that might prove the existence of extraterrestrial life, and finds instead evidence of scientific trickery.
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IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 21
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Researcher Marina Singh is sent by her boss at Vogel, a drug manufacturer, to the jungles of Brazil following the death of a co-worker. It is there that the company is looking into a miracle drug based on a tree bark used by a native tribe. Upon her arrival, Marina must find out the circumstances of her colleague's death, as well as find out why work has slowed to a crawl on the drug. That means dealing with Annick Swenson, a determined researcher...
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[2022]
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"Set in 1960s California, this blockbuster debut is the hilarious, idiosyncratic and uplifting story of a female scientist whose career is constantly derailed by the idea that a woman's place is in the home, only to find herself starring as the host of America's most beloved TV cooking show. Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it's the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 18
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When Chaz Perron's wife discovers that he is running a scam- posing as a marine biologist to doctor water samples so that an agribusiness tycoon can continue illegally dumping fertilizer into the Everglades--, he pushes her overboard from a cruise liner. Unlucky for Chaz, Joey survives clutching a bale of Jamaican pot. Rescued from the Atlantic by a former police officer, Mick Stranahan, she decides not to report him but instead haunt and taunt him-with...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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When a NUMA research vessel is suddenly destroyed by a malevolent black substance originally mistaken for an oil spill, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala pursue an investigation in the Indian Ocean, where they discover a plot targeting millions of victims.
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Paramount Home Entertainment
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2007
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English
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Detective Mack "Mac" Taylor is a dedicated and driven crime scene investigator who believes that everything is connected and for everyone and every situation there is a story. His partner is Stella Bonasera, a workaholic who shares Mac's a passion for the job. They lead a team of experts amid the gritty and kinetic city that never sleeps.
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Hedy Kiesler is lucky. Her beauty leads to a starring role in a controversial film and marriage to a powerful Austrian arms dealer, allowing her to evade Nazi persecution despite her Jewish heritage. But Hedy is also intelligent. At lavish Vienna dinner parties, she overhears the Third Reich's plans. One night in 1937, desperate to escape her controlling husband and the rise of the Nazis, she disguises herself and flees her husband's castle. She lands...
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Showtime Entertainment
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2010
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English
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Contains twelve episodes of the television program, "Dexter," representing the fourth season in which Dexter, a homicidal man with an adopted police officer father, becomes a husband and father and must maintain an average-guy facade while satisfying his need to kill.
11) Timeline
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1999
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IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 21
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English
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When a group of scientists learns how to travel through time, they enter life in fourteenth-century feudal France and threaten the history of the world.
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Molly Abberwick is a formidable business woman and trustee of her late father's charitable foundation. Dr. Harry Stratton Trevelyan, noted scientist and philosopher, is Molly's consultant. When he suggests a "scientifically inspired" affair, she is outraged. But soon, a stalker will force Molly to turn to Harry as her only hope of survival. Krentz (aka Amanda Quick) is the New York Times best-selling author of dozens of delightful romances.
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Showtime Entertainment
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[2009]
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English
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Contains twelve episodes of the television program, "Dexter," representing the third season in which Dexter, a homicidal man with an adopted police officer father, finds his new outlook on life tested when he is forced to work with a new DA in Miami.
16) Angels & demons
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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c2009
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English
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Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican.
18) Annihilation
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Biologist and former soldier Lena is shocked when her missing husband comes home near death from a top-secret mission into The Shimmer, a mysterious quarantine zone from which no one has ever returned. Now, Lena and her elite team must enter a beautiful, deadly world of mutated landscapes and creatures, to discover how to stop the growing phenomenon that threatens all life on Earth.
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