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Pub. Date
2022
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English
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"An ordinary man undergoes a startling transformation--and fears that all of humanity may be next--in the mindblowing new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter and Recursion Logan Ramsay can feel his brain... changing. And his body too. He's becoming something other than himself. Maybe even something other than human. As he sets out to discover who did this to him, and why, his transformation threatens everything--his...
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Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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A government investigator looks into the cover-up of a deadly plane crash in this aviation thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author of Lockout.
In the control tower at Kansas City International Airport, all the radar displays are red. But for the experienced pilots of North America Airlines, the thunderstorms aren't the problem: NAA has been cutting costs to stave off bankruptcy, and will do anything to...
In the control tower at Kansas City International Airport, all the radar displays are red. But for the experienced pilots of North America Airlines, the thunderstorms aren't the problem: NAA has been cutting costs to stave off bankruptcy, and will do anything to...
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Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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An FBI hostage negotiator confronts a commercial pilot who has hijacked his own plane in this spellbinding thriller from New York Times–bestselling author John J. Nance
Airline pilot Ken Wolfe does not rattle easily. But when he learns that Rudolph Bostich is on his flight, his face goes pale. Bostich, the presumptive nominee for US Attorney General, bungled the case against the man who kidnapped and killed Wolfe's daughter....
Airline pilot Ken Wolfe does not rattle easily. But when he learns that Rudolph Bostich is on his flight, his face goes pale. Bostich, the presumptive nominee for US Attorney General, bungled the case against the man who kidnapped and killed Wolfe's daughter....
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English
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New York City cop Barry Sutton investigates the devastating phenomenon the media has dubbed False Memory Syndrome-- a mysterious affliction that drives its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived. Neuroscientist Helena Smith dedicated her life to creating a technology that will let us preserve our most precious moments of our pasts. If she succeeds, anyone will be able to re-experience a first kiss, the birth of a child, the final moment...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 21
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English
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New York Times bestselling author Michael Crichton delivers another action-packed techo-thriller in State of Fear.
When a group of eco-terrorists engage in a global conspiracy to generate weather-related natural disasters, its up to environmental lawyer Peter Evans and his team to uncover the subterfuge.
From Tokyo to Los Angeles, from Antarctica to the Solomon Islands, Michael Crichton mixes cutting edge science and action-packed adventure,...
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Jeremy Logan volume 6
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English
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"A blockbuster new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lincoln Child, centered on a dominant tech company-Chrysalis-whose groundbreaking virtual reality technology is redefining the way we live . . . and possibly introducing a catastrophic danger to the world. Like millions of people around the world, Jeremy Logan (famed enigmalogist, or investigator of unexplained things) has grown to rely on his incredible new tech device. Made by...
7) Next
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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Michael Crichton, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jurassic Park, comes an astounding, eye-opening look at the world of genetics as it's happening now, told as only Michael Crichton can tell it, with lightening fast pacing and thrilling chases.
Welcome to our genetic world. Fast, furious, and out of control. This is not the world of the future-it's the world right now. Is a loved one missing some body parts? Are blondes becoming extinct?...
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Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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"Another gem from one of the world's justly celebrated historians specializing in unusual and always fascinating subjects and people." — Booklist (starred review)
The revered New York Times bestselling author traces the development of technology from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age to explore the single component crucial to advancement—precision—in a superb history that is both an homage and
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Six kids on the run must face a villain who threatens the future of human existence . . . but winning comes at a high price.
Six children have escaped horrifying government experiments, a childhood in captivity, and a frightening brush with death. Living out in the world for the first time, they yearn to be reunited with Kit and Frannie, the couple who saved their lives. And Max, the leader of the flock, is seized by an overpowering...
Six children have escaped horrifying government experiments, a childhood in captivity, and a frightening brush with death. Living out in the world for the first time, they yearn to be reunited with Kit and Frannie, the couple who saved their lives. And Max, the leader of the flock, is seized by an overpowering...
10) Modern romance
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Pub. Date
2015
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English
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At some point, every one of us embarks on a journey to find love. We meet people, date, get into and out of relationships, all with the hope of finding someone with whom we share a deep connection. This seems standard now, but it's wildly different from what people did even just decades ago. Single people today have more romantic options than at any point in human history. With technology, our abilities to connect with and sort through these options...
11) Micro: a novel
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Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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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. Trillions of microorganisms, tens of thousands of bacteria species, are being...
12) Prey: novel
Author
Publisher
Harper Collins Publishers
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Deep in the remote Nevada desert, eight people are trapped inside of the Xymos Corporation by a rapidly evolving swarm of predatory molecules that have massed together to form a powerful and intelligent organism that is targeting its creators.
13) Physics of the future: how science will shape human destiny and our daily lives by the year 2100
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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Physics of the Impossible" offers a stunning and provocative vision of the future, and explains how science will shape human destiny and everyone's daily life by the year 2100.
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Women of justice volume 2
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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A lovely but broken forensic anthropologist confronts her fears in this spine-tingling romantic suspense.
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Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"Bill Gates shares what he's learned in more than a decade of studying climate change and investing in innovations to address the problems, and sets out a vision for how the world can build the tools it needs to get to zero greenhouse gas emissions. Bill Gates explains why he cares so deeply about climate change and what makes him optimistic that the world can avoid the most dire effects of the climate crisis. Gates says, "We can work on a local,...
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Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Danger in their midst
Hide and Seek by Lynette Eason
Erica James has spent the last three years as a skip tracer, hoping one day it will lead to her kidnapped daughter. Now she has a new suspect—P.I. Max Powell’s missing sister. Max has found evidence that connects the two missing girls. Soon the two are drawn together as they search for answers. But the kidnapper will stop at nothing to keep them from finding Erica’s daughter…
Secret Agent...
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Series
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Fifty years after The Andromeda Strain made Michael Crichton a household name-and spawned a new genre, the techno thriller-the threat returns, in a gripping sequel that is terrifyingly realistic and resonant.
The Evolution is Coming.
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,...
18) The Night Market
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Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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"The book's tone is Chandleresque, the conspiracy worrying Carver and Jenner expands to Pynchonian proportions, and the physical ick they encounter might have oozed out of a Cronenberg movie."—Washington Post
"It's Miami Vice meets The Matrix, and George Orwell is hosting the party."—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
It's late Thursday and Inspector Ross Carver is at a crime scene: a dead man covered in an unknown substance...
"It's Miami Vice meets The Matrix, and George Orwell is hosting the party."—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
It's late Thursday and Inspector Ross Carver is at a crime scene: a dead man covered in an unknown substance...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"When Boston is hit by a coordinated string of terrorist attacks, robotics innovator Louis Massina leads a team of tech geniuses to deploy every bot, drone, and cyberweapon at their disposal to save the city and bring the plot's mastermind to justice." --