Catalog Search Results
Science Reference Center
Full-text articles to support research in applied sciences, biology, chemistry, earth and space science, and energy. Includes the Science Image Collection, a database of high-quality science images from National Geographic, UPI, Getty, NASA, and Nature Picture Library.
1) Transit
Language
Deutsch
Description
In Christian Petzold's brilliant and haunting modern-day adaptation of Anna Seghers's 1944 novel, Georg, a German refugee, flees to Marseille assuming the identity of a recently deceased writer whose papers he is carrying. There he delves into the delicate and complex culture of the refugee community, becoming enmeshed in the lives of a young mother and son and falling for a mysterious woman named Marie.
2) I'm your man
Language
Deutsch
Description
In order to obtain funds for her research, Alma is persuaded to participate in an extraordinary study. For three weeks she is required to live with Tom, a humanoid robot designed to be the perfect life partner for her, trailored to her character and needs.
Author
Series
Adventures of Captain Underpants volume 4
Language
Deutsch
Description
"Im vierten Band dieser New York Times Bestseller-Reihe #1 von Dav Pilkey, dem Autor und Illustrator von Dog Man, übernimmt Professor Pippy P. Poopypants den Wissenschaftsunterricht! George und Harold sind Kumpel aus der vierten Klasse mit einer Vorliebe für Streiche. Als der neueste Streich der Jungs ihren Wissenschaftslehrer an den Rand des Wahnsinns treibt, stellt ihr ahnungsloser Schulleiter, Mr. Krupp, schnell einen Ersatz ein: Professor Pippy...
5) Ever after
Language
Deutsch
Description
Post apocalypse Europe, two years after zombies have overrun Earth, only two citadels of civilization remain in the East German towns of Weimar and Jena. In Weimar, newly infected zombies are shot on site without mercy. The Jena authorities take a more humane approach by trying to find a cure for plague victims. Vivi and Eva, in search of a more humane world are stranded in the no-mans land of the Black Forest where they have to rely on each...
Series
Criterion collection volume 598
Language
Deutsch
Description
The noir-spiked tale of a reluctant action hero, a cybernetics engineer who uncovers a massive corporate conspiracy substituting simulations for reality.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Two years after revolutionizing the science fiction film with his epic Metropolis, director Fritz Long revisited the genre with an ambitious spectacle that dramatizes the first lunar expedition. Rather than a flight of pure fantasy, Lang, screenwriter Thea von Harbou and a group of technical consultants conceived a modernized "Trip to the Moon" grounded in state-of-the-art astrophysics. Spiced with romance and espionage (including a network of diabolical...
Language
Deutsch
Description
Siegfried establishes larger-than-life heroic characters who are defined by tests of valor and rigid codes of honor. In order to win the hand of Kriemhild, Siegfried must win a bride for her brother, King Gunther. Kriemhild's Revenge begins after the death of Siegfried, and weaves the treacherous tale of his widow's ungodly vengeance upon his murderers. The noble qualities of the first film become liabilities in the second, as the blood oaths and...
10) Kamikaze '89
Series
Language
Deutsch
Description
Set in a future dystopian West Germany, police lieutenant Jansen is tasked with infiltrating a mysterious organization that controls all media to discover the source of the bomb threats they have been receiving.
11) Gold
Language
Deutsch
Description
Professor Holk builds a machine which changes lead to gold. When the operation is sabotaged, resulting in the death of his mentor, Holk must accept the backing of John Wills, a ruthless and greedy English Businessman .Holk recognizes it as an opportunity for revenge and plots to destroy Wills' machinery, capturing the interest of the millionaire's rebellious daughter who is enthralled by the scientist's vision and integrity.
12) Iron sky
Language
Deutsch
Description
At the end of World War II the Nazis set up a secret project on the Dark Side of the Moon where over the next seven decades they create a space fortress and flying saucers. When an American astronaut stumbles upon the Reich's secret moon lair, the Fuhrer decides to invade the Earth.
14) The final voyage
Language
Deutsch
Description
Two men on the run encounter an old abandoned spaceship in the desert. They escape their pursuers into space and set off in search of a new home.
Series
Criterion collection volume 598
Language
Deutsch
Description
The noir-spiked tale of a reluctant action hero, a cybernetics engineer who uncovers a massive corporate conspiracy substituting simulations for reality.