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81) Congo
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An expedition to return a gorilla to Africa and find the Lost City of Zinj and its diamond mines encounters a variety of dangers.
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A master thief conceives a brilliant plan to steal a fortune in gold bars from a railroad payroll car. To pull off the most daring heist in history, he must join forces with a safecracker and his own beautiful girlfriend in a series of intricately plotted thefts that will test all of their nerve, camaraderie, and larcenous skill.
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Graphic novel adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel in which a wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening the attraction to the public, he invites some scientists to experience the park and help calm anxious investors; but, during the visit, the security system breaks down and prehistoric creatures break out.
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"After an errant satellite crashes to Earth near a remote New Mexico village, the recovery team discovers that almost everyone in the town are victims of a horrible death, with the mysterious exception of an infant and an old homeless man. The survivors are brought to a state-of-the-art laboratory descending five stories beneath the ground where the puzzled scientists race against time to determine the nature of the deadly microbe before it wreaks...
85) Timeline
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A group of present-day archeology students are stunned to discover a handwritten plea for help dated April 2, 1357 ... from their own professor. He's been blasted back in time to the 14th century. To rescue him, they must travel back and survive one of the most violent battles in world history--and make it back to the 21st century alive.
86) Sphere
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"In the middle of the South Pacific, a thousand feet below the surface of the water, a huge vessel rests on the ocean floor. Rushed to the scene is a group of American scientists who descend to the depths of the sea to investigate this astonishing discovery. What they find defies their imaginations and mocks their attempts at logical explanation. It is a massive spaceship, undamaged from it's fall from the sky-and at least three hundred years old"--IMDb....
88) Coma
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"Ten cases. Now 12. Why are young, healthy patients admitted for minor surgery at Boston Memorial Hospital ending up on life support? Dr. Susan Wheeler wants to know. Somebody else wants her dead"--Container.
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"Former paramedic, now intern, Dr. Tony Gates arrives with a straightforward attitude and a complicated personal life. Except for his devotion to healing, he's Gallant's opposite: brash, cocksure, with a bad-boy past, and maybe he's the right prescription for Neela's broken heart. Really shaking things up, contentious Weaver leaves County General for a career move you wouldn't expect"--Container.
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"Welcome to Jurassic World! Hop into a Gyrosphere and explore 8 amazing scenes featuring the breathtaking Mosasaurus, astonishing scientific breakthroughs, and other jaw-dropping Jurassic World and dinosaur attractions from the hit feature film series. When you finish the story, stomp to the back of the book for even more Look and Find adventures! This book is remarkable because Look and Find play encourages focus and discovery, engaging with Blue...
99) Twister
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"The house rips apart piece by piece. A bellowing cow spins through the air. Tractors fall like rain. A 15,000-pound gasoline tanker becomes an airborne bomb. A mile-wide, 300 miles-per-hour force of total devastation is coming at you. Scientists pursue the most destructive weather front to sweep through mid-America's Tornado Alley in fifty years. By launching electronic sensors into the funnel, the storm chasers hope to obtain enough data to create...
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"County Hospital has its rules. Doug Ross has his. For years, the dedicated pediatrician has pushed the limits. But now he goes too far and it leads to his resignation. The door swings both ways at the ER : eager med studen Lucy Knight arrives. Her mentor for her first rotation is Carter, who knows well the pitfalls of being a student, but perhaps isn't so adept a teacher. Also, Benton has a day-in, day-out patient on his hands when he learns his...