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Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The documentary begins with the story of Special Forces Green Beret, Andrew Marr. The explosives expert suffered a multitude of traumatic brain injuries after being 'front and center' to hundreds if not thousands of detonations in Afghanistan. Radio Host Joe Rogan is featured as are professional athletes Mark Rypien, Anthony Davis, Shawn Dollar, and CBS's Survivor winner Ben Driebergen, each sharing intimate details of their challenges in finding...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Learn to destroy a building with a fireball, using an After Effects 3D environment, Maya dynamic simulations, and matte painted elements.
Visual effects (VFX) can add destruction to a scene without causing real-world damage. Learn to destroy a building with a fireball, using an After Effects 3D environment, Maya dynamic simulations, and matte painted elements. Author Lee Lanier shows you how to convert video footage into 3D layers, adapt stock footage...
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Children's Books
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Profiles many of history's most noteworthy scientists, from Zhang Heng and Isaac Newton to Albert Einstein and Barbara McClintock, sharing lesser-known facts about their favorite activities, relationships, and eccentricities.
Author
Series
Tales from the multiverse volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Here are six thrilling stories -- ranging from sci-fi to fantasy to adventure -- set in six different worlds, featuring artwork from six different illustrators."--
5) Heartbeat
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a series of exploding helicopters crashes into their mountain town of Jubilee, Kentucky, CPA Amalie Lincoln and IT technician Sean Pope believe there's something more sinister at work-something they'll have to stop or risking losing the love they've rediscovered.
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Kilmer Watts makes his living teaching piano lessons, but when automatic pianos arrive in town, he realizes he's out of a job. He spots a "Help Wanted" sign at the poem factory and decides to investigate -- he's always been curious about how poems are made. The foreman explains that machines and assembly lines are used for poetry these days. So Kilmer learns how to operate the "meter meter" and empty the "cliché bins." He assembles a poem by picking...
9) The great Halifax explosion: a World War I story of treachery, tragedy, and extraordinary heroism
Author
Language
English
Description
From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author, a gripping narrative-nonfiction account of the world's largest manmade explosion before the atomic bomb. In December 1917, a freighter carrying 3,000 tons of explosives sailed from Brooklyn bound for the trenches of World War 1--en route, a cataclysmic disaster awaited... --from Goodreads.com.
Series
Unofficial minecrafters mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Edison and Billy finally have a chance for a vacation, joining Amira to celebrate her birthday on peaceful Mushroom Island. But before celebrations can get underway, Mushroom Island is rocked by a mysterious explosion. As they investigate it, they discover rumors that the island itself is cursed. Of course, Edison and Billy don't believe in curses. There must be a logical explanation behind the explosion, and they just have to find it. So not only...
Author
Series
Harlequin romantic suspense volume 2262
Publisher
Harlequin Romantic Suspense
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Haunted by the tragedies in her past, forensic investigator Cynthia Cornwall risks everything to keep Detective Adam Solberg informed about the explosion that led to his father's death. Open, attentive and undeniably gorgeous, Adam seems too good to be true. But Cynthia will have to trust him if they're both going to survive this case. And she'll have to decide if the connection they've forged is real enough to last." -- Page [4] cover.
12) Out of darkness
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Loosely based on a school explosion that took place in New London, Texas in 1937, this is the story of two teenagers: Naomi, who is Mexican, and Wash, who is black, and their dealings with race, segregation, love, and the forces that destroy people.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A heart-pumping exploration of the biggest explosions in history, from the Big Bang to mysterious activity on Earth and everything in between. The overwhelming majority of celestial space is inactive, and will remain forever unruffled. Similarly, more than 90% of the universe's 70 billion trillion suns had non-attention-getting births and are living out their existences in a steady predictable fashion. But when cosmic violence does unfold, it changes...
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Boom! Crash! Crumble! Demolition experts bring down a massive building within its own footprint; the hood of a car crumples in a crash, exactly as planned; and a wave of molasses covers a city in sticky goo. What is going on? From quick answers to in-depth explanations, we've got you covered. Discover all about the mighty -- and mightily controlled -- explosions responsible for demo'ing old buildings, producing awesome fireworks, and more. Dig into...
15) Them!
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A landmark movie about giant radiation-mutated ants that gets better with age. It begins in New Mexico with a child wandering in shock, a ransacked general store, and a battered corpse full of enough formic acid to kill twenty men. It ends with an epic struggle in the 700 miles of storm drains under Los Angeles, where the insect hordes are beaten. But they2re not conquered, because they spawned a generation of films about radioactive creatures.
Author
Series
Largo recorrido volume 134
Publisher
Editorial Periférica
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
In the aftermath of a fire at the El Bordo mine in Hidalgo, Mexico, the official estimate of 10 deaths proved terribly wrong: six days later, 86 bodies were found in the mine?in addition to seven who were still alive. This detailed historical reconstruction traces the events of the days following the fire, including the complicity between authorities and the press, to show that the events at El Bordo were far from an isolated incident.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Featuring beautiful full-color images of Dutch paintings throughout, this stunning book about one of the most vibrant periods in European art and life is centered around the fascinating, little-known story of the Thunderclap - an enormous explosion in 1654 Holland that claimed the life of one of the greatest artists of the 17th century."
18) Under pressure
Author
Series
A Lucas Page Novel volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"On a beautiful October evening, New York City's iconic Guggenheim Museum is closed for a tech company's private gala. Until an explosion rocks the night, instantly killing 702 people, including every single attendee-yet the damage to the building itself was minimal. An explosion of that precision was no accident and, in response, the FBI mobilizes its entire team - but the sheer number of victims strains their resources. Were all 702 victims in the...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A chilling and cinematic thriller set in 1961 in one of the most secretive locations in Soviet history. Ten days before the test of largest nuclear device in history--the Tsar Bomba--a KGB officer must investigate the murder of one of the architects of the bomb, and unravel a conspiracy that could set the world on fire"--
1961, Arzamas-16, a top-secret research city that does not appear on any map. RDS-220 is a project of such vital national importance...
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