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The Babel apocalypse / by Evans, Vyvyan,author.(CARDINAL)347637;
"Language is no longer learned, but streamed to neural implants regulated by lang-laws. Those who can't afford language streaming services are feral, living on the fringes of society. Big tech corporations control language, the world's most valuable commodity. But when a massive cyberattack causes a global language outage, catastrophe looms. Europol detective Emyr Morgan is assigned to the case. His prime suspect is Professor Ebba Black, the last native speaker of language in the automated world, and leader of the Babel cyberterrorist organization. But Emyr soon learns that in a world of corporate power, where those who control language control everything, all is not as it seems. As he and Ebba collide, Emyr faces an existential dilemma between loyalty and betrayal, when everything he once believed in is called into question. To prevent the imminent collapse of civilization and a global war between the great federations, he must figure out friend from foe-his life depends on it. And with the odds stacked against him, he must find a way to stop the Babel Apocalypse." --
Subjects: Science fiction.; Dystopian fiction.; Novels.; Language acquisition; Cyberterrorism; Terrorists; Police; Police.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Chapterhouse, Dune / by Herbert, Frank.(CARDINAL)511828;
The desert planet Arrakis, called Dune, has been destroyed. The remnants of the Old Empire have been consumed by the violent matriarchal cult known as the Honored Matres. Only one faction remains a viable threat to their total conquest--the Bene Gesserit, heirs to Dune's power. Under the leadership of Mother Superior Darwi Odrade, the Bene Gesserit have colonized a green world on the planet Chapterhouse, and are turning it into a desert, mile by scorched mile. And once they've mastered breeding sandworms, the Sisterhood will control the production of the greatest commodity in the known galaxy--the spice Melange. But their true weapon remains a man who has lived countless lifetimes--a man who served under the God Emperor Paul Muad'Dib.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Science fiction.; Dune (Imaginary place);
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 9
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The Belles / by Clayton, Dhonielle,author.(CARDINAL)620295;
In the opulent world of Orleans, Belles are revered, for they control Beauty, and Beauty is a commodity coveted above all else. Camellia Beauregard wants to be the Belle chosen by the Queen of Orleans to live in the royal palace, to tend to the royal family and their court, to be recognized as the most talented Belle in the land. But she soon finds that behind the gilded palace walls live dark secrets. When the queen asks Camellia to risk her own life and help the ailing princess by using Belle powers in unintended ways, Camellia faces an impossible decision. With the future of Orleans and its people at stake, Camellia must decide: save herself and her sisters and the way of the Belles, or resuscitate the princess, risk her own life, and change the ways of her world forever.HL650LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Novels.; Nobility; Magic; Teenage girls; Beauty, Personal;
Available copies: 61 / Total copies: 72
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Emporium / by Machado, Aditi,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (page 108).In Emporium, Aditi Machado investigates transnationalism and translation in poems that follow a merchant woman as she travels a twenty-first century "silk route." As on the original silk route, this merchant is engaged in economic transactions but also cultural exchanges, un-monetizeable reciprocities, the sensory excesses of the marketplace: coins moving from hand to hand, the smell of food and sweat infusing the air, the "noise" of translation and multilingualism. Is this tradeswoman in control of her "destiny"/business or is she a commodity of impenetrable global forces? Her investigative, digressive travel seems a way to interrogate history and money and her own entanglement in such irresistible threads.James Laughlin Award Winner, 2019
Subjects: American poetry; Hindu poetry; American poetry.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Volt rush : the winners and losers in the race to go green / by Sanderson, Henry(Journalist),author.;
"In the twentieth century, wealth and power was dictated by access to oil. This century will have different kingmakers, perhaps different wars. We depend on a handful of metals and rare earths to power our phones and computers. Increasingly, we rely on them to power our cars and our homes. Whoever controls these finite commodities will become rich beyond imagining. Sanderson journeys to meet the characters, companies, and nations scrambling for the new resources, linking remote mines in the Congo and Chile's Atacama Desert to giant Chinese battery factories, shadowy commodity traders, secretive billionaires, a new generation of scientists attempting to solve the dilemma of a "greener" world."--Publisher.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Rare earth industry; Rare earth metals; Clean energy industries.; Green technology;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The handmaid's tale [videorecording] / by Wilson, Daniel,film producer.; Schlondorff, Volker,film director.; Pinter, Harold,1930-2008,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)147258; Richardson, Natasha,actor.(CARDINAL)356394; Quinn, Aidan,actor.(CARDINAL)785848; Dunaway, Faye,actor.(CARDINAL)344923; Motion picture adaptation of (work):Atwood, Margaret,1939-Handmaid's tale.(CARDINAL)548209; Cinecom Entertainment Group,presenter.; Master Partners (Firm),presenter.; Shout! Factory (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)346726;
Director of photography, Igor Luther ; film editor, David Ray ; music by Ryuichi Sakamoto.Natasha Richardson, Robert Duvall, Faye Dunaway, Aidan Quinn.In the not-so-distant future, strong-willed and beautiful Kate possesses a precious commodity that most women have lost and most men want to control: fertility. Forced into a brain-washing boot camp that turns fertile women into surrogate mothers for social-elite men and their infertile wives, Kate thinks she's made out well when she's assigned to an eminent party leader. But when she learns that he's sterile, she's faced with an impossible choice: produce him an heir or die.MPAA rating: RDVD; Anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) ; NTSC; region 1; Dolby digital stereo.
Subjects: Dystopian films.; Science fiction films.; Film adaptations.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Infertility; Man-woman relationships; Misogyny;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The handmaid's tale [videorecording] / by Dunaway, Faye,actor.(CARDINAL)344923; Duvall, Robert,actor.(CARDINAL)808220; Pinter, Harold,1930-2008,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)147258; Quinn, Aidan,actor.(CARDINAL)785848; Richardson, Natasha.actor.(CARDINAL)356394; Schlondorff, Volker,film director.; Wilson, Daniel,film producer.; Motion picture adaptation of (work):Atwood, Margaret,1939-Handmaid's tale.(CARDINAL)548209; Cinecom Entertainment Group,presenter.; Master Partners (Firm),presenter.; Shout! Factory (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)346726;
Director of photography, Igor Luther ; film editor, David Ray ; music by Ryuichi Sakamoto.Natasha Richardson, Robert Duvall, Faye Dunaway, Aidan Quinn.In the not-so-distant future, strong-willed and beautiful Kate possesses a precious commodity that most women have lost and most men want to control: fertility. Forced into a brain-washing boot camp that turns fertile women into surrogate mothers for social-elite men and their infertile wives, Kate thinks she's made out well when she's assigned to an eminent party leader. But when she learns that he's sterile, she's faced with an impossible choice: produce him an heir or die.MPAA rating: RBlu-ray, region A; DTS-HD Master Audio stereo;Widescreen (1.85:1) ; 1080p high definition; requires Blu-ray player.
Subjects: Dystopian films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Science fiction films.; Infertility; Man-woman relationships; Misogyny;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Spell hacker [sound recording] / by England, M. K.author.(CARDINAL)803601; Ramirez, Marisol,narrator.;
Read by Marisol Ramirez.In Kyrkarta, magic, known as maz, was once a freely available natural resource. Then an earthquake released a magical plague, killing thousands and opening the door for a greedy corporation to make maz a commodity that's tightly controlled, and, of course, outrageously expensive. Which is why Diz and her three best friends run a highly lucrative, highly illegal maz siphoning gig on the side. Their next job is supposed to be their last heist ever. But when their plan turns up a powerful new strain of maz that (literally) blows up in their faces, they're driven to unravel a conspiracy at the very center of the spellplague, and possibly save the world. No pressure.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Conspiracy; Magic;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Spell hacker / by England, M. K.,author.(CARDINAL)803601;
"In Kyrkarta, magic--known as maz--was once a freely available natural resource. Then an earthquake released a magical plague, killing thousands and opening the door for a greedy corporation to make maz a commodity that's tightly controlled--and, of course, outrageously expensive. Which is why Diz and her three best friends run a highly lucrative, highly illegal maz siphoning gig on the side. Their next job is supposed to be their last heist ever. But when their plan turns up a powerful new strain of maz that (literally) blows up in their faces, they're driven to unravel a conspiracy at the very center of the spellplague--and possibly save the world. No pressure"--Jacket flap.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Fantasy fiction.; Novels.; Magic; Thieves; Friendship; Conspiracies; Corruption; Epidemics; Friendships.;
Available copies: 13 / Total copies: 15
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Cutting edge / by Clancy, Tom,1947-2013.(CARDINAL)293728; Greenberg, Martin Harry.(CARDINAL)722091; Preisler, Jerome.(CARDINAL)527638;
Africa has become the battleground of a 21st-century war. As fiber-optic cable is laid down around the continent, UpLink Communications, headed by Roger Gordian, battles for control against his nemesis, Harlan DeVane, who trades in black-market commodities with terrorists and rogue states. DeVane kidnaps Gordian's daughter to ensure his success. Now Gordian must trust his UpLink team as never before.
Subjects: Novels.; Thrillers (Fiction); Cyberterrorism; Gordian, Roger (Fictitious character);
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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