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The bone hunters [sound recording] / by Mrazek, Robert J.author.(CARDINAL)652357; Lane, Christopher.nrt;
Performed by Christopher Lane.The award-winning author of Valhalla brings back archaeologist Lexy Vaughan and retired Air Force officer Steve Macaulay, as they race to save a priceless discovery from disappearing forever...One of the greatest archaeological finds of all time, Peking Man, the 780,000-year-old remains of our earliest known human ancestor, disappeared during World War II from a cargo ship bound for America. Now the Chinese government is fighting to keep a new religion from taking hold--a faith based on the belief that Peking Man is God. And they dispatch ruthless operatives to find and destroy the world's most priceless fossil.But the US government has its own team on the hunt. From the mountains of Bavaria to the jungles of Central America and across the vast Pacific, Professor Barnaby Finchem, his brilliant prote?ge?, Lexy Vaughan, and pilot Steve Macaulay will brave the wrath of nature and of man to win a race against unbridled tyranny...
Subjects: Archaeologists; Audiobooks.; Peking man; Theft of relics;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Johnny English [videorecording] / by Adefarasin, Remi.(CARDINAL)848252; Atkinson, Rowan.(CARDINAL)346893; Bevan, Tim.(CARDINAL)533640; Chiang, Peter.; Davies, Oliver Ford.; Davies, William(Screenwriter)(CARDINAL)349512; Fellner, Eric.(CARDINAL)431530; Howitt, Peter,1957-(CARDINAL)848254; Huffam, Mark.(CARDINAL)832757; Imbruglia, Natalie.; Malkovich, John.(CARDINAL)344064; McFerran, Douglas.; McNally, Kevin.(CARDINAL)346571; Miller, Ben,1966-(CARDINAL)544678; Pigott-Smith, Tim.(CARDINAL)189716; Purvis, Neal.; Sales, Robin.; Seagers, Chris.; Shearmur, Edward.; Taylor, Jill,1951-; Wade, Robert,1961-; Studio Canal+.(CARDINAL)528339; Universal Pictures (Firm)(CARDINAL)318695; Working Title Films.(CARDINAL)532039;
Special features: Making of Johnny English -- Deleted scenes -- Spy tips -- Character profiles -- Observation test -- DVD-ROM features.Director of photography, Remi Adefarasin ; editor, Robin Sales ; music, Edward Shearmur ; costume designer, Jill Taylor ; production designer, Chris Seagers ; visual effects supervisor, Peter Chiang.Rowan Atkinson, Natalie Imbruglia, Ben Miller, John Malkovich, Tim Pigott-Smith, Kevin McNally, Oliver Ford Davies, McFerran, Douglas.Working for the MI7 agency, Johnny English is suddenly promoted to super spy after Agent One is assassinated and every other agent is blown up at his funeral. When entrepreneur Sauvage sponsors an exhibition of the Crown Jewels and the valuable gems disappear on the opening night, the newly designated agent must jump into action. Tracking the thieves' underground escape route, English locks in on Sauvage despite repeated assurances by boss Pegasus that the respected entrepreneur has nothing to do with the crime.MPAA rating: PG; comic nudity, some crude humor and language.DVD; NTSC, region 1; 5.1 Dolby Digital, DTS ; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) version.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Crown jewels; Intelligence officers; Theft of relics;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Bleach. [videorecording] by Okubo, Masahiro,screenwriter.; Yokote, Michiko,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)548796; Bleach the Movie 2 Production Committee (Firm); Pierrot (Firm),animator.; Studiopolis (Firm),animator.; VIZ Media,production company.(CARDINAL)357335; Warner Home Video (Firm)(CARDINAL)218485;
Character design, Masashi Kudoh ; art director, Tomoyuki Shimizu ; colore design, Hideo Kamitani, Hiromi Anzai, Noriko Abe ; director of cinematography, Toshiyuki Fukushima ; editors, Junichi Uematsu, Hidetoshi Okuno ; music, Shirou Sagisu; animation production, StudioPierrot.After the treasured Ouin is stolen, Toshiro Hitsugaya disappears and becomes suspected of treason. When the Soul Society calls for his capture and execution, Substitute Soul Reaper Ichigo Kurosaki vows to prove Hitsugaya's innocence.Rating: TV14DVD, NTSC, region 1, 16x9 widescreen.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Animated films.; Fantasy films.; Feature films.; Battles; Soul; Supernatural; Theft of relics; Treason;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Johnny English [videorecording] / by Adefarasin, Remi.(CARDINAL)848252; Atkinson, Rowan.(CARDINAL)346893; Bevan, Tim.(CARDINAL)533640; Davies, Oliver Ford.; Davies, William(Screenwriter)(CARDINAL)349512; Fellner, Eric.(CARDINAL)431530; Howitt, Peter,1957-(CARDINAL)848254; Huffam, Mark.(CARDINAL)832757; Imbruglia, Natalie.; Malkovich, John.(CARDINAL)344064; McFerran, Douglas.; McNally, Kevin.(CARDINAL)346571; Miller, Ben.(CARDINAL)640795; Pigott-Smith, Tim.(CARDINAL)189716; Purvis, Neal.; Sales, Robin.; Seagers, Chris.; Shearmur, Edward.; Taylor, Jill,1951-; Wade, Robert,1961-; Studio Canal+.(CARDINAL)528339; Studio Canal+(CARDINAL)528339; Universal Pictures (Firm)(CARDINAL)318695; Universal Studios.; Working Title Films.(CARDINAL)532039;
Director of photography, Remi Adefarasin ; editor, Robin Sales ; music, Edward Shearmur ; costume designer, Jill Taylor ; production designer, Chris Seagers ; visual effects supervisor, Peter Chiang.Rowan Atkinson, Natalie Imbruglia, Ben Miller, John Malkovich, Tim Pigott-Smith, Kevin McNally, Oliver Ford Davies, McFerran, Douglas.Working for the MI7 agency, Johnny English is suddenly promoted to super spy after Agent One is assassinated and every other agent is blown up at his funeral. When entrepreneur Sauvage sponsors an exhibition of the Crown Jewels and the valuable gems disappear on the opening night, the newly designated agent must jump into action. Tracking the thieves' underground escape route, English locks in on Sauvage despite repeated assurances by boss Pegasus that the respected entrepreneur has nothing to do with the crime.MPAA rating: PG; comic nudity, some crude humor and language.DVD; 5.1 Dolby Digital, DTS.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Spy films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Crown jewels; Intelligence officers; Spies; Theft of relics;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 14
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Brothers keepers / by Westlake, Donald E.,author.(CARDINAL)341434;
What will a group of monks do when their two-century-old monastery in New York City is threatened with demolitioin to make a room for a new high-rise? Anything they have to. "Thou Shalt Not Steal" is only the first of the Commandments to be broken as the saintly face off against the unscrupulous over that most sacred of relics, a Park Avenue address. Returning to bookstores for the first time in three decades, Brothers Keepers offers not only a master class in comedy from one of the most beloved mystery writers of all time but also a surprisingly heartfelt meditation on loss, tempation, and how we treat our fellow man.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Monks; Monasteries; Theft of relics;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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National treasure [videorecording] / by Bartha, Justin.actor(CARDINAL)342974; Bean, Sean.actor(CARDINAL)344147; Bruckheimer, Jerry.film producer(CARDINAL)346576; Cage, Nicolas, 1965-actor(CARDINAL)769314; Keitel, Harveyactor(CARDINAL)785645; Kruger, Diane, 1976-actor; Plummer, Christopher.actor(CARDINAL)344895; Turteltaub, Jon.film directorfilm producer(CARDINAL)848116; Voight, Jon, 1938-actor(CARDINAL)348261; Jerry Bruckheimer Films.production copmany(CARDINAL)786529; Walt Disney Pictures.production company(CARDINAL)346896;
Credits: produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Jon Turteltaub ; story by Jim Kouf and Oren Aviv & Charles Segars ; screenplay by Jim Kouf and Cormac Wibberley & Marianne Wibberley ; directed by Jon Turteltaub. Director of photography Caleb Deschanel ; editor, William Goldenberg ; music, Trevor Rabin ; costume designer, Judianna Makovsky ; production designer, Norris Spencer.Cast: Nicolas Cage, Jon Voight, Harvey Keitel, Diane Kruger, Sean Bean, Justin Bartha, Christopher Plummer.Ever since he was a boy, Benjamin Gates has been obsessed with finding the legendary Knights Templar Treasure, the greatest fortune known to man. As Gates tries to find and decipher ancient riddles that will lead him to it, he's dogged by a ruthless enemy who wants the riches for himself. Now in a race against time, Gates must steal one of America's most sacred and guarded documents, the Declaration of Independence. If he doesn't, a key clue to the mystery will fall into dangerous hands.MPAA Rating: PG; for action violence and some scary images.DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital, digitally mastered.
Subjects: DVD-Videodiscs.; Mystery films.; Cultural property; Theft of relics;
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Relics of ruin / by Evans, Erin M.,author.(CARDINAL)425483;
"The conspiracy at the heart of the empire has been revealed. The Archivists played a key role in solving a brutal murder and uncovering one of the empire's longest kept secrets. Now, what's left in its wake are a series of unearthed artifacts, one shaken city, and the shocking truth not dared spoken aloud. Just as the empire has begun to regain normalcy, another mystery unveils itself when a stolen ancient relic is found. Only no one knew that it was missing from its sacred vault in the first place. And now that the real one has been recovered, who replaced it with a fake? With Quill and Amadea at the heart of another mystery, they will need to quickly follow the clues that all lead back to this new relic. Because all the while, an old enemy is gathering strength beyond the Salt Wall and the Archivists might come to find there's nowhere left for them to go but over"--
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Novels.; Archivists; Theft of relics; Imaginary wars and battles; Magic;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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A terrible beauty [large print] : a Lady Emily mystery / by Alexander, Tasha,1969-author.(CARDINAL)466134;
On a quest to distract her lifelong friend Jeremy from his recent heartbreak, Lady Emily organizes a holiday in Greece. As a lover of all things Greek, she quickly finds herself occupied with tours of ancient ruins, lively debates with Margaret, a devoted Latinist, and slightly more scandalous endeavors with her dashing husband, Colin Hargreaves. But the pleasantries are brought to an abrupt halt when a man long believed dead greets the party at their island villa. Lord Philip Ashton, Colin's childhood best friend and Emily's first husband, has returned. But can Philip really be who he claims, even if he has the scars and stories to prove it? Where has he been for all this time? And will his undying love for Emily drive him to claim what's his?
Subjects: Large print books.; Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Upper class; Heiresses; Absence and presumption of death; Theft of relics;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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King Arthur's bones : a historical mystery / by Medieval Murderers (Writers group)(CARDINAL)690550; Gregory, Susanna,1958-(CARDINAL)353530;
1191. During excavation work at Glastonbury Abbey, an ancient leaden cross is discovered buried several feet below the ground. Inscribed on it are the words: Hic iacet sepultus inclitus rex arturius - Here lies buried the renowned King Arthur. Beneath the cross are skeletal remains. Could this really be the legendary King Arthur and Guinevere?
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Arthur, King; Glastonbury Abbey; Theft of relics;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Bone deep : Doc Ford novel, book 21 / by White, Randy Wayne.(CARDINAL)351962;
"The stunning new thriller from the New York Times-bestselling author. When a Crow Indian acquaintance of Tomlinson's asks him to help recover a relic stolen from his tribe, Doc Ford is happy to tag along-but neither Doc nor Tomlinson realize what they've let themselves in for. Their search takes them to the part of Central Florida known as Bone Valley, famous primarily for two things: a ruthless subculture of black-marketers who trade in illegal artifacts and fossils, and a multibillion-dollar phosphate industry whose strip mines compromise the very ground they walk on. Neither enterprise tolerates nosy outsiders. For each, public exposure equals big financial losses-and in a region built on a million-year accumulation of bones, there is no shortage of spots in which to hide a corpse. Or two"--
Subjects: Novels.; Thrillers (Fiction); Ford, Doc (Fictitious character); Ford, Doc (Fictitious character); Crow Indians; Marine biologists; Theft of relics;
Available copies: 51 / Total copies: 58
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