Guillermo Del Toro
Author
Series
Strain trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
A ragtag network of humans--Eph, a brilliant scientist; Vasiliy Fet, an exterminator; and Gus, a former gangbanger--are determined to disrupt and destroy the vampire new world order.
4) The Strain
Author
Series
Strain trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
A Boeing 777 arrives at JFK and is on its way across the tarmac, when it suddenly stops dead. All window shades are pulled down. All lights are out. All communication channels have gone quiet. Crews on the ground are lost for answers, but an alert goes out to the CDC. Dr. Eph Goodweather, head of their Canary project, a rapid-response team that investigates biological threats, gets the call and boards the plane. What he finds makes his blood run cold....
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
"'La forma del agua' est�a ambientada en la ciudad de Baltimore en plena Guerra Fr�ia, en el centro de investigaci�on aeroespacial Occam, al que hace poco ha llegado un ser tan extraordinario como potencialmente valioso: un hombre anfibio capturado en el Amazonas. Lo que sigue es una emotiva historia de amor entre este ser y una de las mujeres de la limpieza en Occam, quien es muda y se comunica con la criatura por medio del lenguaje de signos"--Amazon.com....
6) Trollhunters
Author
Series
Pub. Date
p2015
Description
"You are food. Those muscles you flex to walk, lift, and talk? They're patties of meat topped with chewy tendon. That skin you've paid so much attention to in mirrors? It's delicious to the right tongues, a casserole of succulent tissue. And those bones that give you the strength to make your way in the world? They rattle between teeth as the marrow is sucked down slobbering throats. These facts are unpleasant but useful. There are things out there,...
Author
Series
Blackwood tapes volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
A horrific crime that defies ordinary explanation.
A rookie FBI agent in dangerous, uncharted territory.
An extraordinary hero for the ages.
Odessa's life is derailed when she's forced to turn her gun on her partner, who turns suddenly, inexplicably violent while apprehending a rampaging murderer. The shooting, justified by self-defence, shakes Odessa to her core and she is placed on desk leave pending a full investigation.
But what most troubles...
Author
Series
Strain trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
p2009
Description
A vampiric virus infects New York and spreads outward, threatening the city and then the world, as a CDC doctor and a Holocaust survivor fight to save humanity.
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Description
A New York Times Bestseller!
Fans of dark fairy-tales like The Hazel Wood and The Cruel Prince will relish this atmospheric and absorbing book based on Guillermo del Toro's critically acclaimed movie.
Oscar winning writer-director Guillermo del Toro and bestselling author Cornelia Funke have come together to transform del Toro's hit movie Pan's Labyrinth into an epic and dark fantasy novel for readers of all ages, complete with haunting illustrations...
11) Pacific Rim
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Long ago, legions of monstrous creatures called Kaiju arose from the sea, bringing with them all-consuming war. To fight the Kaiju, mankind developed giant robots called Jaegers, designed to be piloted by two humans locked together in a neural bridge. However, even the Jaegers are not enough to defeat the Kaiju, and humanity is on the verge of defeat. Mankind's last hope now lies with a washed-up ex-pilot (Charlie Hunnam), an untested trainee (Rinko...
Author
Series
Strain trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2009
Description
The story begins onboard a grounded plane that has just landed at New York's JFK airport. Police and emergency medical crews are called to investigate the possible outbreak of a mysterious disease, which has killed all but four of the plane's passengers. Unknowingly, something more ominous is responsible for the carnage, which now threatens the city and soon the entire country. Unlike the sexy bloodsuckers of paranormal romances and the cuddly vampires...
Author
Series
Strain trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2010
Description
From the authors of the "New York Times" bestseller "The Strain" comes the second volume in the trilogy. The vampiric virus has taken over New York City. Eph Goodweather, head of the Centers for Disease Control's team, leads a small band to stop the bloodthirsty monsters. But it may be too late.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
A classic tale is reborn through the inspired imagination of cinematic dream-weaver Guillermo del Toro, directing alongside Mark Gustafson. Realized through boundary-pushing, breathtakingly intricate stop-motion animation, this dark rendering of the fable of the puppet boy and his maker, which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, daringly transfers the story to Fascist Italy, where the irrepressible Pinocchio gradually learns what it means...
18) Oscura : Bk. 2
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Description
As New World vampires go to war with Old World vampires over an ancient book containing the entire history and darkest secrets of the vampires, Eph Goodweather and his team seek to stop the vampiric plague and the monsters it has created.
La batalla total por el control del planeta se ha desatado. La enfermedad y la cuarentena invaden Estados Unidos y comienzan a diseminarse por todo el mundo. Mientras tanto, Eph y Nora identifican el agente infeccioso:...
19) Crimson Peak
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
When her heart is stolen by a seductive stranger, a young woman is swept away to a house atop a mountain of blood-red clay; a place filled with secrets that will haunt her forever. Between desire and darkness, between mystery and madness, lies the truth.
20) Mama
Pub. Date
2013
Description
A supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their parents were killed. When they are rescued years later and begin a new life, they find that someone or something still wants to come tuck them in at night.
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