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Pub. Date
c2006
Description
While Scrat the Saber-toothed Squirrel is still trying to find his precious acorn, the misfit trio of Manny the Mammoth, Sid the Sloth and Diego the Sabre-tooth Tiger have settled down in an isolated valley with numerous other animals. However, the trio soon discover that the ice wall surrounding the valley is barely holding back a massive body of water behind it and the melting state threatens to break the wall and flood the valley. With their one...
2) Outbreak
Pub. Date
c1995
Description
Dustin Hoffman plays Sam Daniels, a take-charge army virologist trying to stave off global biological meltdown. A rare killer virus from the jungles of Zaire has taken hold in a California community. Its mortality rate is 100%. And some say the only way to stop its spread is to firebomb the town and everyone in it.
3) This is 40
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
Sexual content, crude humor, pervavsive language and some drug material.
"After years of marriage, Pete and Debbie are approaching a milestone meltdown. As they try to balance romance, careers, parents and children in their own hilarious ways, they must also figure out how to enjoy the rest of their lives. ... This Is 40 is a candid and heartwarming comedy about the challenges and rewards of marriage and parenthood in the modern age."--Container....
4) Rebound
Formats
Description
Hothead college basketball coach Roy McCormick shows more interest in endorsement deals than in winning games. After an on-court meltdown, the hot-tempered college hoops coach is expelled from the league. In order to return, Coach Roy needs to prove he can win games without losing his cool, and his last chance is to take on a losing junior high school team of wise-cracking misfits. As Roy struggles to turn his lovable losers into champions, he discovers...
Pub. Date
2006
Description
Ice age: Twenty thousand years ago, at the dawn of the Ice age, Sid the sloth, Manfred, a woolly mammoth, and Diego, the sabre-tooth tiger try to reunite a human baby with its migrating tribe.
Ice age, the meltdown: The trio of the Ice Age have settled down in an isolated valley with numerous other animals. However, they soon discover that the ice wall surrounding the valley is barely holding back a massive body of water behind it and the melting...
8) This is 40
Description
"After years of marriage, Pete and Debbie are approaching a milestone meltdown. As they try to balance romance, careers, parents and children in their own hilarious ways, they must also figure out how to enjoy the rest of their lives. ... This Is 40 is a candid and heartwarming comedy about the challenges and rewards of marriage and parenthood in the modern age."--Container.
Sexual content, crude humor, pervavsive language and some drug material....
Description
The financial meltdown from the perspective of a number of players: Michael Burry, a bizarre autistic-like stock-picking genius, and the first to realize that the market's housing boom is based on a "house of cards" sham; Mark Baum, self-loathing fictional character whose firm picks up insider trading information from a wrong number phone call; Jarred Vennet, a smart-aleck broker who confirms the ominous suspicion; and Charles Gellar and James Shipley,...
10) Frío fatal
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 13
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 3
Description
When Greg Heffley's school closes because of heavy snowfall, the neighborhood becomes an icy battlefield: rival groups compete for territory, build forts and stage big snowball fights. In their struggle for survival, Greg and Rowley will have to fight their way through alliances, betrayals and opposing gangs. When the snow melts, will the two friends get out alive from this pitched battle?
Pub. Date
[c2010]
Description
Jillian Michaels introduces a new yoga workout unlike any other. Combining hard-core yoga power poses with her dynamic training techniques, Michaels gets real weight-loss results fast. Contains two complete 30-minute workouts that include a warm-up and cool down. Begin with the Level 1 workout which focuses on quickly flowing yoga sequences to burn mega calories. Then progress to Level 2 which adds twists and balance poses for an even greater burn....
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
While Scrat the Saber-toothed Squirrel is still trying to find his precious acorn, the misfit trio of Manny the Mammoth, Sid the Sloth and Diego the Sabre-tooth Tiger have settled down in an isolated valley with numerous other animals. However, the trio soon discover that the ice wall surrounding the valley is barely holding back a massive body of water behind it and the melting state threatens to break the wall and flood the valley. With their one...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"Every parent, caregiver--and young child--knows the misery that comes with meltdowns and toddlers' temper tantrums. Through rhythmic text in both English and Spanish and warm illustrations, this gentle, reassuring book offers toddlers simple tools to release strong feelings, express them, and calm themselves down. After a break, toddlers will feel like new--and adults will, too"--
"This bilingual (English/Spanish) board book helps toddlers learn...
16) The Big Short
Pub. Date
2016
Description
The financial meltdown from the perspective of a number of players: Michael Burry, a bizarre autistic-like stock-picking genius, and the first to realize that the market's housing boom is based on a house of cards sham; Mark Baum, self-loathing fictional character whose firm picks up insider trading information from a wrong number phone call; Jarred Vennet, a smart-aleck broker who confirms the ominous suspicion; and Charles Gellar and James Shipley,...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Calling all Pups! Join Chase and the pups as they save a runaway stargazer! Next, the pups try to crack the mysterious case of a missing cellphone, and things get freaky when Chase and Chickaletta switch bodies. Then join Marshall, Skye, Zuma, and the whole team as they celebrate Chase's birthday and rescue Captain Gordy!
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Description
On April 25, 1986, the worst nuclear reactor accident in history occurred in Chernobyl. Until now, all of the books published in English focused on the facts, names, and data. Voices from Chernobyl presents first-hand accounts of what happened to the people of Belarus and the fear, anger, and uncertainty that they lived through. In order to give a voice to their experiences, Svetlana Alexievich--a journalist by trade--interviewed hundreds of people...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Outbreak: "A virologist tries to stave off a global biological meltdown. [...] [Picture of chimpanzee] This animal carries a deadly virus-- and the greatest medical crisis in the wold is about to happen. Try to remain calm."--container. Contagion: "The CDC races against time to develop a vaccine against an extremely lethal virus. [...] Nothing spreads like fear"--container.