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The Island of Doctor Moreau is a classic work of early science fiction and one of H. G. Wells' most visionary novels. It recounts the harrowing ordeal of Edward Prendick, an Englishman who survives a shipwreck in the southern Pacific Ocean. Rescued by a man named Montgomery, Prendick finds himself on an island belonging to Dr. Moreau, formerly an eminent physiologist in London who was expelled from his homeland for his cruel vivisection experiments.
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Englishman Edward Prendick finds himself shipwrecked on the open ocean. When a passing ship takes him aboard and revives him, things are starting to look less gloomy for the young scientist. Yet little does he know things about to get much worse. He is taken to an abandoned island occupied only by Dr. Moreau, a disgraced English scientist for his unethical treatment of live creatures. Prendick finds that the Doctor has been up to old habits, using...
3) Virals
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Virals novels volume 1
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Tory Brennan is the leader of a band of teenage 'sci-philes' who live on an island off the coast of South Carolina and when the group rescues a dog caged for medical testing, they are exposed to an experimental strain of canine parvovirus that changes their lives forever.
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"From the bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night comes a dreamy reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico. Carlota Moreau: A young woman growing up on a distant and luxuriant estate, safe from the conflict and strife of the Yucatán peninsula. The only daughter of a researcher who is either a genius or a madman. Montgomery Laughton: A melancholic overseer with a tragic past...
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Garfield Logan has spent his entire life being overlooked. Even in a small town like Eden, Georgia, the 17-year-old with green streaks in his hair can't find a way to stand out--and the clock is ticking. Senior year is almost over. If Gar doesn't find a way to impress the social elite at Bull Creek High School, he will never know what it's like to matter. Gar's besties, Stella and Tank, don't understand why he cares what other people think, and they...
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Reader's Digest Association
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c2004
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English
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In the Invisible man, a scientist makes himself invisible, but loses control of the experiment. In the Island of Dr. Moreau, the survivor of a shipwreck finds himself washed ashore on an island with some very peculiar inhabitants.
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Modern Books
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2018.
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English
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"How can a cat be alive and dead at the same time? How was Higg's 'God particle' finally identified? Do big objects fall faster than smaller ones? These and other questions are answered inside this ... guide to the groundbreaking experiments and scientists that have shaped the discipline of physics since 430 B.C.E. Whether the topic is gravity or the speed of light, radioactivity or general relativity, you'll be intrigued and inspired by this journey...
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Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
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[2018]
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English
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Deep blue sea: Return to the deadly deep blue sea! In Deep Blue Sea, you can swim but you can't hide when a tropical storm floods the undersea laboratory Aquatica, plunging the crew into a harrowing battle of wits against sleek killing--and thinking!--machines. In Deep Blue Sea 2, 19 years later, a shark conservationist is shocked to learn that the company is using the most lethal predators in the sea as its test subjects.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
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[2017]
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English
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During experiments to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease, a genetically-enhanced chimpanzee uses its greater intelligence to lead other apes to freedom.
A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as...
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Twisted journeys volume 11
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Graphic Universe
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2009
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English
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As the hero of this graphic novel who is shipwrecked and stranded on an island during a school field trip, the reader is asked to make choices throughout the story to avoid being harmed by strange, half-human creatures.
14) Deep blue sea 3
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Warner Bros. Entertainment
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[2020]
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English
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A team of marine biologists studying the effects of climate change on a small island confront three genetically enhanced sharks.
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Warner Bros
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[2023]
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English
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Jonas Taylor leads a research team on an exploratory dive into the deepest depths of the ocean. Their voyage spirals into chaos when a malevolent mining operation threatens their mission and forces them into a high-stakes battle for survival. Pitted against colossal, prehistoric sharks and relentless environmental plunderers, they must outrun, outsmart and outswim their merciless predators.
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
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[2011]
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"Caesar ... [is] a chimpanzee who gains human-like intelligence and emotions from an experimental drug. Raised like a child by the drug's creator ... , Caesar ultimately finds himself taken from the humans he loves and imprisoned. Seeking justice, Caesar assembles a simian army and escapes--putting man and primate on a collision course that could change the planet forever"--Container.
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Random House Large Print
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[2022]
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English
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From the bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night comes a dreamy reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico. Carlota Moreau: A young woman growing up on a distant and luxuriant estate, safe from the conflict and strife of the Yucatán peninsula. The only daughter of a researcher who is either a genius or a madman. Montgomery Laughton: A melancholic overseer with a tragic past...
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Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone": An orphaned boy enrolls in a school of wizardry, where he learns the truth about himself, his family and the terrible evil that haunts the magical world.
"Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring": A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.
"Jurassic Park": A pragmatic paleontologist visiting...