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261) Riddick
Pub. Date
2014
Description
A dangerous, escaped convict wanted by every bounty hunter in the known galaxy, Riddick has been left for dead on a sun-scorched planet that appears to be lifeless. Soon, however, he finds himself fighting for survival against alien predators more lethal than any human he's encountered. The only way off is for him to activate an emergency beacon and alert mercenaries who rapidly descend to the planet in search of their bounty. With time running out...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Appears on these lists
CSL - Identity, Social Justice, and EDI
CSL - Indigenous Peoples/Native American/American Indian Literature
CSL - Indigenous Peoples/Native American/American Indian Literature
Description
1890: When Desiderya Lopez, The Sleepy Prophet, finds an abandoned infant on the banks of an arroyo, she recognizes something in his spirit and brings him home. Pidre will go on to become a famous showman in the Anglo West whose main act, Simodecea, is Pidre's fearless, sharpshooting wife, who wrangles bears as part of his show. 1935: Luz "Little Light" Lopez and her brother Diego work the carnival circuit in downtown Denver. Luz, is a tea leaf reader,...
263) Gale force
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
"Treasure Hunt" is new reality-based TV show, set on a remote Pacific island with a $10 million treasure and eight contestants vying to bring it home. The program's crooked producer has hired a group of ex-Navy SEAL mercenaries to steal the money for him. The mercenaries have their own plan for the cash and to complicate matters, a category 5 hurricane with an accompanying tsunami is bearing down on the island.
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