Michael Crichton
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
When renowned paleontologist Dr. Grant agrees to accompany a wealthy adventurer and his wife on an aerial tour of Isla Sorna, InGen's former breeding ground for prehistoric creatures, he has no idea that he was brought along for a totally different reason. When their plane crashes and they become stranded, they discover the island's native inhabitants are smarter, faster, fiercer and more brutal than imagined.
Author
Pub. Date
p2006
Language
English
Description
On an island off Costa Rica there exists a hush-hush colony of giant animals which attracts the attention of two expeditions. The first one, including children, is led by a paleontologist, the other is made up of evil scientists who want to do experiments. The animals rout both without much concern for their motives.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The reign begins...again. Return to the park with Owen, Claire, T. rex, and Blue--along with new dinosaurs more awe-inspiring and terrifying than ever before! But as the volcanic island erupts, putting the prehistoric creatures and humans in danger, will anyone or anything survive?
47) Jurassic Park
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
A wealthy entrepreneur invites a top paleontologist, a paleobotanist, a mathematician/theorist, and his two eager grandchildren to visit his secret island theme park featuring living dinosaurs cloned from prehistoric DNA.
49) Rising sun
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
A Los Angeles cop is called in to investigate the murder of a prostitute in the boardroom of a Japanese-owned company, only to discover a "shadow world" of futuristic technology, ancient ways and confusing loyalties.
50) Westworld
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
This story of a technological paradise suddenly turned nightmare is a genuine shocker. For $1,000 a day, vacationers can indulge whims at the "theme park" called Westworld where the gunhands and dance-hall girls are all robots programmed to serve the guests' violent and lustful fantasies--until something goes wrong with their circuitry.
51) The 13th warrior
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
After being warned by a fortune-teller that their fight against legendary creatures is doomed to failure unless they have a 13th warrior, a travelling ambassador (Banderas) is given no choice but to join a group of fierce fighters.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Celebrate one of the biggest movie franchises of all time with the Jurassic World 5-movie collection! From Academy Award winning director Steven Spielberg (Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park), Joe Johnston (Jurassic Park III), Colin Trevorrow (Jurassic World), and J.A. Bayona (Jurassic World: Fallen kingdom), dinosaurs once again roam the Earth in an amazing theme park on a remote island, and beyond! The action-packed adventures find man...
53) Sphere
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
"In the middle of the South Pacific, a thousand feet below the surface of the water, a huge vessel rests on the ocean floor. Rushed to the scene is a group of American scientists who descend to the depths of the sea to investigate this astonishing discovery. What they find defies their imaginations and mocks their attempts at logical explanation. It is a massive spaceship, undamaged from it's fall from the sky-and at least three hundred years old"--IMDb....