Catalog Search Results
1) The Congress
Publisher
Drafthouse Films
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
An aging actress decides to take her final job: preserving her digital likeness for a future Hollywood. Through a deal brokered by her loyal, longtime agent, her alias will be controlled by the studio and will star in any film they want with no restrictions. In return, she receives healthy compensation so her digitized character will stay forever young.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The two mightiest monsters of all time battle in the thrilling adventure classic. When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong for advertising purposes, they get more than they bargained for when the gigantic ape attacks an unsuspecting village and an enormous octopus. Meanwhile, far below the sea, a submarine crew unleashes reptilian terror when they melt a block of ice.
5) Real steel
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring. Now nothing but a small-time promoter, Charlie earns just enough money piecing together low-end bots from scrap metal to get from one underground boxing venue to the next. When Charlie hits rock bottom, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son Max to build and train a championship contender.
6) Titus Alone
Author
Series
Gormenghast trilogy volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A startling and unusual creation by an author who had imagination to burn and burn again . . . A feat of storytelling unmatched in wit or imagination." —SFF180
The basis for the 2000 BBC series
Now in development by Showtime
As the novel opens, Titus, lord of Castle Gormenghast, has abdicated his throne. Born and brought to the edge of manhood in the huge, rotting castle, Titus rebels against the age-old...
The basis for the 2000 BBC series
Now in development by Showtime
As the novel opens, Titus, lord of Castle Gormenghast, has abdicated his throne. Born and brought to the edge of manhood in the huge, rotting castle, Titus rebels against the age-old...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Love, plans, and trustfalls. If there's one thing that could draw Sanna into the dangerous dark heart of Letum Wood, a dragon is that thing. Sanna and her dragons take their lives into their hands and trail a mystery into the deepest recesses of the forest. What they find is not what any of them expected.Greater explorations require Sanna to part from her favorite beasts and head into the unknown alone. Meanwhile, Almorran magic presents to Isadora...
Author
Series
August Purgatory Underground volume 2
August Purgatory Underground volume 1
August Purgatory Underground volume 4
More Series...
August Purgatory Underground volume 1
August Purgatory Underground volume 4
More Series...
Language
English
Description
The final hours of Captain August! Shaken and crippled after his confrontation with his arch-enemy, August launches a desperate plan to save as many of his new allies as he can from the villainous rebel fleet and their cyborg commander. He's been hounded, hurt and humbled- but he's not going down without a fight! The astonishing conclusion of August: Purgatory Underground!
10) System Error
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When tour guide robot ITTO wakes ready to take on a new day handing out leaflets, it's confused to find the world was not how it left it.
With a failing power core, ITTO sets off across a decrepit London in an effort to find out what's happened.
Author
Language
English
Description
The West continues its precipitous decline. The ancient, magnificent, awe inspiring Christian Churches which had taken centuries to build, are burning all over Europe, and that tragedy and violence on the streets are becoming so commonplace that it barely is mentioned by the media. Even the most egregious terrorist outbreaks are passed over by politicians as something which occurs in big cities and the indigenous population should simply get used...
12) The hive
Author
Series
Second Formic War volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
A coalition of Earth's nations barely fought off the Formics' first scout ship. Now it's clear that there's a mother-ship out on the edge of the system, and the aliens are prepared to take Earth by force. Can Earth's warring nations and corporations put aside their differences and mount an effective defense?
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction.
"Into Darkness is a sleek, thrilling epic that's also a triumphantly witty popcorn morality play....
Author
Publisher
R. A. Steffan
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
My secret could save my people. It will also destroy my life.
My name is Carivel. I was born female, but I've been secretly living as a boy in my adoptive village of Draebard, doing a job the elders insist could never be done by a woman. My life is complicated enough already, so the last thing I need is to fall for not one, but two unattainable men—a fierce warrior and a reluctant wolf-shifter with a horrific past.
Now,
...Author
Series
Tiger's Tongue volume 5
Language
English
Description
Heed the tiger's tongue, and you will not be led astray.
Under the militant rule of The Tiger's People, empowered by their animal familiars, the Claw is on the brink of war. At the precipice of adulthood, twin princesses Kelindi and Aridani hold the future of the Claw in their hands. Kelindi would sue for peace with The River's People, those who were subjugated "to bring order," while Aridani has never aspired to rule. But an ancient prophecy is...
Author
Series
Agent of W.O.R.L.D.E volume 4
Agent of W.O.R.L.D.E volume 3
Agent of W.O.R.L.D.E volume 2
More Series...
Agent of W.O.R.L.D.E volume 3
Agent of W.O.R.L.D.E volume 2
More Series...
Language
English
Description
Horny robots! Super-evolved orangutan bosses! Joyriders from the 26th Century! Nothing phases Philip Blank, top agent for the sci-fi spy organization known as W.O.R.L.D.E.! But lately, Philip's been wondering if there isn't more to life than saving the world through creative violence. What is Philip hiding from WORLDE, and how far will he go to keep it hidden? The most beautifully bizarre book of the year is here!
17) Quicksand
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Somewhere deep underground, Stephanie's team suddenly becomes face-to-face with the monsters that have attacked multiple times on the Earth's surface. But now her team is in their territory and extremely outnumbered. As the crew barely keep themselves from being torn apart by the creatures, it seems as if they are being led further into the unknown abyss. And for those who survive the journey, a shocking surprise will be waiting for them at the end....
Author
Language
English
Description
What's the first thing you do after you wake up one morning and find yourself trapped inside what you believe is your favorite video game?
If you said try and find a way back home, you'd be completely wrong. Especially if you're anything like my friends and me. Instead, you use your game knowledge to finish a few easy quests, get yourself some money for room and board, and then hope a way back home just conveniently falls into your lap.
That is of...
Author
Series
Language
Español
Formats
Description
El profesor Aronnax y sus dos compañeros, Consejo y Ned Land, son capturados por el capitán Nemo en su submarino Nautilus, del que no podrán salir. Durante su viaje, explorarán los mares, descubrirán maravillas nunca vistas por el ser humano y se enfrentarán a enormes criaturas marinas.
Considerada como una de las novelas pioneras de la ciencia ficción, Julio Verne ofrece en ella una mirada temprana a la exploración submarina, la tecnología...
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Formats
Description
First published in a 1839 edition of Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, The Fall of the House of Usher is the story of the declining physical and psychological health of the residents of the House of Usher-and the way in which the house itself reflects that. Gothic in theme and style, the story is an exemplar of Poe's philosophy of composition, which dictates that literary works should be short, methodological, and have a unity of effect wherein all the...
In Interlibrary Loan
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Jackson County Oregon can be requested from other Interlibrary Loan libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request