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1) Blackout
Author
Series
Dark Iceland volume 3
Language
English
Description
On the shores of a tranquil fjord in Northern Iceland, a man is brutally beaten to death on a bright summer's night. As the 24-hour light of the arctic summer is transformed into darkness by an ash cloud from a recent volcanic eruption, a young reporter leaves Reykjavik to investigate on her own, unaware that an innocent person's life hangs in the balance.
2) Island time
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Kellys are messy, loud, loving Australians. The Lees are sophisticated, aloof, buttoned-up Americans. They have nothing in common...except for the fact that their daughters are married. When a nearby volcano erupts during their short vacation to a remote tropical island off the coast of Queensland, the two families find themselves stranded together for six weeks. With only two island employees making up the rest of their party, everyone is forced...
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
347 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A near-future tale finds a popular theme park opened on the site of ancient Pompeii on the eve of the 2,000th anniversary of the eruption of Vesuvius and threatened by a possible repeat eruption and terrorist attack.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
76 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
An account of the work of volcanologists Andy Lockhart, John Pallister, and their team describes their life-risking efforts to investigate dangerous volcanoes that pose threats to more than one billion people worldwide.
Author
Publisher
Amazon Crossing
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
308 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When a series of volcanic eruptions threaten most of Iceland's population, volcanologist Anna Arnardóttir, caught between the safety of a nation and her feelings for her children, her lover, and her past, embarks on a dangerous journey to saves the lives of the people she loves.
Publisher
Entertainment One
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After Native American warrior Night Wolf (Danny Trejo) warns about a cursed mountain range, Devil's Peak, a volcano thought to be dormant in the region suddenly erupts! Along with the deadly lava that soon covers the countryside, zombified forms of long-dead settlers who were swallowed by the volcano also shoot out, rising up just as Night Wolf warned. Now everyone nearby must flee from the lava while fighting off the burning, lava-filled zombies...
Author
Publisher
DASH, an imprint of Abdo Zoom
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"This transitional reader title gives information about volcanic eruptions. Readers will learn about some of the reasons why volcanoes erupt, how they erupt, and the dangers of these eruptions. This series is at a Level 3 and is written specifically for transitional readers. Aligned to the Common Core standards & correlated to state standards"--
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Volcanology professor Peter Shepard comes to realize that recent unexplained volcanic activity around the world is signaling an imminent global catastrophe that could lead to the extinction of mankind.
10) Ashfall
Publisher
MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Korean
Description
Following a volcanic eruption along the China-North Korea border that leaves the entire Korean peninsula in shambles, seismologists warn that an even greater eruption is forthcoming, one that could devastate the entire region. Enlisting the help of renowned Korean-American scientist Bong-rae, the government scrambles to find a way to stop the impending explosion. Bong-rae's plan calls for the use of nuclear warheads, which are currently held in North...
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
112 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The ground is shaking. A volcano is about the erupt. Hundreds of lives are in danger. But you can help! Navigate through three different stories to discover what is happening below Earth's surface. With dozens of story outcomes, it's up to you to stop a volcanic disaster. The planet needs you. Will YOU CHOOSE to help?"--
13) Skyfire
Publisher
Screen Media
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young scientist invents a cutting-edge volcanic warning system and returns to the tropical island where her mother tragically died, hoping she can prevent future deaths. The island is now home to the world's only volcano theme park and resort, the brainchild of its reckless owner Jack. Chaos soon erupts when the once dormant volcano starts to rumble. It's a battle with nature to get off the island while fiery death and destruction rains down from...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (53 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted in 2018, sending rivers of lava through communities and into the sea. Join scientists and local residents as they investigate this frightening spike in volcanic activity that turned an island paradise into an inferno.
Author
Series
I survived volume 10
Publisher
Playaway
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (1 hr., 29 min., 10 sec.) : digital ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Language
English
Description
The beast beneath the mountain is restless...
No one in the bustling city of Pompeii worries when the ground trembles beneath their feet. The beast under the mountain Vesuvius, high above the city, wakes up angry sometimes -- and always goes back to sleep.
But Marcus is afraid. He knows something is terribly wrong -- and his father, who trusts science more than mythical beasts, agrees. When Vesuvius explodes into a cloud of fiery ash and rocks fall...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Women of the Silk and The Samurai's Garden comes a gorgeous and evocative historical novel about a Japanese-American family set against the backdrop of Hawai'i's sugar plantations. Daniel Abe, a young doctor in Chicago, is finally coming back to Hawai'i. He has his own reason for returning to his childhood home, but it is not to revisit the past, unlike his Uncle Koji. Koji lives with the memories of...
Author
Publisher
St Martins Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
338 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Traces a year of dramatic global change in the aftermath of a massive early nineteenth-century Indonesian volcanic eruption that disrupted weather patterns and triggered food shortages, religious revivals, migrations, and a typhus epidemic.
Publisher
Indiepix films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Twenty-seven-year-old Cristóbal returns, camera in hand, to his native town of Chaitén, after it's been destroyed by a volcanic eruption. Searching for his childhood home, amidst ruins. He meets Ana, a strong-willed, middle-aged woman whose sick elderly mother, Maria, refuses to leave town in order to seek treatment. As events unfold, these three friends form an unlikely bond and become the lost family that Cristóbal sought to recover with his...
Author
Series
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
139 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Mount Vesuvius is ready to erupt, threatening to destroy the city of Pompeii and everyone who lives there. Will new friends Thalia and Felix be able to escape, or are they destined to be buried under rock and ash? Thalia is excited to visit the bustling city of Pompeii, while Felix longs to leave it. As Thalia prepares to perform with her traveling troupe of actors, Felix is searching for a life of adventure away from his strict, politician father....
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