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In the mid-1870s, a violent spray of comets hits Earth, decimating cities, erasing shorelines, and changing the world’s climate forever. And just as Earth’s temperature dropped, so was civilization frozen in time. Instead of advancing technologically, humanity had to piece itself back together…
In the twenty-first century, boats still run on steam, messages arrive by telegraph, and the British Empire, with its capital now in Delhi,
...2) Comet
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English
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"Comet begins with a breathtaking journey through space astride a comet. Pulitzer Prize-winning astronomer Carl Sagan, author of Cosmos and Contact, and writer Ann Druyan explore the origin, nature, and future of comets, and the exotic myths and portents attached to them. The authors show how comets have spurred some of the great discoveries in the history of science and raise intriguing questions about these brilliant visitors from the interstellar...
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
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English
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When a massive comet strikes the Sun, it knocks Mercury out of orbit and sends it hurtling towards Earth. But each day the now magnetized planet gets closer, it triggers gravitational chaos around the world: Flaming meteors crash into the ground. Automobiles are sucked into the sky. And the worst is still to come
4) Fevered star
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Series
Between earth and sky volume 2
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English
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"The great city of Tova is shattered. The sun is held within the smothering grip of the Crow God's eclipse, but a comet that marks the death of a ruler and heralds the rise of a new order is imminent. The Meridian: a land where magic has been codified and the worship of gods suppressed. How do you live when legends come to life, and the faith you had is rewarded? As sea captain Xiala is swept up in the chaos and currents of change, she finds an unexpected...
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Look up! Look out! A comet is coming, a comet is coming! Stink is camped out in the backyard with his sister, Judy, and he can't wait to lay eyes on P/2015 OZ4, also known as the Sherman-Holm Comet. But then news of an asteroid hitting Russia reaches Stink, and suddenly he's feeling squeamish (and squash-ish) about close encounters of the outer-space kind. Will donning an aluminum-foil cape and building a bunker in the basement help keep him safe?...
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Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
290 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"A magical, intoxicating debut novel, both intimate and epic, that intertwines the past, present, and future of two lovers bound by the passing of great comets overhead and a coterie of remarkable ancestors. Roisin and François are immediately drawn to each other when they meet at a remote research base on the frozen ice sheets of Antarctica. At first glance, the pair could not be more different. Older by a few years, Roisin, a daughter of Ireland...
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Series
Comet cycle volume 1
Publisher
Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
ix, 290 pages ; 21 cm
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English
Description
"From award-winning author Benjamin Percy comes an explosive, breakout speculative thriller in which a powerful new metal arrives on Earth in the wake of a meteor shower, triggering a massive new "Gold Rush" in the Midwest and turning life as we know it on its head. The first of a cycle of novels set in a shared universe"--
It began with a comet. At first, people gazed in wonder at the radiant tear in the sky. A year later, the celestial marvel became...
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Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
A comet hits earth killing everyone who was not protected by steel. Now it's up to two valley girl high school seniors to protect themselves from cannibals, zombies, and still look good for any survivors they come across
11) Great comets
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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
viii, 228 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm
Language
English
12) Deep impact
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
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English
Description
'Deep Impact' is the story of the world's reaction to a death sentence. As a comet approaches the earth which might not be destroyed or divertedbefore it reaches earth, each individual struggles in the face of extinction to find what most matters to him or her
13) Greenland
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
A family fights for survival as a planet-killing comet races to Earth. John Garrity, his estranged wife Allison, and young son Nathan make a perilous journey to their only hope for sanctuary.
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Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
89 pages, 15 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Deep space holds materials left over from the formation of the solar system. Astronomers have been making exciting discoveries on the outermost fringes and the New Horizons spacecraft brings new insights into the origins of the sun and planets"--
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Sigma
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Comets and asteroids are among the Solar System's very oldest inhabitants. This book tells the story of these enigmatic celestial objects, revealing how scientists are using them to help understand a crucial time in our history--the birth of the Solar System, and everything contained within it.
Publisher
National Geographic Society (distributor)
Pub. Date
2003, c1997
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (55 min.) : digital sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Asteroids and comets: Every year, millions of these "stray bullets" streak through the skies, and tons of small meteorites strike our planet. Some 65 million years ago, dinosaurs were wiped off the face of the Earth - in what many believe was the aftermath of a massive cosmic collision. Could something like this happen again? Scientists believe that the impact of an asteroid only a mile wide would be globally catastrophic. Join renowned geologist...
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