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Author
Series
Aunt Dimity mysteries volume 25
Language
English
Description
It's early May in the small English village of Finch and the air is crackling with excitement: a newcomer is about to move into Pussywillows, a riverside cottage with a romantic reputation. But when Crispin Windle arrives, no one knows what to make of him: seemingly a loner, he repels every welcoming gesture and appears altogether uninterested in being a part of the community. Soon, the townspeople have all but dismissed him. Only Lori and Tommy Prescott,...
Author
Publisher
Amber Books Ltd
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
224 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
From Roman temples to Buddhist shrines in the Chinese desert, these hallowed halls have been abandoned to nature. More than 200 outstanding images show what happens to sacred places when humanity retreats. What happens when the congregation moves away from its place of worship? Or when shifting borders or persecution mean that people can no longer reach their church, synagogue, or mosque? Through magnificent, sometimes haunting images, Abandoned Sacred...
Author
Series
Abandoned Tennessee volume 1
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing by arrangement with Fonthill Media LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Abandoned structures are places that open the imagination and invite interpretation. Distressed wood and weathered remnants of human life are crossed by time and animal tracks, inviting one to picture what once was. Abandoned homes and buildings offer a unique, distressed beauty. While often overlooked by passers-by, their skeletal remains act as the perfect subject for the lens of a camera, quietly waiting to be captured and shared. Abandoned Tennessee...
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
122 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Xander thinks the George Wickerman Hospital would be the perfect setting for Spirits and Specters, a role-playing game where players go on 'missions' to find evidence of paranormal activities. According to local legend, tuberculosis patients were used as test subjects in medical experiments that ended tragically, and their disfigured ghosts walk the hallways of this now-abandoned building. What better location to go ghost hunting? Even though they...
Author
Language
English
Description
"On a beautiful summer night in a charming English suburb, a young woman and her boyfriend disappear after partying at the massive country estate of a new college friend. One year later, a writer moves into a cottage on the edge of the woods that border the same estate. Known locally as the Dark Place, the dense forest is the writer's favorite area for long walks and it's on one such walk that she stumbles upon a mysterious note that simply reads,...
Author
Series
Abandoned Tennessee volume 2
Publisher
America Through Time
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
127 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Abandoned structures are places that open the imagination and invite interpretation. Distressed wood and weathered remnants of human life are crossed by time and animal tracks, inviting one to picture what once was. Abandoned homes and buildings offer a unique, distressed beauty. While often overlooked by passers-by, their skeletal remains act as the perfect subject for the lens of a camera, quietly waiting to be captured and shared. Abandoned Tennessee:...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this twisted horror anthology, five strangers are drawn to an abandoned theater and forced to watch their deepest and darkest fears play out before them. Lurking in the shadows is the Projectionist, who preys upon their souls with his collection of disturbing films. As each reel spins its sinister tale, the characters find frightening parallels to their own lives.
Author
Publisher
Focal Press
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
If you are a photographer who sees the beauty in abandoned buildings, crumbling facades, and preserving a fading history, and who also has a love of urban exploration, you have stumbled on a must-have for your photographic library. Urban and Rural Decay Photography offers expert tips and techniques for capturing breathtaking photographs of your favorite decay scenes, whether in urban or rural settings.?Author J. Dennis Thomas guides you through the...
11) You were here
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
384 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
On the anniversary of her daredevil brother's death, Jaycee breaks into Jake's favorite hideout, an abandoned insane asylum, where her eccentric friends challenge her to rediscover buried parts of herself.
Author
Series
Publisher
America Through Time
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
94 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Abandoned East Tennessee: Ruins of Rocky Top takes you on an action-packed exploration of the life left behind in the Great Smoky Mountain communities of East Tennessee."--Back cover.
13) Trespass
Series
Shout select volume 24
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two firemen find a map that leads to stolen gold in an abandoned factory. The factory is in the turf of a local gang and the firemen witness a shooting. The gang spots them and they argue about how to get rid of the trespassers.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Stalking the Atomic City is a rare portrait of the dystopian reality that is Chornobyl. Focusing on the site as it is today, Markiyan Kamysh introduces us to the marginalized people who call the Exclusion Zone their home, providing a haunting account of what total autonomy could mean in our growingly fractured world."--
16) Closed for storm
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Wide screen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (78 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fifteen years after Hurricane Katrina sits a lasting monument of the devastation. Six Flags New Orleans is currently sitting abandoned, rotting away in the Louisiana swamp. The film explores the past, present, and future, to find out how this incredible theme park became frozen in time and left in and endless void of uncertainty.
17) Hotel for dogs
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Foster children Andi and Bruce have been placed with a flaky couple who care more for their aspiring rock careers than their charges. Their mischievous tendencies repeatedly get them into trouble. After a close call with the local pound, the kids end up searching for Friday, their secretly adopted dog, in an abandoned old hotel where they find several other stray dogs seeking shelter. They, along with three other local kids, begin caring for the strays....
Publisher
Kimstim
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Special edition.
Physical Desc
6 DVDs + 1 Blu-ray (804 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Homo sapiens: Presented entirely without commentary or narration, this documentary comprises images of abandoned buildings and structures in the process of being reclaimed by nature, as well as desolate natural locales.
Over the years: Follows a group of European textile workers over a ten-year-period after the mill where they work goes out of business.
Abendland: Surveys disparate parts of Europe, the various scenes united only in that they take...
20) Fall
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
For best friends Becky and Hunter, life is all about conquering fears and pushing limits. But after they climb 2,000 feet to the top of a remote, abandoned radio tower, they find themselves stranded with no way down.
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