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1) Target earth
Author
Publisher
Reader's Digest Association
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
160 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Nova investigates a provocative new theory that suggests the extinction of more than 34 types of large prehistoric mega-creatures, such as the saber-toothed cat and woolly mammoth, was caused not by climate change or the arrival of the first human hunters, but by the massive breakup of a comet over the Great Lakes region at the end of the last Ice Age, some 12,900 years ago." WGBH/Nova website.
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
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.
7) Deep impact
Language
English
Formats
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.
8) The end
Author
Publisher
Arctis/W1-Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First English language edition.
Physical Desc
383 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When will the world end? With Foxworth, a massive comet, hurtling toward Earth, humanity now knows the exact date. Seventeen-year-old Simon wants to spend his last weeks with the people he cares about most, especially his goal-oriented swimmer ex-girlfriend, Tilda, who dumped him shortly after the news broke. Since Lucinda was diagnosed with cancer she has retreated into herself preparing for the inevitable. Suddenly facing down a death that makes...
Author
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
282 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Presents a realistic, workable plan for defusing a potentially lethal threat from a rogue asteroid or comet. The explosion of a large meteor over Chelyabinsk, Siberia, in February 2013 is just the latest reminder that planet Earth is vulnerable to damaging and potentially catastrophic collisions with space debris of various kinds. In this informative and forward-looking book, veteran aerospace writer William E. Burrows explains what we can do in...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 509 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The evidence revealed in this book shows beyond reasonable doubt that an advanced civilization that flourished during the Ice Age was destroyed in the global cataclysms between 12,800 and 11,600 years ago. But there were survivors-- known to later cultures by names such as 'the Sages', 'the Magicians', 'the Shining Ones', and 'the Mystery Teachers of Heaven'. They travelled the world in their great ships doing all in their power to keep the spark...
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (95 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
The two Novalic brothers, Jean and Martial, are in love with the same woman, Genevieve. Jean is an impoverished actor and an idealistic dreamer, who does not want Genevieve to share in his life of suffering. Martial is an internationally-respected astronomer who discovers the return of Lexell's Comet, on a collision course for Earth. Meanwhile, the rich play while the world is arming for war. Martial decides to use the impending threat of world destruction...
12) Greenland
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD + 1 Blu-ray (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 DVD + 1 Blu-ray (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
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.
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