Dennis Smith
Author
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
Language
English
Description
Concrete: We use it for our buildings, bridges, dams, and roads. We walk on it, drive on it, and many of us live and work within its walls. But very few of us know what it is. We take for granted this ubiquitous substance, which both literally and figuratively comprises much of modern civilization's constructed environment; yet the story of its creation and development features a cast of fascinating characters and remarkable historical episodes. This...
6) Scotland
Author
Series
World bibliographical volume 34
Publisher
Clio Press
Pub. Date
©1998
Edition
Rev. ed.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xl, 434, [1] pages) : map.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
xvi, 364 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The tenth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon is an occasion sure to be observed around the world. But among the memorials, political speeches, and news editorials, the most pressing consideration--and often the most overlooked--is the lives and well-being of the 9/11 first responders, their families, and the victims' families over the past decade.
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
10 audio discs (12.5 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 cm
Language
English
Description
At 5:12 a.m. on the morning of April 18, 1906, San Francisco was struck by one of the worst earthquakes in history, instantly killing hundreds. The ensuing fires that ravaged the city for days were responsible for the deaths of as many as 3,000 more. In all, 522 blocks and 28,188 buildings were leveled, and some 200,000 people dislocated.This watershed event in American history has never before been told with the richness of historical detail and...
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
14 audio discs : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A personal account by fireman, Dennis Smith, who volunteered for duty at Ground Zero, looking for victims and helping the devastated firemen and policemen mourn their own dead. A chronicle of the coordinated rescue effort and the emotional toll it took on the heroic men and women who carried it out.
Publisher
CBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 688 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Season Five of BULL finds Dr. Jason Bull settling into fatherhood and navigating his renewed, but still complicated, romantic relationship with his ex-wife and Benny's sister, Isabella Colon. As Bull acclimates to his vastly changed domestic life, he and the entire TAC team struggle to adjust to virtual court system as they weather the New York City shut down due to the coronavirus.
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (approximately 1086 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
NCIS Special Agent Jethro Gibbs leads his team to investigate all crimes dealing with the U.S. Navy or U.S. Marine Corps. The team continues to deal with a death of one of it's own while being broken up by the new director. They find a mole within their ranks, solve a murder at a Marine base, and a home invasion right before Christmas. McGee becomes a hostage at a womens' prison, while Abby is recruited to help out when a government scientist goes...
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (692 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mick St. John is a private investigator 'living' in Los Angeles. Mick's bride turned him into a vampire on the couple's wedding night fifty-five years earlier. In the present day, he struggles with his love for a mortal woman, his dealings with other vampires and other criminal elements.
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (1011 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Using data siphoned off the U.S. intelligence agencies' threat matrix, information not related to terrorism, but rather violent crimes of a personal nature, during each episode, the former CIA agent and his enigmatic partner identify a 'person of interest' and set about solving the mystery of the impending crime. Tapping into the world's Big Brother-like surveillance network, the shadowy duo knows that something bad is going to happen; it's their...