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Dune chronicles volume 6
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English
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Fifteen thousand years after Leto II's death, the remnants of the Bene Gesserit contend with the ruthless leaders of an alien culture to forge a new civilization and preserve the best of the Old Empire.
2) Dune
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"Science fiction's supreme masterpiece, Dune will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, it is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who will become the mysterious man known as Muad'Dib. Paul's noble family is named stewards of Arrakis, whose sands are the only source of a powerful drug called "the spice." After his family is brought down in a traitorous plot, Paul must go undercover to seek revenge, and...
3) Dune messiah
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Dune chronicles volume 2
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English
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Dune Messiah continues the story of Paul Atreides, better known -- and feared -- as the man christened Muad'Dib. As Emperor of the known universe, he possesses more power than a single man was ever meant to wield. Worshipped as a religious icon by the fanatical Fremen, Paul faces the enmity of the political houses he displaced when he assumed the throne -- and a conspiracy conducted within his own sphere of influence. And even as House Atreides begins...
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"Before Dune . . .The epic tale of Duke Leto Atreides and his rise to power . . . The fierce ambitions of his mortal enemy, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen . . . The struggles of the young girl Jessica, the Baron's secret daughter, under the harsh training of the Sisterhood school . . . The schemes of Shaddam Corrino to create a synthetic spice that may bring unlimited wealth, or cause the collapse of the Spacing Guild . . . And the implausible dream of...
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Dune chronicles volume 3
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English
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The Children of Dune are twin siblings Leto and Ghanima Atreides, whose father, the Emperor Paul Muad'Dib, disappeared into the desert wastelands of Arrakis nine years ago. Like their father, the twins possess supernormal abilities -- making them valuable to their manipulative aunt Alia, who rules the Empire in the name of the House Atreides. Facing treason and rebellion on two fronts, Alia's rule is not absolute. The displaced house Corrino is plotting...
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Prelude to Dune volume 3
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English
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"Shaddam Corrino IV, Emperor of the Known Universe, has risked everything to create a substitute for the spice melange . . .The substance that makes space travel possible . . . That prolongs life . . . That allows prescience . . . A substance that is found only on the desert planet Arrakis, a harsh world of storms and monstrous sandworms. Shaddam has used the noble houses as chess pieces for his scheme, causing the overthrow of powerful families,...
7) Dune: Part 2
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[2024]
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1 videodisc (166 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Paul Atreides, alongside Chani and the Fremen, seeks vengeance against the conspirators who destroyed his family, while grappling with the dilemma of choosing between his love for Chani and the fate of the universe. Amidst the turmoil caused by the destruction of House Atreides by House Harkonnen, Paul and his mother Lady Jessica integrate into Fremen society on Arrakis, where they confront suspicion and skepticism while fulfilling prophecies and...
8) Dune
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[2022]
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English
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A mythic and emotionally charged hero's journey that tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence, a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest...
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Dune chronicles volume 5
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English
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Leto Atreides, the God Emperor of Dune, is dead. In the fifteen hundred years since his passing, the Empire has fallen into ruin. The great Scattering saw millions abandon the crumbling civilization and spread out beyond the reaches of known space. The planet Arrakis-now called Rakis-has reverted to its desert climate, and its great sandworms are dying. Now, the Lost Ones are returning home in pursuit of power. And as factions vie for control over...
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Dune chronicles volume 4
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English
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Leto II, God Emperor of Dune, trades his humanity for immortality and, as the magnificent sandworm of Dune, desperately attempts to save mankind.
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Legends of Dune volume 2
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English
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"The crusade against thinking robots has ground on for years; the human worlds grow weary of war, of the bloody, inconclusive swing from victory to defeat. The fearsome cymeks, led by Agamemnon, hatch new plots to regain their lost power from Omnius. Aurelius Venport and Norma Cenva are on the verge of the most important discovery in human history--a way to "fold" space and travel instantaneously to any place in the galaxy. And on the faraway, nearly...
12) Sands of Dune
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2022.
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"Collected for the first time, these four previously unpublished Dune novellas by bestselling authors Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson shine a light upon the darker corners of the Dune universe. Spanning space and time, Sands of Dune is essential reading for any fan of the series. The world of Dune has shaped an entire generation of science fiction. From the sand blasted world of Arrakis, to the splendor of the imperial homeworld of Kaitain, readers...
13) Dune
Pub. Date
[2001]
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2 videodiscs (265 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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In the far future, the remote desert world of Dune becomes the epicenter of a spectacular struggle that will spark a revolution, fulfill an ancient prophecy and forever change the galactic balance of power.
14) Dune
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[1998], 2006.
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1 videodisc (137 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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MacLachlan is Paul Atreides, son of Duke Leto, who struggles with the native inhabitants of the dry planet Arrakis (Dune) to overthrow the terrible Baron Barkonnen and his family and control the special product of the planet, a mind-altering spice produced by giant sand worms.
15) Children of Dune
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2003.
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2 videodiscs (266 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Twelve years after the events in Frank Herbert's Dune, Maud'Dib-- Arrakis emperor Paul Atreides-- has become the unintended figurehead of a violent dictatorship, and his enemies are multiplying. Vanishing into the desert, he waits as destiny shapes his twin heirs Leto II and Ghanima, who must contend with their scheming aunt Alia while Princess Wensicia, of the enemy House Corrino, plots her own attack on Maud'Dib's familial empire. Exiled Atreides...
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2020.
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162 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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"Dune, Frank Herbert's epic science-fiction masterpiece set in the far future amidst a sprawling feudal interstellar society, tells the story of Paul Atreides as he and his family accept control of the desert planet Arrakis. A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism, and politics, Dune is a powerful, fantastical tale that takes an unprecedented look into our universe, and is transformed by the graphic novel format. In the first...
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Criterion collection volume 1218
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (approximately 151 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphlet (12 unnumbered pages (folded) : color illustrations ; 19 cm).
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Français
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A writer is put on trial for her husband's suspicious demise, which happened while their blind son was out of the house, and the writer is well-known for turning her life into auto-fiction.
18) Dune
Pub. Date
[2022]
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1 Blu-ray videodisc (155 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 videodisc (155 min. : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.)
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English
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When House Atreides is assigned rule over the planet Arrakis, the longtime controllers of the spice -- House Harkonnen -- appear to peacefully hand over the territory while plotting to assassinate Duke Leto and his entire family. After escaping capture, the Duke's consort and her son, Paul, find themselves facing the untold dangers of the desert planet: harsh environment, enormous spice-producing sandworms, and Fremen, the native inhabitants.
20) Hunters of Dune
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Book One in the classic conclusion to Frank Herbert's worldwide bestselling Dune Chronicles
Hunters of Dune and the concluding volume, Sandworms of Dune, bring together the great story lines and beloved characters in Frank Herbert's classic Dune universe, ranging from the time of the Butlerian Jihad to the original Dune series and beyond. Based directly on Frank Herbert's final outline, which lay hidden in a safe-deposit
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