A shrinking oasis in the Sahara Desert; a stolen US Army drone; an uninhabited Japanese island; and one country's secret stash of deadly chemical poisons. Pauline Green, the United States's first woman president, navigates terrorist attacks, illegal arms trading, and the smear campaigns of her blustering political opponent with careful and deft diplomacy. She will do everything in her power to avoid starting an unnecessary war. When one act of aggression...

An introduction to deserts and how life survives in them.

John Hare came west from Connecticut looking for health and adventure. In the Utah desert he found both--and a woman he had never bargained for. The Mormons found him running for his life, only minutes ahead of a murderous band of rustlers who had pegged him for a spy. The Mormons let him join their party, pairing him with a half-Navajo beauty. "Lay down with Mescal in the shadows, " the Mormon leader said. "The rustlers will think you are sweethearts...

"The much-anticipated first novel from a Story Prize-winning "5 Under 35" fiction writer. In 2012, Claire Vaye Watkins's story collection, Battleborn, swept nearly every award for short fiction. Now this young writer, widely heralded as a once-in-a-generation talent, returns with a first novel that harnesses the sweeping vision and deep heart that made her debut so arresting to a love story set in a devastatingly imagined near future. Unrelenting...

Describes the characteristics of deserts, the animals and plants that live in them, and their constantly changing nature.

Describes the earth's desert regions and the plants and animals that live there.

Describes the nature and characteristics of deserts, where they are located, and how they are formed.

"Geronimo takes a vacation to the Camel Oasis!"--