"Among the Irish Travellers living in the Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee, no one forgets and no one forgives. And as former Marine MP Brynn Callahan finds out when she returns home, it's hard to bury the past when bodies keep turning up . . . After an IED explosion abruptly ends her tour of duty, Brynn arrives stateside with PTSD and her canine partner, Wilco--both of them bearing the scars of battle. With a mix of affection, curiosity, and misgivings,...

"Growing up on the wrong side of the tracks, Jolene Wells is forever indebted to the mother who encouraged her to fly--all the way to sunny LA and a world away from Honeymoon Harbor. Although Jolene vowed never to look back, returning home isn't even a question when her mom faces a cancer scare. Which means running into Aiden Mannion all over town, the first boy she ever loved--and lost--and whom she can barely look in the eye. Aiden's black-sheep...

Gomer Pyle, the goofy local mechanic on "The Andy Griffith show" has left Mayberry to join the Marines. Stationed at Camp Henderson in California, his country bumpkin ways repeatedly get him into hot water with his hilariously short-fused superior, Sergeant Vince Carter, as he foils every attempt by Carter to keep him in line. But as much as Carter wants to dislike Pyle, they can't help but develop a special kinship.

This Element is an excerpt from Shrimp: The Endless Quest for Pink Gold (ISBN: 9780137009725) by Jack and Anne Rudloe. Available in print and digital formats. Inside one of this generation's greatest environmental wars: Can endangered turtles and endangered shrimpers both survive? The great ponderous sea turtle has become a symbol of the world's environmental conflict, of uncaring pollution and humans' disregard for other forms of life. They drown...

When the Confederation receives a desperate plea for help from Haulover, a newly colonized planet where someone--or something--is destroying isolated farmhouses, it's time to send in the Marines. Impossible missions are a matter of course for Fourth Force Recon's second platoon squads. But this assignment turns out to be even tougher and bloodier than usual, because the devastation is a ploy to lure the nine Marines into a trap and force them to bust...

"Four marines embark on a hazardous island mission to verify reports about a secret Japanese minefield. The intelligence comes from a French planter -- who may or may not be a spy -- and his beautiful daughter. If their story is true, can the marines outgun their enemies, make it through the treacherous jungle and rendezvous with American forces in time to prevent disaster?"--Container