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21) The revenant
Author
Language
English
Description
A story of survival on the American frontier chronicles the exploits of fur trapper Hugh Glass, who after surviving a grizzly bear attack, undertakes an arduous trek through the wilderness to seek revenge against the trappers who left him for dead.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Three ordinary people risk everything for a chance at redemption in this audacious, utterly gripping novel of catastrophe and survival at the end of the world, from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man. Hannah awakens to carnage, all mangled metal and shattered glass. Evacuated from a secluded boarding school during a snowstorm, her coach careered off the road, trapping her with a handful of survivors. They'll need to work together to escape--with...
Author
Language
English
Description
It's summer in Alaska and the light surrounding the shipping-container-turned-storage-shed where Liv Russo is being held prisoner is fuzzy and grey. Around her is thick forest and serrated mountains. In front of her, across a clearing, is a low-slung cabin with a single window that spills a wash of yellow light onto bare ground. Illuminated in that light is the father of her child, a man she once loved. A man who is now her jailor. Liv vows to do...
25) Cold Springs
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
26) Ascension
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
An enormous snow-covered mountain has appeared in the Pacific Ocean. No one knows when exactly it showed up, precisely how big it might be, or how to explain its existence. When Harold Tunmore, a scientist of mysterious phenomena, is contacted by a shadowy organization to help investigate, he has no idea what he is getting into as he and his team set out for the mountain. The higher Harold's team ascends, the less things make sense. Time moves differently,...
27) Something wilder
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Growing up the daughter of notorious treasure hunter and absentee father Duke Wilder left Lily without much patience for the profession . . . or much money in the bank. But Lily is nothing if not resourceful, and now uses Duke's coveted hand-drawn maps to guide tourists on fake treasure hunts through the treacherous and storied red rock canyons of Utah. It pays the bills but doesn't leave enough to fulfill her dream of buying back the beloved ranch...
29) Snowfall
Author
Series
Snowfall trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
316 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A portable radio helps a girl survive after she is lost in the woods of New England. During her nine-day ordeal, Trisha McFarland fights thirst, wasps and the terrors of the night, all the while keeping up her spirits by listening to music and baseball games.
31) Kingdom River
Author
Series
Snowfall trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
400 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
32) Wildwood
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Broke and desperate, single mother Molly Bannister of Phoenix, Arizona, accepts the stern condition laid down in her great-aunt's will: to spend one year in an abandoned farmhouse deep in the remote backwoods of northern Alberta. If she does, she will be able to sell the farm and fund her four-year-old daughter Bridget's badly needed medical treatments. With grim determination, Molly teaches herself the basic pioneer skills, chopping firewood and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
296, 8 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Living peacefully around a lake, the four Clans come to decipher a prophecy that leads one medicine cat apprentice on a quest to determine the fate of all the warrior Clans.
37) Klondike tales
Author
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
Modern Library paperback edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 281 pages : maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Sally Montgomery accompanies her handsome boss Frederick Pierson on a quiet country weekend, she enjoys the first evening. But when she discovers his battered body the next morning, she runs for her life. Now it's up to Pete, her ex-husband and former New York policeman, to keep her safe and find the killer.
40) Under Tower Peak
Author
Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
276 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Military sniper Tommy Smith returns to his former life in California's Sierra Nevada, but his peaceful life is compromised when he discovers a wrecked plane that draws him into a world of violence.
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