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Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
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Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson, known in England as "the funniest travel writer alive," returns to the States and walks the Appalachian Trail, starting in Hanover, New Hampshire.
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Mountains Beyond Mountains
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Tracy Kidder
Dr. Paul Farmer of Massachusetts began working in Haiti in 1982, providing health care for peasants who can't afford doctors to treat the diseases that are rampant there, including TB. In 1993 Farmer was given a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant," which he has used to further his work in Haiti. Tracy Kidder followed Farmer on his rounds and on ...
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Where the Red Fern Grows
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Wilson Rawls
Billy, Old Dan and Little Ann -- a Boy and His Two Dogs... A loving threesome, they ranged the dark hills and river bottoms of Cherokee country. Old Dan had the brawn, Little Ann had the brains -- and Billy had the will to train them to be the finest hunting team in the valley. Glory and victory were coming to them, but sadness waited too. And ...
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The Snow Leopard
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Peter Matthiessen
'In 1973, [Matthiessen] journeyed with George Schaller, a field biologist, to Crystal Mountain in the Himalayas, to study the wild blue sheep of the region called bharal. They also hoped to see the rare snow leopard, an almost mythical creature which Schaller once glimpsed on a previous visit. Matthiessen is a student of Zen Buddhism and for him ...
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The Winter Lodge
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Susan Wiggs
On the longest night of the year, Jenny Majesky loses everything in a devastating house fire. In the ashes she finds an unusual treasure hidden amid her grandfather's belongings, one that starts her on a search for the truth, and on a path toward a life that she never imagined. Original.
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Dark Desire
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Christine Feehan
American surgeon Shea O'Halloran is mysteriously drawn to the far Carpathian Mountains, where she finds a darkly handsome stranger--and true love. One of the most popular novels from the Dark series, this special edition of "Dark Desire" features a letter to readers from bestselling author Feehan. Original.
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Where the Red Fern Grows: The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy
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Wilson Rawls
This classic tells of a ten-year-old boy in the Ozarks during the depression who desperately wants and works for a pair of coon dogs. He finally saves enough to get them, and Old Dan and Little Ann become his inseparable companions in this fine novel of courage, hard work, and ultimate heartbreak.
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Princess Academy
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Shannon Hale
Tiny 14-year-old Miri is among a group of rural teenage girls, from the highlands of Mount Eskel, who must attend a yearlong princess academy in preparation for being the possible bride of the lowland prince of Danland. Homesick and miserable, the girls must endure foreign foods, the punishments of Olana, a cruel teacher, and challenging lessons. ...
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The Target
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Catherine Coulter
A young girl who is mute becomes the target of a gang of venomous strangers who pursue her and her mother into the Rockies, and then on to Chicago. The girl and her mother, Molly Santana, become entangled early on with Ramsey Hunt, a judge who is looking to escape the brouhaha surrounding a courtroom shooting.
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Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
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Jon Krakauer
Originally published in 1990 by the American publishers, Lyons and Burford, a collection of writings on mountaineering and the culture of climbing. It includes first-hand accounts of expeditions made by the author, who also wrote INTO THE WILD and INTO THIN AIR.
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Grave Sight
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Charlaine Harris
The author of the bestselling Sookie Stackhouse books embarks upon a new series with this paranormal romantic mystery. Harper Connelly's strange ability to locate dead bodies and intuit the cause of death has proven a lucrative line of work, but it hasn't made her popular. She certainly feels less than welcome in the small Ozark town of Sarne, ...
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Lost horizon
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James Hilton
In the last year and a half, James Hilton has been recognized by a few score of critics, by a few thousand discriminating American readers as one of the really important younger novelists. We believe that this new novel, Lost Horizon, is the finest thing Hilton has written. It has all the emotional, dramatic appeal of And Now Good-Bye, the rich ...
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Plainsong
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Kent Haruf
Set in Colorado in the 1980s, "Plainsong" tells the story of various Holt residents. There's teenager Victoria Roubideaux, pregnant and homeless, taken in by two ageing, shy and somewhat taciturn cattle-farming brothers - and the changes wrought in all their lives as a result. Then there's high-school teacher and single-father, Tom Gutherie, who ...
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Christy
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Catherine Marshall
Christy leaves her comfortable home to teach at a remote mission in the mountains of the Cherokee National Forest, and finds her beliefs and assumptions challenged. She is appalled at the ignorance of the highlanders at Cutter Gap, but gradually comes to love the proud and superstitious people.
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Avalanche
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Patrick F McManus
Sheriff Bo Tully of Blight County, Idaho, is back. Tully and his retired sheriff father, Pap, are on their way up to West Branch Lodge, a fancy mountain resort, to investigate a missing persons case when suddenly an avalanche thunders down the mountain. Tully just barely manages to outrun it in his car, but the road behind them is blocked and ...
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The Slippery Slope
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Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illustrator)
Lemony Snicket's woeful stories about the Baudelaire siblings continue with this wretched tenth installment of the bestselling series.
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Snowfall at Willow Lake
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Susan Wiggs
This fourth installment in the bestselling Lakeshore Chronicles is the story of what happens after a woman survives an unspeakable horror and finds her way home to healing and redemption--and a new chance at happiness. Original.
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Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
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Stephen King
"The world had teeth and it could bite you with them anytime it wanted. Trisha McFarland discovered this when she was nine years old. Trying not to be terrified. Trying not to think that sometimes when people got lost in the woods they got seriously hurt. Sometimes they died. And all because she needed to pee...". This is the story of a girl who ...
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Time to Hunt
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Stephen Hunter
Vietnam veteran Bob Lee Swagger, known as "Bob the Nailer" for his sharpshooting skills, can't forget the day when his young partner was struck down by a bullet he always thought was meant for him. Even after moving to Idaho and raising a family with the young boy's widow, Bob can't help but look over his shoulder. When an old enemy finally ...
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Dark Demon
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Christine Feehan
For as long as she can remember, Natalya has fought demons. Whether Carpathian or vampire, she slays those who murder by night and has no equal--until she is seduced by the very thing she is supposed to be fighting. This premium edition features a Carpathian language glossary. Original.
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East of the Mountains
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David Guterson
It is mid-October, 1997, harvest time in the Columbia Basin of central Washington state, a rich apple- and pear-growing region. Ben Givens, recently widowed, is a retired heart surgeon, once admired for his steadiness of hand, his precision, his endurance. He has terminal colon cancer. While Ben does not readily accept defeat, he is determined to ...
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Prime Cut
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Diane Mott Davidson
Gourmet chef and sometimes amateur sleuth Goldy Schulz teams up with her professional mentor to cater a fashion photo shoot at a 19th-century mountain cabin. As Goldy stirs up mouth-watering delights for a group of rail-thin models and uppity fashion photographers, someone else, it appears, is preparing a recipe for trouble. Soon, Goldy finds ...
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The Cereal Murders
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Diane Mott Davidson
The third in the Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery series, "The Cereal Murders" centers around the killing of the Elk Park Prep School's valedictorian. Goldy's son attends Elk Park and is victim of some harrassment himself, and her live-in helper Julian is targeted as a suspect in the murder. "The Cereal Murders" features plenty of suspense as well as ...
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Last Sin Eater
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Francine Rivers
In this story set in mid 19th-century Appalachia, young Cadi learns a valuable spiritual lesson about Jesus Christ after she confronts a mysterious man who comes to absolve her guilt over her grandmother's death. Now a major motion picture from Fox Faith, starring Henry Thomas ("E.T."), set for theatrical release on February 16. Photos.
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Track of the Cat
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Nevada Barr
The memory of violence and loss droveAnna Pigeon from the city to seek peace in theSouthwestern wilderness. Now a ranger inAmerica's national parks, Anna is at one withnature and its serene, unspoiled majesty. But thebrutal death of a fellow ranger in the remote WestTexas backcountry -- presumably by mountain lionattack-looks suspiciously like ...
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