In the tinder-dry summer of 2004 the author discovers her enchanted mountain realm facing an unprecedented menace: wildfire. The book culminates with a white-knuckle account of the Lonesome Lake fire. Every day the firestorm rampages...
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Author:Czajkowski, ChrisSummary: -
Author:Thoreau, Henry DavidSummary:Walden is a classic of American philosophy that describes Thoreau's concepts of self-reliance and individualism. In "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience," he develops the philosophy of nonviolent political protest.
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Author:Delany, VickiSummary:Walter Desmond is back in Trafalgar, British Columbia, officially exonerated for a crime he didn’t commit. But if Walter didn’t commit murder, someone else did. And when two women are attacked, the media gets active and tempers...
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Author:Koryta, MichaelSummary:When fourteen-year-old Jace Wilson witnesses a brutal murder, he's plunged into a new life, issued a false identity, and hidden in a wilderness skills program for troubled teens. The plan is to get Jace off the grid while police find...
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Author:Carbo, ChristineSummary:Twenty years ago, Ted Systead's father was mauled by a grizzly bear and dragged to his death in Glacier National Park. Now, as special agent for the Department of the Interior, Ted is called back to investigate a crime that echoes...
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Author:Van Hemert, CarolineSummary:Biologist Caroline Van Hemert tells the story of her journey from Washington state to high above the Arctic Circle--traveling across remote and rugged terrain solely by human power--to rediscover birds, the natural world, and her own...
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Author:Lawrence, IainSummary:Less than forty-eight hours after twelve-year-old Chris sets off on a sailing trip down the Alaskan coast with his uncle, their boat sinks. The only survivors are Chris and a boy named Frank, who hates Chris immediately. Chris and Frank...
- Author:Hannah, KristinSummary:
A desperate family headed by a former POW seeks a new beginning in the near-isolated wilderness of Alaska only to find that their unpredictable environment is less threatening than the erratic behavior found in human nature.
- Author:Harmel, KristinSummary:
The New York Times bestselling author of the “heart-stopping tale of survival and heroism” (People) The Book of Lost Names returns with an evocative coming-of-age World War II story about a young woman who uses her knowledge of the...
- Author:Kelly, MasianaSummary:
Thomas loves to tell stories. Big stories. Stories about how skilled he is on the land. But when one of his friends grows tired of his tall tales, Thomas has to prove how skilled he really is. Taking the challenge to spend a night alone...
- Author:Gautreaux, TimSummary:
Randolph Aldridge travels to a snake-infested Cypress mill in Louisiana to find his brother Byron, a troubled veteran of World War I. Once there, Randolph finds that By is a shell of his former self--and that the murderous cartel...
- Author:Fradkin, BarbaraSummary:
Photographer Todd Ellison is engrossed in a photoshoot deep in Alberta's dinosaur country when he stumbles upon human bones buried in the sand of a remote coulee. Not far away, while driving through the Alberta prairie, Amanda Doucette...
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Author:Czajkowski, ChrisSummary:The uplifting and often humourous story of one woman's life in the raw wilderness. The author describes her experiences as she builds a cabin in the wilderness and relates the complications of the "simple life" - how she breaks trails...
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Author:Jackson, FredaSummary:Jane Priddle, a proper young Englishwoman, has lived a sheltered, genteel life. In 1897, she is offered a life-changing opportunity: she will travel to Canada's northwest frontier to search for young Billie Thomm. Surviving in the...
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Author:Patterson, James, Tebbetts, ChrisSummary:After a rough summer, Rafe has just learned that he's going to be held back a year unless he can prove himself on an outdoor survival excursion--complete with dangerous white-water rafting, dizzying rock climbing, and fanatical...
- Author:Clayton, MelindaSummary:
As recounted in Appalachian Justice, Jessie is an adult survivor of horrendous childhood abuse. At the age of thirteen, she was rescued by reclusive mountain woman Billy May Platte. Now forty-seven, Jessie is outwardly successful but...
- Author:Feutl, RitaSummary:
Can 14-year-old Janey disentangle her time-hopping dilemma and save not just her own life, but the past lives of others, before it's too late? Rescue in the Rockies follows Janey as she is forced to spend the holidays with her...
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Author:Gray, NowickSummary:A wilderness cabin becomes a dream-box of catastrophe and survival, in this true adventure with a paranormal twist. Will hikes with a companion to meet his wife and three-year-old daughter in B.C.’s remote Jumbo Pass. An overnight storm...
- Author:Dailey, JanetSummary:
Refuge Cove, Alaska, stays true to its name when a woman who has lost hope and a man in need of healing come to each other's rescue. She'd come to Alaska on the promise of marriage, only to find herself on the run from her...
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Author:Fradkin, BarbaraSummary:Georgian Bay: a spectacular terrain of granite shores, deserted islands, and infinite sparkling bays. As part of her cross-Canada charity tour, Amanda Doucette has planned a kayaking trip in the area for abused families from a rural...
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