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A hint from their parents’ past puts Amy and Dan on the trail of secrets their grandmother Grace would NEVER have wanted them to know. Awful memories begin to crowd in on Amy, just as her enemies circle closer. How far would she go to protect Dan? How much of a Cahill is she prepared to be? Perhaps Grace was right – some secrets are better left buried.

Bill Bryson African Diary

by Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson travels to Kenya in support of CARE International. All royalties and profits go to CARE International. Bryson visits Kenya at the invitation of CARE International, the charity dedicated to eradicating poverty. Kenya is a land of contrasts, with famous game reserves and a vibrant culture. It also provides plenty to worry a traveller like Bill Bryson, fixated as he is on the dangers posed by snakes,... (more)

Tall, Dark and Dangerous: Book 2

Forever Blue

by Suzanne Brockmann

Blue McCoy was once the hero of Lucy Tait's teenaged dreams -- quiet, dart and dangerous. After high school he left Hatboro Creek, South Carolina, to join the military. Years later, now a Navy Seal, Blue was a man who embodied all of Lucy's fantasies. Now Blue is back in town, and Lucy is not the person he remembered. She's a no-nonsense police officer -- and a woman Blue can't take his eyes off. But then Blue... (more)

Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains

Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains

by Jon Krakauer

In this collection of his finest essays and reporting, the bestselling author of Into the Wild writes of mountains and the daredevils, athletes, and misfits who climb them, from the memorable perspective of one who has himself struggled with solo madness to scale Alaska's Devil Thumb and experienced the ravages of a storm atop Mt.

Island of the Blue Dolphins

by Scott O'Dell

The gripping story of young Karana, who survives by herself for eighteen years on a deserted island off the California coast.

Roald Dahl: A Biography

by Jeremy Treglown

Misogynist, anti-Semite, misanthrope -- Roald Dahl was reputed to be these, as well as war hero, devoted father, and philanthropist. As a friend once commented, "almost anything you could say about him would be true." To some, Dahl was the dashing husband of actress Patricia Neal and loving family man. To others, he was a ruthless, egotistical bully. And to millions worldwide, Dahl was the Evelyn Waugh of... (more)

The Devil in the White CityErik Larson

The Devil in the White City

Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America

by Erik Larson

True Crime, Chicago World's Fair

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel

I'm all about the twin green fish! I can hardly tell them apart.

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

by Anthony Bourdain

When Chef Anthony Bourdain wrote "Don't Eat Before You Read This" in The New Yorker, he spared no one's appetite, revealing what goes on behind the kitchen door.In Kitchen Confidential, he expanded that appetizer into a deliciously funny, delectable shocking banquet that lays out his 25 years of sex, drugs, and haute cuisine. From his first oyster in the Gironde to the kitchen of the Rainbow Room atop... (more)

The Secret History (Vintage Contemporaries)

The Secret History (Vintage Contemporaries)

by Donna Tartt

Truly deserving of the accolade a modern classic, Donna Tartt’s novel is a remarkable achievement—both compelling and elegant, dramatic and playful. Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond... (more)

Into Thin Air

A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster

by Jon Krakauer

A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer Jon Krakauer, standing on the summit of Mt. Everest, saw nothing that "suggested that a murderous storm was bearing down." He was wrong. The storm, which claimed five lives and left countless more--including Krakauer's--in guilt-ridden disarray, would also provide the impetus for Into Thin Air, Krakauer's epic account of the... (more)

Pecked to Death by Ducks (Vintage Departures)

Pecked to Death by Ducks (Vintage Departures)

by Tim Cahill

In his latest tour of the earth's remote, exotic, and dismal places, the author of Road Fever and A Wolverine Is Eating My Leg sleeps with a grizzly bear, witnesses demonic possession in Bali, and survives a run-in with something called the Throne of Doom in Guatemala. Vivid and outrageously funny.

Ogilvy on Advertising

by David Ogilvy

A candid and indispensable primer on all aspects of advertising from the man Time has called "the most sought after wizard in the business". 223 photos.

Good Night, Sweet Butterflies: A Color Dreamland

Good Night, Sweet Butterflies: A Color Dreamland

by Dawn Bentley

Goodnight, Sweet Butterflies makes bedtime a fun, soothing experience for little sleepyheads. They will love the rhyming story -- and the glittery butterflies teach colors while easing children into dreamland. It's the perfect way to say good night, every night!

The Giver: Book 2

Gathering Blue

by Lois Lowry

Kira, an orphan with a twisted leg, lives in a world where the weak are cast aside. When she is given a task that no other community member can carry out, Kira soon realizes that she is surrounded by many mysteries and secrets. No one must know of her plans to uncover the truth about her world—and to find out what exists beyond it.

Sandstorms: Days and Nights in Arabia

by Peter Theroux

"<A> stunningly candid portrait of culture and politics in the Middle East."— Los Angeles Times Book Review In this provocative and incisive memoir, Peter Theroux reveals the Middle East only as a true insider can. Stationed as a journalist in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for most of his seven years in the region, Theroux explodes the romantic images of Arabia, but replaces them with the even more... (more)

Hold the Enlightenment (Vintage Departures)

Hold the Enlightenment (Vintage Departures)

by Tim Cahill

In his latest collection of death-defying exploits and far-flung travels, Outside Magazine editor Tim Cahill visits the side of an active volcano in Ecuador, the Saharan salt mines and the largest toxic waste dump in the Western Hemisphere. He also ventures to find a Caspian tiger in Turkey and giant centipedes in the Congo. Cahill is one of the last great intrepid journalists, and his thirty wildly entertaining... (more)

Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest

Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest

by Stephen G. Michaud, Beck Weathers, Beck Weathers

“I can tell you that some force within me rejected death at the last moment and then guided me, blind and stumbling — quite literally a dead man walking — into camp and the shaky start of my return to life....” In 1996 Beck Weathers and a climbing team pushed toward the summit of Mount Everest. Then a storm exploded on the mountain, ripping the team to shreds, forcing brave men to scratch and crawl for their... (more)

The Book of Strange Facts and Useless Information (Dolphin Book)Scot Morris

The Book of Strange Facts and Useless Information (Dolphin Book)

by Scot Morris

idk what series it is but it has one

Chasing Vermeer

by Blue Balliett

When a book of unexplainable occurences brings Petra and Calder together, strange things start to happen: Seemingly unrelated events connect; an eccentric old woman seeks their company; an invaluable Vermeer painting disappears. Before they know it, the two find themselves at the center of an international art scandal, where no one is spared from suspicion. As Petra and Calder are drawn clue by clue into a... (more)

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by Jude Watson

by Bill Bryson

by Suzanne Brockmann

by Jon Krakauer

by Scott O'Dell

by Jeremy Treglown

Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America

by Erik Larson

by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel

by Anthony Bourdain

by Donna Tartt

A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster

by Jon Krakauer

by Tim Cahill

by David Ogilvy

by Dawn Bentley

by Lois Lowry

by Peter Theroux

by Tim Cahill

by Stephen G. Michaud, Beck Weathers, Beck Weathers

by Scot Morris

by Blue Balliett