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Enemies come lovers when rivals find themselves facing the Alaskan wilderness together in this romantic comedy from a New York Times bestselling author.
There are a few places screenwriter Lou Calabrese would rather be than crammed into a helicopter with Jack Townsend, star of her claim to fame, Copkiller, and whose ex just ran off with Lou's ex. Talk about uncomfortable. But when, halfway out to the isolated arctic location where Copkiller...
There are a few places screenwriter Lou Calabrese would rather be than crammed into a helicopter with Jack Townsend, star of her claim to fame, Copkiller, and whose ex just ran off with Lou's ex. Talk about uncomfortable. But when, halfway out to the isolated arctic location where Copkiller...
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Sarah, wife of Seth Sloane, a wildly successful hedge fund entrepreneur, and mother of two, has planned a high-ticket charity auction. The only thing she hasn't counted on is the biggest seismic event to hit San Francisco since 1906 and the aftershocks it will cause in her marriage. Grammy-winning singer Melanie Free, flown in to perform at the benefit, likewise finds her life overturned. Sarah and Melanie face change with support.
3) Two alone
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Stranded in the remote mountains of the north after a plane crash, two strangers--a strong-willed businesswoman and a Vietnam vet--must find a way to trust each other in order to survive the danger that surrounds them.
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The unforgiving descent of Alaskan winter has Jayce Kincaid and Jacob Barringer struggling for survival after their ship is trapped in the ice floes of the Arctic; back at Last Chance Creek, Leah and Helaina endure the long separation from the men. [LARGE PRINT READING]
5) Every storm
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Lt. Donovan Riggs and his crew from their damaged PT boat encounter a half-starved American woman, the lone survivor of a plane crash, on an island in the middle of the South Pacific, and suddenly the war seems miles away for him.
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Flying together on a storm-ravaged night, a gifted surgeon facing a painful separation from his wife and a young magazine writer on her way to her wedding are plunged into a life-and-death ordeal. As the days turn into weeks on the unforgiving mountain, the two heal from their physical wounds even as they are forced to confront surprising and painful truths about their lives.
7) The wreckers
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IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
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Shipwrecked after a vicious storm, fourteen-year-old John Spencer attempts to save his father and himself while also dealing with an evil secret about the English coastal town where they are stranded.
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Two teenagers discover true love aboard the doomed ocean liner
Elizabeth Farr never wanted to return to America. During her family’s vacation abroad, she has fallen in love with England, and is despondent when her father refuses to let her stay. Returning to New York means having her debut into society, and that means a swiftly arranged marriage. Elizabeth will never go to college, never learn to be a reporter—as she sees it,...
Elizabeth Farr never wanted to return to America. During her family’s vacation abroad, she has fallen in love with England, and is despondent when her father refuses to let her stay. Returning to New York means having her debut into society, and that means a swiftly arranged marriage. Elizabeth will never go to college, never learn to be a reporter—as she sees it,...
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Ashes series (William W. Johnstone) volume 4
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"A bloodthirsty religious cult called the Ninth Order is spreading a doctrine of hate across the land. They're soulless and sadistic, and they're sending their armies of fanatics against Raines and his Rebels, plotting treachery within his own ranks. If their terrible plan succeeds, Ben Raines will die, and so will all his bright dreams for the future of America"--P. [4] of cover.
10) The witness
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In the blink of an eye, Lauren Brownly's lifechanged forever. Late one night the concertpianist witnessed a grisly murder, and with itcame a devastating truth: Her career had beenfinanced by crime lord Carlo Giovessi. Now Lauren'stestimony against him could finally bring him down.
Terrified and utterly alone, Lauren must trust inone man—Sam Grey Wolf Rawlins. She is powerfullydrawn to the rugged FBI agent who took her intoprotective custody,...
Terrified and utterly alone, Lauren must trust inone man—Sam Grey Wolf Rawlins. She is powerfullydrawn to the rugged FBI agent who took her intoprotective custody,...
11) Island
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In his final novel, which he considered his most important, Aldous Huxley transports us to the remote Pacific island of Pala, where an ideal society has flourished for 120 years.
Inevitably, this island of bliss attracts the envy and enmity of the surrounding world. A conspiracy is underway to take over Pala, and events are set in motion when an agent of the conspirators, a newspaperman named Faranby, is shipwrecked there. What Faranby doesn't expect...
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From the acclaimed master of action and suspense. The all-time classic.
An airliner crashes in the polar ice-cap. In temperatures 40 degrees below zero, six men and four women survive.
But for the members of a remote scientific research station who rescue them, there are some sinister questions to answer – the first one being, who shot the pilot before the crash.
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The year is 2010 and the world as we know it has come to an end. A huge comet has smashed into the earth off the coast of California, vaporizing and generating a fiery rain that engulfs the globe in a destructive holocaust. But at the opposite pole of the planet, there is a "safe zone" encompassing part of the southeast African shore and the southern tip of Madagascar where the damage is extensive but not total.
Spared from destruction is a luxury...
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Recruited by a famed importer of exotic animals to capture a fabled dragon during a three-year whaling expedition, former street urchin Jaffy Brown and his friend and rival, Tim, successfully capture the beast only to find themselves targeted by superstitious sailors.
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In 1871, nineteen men, women, and children, voyaging on the Arctic explorer USS Polaris found themselves cast adrift on an ice floe as their ship began to founder. Based on one of the most remarkable events in polar history, Afterlands tells the haunting story of this small society of castaways -- a white and a black American, five Germans, a Dane, a Swede, an Englishman, and two Inuit families -- and the harrowing six months they spend marooned in...
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Statistically speaking, these years are supposed to be the sexual highlight of Dorie Anderson's life. So where are the highlights already? One phone call has turned Dorie's dead-end life into an adventure: she's won a trip on a singles cruise to Fiji. With her cutest outfits packed and the Love Boat theme in her head, Dorie boards-and soon meets two irresistible men: a pro baseball player with an irresistible Texas drawl, and the ship's dark and mysterious...
18) Isle of Swords
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 13
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A young man awakens on an island, alone and seriously injured, with no memory, and as he searches for his identity he finds himself caught between two notorious pirates battling for a legendary treasure reportedly hidden by monks.
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Nerd series volume 1
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He loved her from afar until Fate tossed them in the ocean…
Genevieve Terrence never imagined an island-hopping flight to Maui would end with her sociopathic boss pointing a gun at her head. Or that she'd wind up stranded on a remote island with nerdy computer programmer Jackson Farley. Good thing she knows a thing or two about surviving a standoff with Mother Nature.
Jack can't believe his luck. Not only is he a hero in Genevieve's eyes after...
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