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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The first new novel in four years from the beloved superstar author of Sarah's Key, a heartbreaking and uplifting story of family secrets and devastating disaster, in the tradition of THE NEST. "Hypnotic, passionate, ominous and tender--unforgettable." --Jenna Blum, New York Times and internationally bestselling author of Those Who Save Us The Rain Watcher is a powerful family drama set in Paris as the Malegarde family gathers to celebrate the father's...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"From the award-winning author of Bubblegum and The Instructions, a daring new novel about the absurdity, the humor, and the tragedy of survivorship. A one-in-ten-billion natural disaster devastates Chicago. A Jewish comedian, his most devoted fan, and the city's mayor must struggle to move forward while the world -- quite literally -- caves beneath their feet. With this polyphonic tale of Chicago-style politics and political correctness, stand-up...
23) Rare earth
Author
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Marc Royce stares out of the helicopter, a sense of foreboding rising with the volcanic cloud. Below,the Rift Valley slashes across Africa like a scar. Decades of conflicts, droughts, and natural disasters have left their mark. Dispatched to audit a relief organization, Royce is thrust into the squalor and chaos of Kenyan refugee camps. But his true mission focuses on the area's reserves of once-obscure metals now indispensable to high-tech industries....
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In the year 2050, under the command of former fighter pilot and FBI field agent Samuel Lord, a crew of "Zero-G" men are charged with investigating crime beyond the Earth's atmosphere, including the rival Chinese and Russian stations. Early on, a scientist named Dr. May claims that her research has been stolen, but the coincidence of her arrival with a tsunami and her unusual behavior make Lord think she might be hiding something. He is also suspicious...
25) King's folly
Author
Series
Kinsman chronicles volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The king of Armania believes the volcanic eruptions, sinkholes, and ground shakers are due to the gods being angry because his citizens commit wrongful deeds and worship the evil horned god Barthos. His son Prince Wilek, the ever dutiful First Arm of Armania, thinks his father's superstitions are nonsense. Prince Wilek is sent by the king to investigate when a messenger arrives and claims that the town of Farway has been swallowed by the earth. The...
26) Inferno in Tokyo
Author
Series
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Over 900,000 copies sold in the series! This easy-to-read adventure is number 20 in this long-running, successful series and is now available in softcover. The Imagination Station has been malfunctioning for several adventures now, handing out the wrong gifts and traveling unexpected paths. Patrick and Beth must use their courage, strength, and resilience to help others and survive dangers as they travel through time and space and get caught up in...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In the quiet haven of Clearing, Oregon, four neighbors find their lives upended when they begin to see themselves in parallel realities. Ginny, a devoted surgeon whose work often takes precedence over her family, has a baffling vision of a beautiful co-worker in Ginny's own bed and begins to doubt the solidity of her marriage. Ginny's husband, Mark, a wildlife scientist, sees a vision that suggests impending devastation and grows increasingly paranoid,...
28) My way to you
Author
Series
Creek Canyon volume 1
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"When a wildfire nearly destroys Parker Sinclair's family home, it's just one more disaster to add to her mountain of stress. For the past two years, she has shouldered the responsibility of raising her younger brother and sister after their parents' untimely deaths. Forced to leave college for a crappy job that barely pays the bills, Parker manages her family property, which consumes every aspect of her life. Now winter is coming and the forecast...
Author
Publisher
Amazon Crossing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A catastrophic disaster in China triggers a mother's heartbreaking choice and a daughter's reconciliation with the past in a powerful novel by the author of A Single Swallow and Where Waters Meet. In the summer of 1976, an earthquake swallows up the city of Tangshan, China. Among the hundreds of thousands of people scrambling for survival is a mother who makes an agonizing decision that irrevocably changes her life and the lives of her children. In...
Author
Language
English
Description
"April 18, 1906: A massive earthquake rocks San Francisco just before daybreak, igniting a devouring inferno. Lives are lost, lives are shattered, but some rise from the ashes forever changed. Sophie Whalen is a young Irish immigrant so desperate to get out of a New York tenement that she answers a mail-order bride ad and agrees to marry a man she knows nothing about. San Francisco widower Martin Hocking proves to be as aloof as he is mesmerizingly...
31) 48 hours
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the author of the smash hit, New York Times bestselling One Second After series comes a thriller in which the survival of humanity itself is at stake. The countdown is on. In less than forty eight hours, Earth will be hit by a major solar storm. At first, it is thought to be a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) that will severely damage our world's electronic infrastructure. A crisis to be certain, but one that can be survived--until something far...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Sela Gordon, the shy owner of a Tennessee general store, finds safety in solitude. But if anyone can pierce her protective shell it's the handsome, mysterious ex-military man living alone in the wilds of Cove Mountain. For two years, he's kept his distance - until the day he appears to warn her that a catastrophic solar storm capable of taking down the power grid is coming. Now, Sela must find the courage to become the leader Wears Valley needs....
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