Browsing: Action and Adventure

“Beautiful and moving” (The Washington Post): Based on the oral tradition of the author’s ancestors, this vivid tale follows two elderly Athabascan Indian women, abandoned by their tribe, who must survive a brutal Yukon winter. “Speaks straight to the heart with clarity, sweetness, and wisdom” (Ursula K. Le Guin).

A New York Times bestseller that “fascinates and engrosses” (Los Angeles Times): Colorado’s history comes to life in this dazzling celebration of the American frontier. An “engrossing book… teeming with people and giving a marvelous sense of the land” (Cleveland Plain Dealer).

Brimming with “vividly detailed scenes and well-developed characters” (Boston Herald), this New York Times bestseller from a Pulitzer Prize–winning author tells the rich story of Alaska. “Few will escape the allure of the land and people [Michener] describes” (Los Angeles Times).

A heart-pounding novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jurassic Park! When expert diver James sets out to raise a sunken ship in the Caribbean, he discovers a deadly mystery — and will face untold dangers to get to the truth…

To rescue a defected scientist, British secret agent Michael Reynolds goes on a death-defying mission behind the Iron Curtain! This Cold War epic is “breathless, bloody, and detailed” (The Daily Telegraph).

When a murder rocks Virginia’s elite hunting community, Jane “Sister” Arnold gives chase to the killer! Steeped in Southern atmosphere, this entertaining mystery is “original, funny, poignant, irresistible: Brown’s best work in years” (Kirkus Reviews).