"In the second volume of the Southern Reach trilogy, Area X's most troubling questions are answered... but the answers are far from reassuring"--

It is winter in Area X. A new team embarks across the border on a mission to find a member of a previous expedition who may have been left behind. As they press deeper into the unknown, navigating new terrain and new challenges, the threat to the outside world becomes more daunting.

Renowned American humorist Mark Twain turns his incisive wit loose on his own life story in this unique take on the nineteenth-century memoir. Originally composed in a format that studiously ignored the careful chronological structure that most autobiographies follow, these essays were first published in book form ten years after the author's death. Twain fans will love the author's account of his quintessentially American upbringing, wildly zig-zagging

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Nine stories of the fierceness and struggle of life among white people in the new South.

Lady and Tramp's mischievous pup is always in the doghouse. Now, an itch for freedom is sending him on the ultimate adventure! Will Scamp choose the collar-free life with his new pals or embrace the pampered life he had at home?

Lady and Tramp's mischievous pup, Scamp, longs for the wild and free lifestyle his father once had as a stray, so he runs away from home and into the streets where he joins the 'Junkyard Dogs'.

Washington stars as a Lt. Colonel sent home from the Gulf War after ordering an attack on one of his own tanks. He begins an investigation into the candidacy of the first woman to receive a Medal of Honor and finds himself involved in a complex cover-up.

When the magic sword Excalibur is stolen and Camelot is threatened, Kayley (the daughter of a Knight of the Round Table), with the help of a blind reclusive knight, venture into the Enchanted Forest to retrieve the magic sword and save the kingdom.

In the early 1900s, as Russia's imperial rule takes its toll on Finland, the three Koski siblings-- Ilmari, Matti, and their sister Aino-- are forced to flee to the United States. Not far from the majestic Columbia River, they settle among other Finns in a logging community in southern Washington, where the first harvesting of the colossal old-growth forests begets rapid development, and radical labor movements begin to catch fire. The brothers face...

After months of suffering starvation, war, and countless deaths, the survivors of Black Mountain, North Carolina, are beginning to recover technology and supplies they had once taken for granted. When a 'federal administrator' arrives in a nearby city, they dare to hope that a new national government is finally emerging. Progress is halted when the young men and women in the community are drafted into the 'Army of National Recovery.' Town administrator...