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Some 40 million miles of roadways encircle the earth, yet we tend to regard them only as infrastructure for human convenience. While roads are so ubiquitous they're practically invisible to us, wild animals experience them as entirely alien forces of death and disruption. In Crossings, environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb travels throughout the United States and around the world to investigate how roads have transformed our planet. A million animals are killed by cars each day in the US alone, but as the new science of road ecology shows, the harms of highways extend far beyond roadkill.

In this "tense" thriller and #1 New York Times bestseller, Detective Harry Bosch teams up with Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller to track down a killer who just might find them first (Wall Street Journal). Detective Harry Bosch has retired from the LAPD, but his half-brother, defense attorney Mickey...

Alex Landragin's Crossings is an unforgettable and explosive genre-bending debut—a novel in three parts, designed to be read in two different directions, spanning a hundred and fifty years and seven lifetimes. *To listen to this novel straight through, just play the program from the beginning...

In the late 1930s, 16-year-old Billy Parham captures a she-wolf that has been marauding his family's ranch. But instead of killing it, he decides to take it back to the mountains of Mexico. With that crossing he begins an arduous and often dreamlike journey into a country where men meet ghosts and violence strikes as suddenly as heat lightning - a world where there is no order "save that which death has put there".

In this "tense" thriller and #1 New York Times bestseller, Detective Harry Bosch teams up with Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller to track down a killer who just might find them first (Wall Street Journal). Detective Harry Bosch has retired from the LAPD, but his half-brother, defense attorney Mickey...

This year is my last chance to take the Titans to victory. I cost us the cup last year, but I'm not making the same mistake again. And I'm determined to get drafted by the end of this season. The success I anticipate is built on three years of razor-sharp focus and hard-earned respect. Not to mention how much of my personal life I sacrificed for hockey. The Titans trust me to lead them and I won't betray that. Nothing could possibly go wrong. Until the former love of my life and current arch nemesis, Cameron Martinez, skates back into my life.

Sutton Webb swore she’d never give her ex-boyfriend another chance. But the hotshot hockey captain knows how to push all her buttons... and when they’re not at each other’s throats, they’re in each other’s arms. But she still can’t escape the suspicions of infidelity which broke her heart—and their relationship—in their junior year. Declan is everything she craves and everything that drives her mad, all rolled into one. But he’s hiding a big secret. He tells himself it’s to avoid ruining things with her. But the truth always comes out. And when it does, it will reopen ...

En 1939 Liane y Nick se conocen durante un viaje a Francia en el transatlántico Normandie. Ella está acompañada de su marido, un diplomático francés; él, un magnate del acero, viaja con su bella y caprichosa esposa. La fulminante atracción mutua que sienten no impide, sin embargo, que prevalezcan sus convicciones morales y la rectitud de su comportamiento. Su segundo encuentro se produce también en un barco, pero en circunstancias muy distintas: ambos escapan de una Europa devastada por el nazismo, y esta vez se encuentran solos....

Jonathan Franzen’s novels are celebrated for their unforgettably vivid characters and for their keen-eyed take on contemporary America. Now, in Crossroads, Franzen ventures back into the past and explores the history of two generations. With characteristic humor and complexity, and with even greater warmth, he conjures a world that resonates powerfully with our own.

Help young listeners understand the problems of poverty and hunger in Third World countries with this powerful, moving story by award-winning author Gary Paulsen. An orphan in a Mexican border town meets an American army sergeant - and hopes the sergeant will help him cross the border to a better life in the United States.

Elian has lost two major anchors in his life, and he can’t figure out how to get back on track, so he takes to the rails, trying to outrun his struggles. The farther he runs, the deeper he sinks, losing himself more and more until a random phone call reminds him, he isn’t as alone as he thought. There is someone out there who still cares—Tyler.

Behind enemy lines and displaced in time! Before the Battle of Trenton, George Washington reputedly threw a coin across the river. What if that coin was a bicentennial quarter? When a squad of ROTC cadets training at Fort Dix, New Jersey, in November 2008 find themselves transported to December...

Marybeth Pickett gets the call she has always dreaded: her husband Joe is in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the head. Joe was found in his pickup at Antler Creek Junction, a crossroads connecting three ranches. Each road leading to a dangerous family. Each family with a different bone to pick with the local game warden. Marybeth and the new sheriff assume that Joe was ambushed by one of the families, but they have no idea which one since Joe didn't say where he was going or why.

One of the finest American authors of the 20th century, Wallace Stegner compiled an impressive collection of accolades during his lifetime, including a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, a National Book Award, and three O. Henry Awards. His final novel, Crossing to Safety is the quiet yet stirring tale of two couples that meet during the Great Depression and form a lifelong bond.

In this gorgeous memoir that moves from Jon Kerstetter's impoverished upbringing on an Oneida reservation, to his harrowing stints as a volunteer medic in Kosovo and Bosnia, through the madness of Iraq and his intense mandate to assemble a team to identify the remains of Uday and Qusay Hussein, and the struggle afterward to come to terms with a life irrevocably changed, Kerstetter beautifully illuminates war and survival, the fragility of the human body, and the strength of will that lies within.

An atmospheric adventure with beloved forensic archaeologist and “captivating amateur sleuth” Ruth Galloway, as she teams up with Detective Chief Inspector Harry Nelson to investigate a set of remains, thought to be the bones of a little girl who went missing ten years before—“an...

Tracy Walton never believed in love stories—especially not the kind that began with slammed doors and sarcastic insults. Yet here she was, stuck in the same house with Lucas Jenkins, her maddeningly smug stepbrother whose idea of a wake-up call was stealing her blanket. Their days were a mix of mock arguments, petty pranks, and the occasional moment that made her heart skip—moments she refused to acknowledge. Between family gatherings, campus escapades, and one unforgettable basketball duel, Lucas kept showing sides of himself she wasn’t prepared for.

In Victorian England, Emma Horspool has learned that faith and family often demand quiet courage—and difficult choices. Raised in a baker’s bustling household in Poplar, Emma grows up shaped by loss, responsibility, and an inner world few truly see. When her sister marries, and her family prepares for a life-altering journey, Emma stands at the threshold of change she cannot avoid. Drawn by faith and hope, Emma boards a crowded ship bound for America alongside hundreds of Latter-day Saint converts.

After surviving the Freemen, Wylie and the others discover that the damage they took during the fight might have been far more extensive than they knew. With structural problems looming and the lack of arable land, they reach a dreaded decision. They must abandon the Underground. Looking for a place that is not only defensible but provides the opportunity for long-term survival, they must set out on a dangerous journey to scout a new location. Strange new dangers await them, as they find what they thought was the perfect location. A terrifying new type of zombie stalks the valley where they...

Rand is twenty years older than Wynter. He’s shy, pretty set in his ways, and decided a long time ago, being single was much easier than trying to navigate his way through a relationship. Being an uncle to his thirteen nieces and nephews was fulfilling. He never felt the need to have a family of his own.