An interweaving of two love stories that span generations begins in the 1940s as Althea Barnes becomes enamored of both India and a Hindu priest, and continues with her granddaughter, who has an affair with a revolutionary in...
Earthquakes
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Author:Wheeler, KateSummary: - Author:Chancy, Myriam J.A.Summary:
At the end of a long, sweltering day, as markets and businesses begin to close for the evening, an earthquake of 7.0 magnitude shakes the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince. Award-winning author Myriam J. A. Chancy masterfully charts the...
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Author:Anderle, Michael, Carr, Martha, Berens, JudithSummary:Just a quiet, peaceful summer cataloging magical creatures on New Firefly Island. Easy, right? Raine Campbell and her friends arrive to team up with another school to tackle the Magical Multitudes Project, ready for a little fun during...
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Author:Dunic, LeanneSummary:In To Love the Coming End, a disillusioned author obsessed with natural disasters and 'the curse of 11' reflects on their own personal earthquake: the loss of a loved one. A lyric travelogue that moves between Singapore, Canada, and...
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Author:Reiss, KathrynSummary:In the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, twelve-year-old Clara finds a baby left on the doorstep of her family's boarding house, and sets out to unravel the surrounding mysteries.
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Author:Yee, PaulSummary:In this novel set in San Francisco`s Chinatown before and after 1906, young Jackson Leong has to not only cope with the ghost of his brother who died in the earthquake, but also the mysterious ghost of a young woman who is haunting the...
- Author:Quinn, KateSummary:
From bestselling authors Janie Chang and Kate Quinn, a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about the intertwined lives of two wronged women, spanning from the chaos of the San Francisco earthquake to the glittering palaces of...
- Author:Peck, FrancesSummary:
Vancouver. A day like any other. Kyle, a successful cosmetic surgeon, is punishing himself with a sprint up a mountain. Charlotte, wife of a tech tycoon, is combing the farm belt for local cheese and a sense of purpose. Back in the city...
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Author:Rosenbaum, RichardSummary:In Revenge of the Grand Narrative, the oldest man in the world, an activist with a suspiciously persuasive singing voice, and the author of the most anticipated debut novel ever set out to investigate a mysteriously synchronistic...
- Author:Divakaruni, Chitra BanerjeeSummary:
Nine people get trapped in the basement of an Indian consulate after an earthquake hits their American city. Emotions run high as the building begins to flood and the chance of survival dwindles. In oder to set their minds at ease, one...
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Author:Salisbury, GrahamSummary:In 1975, eleven Boy Scouts, their leaders, and some new friends camping at Halape, Hawaii, find their survival skills put to the test when a massive earthquake strikes, followed by a tsunami.
- Author:Vincent, R.F.Summary:
In 1959 an earthquake in central Vancouver Island devastated the lakeside community of Pyrite Ridge. The seismic event triggered landslides that isolated the town and killed sixteen people, while a geological phenomenon known as a segue...
- Author:Bouraoui, NinaSummary:
Qui sait le séisme ? Qui sait la vraie peur ? Qui sait le désarroi ? Qui sait ma terre fragilisée ? Le séisme forme déjà l'exil et la différence. Il traverse le corps et impose une scission. Il dénature et fonde une autre origine. Il...
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Author:Price, StevenSummary:Acclaimed Canadian poet Steven Price has conjured a stunning debut novel that explores what we ask from each other, and how much we are prepared to give. Set in the city of Victoria, British Columbia, Into That Darkness opens at the...
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Author:Kalteis, DietrichSummary:Levi Hayes is out for gold — and blood — in this high-magnitude historical tear through the mean streets of San Francisco
In the days before the great earthquake and fire of 1906, Levi Hayes returns from San Quentin...
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Author:Wagstaffe, JohannaSummary:Earthquakes are a terrifying yet fascinating force of nature. Seismologist Johanna Wagstaffe takes you through her own journey of understanding the earth beneath our feet. Along the way you’ll learn the science behind what makes the...
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Author:Baum, FrankSummary:An earthquake sends Dorothy and her California friends, Zeb, Jim, and Eureka, tumbling down a crack and deep beneath the earth. There she runs into her old friend, the Wizard of Oz. Together with the Wizard and his troupe of piglets,...
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Author:Larkin, BillSummary:In the chaotic aftermath of a massive earthquake that leveled much of the Los Angeles region, a LAPD deputy chief sends an elite team of detectives on a rescue mission. They are ordered to set aside all law enforcement duties, to ignore...
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Author:Groth, DarrenSummary:In this novel, twins Justine and Perry have left their home in Australia and embarked on the road trip of a lifetime in the Pacific Northwest. It's been a year since their dad lost his battle with cancer and Justine became the sole...
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Author:Draper, PennySummary:One cold day in 1929, a tsunami strikes the Burin Peninsula in Newfoundland and suddenly twelve-year-old Murphy is doing a man's work, saving lives and caring for the people he loves.
Murphy wants to grow up fast and be a...
