A boat captain is forced to team up with the woman who stole his job in order to save his New England island home from developers.
A pilot himself, he had been flying around in the early nineties—he mentions the words “midlife crisis” at this point—trying to find a piece of property with beach on one side and an airstrip on the other, when he spotted a little ad in ...
Casey Morgan has been dreaming of an Olympic medal since she was five years old, but she never asks for help—and she can’t win the Trials by herself.
We also meet some fascinating human characters. By the book's end we are wiser, and more deeply concerned, but Quammen leaves us with a message of excitement and hope.
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This is where the 53-mile wide strait, named for Danish explorer Vitus Bering (1681-1741), separates four continents across the Europe-Asia landmass and the Americas.
Molly keeps rushing into relationships with the wrong men, her judgment skewed by a violent incident during her teen years.
While these tales are unabashedly sci-fi and fantasy, Julian Mortimer Smith approaches each at a curious angle.
Rain or no rain, Elmer is going for a walk.
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On the wall behind him, crayon drawings in plastic frames hung askew beside posters trumpeting a better life through loans. “Help me to understand how experience in mergers and acquisitions would benefit NevisOne.