Patrick Lawlor
4) Do or die
While on a camping trip, Ted Kerasote met a dog—a Labrador mix—who was living on his own in the wild. They became attached to each other, and Kerasote decided to name the dog Merle and bring him home. There, he realized that Merle's native intelligence would be diminished by living exclusively in the human world. He put a dog door in his house so Merle could live both outside and in.
A deeply touching portrait of a remarkable dog
In a tour de force of historical reportage, Timothy Egan's National Book Award–winning story rescues an iconic chapter of American history from the shadows.
The dust storms that terrorized the High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since. Following a dozen families and their communities through the rise and fall of the region, Timothy Egan tells of their desperate attempts
...13) Gone too far
In her sizzling, award-winning novels of suspense,bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann delves into the adrenaline-rushed world ofcounterterrorism—and taps into the real passions of its brave men and women. InGone Too Far she spins a story ofaction, intrigue, and romance as a US Navy SEAL and an FBI agent race tounravel a mystery while confronting their unresolved feelings for eachother.
In his career as one of America's elite
...Hollywood, 1940: It's been four years since security guard Toby Peters got fired from the Warner Brothers lot for breaking a screen cowboy's arm. Since then he's scratched out a living as a private detective—missing persons and bodyguard work mostly—but now...