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Jack London

"In The Star Rover London indicts the savagery of prison life: San Quentin death row inmate Darrell Standing can escape his confinement and torture only by withdrawing into dreams of past lives during what he calls his "eternal recurrence on earth." Thus the fantastic becomes a vehicle for exposing social inequities and religious hypocrisy. Leslie Fiedler, Samuel Clemens Professor of English at the State University of New York at Buffalo and an essayist, poet, and critic, provides an important introduction to this often neglected classic."--BOOK JACKET.

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por Edward Packard

During your summer internship at the Kimball Science Observatory, you discover a comet headed straight for where your family lives. It's possible the comet will just graze the Earth's atmosphere. But you know there's a good chance the comet will either strike the city of Los Angeles or crash into the Pacific Ocean, causing an enormous tidal wave to sweep throughout the country. The President orders NASA to fire a missile to change the comet's collision course. People are fleeing from the area. Your parents can't decide what to do and turn to you for advice. What do you suggest? If you advise your family to head for Canada, turn to page 34. If you decide to wait and see if NASA is able to divert the comet, turn to page 36. Probably the safest decision is to escape. On the other hand, you run the risk of having your home looted while you're gone. And it seems likely that NASA will succeed in diverting the comet. But think carefully. A comet is certainly a power beyond your control. What happens next in the story? It all depends on the choices you make. How does the story end? Only you can find out! And the best part is that you can keep reading and rereading until you've had not one but many incredibly daring experiences!

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[by] James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

A young girl is killed in the crossfire after a routine arrest goes terribly wrong, and Lt. Lindsay Boxer has to defend herself against a charge of police brutality. In a landmark trial that transfixes the nation, Lindsay fights to save her career and her sanity. While awaiting trial, Lindsay escapes to the tranquility of the beautiful town of Half Moon Bay . But the peaceful community there is reeling from a string of unspeakable murders. Working with her friends in the Women's Murder Club, Lindsay finds a link between these killings and a case she worked on years before - an unsolved murder that has haunted her ever since. As summer comes into full swing, Lindsay battles for her life on two fronts: before a judge and jury as her trial comes to a climax and facing unknown adversaries who will do anything to keep her from the truth about the killings. It all comes to a head before the big annual 4th of July celebration on the waterfront at Half Moon Bay. "Patterson knows where our deepest fears are buried. There's no stopping his imagination." -New York Times Book Review "Patterson's skill at building suspense is enviable." -Kansas City Star"When it comes to constructing a harrowing plot, author James Patterson can turn a screw all right."-New York Daily News

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Nina Revoyr

Four people on a backpacking trip in the Sierra Nevada have been drawn to the mountains for reasons as diverse as their own lives. When they start up a pristine mountain trail that hasn't been traveled in years, all they have to guide them is a hand-drawn map of a remote, mysterious place called Lost Canyon. At first the route offers all the freedom and exhilaration they'd hoped for. But when they stumble onto someone who doesn't want to be found, the group finds itself faced with a series of dangerous conflicts, moral dilemmas, confrontations with nature, and an all-out struggle for survival.