| Who Moved My Cheese? | Johnson , Spencer | 155.24 JOH |
This concise bestseller offers insightful information on how to make life’s transitions smoother and life more enjoyable.
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| Blink | Gladwell, Malcolm | 155.44 GLA |
Discussing how in the first two seconds of looking we make a decision.
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| The Hot Zone | Preston, Richard | 614.57 PRE |
The chilling true story of an Ebola virus outbreak in a Washington, D.C. laboratory.
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| The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat | Sacks , Oliver | 616.8 SAC |
The real-life stories of individuals who have lost their memories and yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical talents.
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| The Right Stuff | Wolfe, Tom | 629.45 WOL |
Thick with heroism and grit,Wolfe’s narrative recounts the excitement of the space race between the U.S. and Russia.
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| Into Thin Air | Krakauer, Jon | 796.522 KRA |
A harrowing account of the Everest disaster in which 8 people, including two guides, perished on the savage mountain.
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| The Man-Eaters of Tsavo | Patterson, J.H. | 799.2967 PAT |
A terrifying true-life tale of a group of men who were systematically hunted by two man-eating lions in East Africa.
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| I Fish; Therefore I Am | McManus, Patrick | 817.54 MCM |
We dare you not to laugh out loud as you read these stories of the great outdoors.
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| The Odyssey | Homer | 883.01 HOM |
The classic depiction of a mystical world in which Odysseus uses his wits to overcome perilous creatures and vengeful gods.
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| A Walk in the Woods | Bryson, Bill | 917.404 BRY |
Two out of shape middle aged men tackle the Appalachian Trail.
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| The Endurance | Alexander, Caroline | 919.8904 ALE |
An Antarctic expedition gone wrong and a captain determined to save his men.
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| Band of Brothers | Ambrose, Stephen | 940.5421 AMB |
The men of the 101st Airborne received fought side by side in some of the most harrowing battles of World War II.
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| The Gold of Exodus | Blum , Howard | 956.05 BLU |
Two men become pawns in a game of international espionage that eventually leads them to the most sacred mountain in the world.
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| John Adams | McCullough , David | BIO Adams |
Adams was “not a man of the world” and not fond of politics—so how did he become one of the greatest United States presidents?
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| Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton | Rice, Edward | BIO Burton |
Burton was the first European adventurer to search for the source of the Nile and to enter the forbidden cities of Mecca and Medina.
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| Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman | Feynman, Richard P. | BIO Feynman |
This Nobel Prize-winning physicist proves once again that it is possible to laugh out loud and scratch your head at the same time.
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| Rocket Boys: A Memoir | Hickam, Homer | BIO Hickam |
Inspired by Werner von Braun, 14-year-old Homer Hickam decided in 1957 to build his own rockets.
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| Tempar Legacy | Berry, Steve | F Berry |
Former secret agent Malone and Nelle, a U.S. prosecutor, must solve the mystery of the Templar riches and secrets before Raymond de Roquefort allies prevail.
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| Patriot Games | Clancy, Tom | F Clancy |
A faction of the IRA has targeted a CIA man for his participation in an assassination attempt.
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| Next | Crichton, Michael | F Crichton |
In a near-future where biotechnology and genetic research has become big business, the discovery of several transgenic animals leads to a legal and ethical battles.
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| Mediterranean Caper | Cussler, Clive | F Cussler |
A Luftwaffe ace, a Nazi war criminal, a beautiful and untrustworthy brunette, and a deadly billion-dollar cargo are the objects of a desperate search.
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| The Count of Monte Cristo | Dumas, Alexander | F Dumas |
Falsely accused of treason and arrested on his wedding day, Edmund Dantes escapes from prison to seek revenge on his enemies.
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| Flight of Eagles | Higgins, Jack | F Higgins |
When a pair of identical twin fighter pilots are on opposite sides of World War II, they are forced to decide if their loyalties lie with their country or their family.
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| Schindler’s List | Keneally, Thomas | F Keneally |
One man sacrifices his fortune to save thousands of Jews right under the nose of the Nazi regime.
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| Hondo | L’Amour, Louis | F L’Amour |
Hondo Lane, former scout for the U.S. Cavalry, befriends Angie Lowe and her young son amidst rising tension between whites and Apaches in remote Arizona.
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| The Call of the Wild | London , Jack | F London |
London’s classic survival tale of man and dog in the cruel Alaskan wilderness.
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| All the Pretty Horses | McCarthy, Cormac | F McCarthy |
A young American cowboy searches for meaning in the wilds of Mexico.
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| The Confessor | Silva, Daniel | F Silva |
In the wake of a Munich writer's assassination, Mossad agent Gabriel Allon and Vatican priest Pietro embark on dangerous journeys that reveal long-buried secrets affecting the fates of millions of people.
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| The Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | F Steinbeck |
Hoping for a better future, an Oklahoma family sacrifices everything to move to California during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.
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| The Big Sleep | Chandler, R. | MYSTERY Chandler |
A paralyzed California millionaire, his psychopathic daughters, and Philip Marlowe come together in a case of blackmail that turns to murder.
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| The Hound of Baskervilles | Doyle, Arthur Conan | MYSTERY Doyle |
Is the glowing hound that haunts the moor real or an imaginative hoax? Join Sherlock Holmes on the hunt to find out in this classic thriller.
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| The Blessing Way | Hillerman, Tony | MYSTERY Hillerman |
High in the mesa they found the body. The mouth was filled with sand. No tracks, no clues. Every Navajo knew that nothing human killed like that.
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| His Majesty's Dragon | Novik, Naomi | SCI-FI |
The HMS Reliant captures a French ship with an unhatched dragon egg. Captain Will Laurence, teams up with the dragon to battle against Napoleon Bonaparte.
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| Fahrenheit 451 | Bradbury, Ray | SCI-FI Bradbury |
In this world firemen don’t fight fires, they burn books and the houses in which they are hidden.
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| Ender’s Game | Card, Orson Scott | SCI-FI Card |
Can Ender Wiggins save the world? Can he defeat the enemy battleships? And can he do it even though he is just a child?
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| Rendezvous with Rama | Clarke, Arthur C. | SCI-FI Clarke |
A huge, mysterious, cylindrical object appears in space, swooping toward the sun. Rama is awakening.
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| Dune | Herbert, Frank | SCI-FI Herbert |
Opposing forces struggle for control of the universe when the archenemy of the cosmic emperor is banished to a barren world where savages fight for water.
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| The Lord of the Rings | Tolkien, J.R.R. | SCI-FI Tolkien |
This timeless trilogy has captivated fantasy readers for generations.
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| The Dragonbone Chair | Williams, Tad | SCI-FI Williams |
A young magician’s apprentice’s dreams of adventure come true when his world is torn apart by war and dark sorcery.
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