Oceans of Literary Possibilities

61) The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait—the bestselling author of River of the Gods brings us the true story of Theodore Roosevelt’s harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth.
“A rich, dramatic tale that ranges from the personal to the literally earth-shaking.” —The New York Times

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62) River of fire: my spiritual journey

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Prejean, Helen

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The author of Dead Man Walking, the nation's foremost leader in efforts to abolish the death penalty, shares the story of her growth as a spiritual leader, speaks out about the challenges of the Catholic Church, and shows that joy and religion are not mutually exclusive.

63) River of smoke

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Ghosh, Amitav

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Ibis trilogy volume 2

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The Ibis, loaded to its gunwales with a cargo of indentured servants, is in the grip of a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal; among the dozens flailing for survival are Neel, the pampered raja who has been convicted of embezzlement; Paulette, the French orphan masquerading as a deck hand; and Deeti, the widowed poppy grower fleeing her homeland with her lover, Kalua. The storm also threatens the clipper ship Anahita, groaning with the largest consignment...

64) River of stars

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Kay, Guy Gavriel

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Under heaven volume 2

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Ren Daiyan was still just a boy when he took the lives of seven men while guarding an imperial magistrate of Kitai. That moment on a lonely road changed his life -- in entirely unexpected ways, sending him into the forests of Kitai among the outlaws. From there he emerges years later -- and his life changes again, dramatically, as he circles towards the court and emperor, while war approaches Kitai from the north. Lin Shan is the daughter of a scholar,...

65) River of the gods: genius, courage, and betrayal in the search for the source of the Nile

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Millard, Candice

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"For millennia the location of the Nile River's headwaters was shrouded in mystery. In the 19th century, ... European powers sent off waves of explorations intended to map the unknown corners of the globe-- and extend their colonial empires. Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke were sent by the Royal Geographical Society to claim the prize for England. Burton spoke twenty-nine languages, and was a decorated soldier ... Speke was a young aristocrat...

66) River: one man's journey down the Colorado, source to sea

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Fletcher, Colin

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The author tells the experience of his six-month foot-and-raft expedition down the full length of the Colorado River when he was sixty-seven years old.

67) River out of Eden: a Darwinian view of life

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Dawkins, Richard

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In Dawkins' view, human beings are vehicles of evolution--gene carriers whose primary purpose is propagation of their own genes. In this new book, he explains evolution as a flowing river of genes, demonstrating how genes meet, compete, unite, and sometimes separate to form new species.

68) River republic: the fall and rise of America's rivers

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McCool, Daniel

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Daniel McCool not only chronicles the history of water development agencies in America and the way in which special interests have abused rather than preserved the country's rivers, he also narrates the second, brighter act in this ongoing story: the surging, grassroots movement to bring these rivers back to life and ensure they remain pristine for future generations. The culmination of ten years of research and observation, McCool's book confirms...

69) River road

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Krentz, Jayne Ann

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It's been thirteen years since Lucy Sheridan was in Summer River. The last time she visited her aunt Sara there, as a teenager, she'd been sent home suddenly after being dragged out of a wild party — by the guy she had a crush on, just to make it more embarrassing. Obviously Mason Fletcher — only a few years older but somehow a lot more of a grown-up—was the overprotective type who thought he had to come to her rescue. Now, returning after her...

70) River Road: A Novel

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Goodman, Carol

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From the award-winning author of The Lake of Dead Languages comes a "gripping read with emotion-charged twists and turns" (Tess Gerritsen) about a professor accused of killing her student in a hit-and-run accident.
Nan Lewis—a creative writing professor at a university in upstate New York—is driving home from a faculty holiday party when she hits a deer. Yet when she gets out of her car to look for it, the deer is gone....

71) River runners' guide to Utah and adjacent areas

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Nichols, Gary C

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Over 90 river trips described and mapped ; instructions for beginner and expert alike ; up-to-date information on waterways since floods of 1983-84 ; identification of danger areas and obstacles ; ratings of all waterways by levels of difficulty ; location of river access and take-out points ; safety and survival information ; glossary of terms ; text and illustrations by a well-known expert.

72) River: where faith and consecration converge

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Hughes, Dean

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Muddy volume 2

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"Morgan Davis and his family have moved, along with many of their fellow Saints from the Muddy River Mission, to Long Valley in southern Utah. There they are invited by their prophet, Brigham Young, to embark on a new venture: the United Order. But creating Zion is not an easy task when so many personalities and needs come together"--

73) The river why: a novel

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Duncan, David James

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Since its publication in 1983, THE RIVER WHY has become a classic. David James Duncan's sweeping novel is a coming-of-age comedy about love, nature, and the quest for self-discovery, written in a voice as distinct and powerful as any in American letters. Gus Orviston is a young fly fisherman who leaves behind his comically schizoid family to find his own path. Taking refuge in a remote cabin, he sets out in pursuit of the Pacific Northwest's elusive...

74) Riverman: the story of Bus Hatch

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Webb, Roy

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The story of Bus Hatch is actually a collection of stories -- an intricate, interwoven tale about men and rivers. More than any other outdoor sport, river running has an extensive oral tradition that's usually passed on while shooting the bull around a riverside campfire. It's a story without end. The founder of Hatch River Expeditions, Bus Hatch started running western rivers in the early 1930's before the great dams, government control, and commercial...

75) Rivers of empire: water, aridity, and the growth of the American West

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Worster, Donald

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Describes the West as a modern hydraulic society, one that is dependent on its dams, reservoirs, and canals.

76) Rivers west: Talon and Chantry ; bk. 8

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L'Amour, Louis

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"He killed me," the dying man had said. "He stabbed me." Those words stayed with young Jean Talon as he journeyed westward, finally reaching the Missouri in search of a simple and honest life building river boats. But the stranger died. And that meant unraveling a deadly knot that tied together a vicious renegade's army, the Louisiana Purchase, and the missing brother of a beautiful, headstrong woman. Too near the truth to break away, Jean Talon turns...

77) The sagebrush ocean: a natural history of the Great Basin

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Trimble, Stephen

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Recounts the complex and varied natural history of the Basin's ecosystems. He takes us from salt playas to mountain islands, from creosote bush valleys to aspen glens.

78) Sealab: America's forgotten quest to live and work on the ocean floor

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Hellwarth, Ben

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Sealab is the underwater Right Stuff: the compelling story of how a US Navy program sought to develop the marine equivalent of the space station — and forever changed man’s relationship to the sea. While NASA was trying to put a man on the moon, the US Navy launched a series of daring experiments to prove that divers could live and work from a sea-floor base. When the first underwater “habitat” called Sealab was tested in the early 1960s,...

79) The ship of brides

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Moyes, Jojo

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The year is 1946, and all over the world young women are crossing the seas in their thousands en route to the men they married in wartime, and an unknown future. In Sydney, Australia, four women join 650 other brides on an extraordinary voyage to England -- aboard HMS Victoria, which still carries not just arms and aircraft but a thousand naval officers and men. Rules of honor, duty, and separation are strictly enforced, from the aircraft carrier's...

80) Songs of the humpback whale: a novel in five voices

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Picoult, Jodi

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For years, Jane Jones has lived in the shadow of her husband, renowned San Diego oceanographer Oliver Jones. But during an escalating argument, Jane turns to him with an alarming volatility. In anger and fear, Jane leaves with her teenage daughter, Rebecca, for a cross-country odyssey. Charted by letters from her brother Joley, they are guided to his Massachusetts apple farm, where surprising self-discoveries await. Now Oliver, an expert at tracking...