Kings of the Yukon ~ Adam Weymouth
~ The Yukon River is 3,190 kilometers long, flowing northwest from British Columbia to the Yukon Territory and Alaska to the Bering Sea, through some of the mostruggedly beautiful and remote regions of North America.
On his epic four-month odyssey through this untrammelled wilderness, Adam Weymouth traces the profound interconnectedness of the people and the Chinook, and offers a powerful, nuanced glimpse into the erosion of the indigenous culture, and into our ever-complicated relationship with the natural world.
The Girl from Widow Hills ~ Megan Miranda
~ Arden Maynor was just 6 years old when she was swept away while sleepwalking during a terrifying rainstorm. Strangers and friends, neighbors and rescue workers set up search parties and held vigils, praying
for her safe return. Against all odds, she was found, alive, clinging to a storm drain. The girl from Widow Hills was living a miracle. Ardens mother wrote a book. Fame followed. Fans and fan letters, creeps and stalkers. And every year, the anniversary. As soon as she was old enough, Arden changed her name and disappeared from the public eye…
Billy Summers ~ Stephen King
~ “Two million. Five thousand up front, the rest after.” Billy’s whistle isn’t part of the act, which he doesn’t think of as an act but as his dumb self, the one he shows to guys like Nick and Frank and Paulie. It’s like a seatbelt. Ypu
don’t use it because you expect to be in a crash, but you never know who you might meet coming over a hill on your side of the road. This is also true on the road of life, where people veer all over the place and drive the wrong way on the turnpike…
