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Four Seasons in Rome describes Anthony Doerr's varied adventures in one of the most enchanting cities in the world. He reads Pliny, Dante, and Keats - the chroniclers of Rome who came before him - and visits the piazzas, temples, and ancient...

Welcome to the Woods! A peaceful home, until ... ZAP! ZAAPPP! ZAAAPPPPP!!! It's Monkey in a hovercraft that fires lasers! Science and nature fight again! With robotic worms! Trojan mooses! And lemony doomsday devices! It's the continuing battle...

"Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam war a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes an impulsive decision: he will move his family north, to Alaska, where they will live off the grid in Americas last...

"After the death of her estranged father, artist Rita struggles with grief and regret. There was so much she wanted to ask him--about his childhood, their family, and the Mi'kmaq language and culture from which Rita feels disconnected. But...