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"Getting snowed in at a luxurious, rustic ski chalet high in the French Alps doesn't sound like the worst problem in the world especially with others to keep you company. Unless that company happens to be eight coworkers...each with something to gain, something to lose, and something to hide. When a tech startup organizes a trip for the team in the French Alps, tensions simmer and loyalties are tested. Then an avalanche leaves the group cut off from...
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Dog's day volume 2
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Albert Whitman & Company
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English
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Spend a day in the life of an avalanche rescue dog! Ava is a chocolate Labrador retriever with a big job. She and her handler have trained for years, to be ready to help people at their ski resort if an unexpected avalanche hits. But, Ava quickly finds out there's much more to being an avy dog than daring rescues. Told from the dog's perspective, this riveting story also includes back matter about the breed and the role of the working dog.
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I survived true stories volume 22
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English
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"The snow came down faster than train crews could clear the tracks, piling up in drifts 20 feet high. At the Wellington train depot in the Cascade Mountains, two trains sat stranded, blocked in by snow slides to the east and west. Some passengers braved the storm to hike off the mountain, but many had no choice but to wait out the storm. But the storm didn't stop. One day passed, then two, three...six days. The snow turned to rain. Then, just after...
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Lizzie McKettrick is homeward bound with her fiancé, Whitley Carson, when their train is derailed, leaving passengers stranded on Christmas Eve. While Whitley is concerned only with himself, a handsome doctor enlists Lizzie's help treating injured passengers. Soon Lizzie realizes that Christmas truly is a season of miracles--and love.
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Anchor Books
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First Anchor books edition.
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English
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Buried under a flash avalanche while skiing, young married couple Jake and Zoe miraculously dig their way out only to discover themselves alone in an eerily silent, evacuated region and unable to contact the outside world.
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Little, Brown and Company
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First edition.
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English
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The "captivating'' and "powerful'' story (Publishers Weekly, starred review) of one man who banishes himself to a solitary life in the Arctic Circle, and is saved by good friends, a loyal dog, and a surprise visit that changes everything, in a novel that is both "ceaselessly brilliant'' (Adam Johnson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Orphan Master's Son) and "pure delight'' (Christina Baker Kline, #1 bestselling author of Orphan Train) #1 INDIE...
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Graphic Planet, an imprint of Magic Wagon
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Español
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Terence and David are competitive snowboarders. David is more laid back, he wants to have fun! But Terence won't be happy until he wins the gold. They head to an abandoned ski resort for some secret practice. Terence refuses to quit until he nails his trick, and the motion causes an avalanche. Can they survive?
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