The Eagle Has Flown/Aspen Gold/The Ice/Lightning in July

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Ice, snow, blizzards that blow for days, temperatures colder than any on earth . . . Welcome to Antarctica! As readers of this volume will discover in Louis Charbonneau's compelling new novel. The Ice, that vast, frozen continent can be endlessly fascinating—a seductive combination of beauty and danger. Did you know that:
* Antarctica was once rich in vegetation and wildlife? Today it is covered almost completely by a miles-deep ice cap.
* Over ninety percent of the world's fresh water is locked up in that ice cap? If all of it were to melt, the oceans would rise more than a hundred and sixty feet.
* The continent's largest land animal is a tiny wingless fly? But the surrounding oceans are teeming with whales, seals, squid, fish, and seabirds, including penguins.
* The only creature to breed on the ice cap in winter is the emperor penguin? It carries and incubates its single egg on top of its feet.
To leam more about the continent's role in world ecology is one reason... Tovább

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Ice, snow, blizzards that blow for days, temperatures colder than any on earth . . . Welcome to Antarctica! As readers of this volume will discover in Louis Charbonneau's compelling new novel. The Ice, that vast, frozen continent can be endlessly fascinating—a seductive combination of beauty and danger. Did you know that:
* Antarctica was once rich in vegetation and wildlife? Today it is covered almost completely by a miles-deep ice cap.
* Over ninety percent of the world's fresh water is locked up in that ice cap? If all of it were to melt, the oceans would rise more than a hundred and sixty feet.
* The continent's largest land animal is a tiny wingless fly? But the surrounding oceans are teeming with whales, seals, squid, fish, and seabirds, including penguins.
* The only creature to breed on the ice cap in winter is the emperor penguin? It carries and incubates its single egg on top of its feet.
To leam more about the continent's role in world ecology is one reason people come to this inhospitable place. But there are other reasons too: the challenge of the unknown, the lure of the pristine. As British explorer Ernest Shackleton wrote, in Antarctica "we had seen God in his splendours."

THE EAGLE HAS FLOWN
by lack Higgins
Simon Schuster, $21.95
It was the most daring secret mission of World War II: Operation Eagle, a Nazi scheme to kidnap Winston Churchill. But the operation failed, and its leader. Colonel Kurt Steiner, was killed. At least that's what those involved were led to believe. But Steiner is very much alive, a prisoner in the Tower of London, and now the Germans want him back. The best man for the job? Irish secret agent Liam Devlin, who is soon caught up in a desperate Nazi plot to change the course of the war. The riveting sequel to The Eagle Has Landed, by the master of the World War II thriller. Page 7
ASPEN GOLD by Janet Dailey Little, Brown, $19.95 For beautiful Kit Masters, coming home to Aspen, Colorado, is a golden opportunity. After years in Hollywood she is about to get her first big break—a chance at movie stardom. Filming is set to begin right here in Aspen, where she grew up, and her leading man is none other than superstar John Travis, who would be oh, so easy to love. But then Kit finds her heart drawn to an old flame—rancher Tom Bannon, the man she once thought she would marry. Can a glamorous career and a new love replace what was lost so long ago? A glittering new romance, from one of America's most popular writers. Page 165
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THE ICE
by Louis Charbonneau Donald I. Fine, $19.95
It began as a small thing: a few penguins turning up on the rugged coast of Antarctica soaked with oil. But to marine biologist Kathy McNeely the evidence signaled a disaster in
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the making—an unreported oil spill that threatened even greater harm. How did it happen? Who was behind it? And what discovery was so precious that men were willing to commit murder to keep it secret? Racing to find the answers, Kathy uncovers a conspiracy that puts her own life in peril. Gripping suspense, set in the coldest place on earth. Page 321
LIGHTNING IN )ULY by Ann L McLaughlin John Daniel, $9.95
When Dan first saw Hally, she was onstage, playing the flute at an outdoor concert. Drawn to her willowy beauty, yet too shy to venture backstage to meet her, Dan—a young history scholar—never dreamed that their paths would ever cross again. But they do, and under unthinkable circumstances: in the midst of a deadly epidemic, through a haze of fever and pain. This is the inspiring story of two young people who discover courage they never knew they had—and a love they never thought possible. Page 469
Coming in a future volume
CONDITION BLACK by Gerald Seymour
They were three desperate men: a hired assassin, a nuclear
physicist ripe for defection, and a bulldog-tough FBI agent
determined to avenge a friend's murder. Athens, Baghdad, and
London are the settings for this fast-paced tale of intrigue.
LOVES MUSIC, LOVES TO DANCE by Mary Higgins Clark
When Darcy Scott's best friend disappears after a blind date she got through a personal ad, Darcy vows to find out why— only to discover that her own next date might be her last. A chilling new novel by the queen of romantic suspense. Vissza