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Random Acts of Heroic Love Random Acts of Heroic Love Danny Scheinmann Can love outwit death? A heartbreaking epic story of two lives sustained by the memory of love1992: Leo Deakin wakes up in a hospital somewhere in South America, his girlfriend Eleni is dead and Leo … OL12018329W
The sound of butterflies The sound of butterflies Rachael King Sophie Edgar barely recognizes her husband, Thomas, an amateur naturalist, when he returns from the Amazon, where he had hoped to find his long-dreamed-of mythical butterfly, Papilio sophia. The opti… OL13747860W
The invisible mountain The invisible mountain Carolina De Robertis From the verdant hills of Rio de Janeiro to Evita Peron's glittering Buenos Aires, from the haven of a corner butcher shop to the halls of the United States Embassy in Montevideo, this gripping novel… OL13768376W
If I'd Never Known Your Love If I'd Never Known Your Love Georgia Bockoven Evan McDonald was Julia's lifeline—and the doting father of her two beautiful children. From the moment she'd first spotted him in high school so many years before, Julia had known they'd always be t… OL14919100W
Black Rain Black Rain Graham Brown Covert government operative Danielle Laidlaw leads an expedition into the deepest reaches of the Amazon in search of a legendary Mayan city. Assisted by a renowned university professor and protected … OL14992750W
Terms of Attraction Terms of Attraction Kylie Brant Alpha Squad sniper Ava Carter trusted no one. Especially not Cael McCabe, the security pro who'd hired her as an elite bodyguard and had somehow unearthed her hidden past. Cael, a commanding ex-SEAL,… OL15171468W
The Eye of the Moon The Eye of the Moon Following a massive rampage that left the streets of Santa Mondega soaked with blood, the elusive supernatural serial killer known only as the Bourbon Kid is now himself being haunted. Hot on his hee… OL15179695W
When mountains walked When mountains walked Kate Wheeler Maggie travels to the jungles of Peru to set up a clinic with her husband and falls in love with a revolutionary leader. Her life is strangely mirrored by her grandmother's trip to India fifty years … OL15840984W
Little tiny teeth Little tiny teeth Aaron J. Elkins When forensics professor Gideon Oliver joins an Amazon riverboat expeditin with a group of research botanists, he expects a nice vacation. What he gets is heat, corrupt officials, dangerous insects a… OL17641636W
Loose ends Loose ends Susan Moody Unable to really get past the car accident that claimed her father, stepfather, and sister, Kate's life becomes even more chaotic when a stranger propositions her at the bar where she works--and his … OL17887446W
The city of your final destination The city of your final destination Cameron, Peter "Omar Razaghi has made a grave error in judgment. A doctoral student at the University of Kansas, he had contacted the estate of the Latin American author Jules Gund, requesting permission to write G… OL1841426W
Loose ends Loose ends Susan Moody Unable to really get past the car accident that claimed her father, stepfather, and sister, Kate's life becomes even more chaotic when a stranger propositions her at the bar where she works--and his … OL19963749W
La serpiente sin ojos La serpiente sin ojos William Ospina " & Uml;.porque la locura mayor de esta edad del mundo la concibio temprano Pedro de Ursúa: la ambicion desmesurada de conquistar la selva de las Amazonas y dominar la serpiente de agua que la atravi… OL20053244W
The ventriloquist's tale The ventriloquist's tale Pauline Melville On a visit to Guyana in South America a woman writer from Britain has an illicit romance with a Scottish-Indian cattle rancher. In the course of it she learns of an incestuous affair involving his an… OL2114364W
A bear for Miguel A bear for Miguel Elaine Marie Alphin A young girl in El Salvador goes to the market with her father and helps her family obtain necessities by trading a precious item of her own. OL2648208W
Lost City Radio Lost City Radio Daniel Alarcón A powerful and searing novel of three lives fractured by a civil warFor ten years, Norma has been the voice of consolation for a people broken by violence. She hosts Lost City Radio, the most popular… OL265079W
The Pearl The Pearl John Steinbeck A novel. OL7966242W
Blue gold Blue gold Clive Cussler,Paul Kemprecos A Novel from the NUMA Files Earth is a paradox - a fertile world three-quarters covered with water, yet in danger of running dry. Overuse and pollution have drained most of its fresh water, and sc… OL8375321W
Panic Signs Panic Signs Cristina Peri Rossi "With Panic Signs, English readers have access to an important Latin American author, Cristina Peri Rossi, whose work engages with issues of identity (gender, national, cultural, sexual) and authorit… OL8638911W
To the Ends of the Earth To the Ends of the Earth June Gadsby Wild and beautiful Gwyneth Johnns is a Patagonian with a past that shocks the Victorian ladies of the small pioneering town in the Valdes Peninsula. She has sworn never to let any man get close, but … OL9027356W
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