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Winter's Tales:  Warm up with these reads

1222 By Holt, Anne 2012-08 - Scribner Book Company 9781451634723 Check Our Catalog …More

The Voyage of the Narwhal By Barrett, Andrea 1999-09 - W. W. Norton & Company 9780393319507 Check Our Catalog Delving into the history of Arctic exploration, this book follows the crew and commander of a ship searching for the open polar sea, as seen through the eyes of a scholar-naturalist. 16 steel engravings. Map. …More

The Terror By Simmons, Dan 2009-01 - Little Brown and Company 9780316008075 Check Our Catalog Based on the true story of two ice ships that disappeared in the Arctic Circle during the Sir John Franklin Expedition in 1845, "The Terror" is a deeply absorbing story that combines awe-inspiring myth, grinding horror, and historically accurate adventure ("Seattle Times"). …More

61 Hours By Child, Lee 2012-08 - Bantam 9780345541598 Check Our Catalog …More

The Dark Is Rising: The Complete Sequence By Cooper, Susan 2010-08 - Margaret K. McElderry Books 9781442412538 Check Our Catalog Cooper's award-winning Dark Is Rising sequence can be found for the first time in one brilliant volume. Includes "Over Sea, Under Stone; The Dark Is Rising; Greenwitch; The Grey King;" and "Silver on the Tree." …More

Winter's Tale By Helprin, Mark 2005-06 - Harvest Books 9780156031196 Check Our Catalog A breathtaking novel by the author of "A Soldier of the Great War," this is a book about the beauty and complexity of the human soul, about God, love, and justice. …More

A Mind of Winter: Poems for a Snowy Season By Nason, Thomas Introduction by Hall, Donald Selected by Atwan, Robert 2011-10 - Beacon Press (MA) 9780807069202 Check Our Catalog …More