The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds
- Location(s): Alaska, Arctic
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Contemporary
For fans of Cheryl Strayed, the gripping story of a biologist’s human-powered journey from the Pacific Northwest to the Arctic to rediscover her love of birds, nature, and adventure. During graduate school, as she conducted experiments on the peculiarly...
- Location(s): Lake Naivasha, Manhattan
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1930s, contemporary
To the outside world, Electra D’Aplièse seems to be the woman with everything: as one of the world’s top models, she is beautiful, rich and famous. Yet beneath the veneer, Electra’s already tenuous control over her state of mind...
- Location(s): South Australia
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1883
In September 1883, a small town in the South Australian outback huddles under strange, vivid sunsets. Six-year-old Denny Wallace has gone missing during a dust storm, and the entire community is caught up in the search for him. As...