Based on the inspirational true story of one mother2s unfaltering love in the face of impossible odds. When Joyce Smith2s adopted son John falls through an icy Missouri lake, all hope seems lost. But as John lies lifeless, Joyce refuses to give up. Her steadfast belief inspires those around her to continue to pray for John2s recovery, even in the face of every case history and scientific prediction. A reminder that faith and love can create a mountain...

"Savannah Heglund is going to have the best birthday ever--she's spending a whole week at her family's mountain cabin with her two best friends, snowboarding and sledding and ice-skating the days away. But then all her plans go downhill, fast: On the very first day, Savvy takes a spill on her snowboard. Her perfect birthday is ruined...and worse, her friends seem to be having more fun without her. Savvy feels snowed in, but maybe the biggest surprise...

On a warm May night in San Francisco, the Ritz-Carlton ballroom shimmers with crystal and silver as a glittering, celebrity-studded crowd gathers for a charity dinner dance. The evening is perfect–until, just minutes before midnight, the room begins to sway. Glass shatters. And as the lights go out, people begin to scream….
In the earthquake’s aftermath, the lives of four strangers will converge.… Sarah Sloane, the beautiful...

"The grizzly rose up on its hind legs and let out a fearsome roar, halfway between the bark of a dog and the bellow of a bull. We were dead meat... Sam Fox is on a trip to North America with his Cub Scout pack when their bus crashes down a canyon. Some of the group are seriously injured, so Sam and two cubs set off to find help. But Sam is thousands of miles from home, in the middle of the American wilderness. A wilderness full of howling wolves,...

"Every October Cara and her family become mysteriously and dangerously accident-prone, but this year, the year Cara, her ex-stepbrother, and her best friend are 17, is when Cara will begin to unravel the accident season's dark origins"--

Six kids. One shipwreck. One deserted island. After their ship sinks, Luke, Ian, JJ, Sharla, Will, and Lyssa must find a way to survive. They have no food and very few supplies. They think they're all alone, but they're not. And that's even worse.

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The epic account of the storm on the summit of Mt. Everest that claimed five lives and left countless more—including Krakauer's—in guilt-ridden disarray. 

"A harrowing tale of the perils of high-altitude climbing, a story of bad luck and worse judgment and of heartbreaking heroism." —PEOPLE
A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer...

Different and uncertain future. But as Chris Williams sat in his demolished vehicle, staring at the car that had just caused the death of his wife, his unborn baby, his nine-year old daughter, and his eleven-year-old son, he committed to do something extraordinary: he would forgive. That decision launched Chris on a journey toward healing that affected his family and friends, the young man who caused the accident, and an entire community.