Polar Science Fiction

Dans une Double Breytain en plein bouleversement industriel, l'effervescence règne autour du manaschiste, combustible fossile dont l'utilisation révolutionne le monde en cette fin de XIXe siècle. Au cœur du duché de "Heaven Forest", peu importent les mutations sur la population engendrée par l'exploitation de ce minerai, les autorités ont d'autres priorités, telle la sécurité du port où la mafia sévit. Ainsi, quand le cadavre d'un inconnu est retrouvé mutilé près des docks, on confie l'affaire - certes singulière, mais de faible importance - à l'inspecteur détective Rhys Overlake, arrivé le jour même en ville.

Stella Starflake Pearl is eagerly anticipating her next expedition. Suddenly disaster strikes when Stella's father, Felix, is snatched by a fearsome witch. Stella must bring her magic ice princess tiara to Witch Mountain or she will never see Felix again! But no one ever returns from Witch Mountain.... Stella, Ethan, Shay, Beanie and reluctant Jungle Cat explorer Percival set off into the unknown. They will face terrifying bat caves, poisonous apple groves, outraged vultures, argumentative mushrooms and deranged broomsticks in their quest to rescue Felix.

Climate change has caused a global water crisis. China has occupied three Canadian prairie provinces and is hauling fresh river water from Hudson Bay to Beijing by the northwest passage which is open year-round. The story has special insights into Canada's water resources, geography, and history. Environmentalists who appreciate the north and Canada's water resources will enjoy listening to Jeremiah Coffey's first novel.

Ashways, also known as the city of euphoria, is a place that promises joy and excitement to all who live there. There is no cost, apart from the fact that no one can enter or leave, as a desert wasteland surrounds the dystopian city and keeps the societies hostage to their own settlements. Join me as I journey through the Ashways, and discover that this is not a fictional place at all, and is rather a place and a reality for millions of people all over the globe....

Runt Higgins has a long to-do list. He needs to find out who cursed him, and why; he needs to make up with his best friend, Syke; and he needs to pass the Junior Henchman Training Program. That last one? Not likely. Professor Murphy hates Runt and is actively trying to fail him. The only way for Runt to pass the class and stay at Dr. Critchlore’s School is to locate a rare mineral that Dr. Critchlore needs to make an Undefeatable Minion. To find it, Runt must travel to icy Upper Worb and battle gyrfalcons, yetis...and the loathsome team from Dr. Pravus’s school.

Polar bear shapeshifter Russell is content with his isolated life in a small Alaskan town. That is, until the arrival of a kindergarten teacher from the lower 48 blows Russell's comfortable world to pieces. One whiff of Riley Jenkins' compelling scent, and Russ is a goner. But how can he explain all that he is to this innocent young woman...and will her own dark past prevent their fated love from turning into a happily-ever-after?

In Seattle for her best friend's wedding, curvy Grace is immediately attracted to the best man, Kingston Meade. He's equally interested in her, especially since his bear insists she is their mate. The attraction is undeniable, but she still doesn't know he's a polar bear shifter. There's also the added problem of leucistic panther-shifter Ashley, who is determined to get her claws into Kingston, and she's willing to slash Grace out of his life to do it. Will the bear king of Emerald City win and keep his curvy human queen?

We all have nightmares, but not all of us have to live them. Johnathon Clarke did. His bullies beat him. They humiliated him. They stole his life. So at the age of 17, he took it away with a bullet from a gun. In hell, John finds himself working out his existence in the mailroom, until he's given the promotion he died for - he becomes the forger of nightmares, the giver of bad dreams. With his new position, John makes his assignments feel the fear he's felt his entire existence. He does this until he's assigned a young girl named Danielle.

Pierre et Gabrielle se rendent tous les ans sur les bords d'une rivière pour assister à la remontée des saumons. Mais cette année, le spectacle est compromis.

Des cadavres sont découverts en montagne : un homme, une femme puis une jeune fille. Paul Mourier, de la police criminelle grenobloise, est mis sur l'enquête. Amnésique et handicapé suite à un incendie qui s'est déclaré chez lui quatre mois auparavant, il est aussi un peu alcoolique. Les corps et les indices retrouvés sur les victimes permettent à Mourier de faire le lien avec L'Alpe d'Huez et le Galibier et donc avec le Tour de France.

Ce n'était vraiment pas son jour. À la fin d'une journée de travail en plein cœur des Cévennes, Léa, jeune photographe animalière, tombe en panne de voiture sur une route de montagne sinueuse et peu fréquentée. Elle est soulagée quand un homme finit par passer et s'arrêter pour l'emmener. Malheureusement, lorsqu'un projectile frappe la voiture, Marc, par réflexe, fait un écart et c'est la chute.

La croisière de douze jours s'annonce idyllique et les vacances de rêve. Gilda et son fils sont émerveillés par la visite du paquebot sur lequel ils viennent d'embarquer. Ils partagent leur modeste cabine avec deux autres personnes, à l'entrepont du bateau. Le départ est à peine perturbé par un incident étrange : la porte des toilettes, près de leur cabine, est bloquée de l'intérieur. Lorsque le personnel navigant parvient à l'ouvrir, s'en échappe un oiseau affolé.

Meet fascinating animals that live in polar regions, including harp seals, leopard seals, orcas, penguins, polar bears, and walruses. Which ones live at both poles? Pair this nonfiction title with its fiction companion book, The Little Penguin.