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Scrublands [large print] / by Hammer, Chris,1960-author.(CARDINAL)804617;

In Riversend, an isolated rural community afflicted by an endless drought, a young priest does the unthinkable, killing five parishioners before being taken down himself. A year later journalist Martin Scarsden--accompanied by his own demons from war-time reporting--arrives, having been assigned to describe how the townspeople are coping as the anniversary of their tragedy approaches. But as Martin meets the locals and hears their version of events, he begins to realize that the accepted wisdom--that the priest was a pedophile whose imminent exposure was the catalyst for the shooting, a theory established through an award-winning investigation by Martin's own newspaper--may be wrong.

Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large print books.; Mass murder; Droughts; Sparsely populated areas; Journalists; Murder;

Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3

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Scrublands / by Hammer, Chris,1960-author.(CARDINAL)804617;

In Riversend, an isolated rural community afflicted by an endless drought, a young priest does the unthinkable, killing five parishioners before being taken down himself. A year later, accompanied by his own demons from war-time reporting, journalist Martin Scarsden arrives in Riversend. His assignment is simple: describe how the townspeople are coping as the anniversary of their tragedy approaches. But as Martin meets the locals and hears their version of events, he begins to realize that the accepted wisdom--that the priest was a pedophile whose imminent exposure was the catalyst for the shooting, a theory established through an award-winning investigation by Martin's own newspaper--may be wrong. Just as Martin believes he's making headway, a new development rocks the town. The bodies of two German backpackers--missing since the time of the church shootings--are discovered in a dam in the scrublands, deserted backwoods marked by forest fires. As the media flocks to the scene, Martin finds himself thrown into a whole new mystery. What was the real reason behind the priest's shooting spree? And how does it connect to the backpacker murders, if at all? Martin struggles to uncover the town's dark secrets, putting his job, his mental state, and his life at risk as more and more strange happenings escalate around him. For fans of James Lee Burke, Jane Harper, and Robert Crais, Scrublands is a compelling and original crime novel that marks Chris Hammer as a stunning new voice in the genre. A compulsively readable thriller of the highest order, Scrublands never loosens its grip, from its opening scene to the very last page.

Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Mass murder; Droughts; Sparsely populated areas; Journalists; Murder;

Available copies: 25 / Total copies: 25

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A bridge to the stars [sound recording] / by Mankell, Henning,1948-; Greenslade, Francis.;

Translated to English by Laurie Thompson.Read by Francis Greenslade.Eleven-year-old Joel Gustafsson and his father live in the isolated forests of northern Sweden. Luckily, Joel finds companionship in a mysterious Norwegian elkhound wandering the streets, and together they discover a whole different side of town.Compact dsic.

Subjects: Fathers and sons; Only child; Sparsely populated areas;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Hidden Japan : an astonishing world of thatched villages, ancient shrines and primeval forests / by Kerr, Alex,1952-author.(CARDINAL)683747;

"A call to preserve disappearing facets of Japan's rich and ancient culture, this book takes its inspiration from the 1960s classic, Hidden Hamlets by Shirasu Masako. Like Shirasu, Kerr travels to remote and lesser-known places around Japan where pockets of traditional culture can still be found. Some are faraway--like Aogashima Island, 200 miles south of Tokyo--while others are easy to reach, such as Mii-dera temple just east of Kyoto"--Publisher's description.

Subjects: Travel writing.; Sparsely populated areas; Villages;

Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2

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The day is dark / by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir.(CARDINAL)352585;

When all contact is lost with two Icelanders working in a harsh and sparsely populated area on the northeast coast of Greenland, Thóra is hired to investigate. Is there any connection with the disappearance of a woman from the site some months earlier? And why are the locals so hostile?

Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Thóra Gudmundsdóttir (Fictitious character); Women lawyers;

Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 7

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Captain William Hilton and the founding of Hilton Head Island / by Pickett, Dwayne W.,1966-author.(CARDINAL)814013;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-136) and index.1. Immigration, early life and marriage -- 2. Shipping business and trade with Barbados -- 3."Set Forth" to explore the Carolinas -- 4. Indians, Spaniards and castaways -- 5. Settling the Carolinas -- 6. The founding of Hilton Head Island: the early years -- 7. The founding of Hilton Head Island: from royal colony to resort.Behind the pristine beaches and world renown of Hilton Head Island lies a history that dates back to the early exploration of the nation. In 1663, William Hilton, a mariner born in England, was hired by a group in Barbados to find new lands for them to settle. Hilton led an exploration of the Port Royal Sound area, where he named a high bluff of land Hiltons Head as a navigational marker for future sailors. The island began as a sparsely populated area on the fringe of English settlement in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, when it was called Trench's Island on some maps.

Subjects: Biographies.; Hilton, William, -1675.; Explorers;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2

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Greenland / by Koch, N. E.(Niels Elers)(CARDINAL)897515;

Patron's introduction; Greenland; Nature and landscape; History; Culture; Society and business; Municipalities and towns."Greenland provides extensive and richly illustrated, area-specific knowledge about Greenland’s nature and landscape, history, culture, society and businesses as well as its towns and settlements. A total of 87 mainly Greenlandic researchers and experts have contributed with their knowledge to this book about the most essential topics from Cape Morris Jesup to Uummannarsuaq (Cape Farewell) and from Qaanaaq to Danmarkshavn.Covering almost 2.5 million km2 and with a population of around 56,000, Greenland is the world’s largest island and most sparsely populated area. Gain an insight into the history of geological formations and read about the ice sheet, which, as a result of melting and global warming, is now the subject of increased international interest. Understand the background of the marvelous icebergs at Qeqertarsuup Tunua and take the dog sled or snowmobile to the small remote and self-sufficient settlements. Take a tour of the capital of Nuuk and the other towns on the southern part of the west coast. This was where Danish-Norwegian missionary Hans Egede first set foot in 1721, and from where the Danish colonization began, which had a severe impact on Inuit culture. Read about modernization endeavors, the calls for secession, the influence of the rock band Sume and the referendums in 1979 and 2008 that led to Greenlandic self-government. Learn about the traditional culture featuring elements such as the drum dance, which has seen renewed interest and has been included on UNESCO’s World Heritage List of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Greenland covers all the essentials. From the most common to the most special."-- Provided by publisher

Subjects: History.; Travel.;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Bag limit : a Posadas County mystery / by Havill, Steven.(CARDINAL)348767;

"Parked high on a side road on the flank of the second highest peak in the San Cristobal mountains, peacefully surveying what soon would no longer be his responsibility as a sheriff, almost-seventy Bill Gastner could think that the night would be without incident. He'd be wrong. He doesn't foresee that a car full of alcohol-inspired adolescents would run into his automobile. Nor that the driver would take off and disappear in the nearby woods. Far from uneventful, this night turns out to be one of the toughest in Bill Gastner's many years as undersheriff and then sheriff in this sparsely populated border area of New Mexico. Gastner knows the young driver and his family - including the soon-to-be-sheriff, Bobby Torrez. Taken into custody from his home, the prisoner seems far too upset about being arrested. During the trip to the jail he makes a desperate attempt to flee again, an attempt that ends in his being hit and killed by an oncoming truck. Gastner has to dig deep to learn what is behind this tragic overreaction to a serious but unfortunately common DWI arrest. With the imminent election, the visit of Gastner's former deputy with her surgeon husband and their two very active young ones and the near riot the dead youth's neighbors stage when his father dies suddenly, the sheriff's last few days in office are not as uneventful as he had hoped. But Gastner stoically retrieves the law-enforcement tools he has packed away, including his talent for detection, his diplomacy, and his just plain common sense. He has used them all successfully for many years, and it's a joy to watch him use them one more time"--Publishers description.

Subjects: Fiction.; Gastner, Bill (Fictitious character);

Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2

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Under the surface : fracking, fortunes and the fate of the Marcellus Shale / by Wilber, Tom,1958-(CARDINAL)599737;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Prologue : cracks in the rock -- An agent of dreams -- Coming together -- Gas rush -- Figures, facts, and information -- Accidental activists -- The division -- Superior forces -- Epilogue : back on Carter Road.Running from southern West Virginia through eastern Ohio, across central and northeast Pennsylvania, and into New York through the Southern Tier and the Catskills, the Marcellus Shale formation underlies a sparsely populated region that features striking landscapes, critical watersheds, and a struggling economic base. It also contains one of the world's largest supplies of natural gas, a resource that has been dismissed as inaccessible until recently. Technological developments that combine horizontal drilling with hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") have removed physical and economic barriers to extracting hundreds of trillions of cubic feet of gas from bedrock deep below the Appalachian basin. Beginning in 2006, the first successful Marcellus gas wells by Range Resources, combined with a spike in the value of natural gas, spurred a modern-day gold rush, a "gas rush", with profound ramifications for environmental policy, energy markets, political dynamics, and the lives of the people living in the Marcellus region. This book is a journalistic overview of shale gas development and the controversies surrounding it. Control over drilling rights is at stake in the heart of Marcellus country, northeast Pennsylvania and central New York. The decisions by landowners to work with or against the companies, and the resulting environmental and economic consequences, are scrutinized by neighbors faced with similar decisions, by residents of cities whose water supply originates in the exploration area, and by those living across state lines with differing attitudes and policies concerning extraction industries. Here the author gives a voice to all constituencies, including farmers and landowners tempted by the prospects of wealth but wary of the consequences, policymakers struggling with divisive issues, and activists coordinating campaigns based on their respective visions of economic salvation and environmental ruin. He describes a landscape in which the battle over the Marcellus ranges from the very local, yard signs proclaiming landowners' allegiances for or against shale gas development, to often conflicting municipal, state, and federal legislation intended to accelerate, delay, or discourage exploration. For millions of people with a direct stake in shale gas exploration in the Marcellus or any number of other emerging shale resources in the United States and worldwide, or for those concerned about the global energy outlook, this book offers a look at the issues.

Subjects: Shale gas industry; Shale gas industry; Hydraulic fracturing; Hydraulic fracturing;

Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6

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