Max Marlow

"This program studies divergent points of view contributing to the global warming debate, untangling a morass of political and scientific concerns and providing a wealth of historical background on the issue."--Container.

The inhabitants of Guernsey find themselves on the brink of destruction from a nuclear cloud that no-one can see, hear or feel. A tale of three days in this community, and of two people - the vet, Liz, and the banker, Jackson - thrown together by circumstance and discovering true love.

Two geo-chemists, Kitty Cochrane and Gus Wilson, are asked to investigate a possible natural gas reservoir beneath the Scottish estate of Bernard Morris, a London entrepreneur. The gas contains a volatile and dangerous element which could trigger a natural disaster on the scale of Chernobyl. But Morris, because of financial pressure, is determined to drill regardless of the danger. Kitty must be stop him with the help of the estate bailiff, James MacEwan.

The World Airways flight GA 091, New York-Tokyo over the Pole, is brought down by inclement weather in the snowy wastes of northwest Canada. The survivors are beset by a blizzard and a unknow psychotic. Captain John Davis must find a way to protect his crew and passengers from the elements and from the murderous Eskimo, who hates civilization.

Peter Canning, junior Minister of Ministry of Health and a rising star in the government, is eager to hear Professor Graham Fitzroy and Dr Meg Calhoun report on the latest developments in AIDS. But neither he nor they are aware that another disease is developing which is far more dangerous and virulent. The mysterious disease threatens the southern hemisphere and all the world, if it is not contained and an antidote found. Peter Canning needs to finding the answer.

When Professor Geoffrey Lyon and his team of palaentologists travel to a remote village deep in the heart of the Amazon jungle, they assume that they are on a routine field trip in search of an extinct prehistoric bird. But search turns to terror as the worst storm in a century floods the river. There is, however, something else lurking in the jungle, and the paleontologists discover that nature is not his most dangerous enemy in the Amazon basin.

Defending their women against German thugs, James and Charles confront the leader of fascist group, who vows revenge - an invasion of England, in their home town of Windsor. The police from all forces are put on alert. But no one knows how, or when the fascists will strike.

As summer hurricanes work their way across the Atlantic Ocean, the ultimate storm, a category six hurricane named "Faith", threatens to engulf New York City. This is the story of how a television weatherman charts the storm's progress and alerts the city as "Faith" becomes a dangerous reality.

The vanished man/Jeffrey Deaver Don't look back/Karin Fossum [Prey]( Crichton Street boys/Lorenzo Carcaterra

EVERYONE'S GOING TO REMEMBER WHERE THEY WERE WHEN THE TAPS WENT DRY. The drought--or the Tap-Out, as everyone calls it--has been going on for a while now. Everyone's life has become an endless list of don'ts: don't water the lawn, don't fill up your pool, don't take long showers. Until the taps run dry. Suddenly Alyssa's quiet suburban street spirals into a war zone of desperation; neighbors and families turning against one another in the hunt for water. When her parents don't return, and she and her brother are threatened, Alyssa has to make impossible choices if she's going to survive. Critically acclaimed author Neal Shusterman teams up with Jarrod Shusterman in this story of survival, when the California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions. This description comes from the publisher.