Non-Fiction

Set in the Dust Bowl of the American West, this true account of a child coming of age on a 1920's Nebraska farm, recaptures an era. Young Lucille Marker experiences survival during the Depression, one of the worst dust storms in history, and finally the disintegration of the close-knit community in which she grows up. Readers who like the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder or Willa Cather will enjoy Farm Girl.

Every year several thousand people attempt to hike all 2180 miles of the Appalachian Trail in America. Keith Foskett, accompanied by an array of eclectic characters including a world champion juggler, a drug dealer, and a sex-starved builder from Minnesota, thought it was a great idea. Battling a fear of snakes, bears, being in the woods after dark and his own demons, it’s physically exhausting — as well as psychologically challenging. His adventure weaves a route through some of America’s wildest landscapes, and is told with insight, humour and reflection.

What is the Devil? And where did the idea of its existence come from? Paul Carus provides an extremely thorough survey of various ideas about the devil along with what is good and what is evil.

Admit it. You’re exhausted. It feels like no matter what you do, the struggles of life constantly bring you down. No matter how much you relax over the weekend, no matter how excited you are going into the week, you’re burnt out before Wednesday hits. It seems like you’re never getting ahead. New tasks pile up, and no matter what you do, or how hard you work, you fall behind. What’s worse, you probably don’t feel financially secure. All this hard work, all this stress and panic, for what? It’s time for a change.

**New York Times Best Selling Memoir** Nominated for the 2015 National Book Award for Nonfiction Andra Watkins needed a wingman to help her become one of the only living persons to walk the historic 444-mile Natchez Trace as the pioneers did. She planned to walk fifteen miles a day. For thirty-four days. After striking-out with everyone in her life, she was left with her disinterested eighty-year-old father. In Not Without My Father, Watkins invites readers to join her dysfunctional family adventure in a humorous and heartbreaking memoir that asks if one can really turn 'I wish I had' into 'I'm glad I did.'

In a remote area of Alaska, a small cargo plane in heavy weather slams into the frozen ground and disintegrates. The pilot, trapped, alone and with little chance of rescue, must anticipate his imminent death. This is the powerful, true story of one day, a day that God made.