When a roamer trades them an ancient book with only a few pages remaining, Lina and Doon return to Ember to seek the machine the book seems to describe in hopes that it will get their new community, Sparks, through the winter.

During a massive blackout in rural Nevada, two brothers struggle to survive without their self-reliance-obsessed dad and without enough water cross the desert for help.

Laney McLeod's chance encounter in a Manhattan elevator leads to a one-night stand with a wealthy playboy — but a few months later he's back with shocking news, as irresistible as ever.
Laney's life changes the minute she gets stuck in an elevator in Manhattan — and relies on a handsome stranger named Deke Sargent to help her fight her claustrophobia. When the power comes back on, the two find themselves in a passionate embrace that...

When the lights go out one night, no one panics. Not yet. The lights always come back on soon, don't they? Surely it's a glitch, a storm, a malfunction. But something seems strange about this night. Across Europe, controllers watch in disbelief as electrical grids collapse. There is no power, anywhere. A former hacker and activist, Piero investigates a possible cause of the disaster. The authorities don't believe him, and he soon becomes a prime suspect...

"A winter storm knocks the power out at Caillou's house. Mommy and Daddy turn this dark night into an indoor camping adventure."--Page 4 of cover.

The Loup Power district, in partnership with the Nebraska Library Commission are providing the book "Power and Progress : the history of Loup Power District, 1933-2006" in honor of the district's 75th anniverary. The book relates the story of the first public power district in Nebraska and the accompanying DVD illustrates the history and how the District opperates today.

Michael Havel was flying over Idaho en route to the holiday home of his passengers when the plane's engines inexplicably died, forcing a less than perfect landing in the wilderness. And, as Michael leads his charges to safety, he begins to realize that the engine failure was not an isolated incident.Juniper Mackenzie was singing and playing guitar in a pub when her small Oregon town was thrust into darkness. Cars refused to start. Phones were silent....