Alamosa Public Library

Each season, as the ever-thinning Arctic ice recedes, polar bears face a daunting challenge; Grizzly bears in British Columbia must use ingenuity and fancy footwork to collect their catch; The annual rains of the Serengeti draw in the greatest concentration of large animals on Earth; Each year, billions of sardines flood South Africa's east coast creating an action-packed feeding frenzy; Thousands of animals make the long trek toward the life saving...

"A feisty single mom clashes with an ex-military, sexist, corporate star at a business retreat in the Colorado mountains... Years ago, Ramona ('Raye') Soto faced harsh reality when a roving conman knocked her up. Now, at thirty-something, she's concentrating on her career in a major telecommunications firm and funding college for her teenaged son. Enter Desmond Emmett -- a fast talker and smooth operator. New to the office, the ex-serviceman possesses...

Riveting and breath-taking, sole flood disaster survivor, Pancho Quintana, takes one last breath before the rushing flood waters inside Antelope Canyon submerge him and a female tourist. In the end, 11 tourists he was hired to lead through the canyon would perish as the freak flood welled up and swallowed the temporary inhabitants. Quintana would be all that was left living from that fateful August 12, 1997 day. Breathe For Me is Quintana's first-person,...

Recounts the author's transformation from an idealistic, freedom-loving youth to a jaded and financially struggling father of four and how a catastrophic flood helped him to reconnect with the faith and courage of his childhood.

In 1915, the city of San Diego hired "rainmaker" Charles Mallory Hatfield to save their city from a drought, but when the town experienced one of the worst floods they ever had they refused to pay Hatfield for his services.--

It's been raining cats and dogs in Mayville Heights. The small town's been deluged, and now the local artists' co-op is on the verge of flooding. Kathleen has been working hard to help her friends move their creations to the safety of the upstairs studio. The artwork survives, but when controversial mask-maker Jaeger Merrill is found drowned in the so-op basement, Kathleen questions whether the death was accidental. With the help of handsome detective...

Chronicles the January 15, 1919 Boston Molasses Flood that killed twenty-one people when over two million gallons of molasses poured out of the steel tank that stored it and traveled through the city's North End

"In this beautiful picture book based on a true story, flooding forces a child and their family to flee their farm without their beloved horse, Dancer. But the child won't give up on Dancer and finds helpers in the community who get Dancer airlifted to safety."--