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Author
Series
I survived volume 22
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Language
English
Description
The Wellington snow slide of 1910 was-and still is-the deadliest avalanche in America's history. Lauren Tarshis's story of one child surviving the frozen nightmare pounds with page-turning action and heartwarming hope. The snow came down faster than train crews could clear the tracks, piling up in drifts 20 feet high. At the Wellington train depot in the Cascade Mountains, two trains sat stranded, blocked in by snow slides to the east and west. Some...
2) Avalanche
Author
Series
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Description
Discusses different types of avalanches, how they form, where they happen, and how to keep safe when traveling in snowy mountains.
5) Downhill
Publisher
20th Century Studios
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Barely escaping an avalanche during a family ski vacation in the Alps, a married couple is thrown into disarray as they are forced to reevaluate their lives and how they feel about each other. Inspired by the motion picture Force Majeure by Ruben Östlund.
6) One by one
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Getting snowed in at a luxurious, rustic ski chalet high in the French Alps doesn't sound like the worst problem in the world especially with others to keep you company. Unless that company happens to be eight coworkers...each with something to gain, something to lose, and something to hide. When a tech startup organizes a trip for the team in the French Alps, tensions simmer and loyalties are tested. Then an avalanche leaves the group cut off from...
7) Avalanche
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"After an avalanche hits, a group of skiers in the Rocky Mountains must survive Mother Nature and a life-threatening injury to one of their members in order to make it out of the mountains and find help"--
Author
Series
McKettrick romances volume 10
Language
English
Description
Lizzie McKettrick is homeward bound with her fiancé, Whitley Carson, when their train is derailed, leaving passengers stranded on Christmas Eve. While Whitley is concerned only with himself, a handsome doctor enlists Lizzie's help treating injured passengers. Soon Lizzie realizes that Christmas truly is a season of miracles--and love.
10) Dead giveaway
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
One By One
Ellen Wingate thinks she's hit the jackpot when she learns the millions she's inherited comes with a super-exclusive condo in the mountains outside of Las Vegas. But leaving Minnesota for paradise turns out to be the ultimate nightmare. Trapped with her neighbors in a freakish winter avalanche, a chilling discovery at the bottom of an indoor pool signals a frightening turn of events. . .
Until There Were None
A ruthless killer has infiltrated...
Author
Series
Claude books (Alex T. Smith) volume 6
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Claude and his best friend, Sir Bobblysock, go to the Snowy Mountains where they throw snowballs, learn to ski, and more until Claude's loud voice starts an avalanche, trapping Sir Bobblysock and the only Mountain Rescue person under a huge pile of snow.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
"In February 1910, a monstrous blizzard hit Washington State. High in the Cascade Mountains near the tiny town of Wellington, two trainloads of cold, hungry passengers and their crews found their railcars buried in rising drifts, parked precariously on the edge of a steep ravine. An army of the Great Northern Railroad's men worked round-the-clock to rescue the trains, but the storm was unrelenting. Suddenly the earth shifted and a colossal avalanche...
16) Один за другим
Author
Publisher
АСТ
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Russian
Description
В уединенное шале, расположенное высоко в горах, съезжаются сотрудники компании, создавшей модное музыкальное приложение «Снуп». Здесь они намерены покататься на лыжах, отдохнуть и обсудить важные рабочие вопросы. Но во время спуска в ущелье гибнет...
Publisher
DreamWorks
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In the Spirit of Christmas holiday special, Lucky has ordered a custom-made fiddle for her dad (best Christmas gift ever!) except it doesn't arrive on time. In an attempt to get the gift, Lucky leads her friends on a misadventure into the city. After a day of roaming the city, the group makes it on the last train back to Miradero. All seems to go smoothly until an avalanche derails their plans, forcing them and their fellow passengers on a dangerous...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this "briskly entertaining" (New York Times Book Review), "transporting and wholly original" (People Magazine) novel, one man banishes himself to a solitary life in the Arctic Circle, and is saved by good friends, a loyal dog, and a surprise visit that changes everything.
In 1916, Sven Ormson leaves a restless life in Stockholm to seek adventure in Svalbard, an Arctic archipelago where darkness reigns four months
...19) Force majeure
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Swedish
Description
An idyllic family skiing vacation takes a stunning turn when an avalanche threatens the ski lodge restaurant, sending people fleeing and demanding quick decisions that change the course of the family dynamics and trust.
20) Barry
Author
Series
Dog diaries volume 3
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Language
English
Description
Barry der Menschenretter, a Saint Bernard dog, reflects back on his life in the early 1800s at the Hospice of the Great Saint Bernard in the Swiss Alps, where he rescued some forty people from avalanches. Includes facts about the breed and the hospice.
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