Chillin'

Yes, it's hot.  Once we've taken the proper precautions, we can turn to some cool tales (and our imagination) to help us cope with the heat.  Here are some "chilling" titles from our collection and a link to a list of more like them:

Cold: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places by Bill Streever (2009) - Streever is an Anchorage based biologist who spends a year exploring very cold places around the world.  He records his experiences month-by-month beginning in July, when he takes a dip in arctic waters 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle.

Death of a Dreamer by M. C. Beaton (2006) - Scottish Highlands constable Hamish Macbeth is surprised that a new woman in town stays through a bitter winter and is more surprised when he learns that she is under the delusion that she's engaged to a local artist.

In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming (2002) - The new Episcopal priest in an upstate New York town is facing her first Northern winter when a baby is left on the church's doorstep.  The priest reports the case to the police chief, and it soon leads to a murder investigation.

Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer by Lynne Cox (2004) - Cox tells how she prepared for and endured her many long-distance swims and of her cold water swims across the Bering Strait and in the waters of Antarctica.

More books like the ones above are listed at this link:  Chillin'