Gulliver leads a life of luxury with his master. But when his master falls in love with a woman who is allergic to dogs, Gulliver is sent to a new home. He finds himself with a family of raucous human beings and three mutts. But just as Gulliver begins to make a grudging peace with his new reality, he gets swept up in a harrowing new adventure.

Having lived for years in the shadow of his younger, more talented brother, middle schooler Tim takes painting lessons from his beloved Great Aunt Winifred and discovers that he is a gifted artist.

Unconditional kindness is the key in this National Book Award Finalist from the author of The Wainscott Weasel about nontraditional families, adoption, love-and a little peace and quiet. Margaret is a mean, cranky human toddler from a family of nine. She is such a pain that her beleaguered parents chuck her out, and she's on her own, grousing and grumping until two caring woodchucks, Phoebe and Fred, take Margaret in as their own. But despite their...

Cain and Abel returns to Scotland, where it all began and where it would end. They will know the truth and the truth would sets them free. Follow their journey as it comes to a full circle and see what secrets lie awaiting for them.

Tor Ulven is one of the most renowned Norwegian authors of the twentieth century, beginning his career writing poetry and ending it with unclassifiable explorations of the possibilities of prose, reminiscent of writers such as Ingeborg Bachmann and Peter Handke. Replacement, his only novel, published two years before Ulven's suicide, is a miniature symphony, wherein the perspectives of unrelated characters are united into what seems a single narrative...

Photojournalist Tor Eigeland looks back at the most memorable highlights of his remarkable life and travels on assignment for the likes of National Geographic, Time Life and multiple foreign publications. 'Stuff Happens' is a catchphrase Tor has used time and again during his 60-year career when something out of the ordinary happened....his life has certainly never been humdrum. This incredible, unique memoir, with varied tales and anecdotes, the...

'Can I truly love someone without you?' Mourning her dead husband, Laura can barely leave her apartment, let alone meet someone new. Not that she'd want to. That is until Bryan Shepherd enters her life. Charming and handsome, Bryan could be the perfect guy. But can Laura really let him be perfect? Losing someone is hard, but gaining someone can be just as tough. When happiness is there for the taking, can Laura bring herself to reach out for it?

John Bird has never fit in. He can't be the all American boy his dad wants him to be, he's bullied at school and he can't bear to look at himself in the mirror. While most boys his age are playing sports and kissing girls, John can only find comfort in the secret he keeps hidden away in a box in his room... When feisty Aureus crashes into his life, John starts the long process of realizing that it's what is inside us that counts and that true friends...

WEREWOLF: The first of her kind . . . and a pirate on the high seas. SMOKE DRAGON: Just because she's a myth doesn't mean she's not real. VAMPIRES: Cain and Abel, once brothers, now mortal enemies.