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The perfect story to encourage children to treat others as they would like to be treated.Down by the moonlit lake, Bramble fox is in for a BIG SURPRISE... There''s another fox! "That fox startled me!" grumped Bramble. "How RUDE!" Will these two foxes be able to be friends?

Tom, the pig, doesn''t like his curly tail and he goes to great lengths to straighten it -- with disasterous results.Tom, the pig doesn''t like his short and curly tail. He wants to wag his tail like Sam the sheepdog, or swish his tail like Henry the horse. With the help of some mud, Tom works on getting his tail to straighten out. After a sleepless night Tom goes outside to sleep and luckily, the rain washes away the mud on his tail, making it soft and curly again!

A funny tale of friendship between a wolf and a lamb with a wonderful twist at the end.Wolf is really hungry for his favorite meal - lamb stew! Lucky for wolf, a cold, shivering lamb knocks on his door looking for shelter from the winter storm outside. So begins a funny tale of friendship with a wonderful twist at the end.

A book brimming over with the joys of family at Christmas!There''s a chill in the air and frost on the trees, and Little Bear has something to say:"I love wrapping and ribbons and balls of bright string, And gift tags, and glitter - the joy that they bring!I love giving presents, and getting them too, But the thing that I love more than Christmas is--"But she keeps getting interrupted: the mail carrier, the oven timer, the carolers... Can you guess what Little Bear loves even more than Christmas?

From a leading journalist in Moscow and correspondent forThe New Yorker,a groundbreaking portrait of modern Russia and the inner struggles of the people who sustain Vladimir Putin's ruleIn this rich and novelistic tour of contemporary Russia, Joshua Yaffa introduces readers to some of the country's most remarkable figuresfrom politicians and entrepreneurs to artists and historianswho have built their careers and constructed their identities in the shadow of the Putin system. Torn between their own ambitions and the omnipresent demands of the state, each walks an individual path of compromise. Some muster cunning and cynicism to extract all manner of benefits and privileges from those in power. Others, finding themselves to be less adept, are left broken and demoralized. What binds them together is the tangled web of dilemmas and contradictions they face.Between Two Fireschronicles the lives of a number of strivers who understand that their dreams are bestor onlyrealized through varying degrees of cooperation with the Russian government. With sensitivity and depth, Yaffa profiles the director of the country's main television channel, an Orthodox priest at war with the church hierarchy, a Chechen humanitarian who turns a blind eye to persecutions, and many others. The result is an intimate and probing portrait of a nation that is much discussed yet little understood. By showing how citizens shape their lives around the demands of a capricious and oftentimes repressive stateas often by choice as under threat of force Yaffa offers urgent lessons about the true nature of modern authoritarianism.

With Halloween around the corner, and a mysterious murder close to home, Lucy''s Stone''s fall is off to a sinister start...When the bewitching Diana Ravenscroft comes to quiet Tinker''s Cove and opens Solstice, a quaint little shop offering everything from jewelry to psychic readings, Lucy Stone writes her off as eccentric but harmless. Even after Diana gives her a disturbingly accurate reading, Lucy can''t help but befriend the newcomer. But not everyone in town is so enchanted. And when Lucy stumbles upon a dead body near her home, she can''t shake the feeling that something ominous is lurking in the crisp October air...Convinced Diana is an evil witch, prominent businessman Ike Stoughton blames her for a series of recent misfortunes, including Lucy''s gruesome discovery and his own wife''s death, and rallies the townsfolk against her. But after Lucy learns the murder victim was a magician and close friend of Diana''s, she starts to wonder who''s really stirring up a cauldron of trouble. By Halloween, her suspicions lead her to a deadly web of secrets--and a spine-chilling brush with the things that go bump in the night...

In this captivating classic, New York Times bestselling author Kimberla Lawson Roby tells the powerful tale of three very different siblings who discover that family is the only thing that truly matters.Sydney, Gina, and Rick have always shared a special sibling bond, yet their lives are as different as can be. The eldest, Sydney, has a loving, handsome husband and an adorable daughter. But the demands of her writing career leave little time for family. Meanwhile, middle sister Gina is struggling to raise young twins--and trying to protect them...and herself...from their volatile father. Rick, the youngest, is living the high life--dodging commitment with his girlfriend--and wondering if the grass is greener elsewhere.When their beloved mother, Delores, suffers a stroke, all three suddenly find the tenuous threads of their individual lives at a breaking point. Worst, the burden of caring for a parent is tearing them apart. But as they struggle to overcome daunting obstacles, they will discover something that they''ve never let themselves believe: their most stable--and most cherished--relationships have always been with each other...

Stepsiblings in search of the truth about their mother''s succession of beloved husbands--and their own surprising identities as eligible young nobles--are the endearing stars of this dazzling series from New York Times bestselling author Sabrina Jeffries...A past kiss with adorably bookish Miss Olivia Norley should be barely a memory for Marlowe Drake, the Duke of Thornstock. After all, there are countless debutantes for a handsome rakehell to charm beyond a young lady whose singular passion is chemistry--of the laboratory type. But Thorn has not forgotten--or forgiven--the shocking blackmail scheme sparked by that single kiss, or the damage caused to both their names. Now Thorn''s half-brother, Grey, has hired the brilliant Miss Norley for her scientific expertise in solving a troubling family mystery. And the once-burned Thorn, suspicious of her true motives, vows to follow her every move...For Olivia, determining whether arsenic poisoning killed Grey''s father is the pioneering experiment that could make her career--and Thorn''s constant presence is merely a distraction. But someone has explosive plans to derail her search. Soon the most unexpected discovery is the caring nature of the reputed scoundrel beside her--and the electricity it ignites between them...

A poignant, heartbreaking new work by ';one of the best novelists alive' (Irving Howe)the story of a lonely older man and his devoted young caretaker who transform each other's lives in ways they could never have imagined.Ernst is a gruff seventy-year-old Red Army veteran from Ukraine who landed, almost by accident, in Israel after World War II. A retired investment adviser, he lives alone (his first wife and baby daughter were killed by the Nazis; he divorced his shrewish second wife) and spends his time laboring over his unpublished novels. Irena, in her mid-thirties, is the unmarried daughter of Holocaust survivors who has been taking care of Ernst since his surgery two years earlier; she arrives every morning promptly at eight and usually leaves every afternoon at three. Quiet and shy, Irena is in awe of Ernst's intellect. And as the months pass, Ernst comes to depend on the gentle young woman who runs his house, listens to him read from his work, and occasionally offers a spirited commentary on it.But Ernst's writing gives him no satisfaction, and he is haunted by his godless, Communist past. His health, already poor, begins to deteriorate even further; he becomes mired in depression and seems to lose the will to live. But this is something Irena will not allow. As she becomes an increasingly important part of his lifemoving into his home, encouraging him in his work, easing his painErnst not only regains his sense of self and discovers the path through which his writing can flow but he also discovers, to his amazement, that Irena is in love with him. And, even more astonishing, he realizes that he is in love with her, too.

An electric debut novel set against the twilight of the American gold rush, two siblings are on the run in an unforgiving landscape—trying not just to survive but to find a home.Ba dies in the night; Ma is already gone. Newly orphaned children of immigrants, Lucy and Sam are suddenly alone in a land that refutes their existence. Fleeing the threats of their western mining town, they set off to bury their father in the only way that will set them free from their past. Along the way, they encounter giant buffalo bones, tiger paw prints, and the specters of a ravaged landscape as well as family secrets, sibling rivalry, and glimpses of a different kind of future. Both epic and intimate, blending Chinese symbolism and re-imagined history with fiercely original language and storytelling, How Much of These Hills Is Gold is a haunting adventure story, an unforgettable sibling story, and the announcement of a stunning new voice in literature. On a broad level, it explores race in an expanding country and the question of where immigrants are allowed to belong. But page by page, it''s about the memories that bind and divide families, and the yearning for home.