Violette Toussaint is the caretaker at a cemetery in a small town in Bourgogne. Casual mourners, regular visitors, and sundry colleagues--gravediggers, groundskeepers, and a priest--visit her to warm themselves in her lodge, where laughter, companionship, and occasional tears mix with the coffee she offers them. Her life is lived to the rhythms of their funny, moving confidences. Violette's routine is disrupted one day by the arrival of Julien Sole--local...

Guests of the Inn at Magnolia Harbor all have their own reasons for staying in this bed and breakfast location. One is looking for her birth mother; another is trying to reconnect with an old girlfrient; and a retired couple must deal with a hidden past.

"In prison, Archie Colbrook spends his time writing letters. Letters addressed to a person against whom he committed terrible, nameless harm. Archie knows he doesn’t deserve forgiveness. Yes, he didn’t mean to hurt anyone, and sure, he was only following orders. But does that matter? He still did it. In a small coastal town of Northern England, Claudia Winters hopes to feel safe for the first time in years after fleeing from her abusive husband...

Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally reprise their iconic roles as Will, Grace, Jack and Karen in the fabulous farewell season of 'Will & Grace.' Last season's momentous finale saw Jack and Esteban tie the knot, Will propose to McCoy, and Grace fly off to Europe with a new man. Now, Jack is adjusting to married life, Will is navigating his long distance engagement, Grace is back from her travels with some life altering news,...

The Smurfs comic series focuses on emotional learning, social responsibility, and overall Smurf-iness. Featuring three complete stories in each volume, these full-color graphic novels are full of kid-friendly humor and tell all-new, action-packed adventures. A great option for newly independent readers, comics fans, and reluctant readers! In three new stories, the Smurfs learn how being different not only makes them unique but also brings them together!...

A toddler-friendly introduction to showing gratitude for the kind words and actions of others.

"Can Ember make her Fire family's dream come true? Or will she follow her own path?"--

The thirteenth child conceived of miserable Irish exiles, Katie O'Toole dreams of a different life. Little does she know that someone far away is dreaming of her. When savages raid her family home, seventeen-year-old Katie is taken captive by two strange Indians who claim they have been searching for her. Syawa, a gifted Holyman, and his bodyguard, Hector, believe Katie is the subject of Syawa's Vision: the Creature of Fire and Ice destined to bring...

In 21st-century literary world, wit and conversation are not at all dead. Is romance? Novelist Adelle Waldman plunges into the psyche of a modern man--who thinks of himself as beyond superficial judgment, yet constantly struggles with his own status anxiety, who is drawn to women, yet has a habit of letting them down.

Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon; the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him 'the bitter neighbour from hell'. But must Ove be bitter just because he doesn't walk around with a smile plastered to his face all the time? Behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when one November morning a chatty...