A horror story of a children's pet cemetery and another graveyard behind it from which the dead return.

Escapades of a lucky little girl who lives with a horse and a monkey - but without any parents - at the edge of a Swedish village.

When her 30-year marriage broke up, Hubbell retreated to the country where she found solace in the natural world.

In the first volume of an extraordinary autobiographical series, one of the most inspiring authors of our time recalls--with candor, humor, poignancy and grace--how her journey began.

The love between a brother and sister proves a strong bond against adversity.

The escapades of four animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside--Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger.

Ultimately, he asks whether a distinctive style of rural life exists any longer.

"--Robert A. Orsi, Harvard University "This is a fascinating, authoritative, and accessible look at one of America's most important subcultures.

Begun as a series of stories told by Kenneth Grahame to his six-year-old son, The Wind in the Willows has become one of the most beloved works of children’s literature ever written.

In a remote Ecuadorean river town, an elderly widower-who finds comfort in reading romance novels brought to him by the visiting dentist-joins in the hunt for an enraged ocelot whose cubs were killed by a gold prospector.