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A millionaire's airplane with Tintin and Snowy aboard is hijacked to a Pacific island where an old enemy attempts to extract the rich man's Swiss bank account number by using a truth serum.

Picture a city. What do you see? Traffic and towering buildings? Or maybe you imagine something a little...wilder? These are the astonishing stories of the animals who are adapting to live in our urban world - and how you can help them to thrive. From the pitter-patter of penguin...

"A landscape architect's dealings with a young thief cause him to re-evaluate his life.

"Sometimes the right love comes from the wrong place. All I ever wanted was a love like my parents had -- something deep, irrevocable, and all-consuming. The kind of love that's written about in stories. And I thought I found it with Lucas, my fiancé. We had it all: the house, t...

Lionel and Jean were lovers many years ago at the time of the Korean War. They were separated by a misunderstanding. Forty years later, fate brings them together again with hilarious results.

Gerda and her mother take in a penniless beggar boy, Kay, and powerful forces take both children on a magical journey, testing their friendship to the extreme along the way. Kay goes missing, so with faith, love, and courage, Gerda goes to find him.

After everything that the citizens of Beartown have gone through, they are struck yet another blow when they hear that their beloved local junior hockey team will soon be disbanded. What makes it worse is the obvious satisfaction that all the former Beartown players, who now play...

Lionel and Jean were lovers many years ago at the time of the Korean War. They were separated by a misunderstanding. Forty years later, fate brings them together again with hilarious results.

Take a tour of Toronto, look around Lisbon or hot-foot it to Helsinki with this global adventure in a book! 30 best-loved cities from around the world are brought to life with illustrations by Martin Haake, which show in fabulous detail key landmarks, famous people, iconic buildi...

"Daisy's family is moving, and Daisy is very worried. What if she doesn't like her new home? What if her cat runs away? What if her new teacher isn't nice? A conversation with her grandpa helps Daisy learn that many worries don't come true--and if one does, someone will be there ...

A masterful drama about the twilight of a former vaudeville star is among the writer/director's most touching films. Calvero, a once beloved musical-comedy performer, now a washed-up alcoholic who lives in a small London flat. A glimmer of hope arrives when he meets a beautiful b...

1939: Two young girls meet in Shanghai, also known as the "Paris of the East". Beautiful local Li and Jewish refugee Romy form a fierce friendship, but the deepening shadows of World War II fall over the women as they slip between the city's glamorous French Concession district a...

This board book, with fun flaps to lift, reveals the secrets of some of the most famous buildings in the world, such as the Great Pyramid, the Colosseum, the Tower of London, and Notre Dame Cathedral.

"Burnt out and in need of retreat, a middle-aged woman leaves Sydney to return to the place she grew up, taking refuge in a small religious community hidden away on the stark plains of the Australian outback. She doesn't believe in God, or know what prayer is, and finds herself l...

The world is full of extraordinary buildings that soar and inspire; monumental marvels that have become cornerstones of our heritage and culture. The Great Pyramid of Giza, Angkor Wat, Stonehenge, The Acropolis, The Colosseum, Petra, The Forbidden City, Red Square, Buckingham Pal...

Sarah Parsons has a choice ahead of her. After the trip of a lifetime she's somehow returned home with TWO handsome men wanting to whisk her away into the sunset. Pulled in two directions across the globe, it's making life trickier than it sounds. Her gorgeous American Josh, want...