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Jimmy Rose is a career criminal newly free after twelve years in prison. Greeted with cold disdain from his wife, Jackie, Jimmy decides to stick to the terms of his parole: hold down a job and stay right in the eyes of the law. But when he finds out that his beloved granddaughter...

A collection of poems by such authors as William Blake, Christina Rosetti, Hilaire Belloc, Adam Stemple, and Jane Yolen describe all kinds of animals from anteaters to zebras.

"The envelope was tied with three delicate silk ribbons: 'One of the new recruits is not to be trusted...' It's 1959 and a new killer haunts the streets of London, having baffled Scotland Yard. The newspapers call him The Florist because of the rose he brands on his victims. The ...

"Once upon a time, in 1930s England, there were two little princesses named Elizabeth and Margaret Rose. Their father was the Duke of York, the second son of King George V, and their Uncle David was the future King of England. We all know how the fairy tale ended: When King Georg...

A dramatic retelling of the life of Edith Piaf, considered one of the great performers of France. Raised in a brothel, taken to work in a circus by her father, and eventually abandoned by her parents, she spent her teen years on the streets. Eventually "rescued" by a crime figure...

Georgie puts his fear behind him to help a baby dragon find its way home to its mother, the terrifying dragon who lives at the top of Far Purple Mountain.

Born into poverty, she survived using the only gift she had -- her voice. Edith Piaf's tragic life was a constant battle to sing and survive, to live and love, with no regrets.

An anthology of stories, poetry and photographs in which people share their experience of growing old. Various contributors discuss falling in love after being widowed, redefining roles with children, men facing retirement and women discovering new opportunities.

After leaving the comforts of her parents' home to become a self-supporting woman, Lady Rose Summer is hastened back to London high society to investigate the murder of a wealthy acquaintance.

Lady Rose Summer's fiancé, private detective Harry Cathcart starts appearing everywhere with his latest client, Dolores Duval, a woman of ill-repute. When Dolores is found dead the day after Rose threatened her in a fit of rage, Harry joins forces with Superintendent Kerridge of...

Rose-Lynn Harlan is bursting with raw talent, charisma, and cheek. Fresh out of jail and with two young kids, all she wants is to get out of Glasgow and make it as a country singer in Nashville. Her mom Marion has had a bellyful of Rose-Lynn's Nashville nonsense. Forced to take r...

After discovering a tiny, delicate, china doll in an old trunk, Rose is amazed when the doll comes to life, claiming to be a princess, and starts ordering Rose about.

After leaving the comfort of her parents' home to become a self-supporting woman, Lady Rose Summer returns to London high society to investigate the murder of a wealthy acquaintance.

"Rose Dennis wakes up in a hospital gown to discover that she's been committed to a nursing home's Alzheimer's Unit. Rose has no memory of her committal and is sure that something is very wrong. She escapes but faces a challenge in proving her sanity. Her relatives committed her,...

London, 1960. Marion Lane, a twenty-five-year-old apprentice detective at the elusive Miss Brickett's Investigations & Inquiries, is busier than ever and determined to prove herself worthy of an official Inquirer badge. But when her close friend's girlfriend, Darcy, is targeted b...

Lady Rose Summer, unconventional heiress and amateur sleuth, teams up with her fiance-of-convenience to solve a friend's murder.

Chronicles the efforts of a concerned teenager to bring sex education to the schools in her conservative Texas hometown.