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Fifteen suspenseful tales from the Golden Age of the mystery genre. The art of the suspense story is incredibly varied. Rarely classified as whodunits, these narratives can be more accurately described as "when-will-it-be-dones." From hungry tigers stalking their prey to jealous lovers plotting...

A rare bird is nesting in the lush summer meadows of the Swiss Alps, and the grizzled members of Uncle Albert’s Royal Society for Natural History Appreciation travel en masse to get a closer look. The fact that they will be encamped at an opulent villa, coupled with the promise of a midsummer party, persuades his niece, and unenthusiastic secretary, Lady Caroline, to follow suit. As the champagne flows, and tales of rare birds grow taller, a killer makes a bold move. One of the more risque guests is strangled with her own elaborate dress.

Disgraced society “it” girl, Lady Caroline, has been shipped off to the French Riviera to spend remedial time with gout-impaired Uncle Albert. Her crime? An ill-advised scavenger hunt through London, with social-status-ruinous consequences.

Leave it to Lady Caroline and Uncle Albert to inadvertently stumble upon an ancient load of trouble while on a jolly jaunt up the Nile. From ancient curses and wandering mummies, to seances and secret societies, it’s all murder, mayhem, and a plague of beetles.

From the author of the beloved Anne of Green Gables, L. M. Montgomery, comes another charming tale of girlhood. Follow Marigold Lesley as she grows up at her family home at the Cloud of Spruce estate! You'll meet her mother, Young Grandmother, Old Grandmother, her Uncle Klon, and her Aunt Marigold. From meeting a Russian princess to her first romance, Marigold adventures are sure to delight.

It’s summertime in England, and for Lady Caroline and her nimble roadster, life is as breezy and full of promise as a winding country road. Unfortunately, on the way to the latest party, the road ends with a body. And when a guest at the party dies next, Lady Caroline finds herself at a dead end.

Uncle Albert, in relentless pursuit of his hobby, is off to a secluded island on Lake Garda, Italy. Guided by ancestral duty, Lady Caroline, his reluctant secretary, follows in his wake. An exclusive party has gathered to celebrate the coming out of the Queen of the Night with a midnight soiree. But as the guests prepare to witness the exotic plant’s once-a-year bloom, Uncle Albert is discovered in the villa’s conservatory with a dead body. Worse yet, with the Queen of the Night completely destroyed.

No one is born with magic. Only in the hour of breaking is it found—and Waenia Wyvarian is about to shatter. Waenia wears a borrowed name, crowned in borrowed blood, raised to serve a kingdom that fears her. She wears many faces to hide the one they dread, the one that surfaced once, before the court, when the power she didn’t understand came alive. But masks crack, and power never stays buried. When forbidden magic awakens in her hands, Waenia becomes Thiros’ greatest weapon…and its greatest threat.

With only days left until Christmas, uncle Albert is in a tizzy. The annual Twelve-Birds-Of-Christmas Dinner is looming, and his scheme to procure a copy of the latest book craze to sweep the Royal Society for Natural History Appreciation has been thwarted. Now, in a desperate bid to secure a Christmas miracle, Lady Caroline and Uncle Albert travel to an isolated castle on the Yorkshire moors in pursuit of the only available copy of the coveted book.

This is a children's book regarding bullying and judging others before getting to know them. The book uses black and gray squirrels to help illustrate how these lessons may be learned. Patricia A. Thorpe was a resident of Wisconsin for most of her life, until she retired from Certegy as a credit card manager in 2003. In 2006, she moved to Mesa, Arizona, where she resides today. She returns to Wisconsin where she spends time with her four sons and five grandchildren during the summer months.

The members of the Royal Society for Natural History Appreciation have always felt they were built for greater things. Now, as they take a wrong turn, they stumble upon a secret of mythical proportions. To discover the truth, they need to go on a modern-day Voyage of Discovery and descend into London’s underworld of lost rivers, Tube tunnels, and secret passageways. But as a thick fog settles over London, and as the Royal Society digs deeper into London’s secrets, what they uncover could have disastrous consequences for Lady Caroline’s family, and even the Government.

An isolated castle, ghosts, and murder. What else could Lady Caroline want from a trip to the Austrian Alps? Spring, 1926 It's springtime at the Royal Society, and Uncle Albert and his cronies are in a flutter. The most exquisite insect has been spotted in Austria. What is a nature enthusiast to do, but forsake noble title and land, and decamp to the Austrian mountains in pursuit of a pair of diaphanous wings? But when Lady Caroline and Uncle Albert, along with most of the Royal Society, arrive at a castle in the Alps, trouble begins.

Outsmart Anxiety: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Empowering Your Mind offers listeners a comprehensive and compassionate exploration of anxiety, providing the tools to navigate their own experience with confidence and clarity. With Felton's friendly and relatable voice, complex concepts...

County Mayo, Ireland, 1847. The potato crop has failed two years in a row. People are in the throes of starvation, and young Bridget Sweeney must witness things that no nine-year-old should have to bear: Whole families stricken with fever, corpses littering the roadsides. When her own family is forcibly evicted in the dead of night, Brideen retrieves her tin whistle from the rubble, and the music of her homeland becomes a healing force that sustains her through the trials to come.

The storyline of this book was created from the pleasure I attained from looking out a large window at my lake property in Wisconsin. Over many years, as I drank my morning coffee or ate my lunch at noon, I observed in wonderment many different kinds of animals and birds interacting with one another.

The third and greatly anticipated installment of the Anne of Green Gables series, this next part of her journey takes Anne to farther places, deeper friendships, and greater adventures. Officially entering her adult years, Anne must face the realities of having to make life changing choices, both in her career and in her relationships. Ever the romantic, Anne struggles to feel comfortable with many of the decisions she has made so far and leans on her friends, both new and old, to help guide her.

Follow the plights and triumphs of the adventurous, spunky, and incredibly caring red-headed Anne now paired with the beautiful thoughts, prayers, and devotions of author Rachel Dodge. A one-of-a-kind experience, this bundle brings you the charming original text of L.M. Montgomery’s beloved book, woven together with a heartfelt chapter-by-chapter companion guide that illuminates the themes of God’s forgiveness, faithfulness, and redemption in this classic tale.

The second installment in the ever lively and ever moving chronicles of Anne Shirley, Anne of Avonlea follows the spunky child as she grows into a caring and optimistic young woman. Working as a teacher as well as continuing her own education, Anne must learn to navigate the responsibilities and expectations of young adulthood while feeling her emotions just as deeply, loving others just as sincerely, and living with the same unquenchable thirst for adventure as ever.

Christmas comes but once a year—a relief for Jessica Nettle, because that means she need only see the horrid Mr. Webb when he visits his cousin. Jessica has been at war with Mr. Webb for seven long years. What started as innocent pranks has accelerated into a war. This year promises to be the worst of all, especially when Jessica learns that her sister is falling in love with that cousin. A match between the two of them would be a disaster.

On a spring day in 1933, a strange man with a not-quite-friendly smile appears in Libby Barnett’s backyard. Like a figure from a dark fairy tale, he works a staggering transformation on Libby’s younger sister, and the little girl is lost.