"The inhabitants of a small town have long found that their lives intersect at one focal point: the local shopping mall. But business is down, stores are closing, and as the institution breathes its last gasp, the people inside it dream of something different, something more. In its pages, You Are Here brings this diverse group of characters vividly to life--flawed, real, lovable strangers who are wonderful company and prove unforgettable even after...

Let snow fall overnight and change the world before morning, making it "slow and delightful and white."

Illustrations and rhyming text follow a young girl and her father as they share a busy day at the park before returning to their fourth-floor apartment.

Sixty-year-old Sully is down on his luck and has to deal with a landlady who wants him evicted, an estranged son who is headed down the same road as Sully, a neurotic ex-wife, unreasonable girlfriend, and the ghost of his own abusive father.

"Welcome to Big Bear City! From the subway station to the top of the Empire Bear Building, there are so many sights for the Berenstain Bears to see!"-- Provided by publisher.

"Maeve Binchy, "the grand story teller,"* returns with a cast of characters you will never forget when they all spend a winter week together on holiday at Stone House, a restful inn by the sea... Stoneyville is a small town on the coast of Ireland where all the families know each other. When Chicky decides to take an old decaying mansion, Stone House, and turn it into a restful place for a holiday by the sea, the town thinks she is crazy. She is helped...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The award-winning, bestselling author of Plainsong returns to the high-plains town of Holt, Colorado, with a novel that unveils the immemorial truths about human beings: their fragility and resilience, their selfishness and goodness, and their ability to find family in one another. • "Storytelling at its best.” —Entertainment Weekly

The aging McPheron brothers...

A young boy rides the bus across town with his grandmother and learns to appreciate the beauty in everyday things.

Tokyo, who lives in a giant city devoid of nature, receives a gift of three seeds that will grow into whatever he wishes, and soon, plants begin to grow inside the city.

A collection of fourteen interwoven short stories from the author of Zorrie, each of which takes place on the same day, in the same close-knit, small-town community in Indiana, each told from the perspective of a different resident.