In this thrilling, richly woven novel that spans from bustling London streets to the boulevards of Paris, a woman with a dark family secret tries to turn back the hands of time before it's too late.“A wonderful twisty novel of family and secrets—the perfect summer read.”—Kate Morton, bestselling author of HomecomingNotting Hill, London: One May evening, seventeen-year-old Maggie Parker's mother walks out of their front door and doe...

Prince Siegfried comes of age and celebrates his 21st birthday in the palace gardens. The next day he is to finally choose his future bride at the court ball. Near the castle, on the shores of Swan Lake, the beautiful swan girl Odette emerges from the water in the moonlight. She is actually a princess transformed by the magician Rothbart. Siegfried is overwhelmed by her beauty and immediately swears his eternal love and loyalty. The curse of the evil wizard Rothbart is now supposed to be b...

Hansel and Gretel are sent into the forest by their mother to collect berries as a punishment. The siblings get lost in the twilight and discover the gingerbread house of an old ugly witch. She enchants the children and wants to bake them into gingerbread. Hansel and Gretel use their wits to save themselves and push the wicked old woman into her own oven. The children are finally found by their worried parents, who are looking for them in the forest. In the end the family is happily united...

Clara receives a nutcracker from her godfather Drosselmeyer on Christmas Eve. That night she dreams the nutcracker is fighting with toy soldiers against the army of the Mouse King. Clara helps the nutcracker and it transforms into a prince. Together they travel to the land of sweets and celebrate a wonderful sweet festival with the Sugar Plum Fairy. It was all just an amazing dream - or was it...?

A dangerous snake attacks Prince Tamino in the forest but three noble ladies protect him. Together with the bird catcher Papageno, Tamino is supposed to free Princess Pamina because the dreaded Sarastro has imprisoned her in his castle. Tamino and Papageno receive a magic flute and a glockenspiel from Pamina's mother, the Queen of the Night. The brave rescuers must overcome difficult tests, but the daring rescue plan succeeds. In the end, Tamino and Pamina, Papageno and his new girlfriend ...

As a tour guide, Armino Fabbio leads a pleasant, if uneventful life - until he becomes circumstantially involved in the death of a peasant in Rome. The woman, he gradually learns, was his family's beloved servant many years ago before, in his native town of Ruffano. Fabbio returns to his birthplace, and finds it is haunted by the phantom of his brother, Aldo, who was shot down in flames during the war.Over five hundred years before, the sinister Duke Claudio, known as The Falcon, li...

A child-friendly audio-drama adventure for young children that fires the imagination while gently conveying important values such as friendship, courage and love. Ideal for children aged four to ten. On Christmas Eve, Klara receives a nutcracker from her godfather, Drosselmeyer. That night she dreams that the Nutcracker, with an army of toy soldiers, battles the wicked Mouse King and his forces. Klara helps him, and the Nutcracker turns into a handsome prince. Together they travel through ...

A child-friendly audio-drama adventure for little ones that sparks the imagination while gently sharing important values such as friendship, courage and love. Ideal for children aged four to ten, featuring well-known songs. Hansel and Gretel are sent into the forest by their mother as a punishment and told to pick berries. As dusk falls, the siblings lose their way and stumble upon the gingerbread house of an old, ugly witch. She enchants the children and plans to turn them into gingerbrea...

A child-friendly audio-drama adventure for young children that fires the imagination while gently conveying important values such as friendship, courage and love. Ideal for children aged four to ten. Prince Siegfried comes of age and celebrates his twenty-first birthday in the palace gardens. The next day, at the court ball, he must at last choose his future bride. Near the palace, on the shore of Swan Lake, the beautiful swan-maiden Odette rises from the water in the bright moonlight. In ...

In 1755, Abel Cloudesley, a London watchmaker and creator of remarkable mechanical automata, is mourning his wife, Alice, who died giving birth to their son, Zachary. Six years later, Abel is further devastated when a freak workshop accident takes Zachary’s eye. With his new eye made of gold and lapis by Abel’s soft-spoken apprentice Tom, Zachary, now with an astonishing gift of second sight, is sent to live with his eccentric Aunt Franny in the country. Abel buries himself in work until h...

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER“Daring . . . a brilliant contemporary novel.”—Colm TóibínAn intimate, sharply funny novel about a couple heading toward their wedding, and the three friends who may draw them apartMeet Celine and Luke. For all intents and purposes, the happy couple.Luke (a serial cheater) and Celine (more interested in piano than domestic life) plan to marry in a year.Archie (the best man) sh...

With over three million copies sold worldwide, Ragnar Jónasson, along with Katrín Jakobsdóttir, brings us a gripping and chilling new thriller, Reykjavík.What happened to Lára?Iceland, 1956. Fourteen-year-old Lára decides to spend the summer working for a couple on the small island of Videy, just off the coast of Reykjavík. In early August, the girl disapp...