A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces a battle with the invading king's successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom, and perhaps to Maleficent's true happiness...

"The Robinsons leave their home in Switzerland planning to settle half a world away. But things do not turn out as they had expected. The sole survivors of a terrible shipwreck, they wash ashore to learn that the danger has only begun. Their new world will test their courage, cleverness, endurance, and faith as they struggle to survive and create a civilization of their own in the wilderness."--

When a place in a book called Happy World becomes just too perfect and sweet for a tiger named Knuckle and a bear named Potty, they decide the only way to get out is to erase it.

"In late eighteenth-century England, a spirited young woman copes with the suit of a snobbish gentleman as well as the romantic entanglements of three of her four sisters." --

When you adopt a shelter puppy, you acquire a loving companion and save a life at the same time. When enough dog lovers do the same, they create at least a partial solution to the pet overpopulation problem in the United States today. It staggers the mind to learn that over seven million dogs are received by shelters in this country annually. Of this figure, far too many are puppies, and for most the future is neither bright nor long. Mainly, this...

Minou, a young girl just graduating from high school in the last days of the Shah's Iran, is magically and unaccountably (to her) picked by one of her teachers, Javad Partovi, as his romantic interest. And though Minou--daughter of a lawyer, sensitive, interested in writing--has seen few marital prospects that intrigued her, Javad is another story: like her, he's literary, slightly rebellious; in fact, he seems to be her prince. So there's an engagement,...

One of the most inspirational comeback stories in professional sports. Aaron Volpatti was never supposed to play in the NHL. As an average, undersized youth hockey player, Aaron had to fight his way, literally, into competitive hockey. But in the early hours of April 20, 2005, he found himself in a very different fight-a fight for his life after a devastating burn injury. FIGHTER: Defying The NHL Odds is a riveting account of Aaron's journey from...

"Share the spirit of the season, and start up new and old traditions with Vampirina. Gear up for very merry motoring with Mickey and the roadster racers, and join the Puppy dog pals as they hitch a Christmas Eve ride on Santa's sleigh." --

This collection of poems ranges between high comedy and low, fable, memory and meditation. Ashbery contrasts youthful experience with a life in the late middle ages, treats change as a major theme, and focuses more on life than on art. ISBN 0-670-81958-1: $15.95.