city and town life

The residents of San Andreas, California, certain their quaint town could be the next tourist hot spot, have a lot of opinions when Tassy Morgan, on the run from a disastrous marriage, and new widower Lincoln Ellis, a former Hollywood lawyer and consultant to the city council zoning board, become the center of a town controversy over her dilapidated beach shack, and the target for gossip over their budding romance.

As the largest US city, New York City has international influence. People from all over the world visit the city each year. New York City explores the city's history and its relevance today.

As she walks with her mother to a farmer's market, Penelope hears the melodies of the city from musicians, bicycle bells, and more until one instrument beckons and fills her with magic. Includes author's note about her first encounter with the violin.

The story of a small town on Lake Michigan that gets worldwide attention when its citizens start receiving phone calls from the afterlife. Is it the greatest miracle ever or a massive hoax? Sully Harding, a grief-stricken single father, is determined to find out.

Maddy finds a chicken crossing a city street and, after trying to find her owner, comes up with a way to build her a coop.

"Dr. Archibald Coo, an erudite big-city pigeon, is tired of the way people treat him and the other pigeons. They're always being shooed and swatted, and they're never admired the way the other birds are. As Dr. Coo tells his pigeon friends: 'It wasn't always this way.' In ancient times, pigeons were known to accompany the gods. They brought news of the Olympic Games to all of ancient Greece. And more recently, they delivered messages and medicine to soldiers on battlefields. They were heroes! Surely, Dr. Coo reasons, pigeons can find a way to earn the admiration of people once again. And he's got just the bold plan to do it"--Provided by publisher.

When Fred the panda goes on an adventure, Stanley the zookeeper seeks him in the busy streets, at the City Market, through the Funfair, and beyond.

"The town of Red Bluff, Mississippi, has seen better days, though those who've held on have little memory of when that was. Myer, the county's aged, sardonic lawman, still thinks it can prove itself -- when confronted by a strange family of drifters, the sheriff believes that the people of Red Bluff can be accepting, rational, even good. The opposite is true: this is a landscape of fear and ghosts -- of regret and violence -- transformed by the kudzu vines that have enveloped the hills around it, swallowing homes, cars, rivers, and hiding a terrible secret deeper still. Colburn, a junkyard sculptor who's returned to Red Bluff, knows this pain all too well, though he too is willing to hope for more when he meets and falls in love with Celia, the local bar owner. The Deep South gives these noble, broken, and driven folks the gift of human connection while bestowing upon them the crippling weight of generations"--Provided by publisher.

"Fluttershy and Rarity travel to Manehattan where Rarity is shocked to find old fashions are back in style! When Princess Celestia spends a day disguised, living among the ponies, she's surprised by what she learns about her subjects, and herself! And when asked to direct a film based on their friendship adventures, will the friends' memories turn out to be less than accurate?"--Back cover.