A New York Times Bestselling Author -- Paris, 1860s. Hundreds of houses are being razed, whole neighborhoods reduced to ashes. By order of Emperor Napoleon III, Baron Haussman has begun a series of large-scale renovations that will permanently alter the face of old Paris, molding it into a "modern city" and erasing generations of history. But in the midst of the tumult, one woman will take a stand: Rose Bazelet is determined to fight the destruction of her home until the very end.

What price will people pay to hold their homes and dreams together? When Kate and Stuart Kinzler buy a run-down historic house in Ann Arbor, Michigan, they're hoping their grand renovation project can rescue their troubled marriage. Instead, they discover that years ago their home was the scene of a terrible crime—and the revelation tips the balance of their precarious union. When a mysterious man begins lurking around her yard, Kate, now alone, is forced to confront her home's dangerous past. Hers is not the only life that has crumbled under this roof. This man's family also disintegrated here, as the result of one brief act of rage that may haunt him—and this house—for years to come.

Product Description: A British romance by Cara Cooper. Cassandra Waverley is thrilled with her beautiful harbourside restaurant. She's escaped a stressful job in the city and a personal meltdown which haunts her still. Just when she is relishing her seaside haven, dark, brooding Adam Hawthorne turns up, taking an unhealthy interest in her property and turning her world upside down...read more

With playgrounds, trees, and colors outlawed in their gloomy community, the chimpanzees of Drabsville feel blue and bored, but when a wandering traveler named Chutney plants a tree and colors begin to blossom all around, the chimpanzees dance with delight and even change the name of the town!

A wordless picture book that observes the changes in a neighborhood from before a girl is born until she is an adult, as it first decays and then is renewed by the efforts of the residents.

An architectural phenom, Jack Lambeau returns to his hometown to resurrect the dying lakeside village, but a reunion with an old friend is spoiled when Jack's fiancée comes between them. A first novel. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

France's greatest architect, Baron Georges-EugFne Haussman, stands at the center of this unique novel about the reconstruction of Paris during the nineteenth century. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

Sixteen-year-old Maggie Hopper finds new excitement in her life after her small town begins a massive urban renewal project and she meets David, a boy she places at nine on her rating scale