When Mole decides he has had enough tiresome spring-cleaning for one day, the scrappy nonesuch throws down his broom and bolts out of his house looking for fun and adventure. He quickly finds it in the form of the Water Rat, who takes the wide-eyed Mole boating and introduces him to the mysteries of life on the river and in the Wild Wood. Mole also meets Ratty's good friends: the kindly, solid Badger and the irrepressible Toad. Soon, the quartet's...

An assortment of animals living separate lives discover they need each other when they have a chance encounter on a river.

From Ann Cleeves--bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, both of which are hit TV shows--comes the first in a gripping new series. "Ann Cleeves is one of my favorite mystery writers"--Louise Penny. In North Devon, where two rivers converge and run into the sea, Detective Matthew Venn stands outside the church as his father's funeral takes place. Once loved and cherished, the day Matthew left the strict evangelical community...

"Last night the rain poured down. Today the stream is empty! Where did the water go? It's a good thing mouse detectives Dot and Jabber are on the case! Their search upstream leads to funny encounters with a puddle of minnows, a snake, and lots of clues" --

When Dr. William Rivers treats a patient at a mental hospital who has spoken out against World War I, the relationship that develops between them makes them debate the logic of their respective positions. Thus the doctor questions the sanity of the war and his duty - to return his patients to it.

Anna and Elsa begin a search in the forest for a mysterious white river, which may hold the answer to why Elsa has an ability for magic.

Winner of the 1995 Booker Prize

Set in the closing months of World War I, this towering novel combines poetic intensity with gritty realism as it brings Pat Barker’s Regeneration trilogy to its stunning conclusion.

In France, millions of men engaged in brutal trench warfare are all “ghosts in the making.” In England, psychologist William Rivers, with severe pangs of conscience, treats the mental casualties...

In The ghost of the chattering bones, while vacationing at a friend's country home, the four Alden siblings try to find a long-missing, priceless brooch and investigate the existence of a ghostly stream. In The creature in Ogopogo Lake, the Aldens visit Grandfather's friend at the Ogopogo Retreat and aided by puzzling clues, embark on a treasure hunt to prevent the retreat from being sold. In The vampire mystery, when the Aldens agree to watch the...

"A spunky young girl decides to sell lemonade on a hot summer day, venturing out all the way to the river's end where she finds some unexpected and fantastical clientele"--

In 1815, the McClures sail their flatboat from Pittsburgh down the Ohio River and settle in what would later become Indiana.