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When Rosie Trethewey, a disillusioned doctor turned market researcher, unexpectedly inherits a shack on the remote northern tip of Great Barrier Island, she decides it's time to begin a new life. Arriving at her new home, Rosie finds she has two neighbors sharing the wilderness: Red O'Hara, a refugee from horrific wartime experiences on the Burma Railway, and Angus McLeod, a retired policeman who's abandoned a society he sees as soft and contemptible. Rosie's appearance panics Red and Angus, both fearing she'll disrupt their ordered lives...and they're right.

Here are four of Hans Christian Andersen’s best-loved short stories, specially adapted for young children and read by some of Britain’s most well-known actors. The Emperor’s New Clothes: An emperor is promised a special suit of clothes by a pair of tailors. The Little Mermaid: A beautiful mermaid falls in love with a prince. The Fir Tree: A little fir tree is desperate to grow up and be like the other trees in the forest.

Probably no book published in the last decade has been so ambitious as Charles Taylor’s A Secular Age. He seeks nothing less than to account for the spread of secularism and decline of faith in the last 500 years. Now a remarkable roster of writers - including Carl Trueman, Michael Horton, and Jen Pollock Michel - considers Taylor’s insights for the church’s life and mission, covering everything from healthcare to liturgy to pop culture and politics. Nothing is easy about faith today. But endurance produces character, and character produces hope, even in our secular age.

Powers of Darkness is an incredible literary discovery. In 1900, Icelandic publisher and writer Valdimar Asmundsson set out to translate Bram Stoker's world-famous 1897 novel Dracula. Called Makt Myrkranna (literally, 'Powers of Darkness'), this Icelandic edition included an original preface written by Stoker himself. Makt Myrkranna was published in Iceland in 1901 but remained undiscovered outside of the country until 1986, when Dracula scholarship was astonished by the discovery of Stoker's preface to the book.

Told through the eyes of a very grumpy yet lovable mutt, a funny and touching tale of aging, death, friendship, and life that proves sometimes a dog's story is the most human of all. Tassen has always been a one-man dog. When his human companion, Major Thorkildsen, dies, Tassen and Mrs...

Here are four of Hans Christian Andersen’s best-loved short stories, specially adapted for young children and read by some of Britain’s most well-known actors. The Brave Tin Soldier: A one-legged toy soldier falls in love with a paper ballerina. Thumbelina: A tiny but beautiful girl grows from a barleycorn which has been enchanted by a witch. The Nightingale: An emperor prefers a sparkling mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. The Ugly Duckling: A little bird is called ugly by others until he matures into a swan.

Lübeck, zur Passionszeit 1392: Eine Hitzewelle erstickt die Stadt, doch den ehrbaren Bürgern gefriert das Blut in den Adern. Es werden Leichen gefunden, mit Steinen in der Brust an Stelle des Herzens. Auf Bitten des Magistrats ermittelt der bärbeißige Patrizier Rungholt mit seinen Helfern Kapitän Marek und der aufgeweckten Chirurgin Sinje, deren kecker Widerspruchsgeist und medizinische Kenntnisse ihn ziemlich faszinieren. Doch die Lösung des bizarren Falls liegt nicht in der Fremde, sondern bei Rungholt selbst: in seiner größten, ungesühnten Sünde – und bei einem frommen Wanderprediger.

Lübeck, 1390: In der Hauptstadt der Hanse wird die Leiche eines geheimnisvollen Fremden aus der Trave gezogen. Unversehens findet sich der störrische Patrizier Rungholt in einer finsteren Ränke wieder, denn sein Kaufmannslehrling wird beschuldigt, den Fremden erschlagen zu haben. Rungholt bleiben nur wenige Tage, um dessen Unschuld zu beweisen und somit die Ehre seines Hauses wiederherzustellen. Doch bei der hartnäckigen Jagd nach dem Mörder droht er alles zu verlieren: seine Ehre, sein Leben – und seine geliebte Tochter Mirke... Derek Meisters Rungholt ist Kult!