The farm animals help Nicky the kitten decide what to get his mother for Christmas, in illustrations featuring flaps.

Nicky, the little kitten, is curious about the noises that keep him up.

Nicky is a curious little cat who is always getting in trouble.

'Nicky Epstein's Signature Scarves' delivers what knitting (and Nicky's) fans have been after - her hallmark embelished style applied to the simple scarf. Inside there are an array of patterns designed to delight and inspire.

All I Want For Christmas… Mac Mahoney was in deep trouble. The hard-nosed reporter had foolishly gotten snowed in with his ex-girlfriend Marisa Rourke. Now they had to ignore the sizzle that still flared between them. And to make matters worse, her five-year-old was somehow convinced Mac was the daddy he'd ordered from Santa. Is a Daddy Considering their complicated—and extremely seductive—past, Mac was the last person Marisa wanted to meet under the mistletoe. He claimed all he wanted from her was a story, but she knew from experience that she couldn't quite trust him. How could she risk breaking her heart—or her son's—again?

Turning sixteen is a major event, ask anyone that's done it. Driving, dating, getting through that nasty Chemistry test, maybe even starting to think about where to go for college. So, what do you do, when you find out that you got an extra birthday gift this year, that you soooo weren't expecting? Well, if you're Cin, then you're probably running for your life, wishing that the worst thing you had to worry about was flunking Chemistry, or getting a date for Prom. Demons, Half-breeds, Hunters, and the undead... Will life ever get back to normal?

People are preparing for Christmas in the sleepy east coast fishing village of Newton Westerby, each going about their various tasks in their usual ways, when suddenly a series of unexpected events occurs which impact on the whole community and feisty Emma Kemp in particular. The story "Because of You" follows the tensions and interaction between the many characters affected by the drama as it unfolds.

And a Dog Called Fig is the story of one writer’s life with dogs (including a frisky new puppy), how they are uniquely ideal companions for building a creative life, and some delightful tales about dogs and their famous writers Into my writer's isolation will come a dog, to sit beside my chair or to lie on the couch while I work, to force me outside for a walk, and suddenly, although still lonely, this writer will have a companion. An artist’s solitude is a sacred space, one to be guarded from the chaos of the world, where the sparks of inspiration can be kindled into fires of creation. But within this quiet also lie loneliness, self-doubt, the danger of collapsing too far inward. An artist needs a familiar, a companion with emotional intelligence, innate curiosity, an enthusiasm for the world beyond, but also the capacity to rest contentedly for many hours. What an artist needs, Helen Humphreys would say, is a dog. And a Dog Called Fig is a memoir of the writing life told through the dogs Humphreys has lived with and loved over a lifetime, including Fig, her new Vizsla puppy. Interspersed are stories of other writers and their own irreplaceable companions: Virginia Woolf and Grizzle, Gertrude Stein and Basket, Thomas Hardy and Wessex—who walked the dining table at dinner parties, taking whatever he liked—and many more. A love song to the dogs who come into our lives and all that they bring—sorrow, mayhem, reflection, joy—this is a book about steadfast friendship and loss, creativity and craft, and the restorative powers of nature. Every work of art is different; so too is every dog, with distinctive needs and lessons. And if we let them guide us, they will show us many worlds we would otherwise miss. Includes Black-and-White Photographs

Nicky the cat learns to count.