"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone and The Family Upstairs comes another riveting work of "gloriously twisted" (Marie Claire) psychological suspense. On a beautiful summer night in a charming English suburb, a young woman and her boyfriend disappear after partying at the massive country estate of a new college friend. One year later, a writer moves into a cottage on the edge of the woods that border the same estate....

"The forest is inviting yuo to come and visit. The poems in this book, intimate and lighthearted, will take you there."--Front jacket flap.

Takes readers on a walk through a forest of trees that lose their leaves in the fall, showing examples of how the animals and plants depend on each other and their environment to survive.

"When a pair of young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike. An English soldier, destined for glory, abandons the battlefields of the New World to devote himself to apples. A pair of spinster twins navigate war and famine, envy and desire. A crime reporter unearths a mass grave--only to discover that the...

Explores deciduous forests, its animals, and the risks to this biome.

This book introduces three main types of forests, discusses the vital resources of forests, describes the wildlife found in the various types of forests, and explains that saving the forests and their resources has become one of the most urgent environmental concerns facing us today.

Describes how people make their homes in or near the forests of the world and how their lives are affected by the woods.

Russell is worried when his pet rabbit and his pet frog return to The Wild, the forest that surrounds the house, and persuades his family to search for them.

"A tree's life story is told from its beginnings as a seed to its survival in the wilderness until it finally falls, but continues its life as a log, an animal habitat, and finally decomposes to provide nutrition for future trees"--

"What could we clever humans ever learn from trees? Take an unashamedly anthropomorphic wander through the woods to learn a few life lessons from our foliaged friends."--Provided by publisher.