At Home on the WaterCoastal havens designed for laid back living. The idea of a retreat a place removed from one's daily stressors, a secluded haven to be enjoyed by family is more appealing than it has been in decades. But second homes are far from a novel concept. Families have built retreats since the late 1800s, when the well to do began to construct reprieves in coastal areas to escape the combustive atmosphere of city life. Homes on the water have been coveted and

The Fir-Tree

vulnerable Stella attempts to uncover her new family's dangerous secrets--and stirs up a darkness that was meant to stay buried

'I was the slightest in the house'Robert Browning

Nick Wroblewski is an artist and printmaker specializing in handmade woodcut blockprints

and she also illustrated a series of books for Kate Spade and The Perfectly Imperfect Home for Deborah Needleman

which has now sold over 600

sip a Blood Orange Negroni alongside Almond Tangerine Trifle

a man outwits a dragon in a Rumanian tale

received every major award for ornithology

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and the universally acknowledged classics The Chronicles of Narnia

animals huddle against the cold