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After a lifetime of living in London, actress Elfrida Phipps and her dog move to the little village of Dibton. Eager to make a fresh start, she befriends Oscar and Gloria Blundell, enjoying lavish parties at thier well tended estate. Gradually it dawns on her that she's growing overly fond of Oscar. So when she returns home after a visit to Cornwall, she's shocked to discover that Oscar's wife and daughter have been killed in a car accident........

A tale of court intrigues in the land of Seven Kingdoms, a country "blessed by golden summers that go on for years, and cursed by cruel winters that can last a generation." Treachery, murder, incest. "Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister...

Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey, of House Lannister, sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, the victim of the jealous sorceress who holds him in her evil thrall. But young Robb, of House Stark, still rules the North from...

Rhyming text asks what happens to different animals and plants "when winter comes and the cold wind blows."

On a very cold, very snowy winter day, Nanny decides to take Eloise and Weenie ice-skating. But can dogs ice-skate?