Three novels are brought to life in this 7-disc collection, which pays tribute to Mann's most celebrated and famous works. Buddenbrooks: A sweeping tale of the rise and fall of a wealthy merchant family torn between loyalty and personal freedom. Doktor Faustus: Driven by a single-minded search for a totally new musical idiom, composer Adrian Leverkühn makes a pact with the devil with a very high price, the total renunciation of love and the gradual...

An engaging portrait of an autistic young woman who became, through timely mentoring and sheer force of will, one of America's most remarkable success stories.

Chronicles the ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, and how they are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.

John Rebus is a hard bitten detective who pursures truth on the gritty streets of modern-day Edinburgh. "The falls": After the gruesome murder of a prominent physician, Rebus and Clarke soon find themselves hot on the trail of an apparent serial killer. "Fleshmarket close": When a beautiful young seamstress goes missing, the search takes Rebus and Clarke to the mean, melting streets of Knoxland Estate, the high-rise project that houses Edinburgh's...

John Jasper, a choirmaster and opium addict, struggles with fits of paranoia and jealousy as he watches the women he loves fall in love with his nephew, Edwin Drood. Fanny Price, a young impoverished woman, arrives at her uncle's country estate, and is snubbed by everyone except her cousin Edmund, whom she soon grows to love. Mystery surrounds a pretty Victorian governess and her two young charges as the children become possessed by ghostly spells....

The history of blacks in the South as seen through the eyes of a 110-year-old former slave.

The extraordinary experiences of three men and their fellow Marines take them from the first clash with the Japanese in the haunted jungles of Guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of Cape Gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of Peleliu, up the black sand terraces of Iwo Jima, through the killing fields of Okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after V-J Day.

Natalie and Nick don't know each other, but they share lots in common. They're both frustrated in their work lives and in the romance department; Natalie despairs of finding Mr. Right, while Nick's meddling mother is forever trying to set him up. After tossing coins in Hayward Fountain, Nick and Natalie begin dreaming about each other. But there's a catch. They may be perfect for each other, but according to fountain legend, they only have one week...

An elderly bachelor and his spinster sister adopt an orphan and are mistakenly sent a girl instead of a boy. The orphan, Anne, remains with the couple, moving from one mishap to another to succeed academically, and find love.

Hitched for the holidays: "Both Rob Marino and Julie Green are feeling pressure to be in a relationship this holiday season and after finding each other through a dating website agree to pose as each other's special someone. Things get complicated when their families get involved to help these two make it to the altar." Come dance with me: "When an ambitious young financier signs up for waltz lessons to impress his fiancé--the boss's daughter--at...