A compilation of five Mog stories, a must-have for all fans of Judith Kerr's feline heroine. Mog goes to the vet, forgets about her cat flap, has her peaceful day shattered by a baby and more in these unforgettable and charming stories.

Varjak Paw is a Mesopotamian Blue kitten. He lives high up in an old house on a hill. He's never left home, but then his grandfather tells him about the Way - a secret martial art for cats. Now Varjak must use the Way to survive in a city full of dangerous dogs, cat gangs and, strangest of all the mysterious Vanishings.

James has lived with his two beastly aunts ever since the day his parents were eaten by an angry escaped rhinocerous outside London Zoo. Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker are really horrible... Then something very peculiar happens, something magical that is to completely change James's life and take him on the most amazing journey!

Twenty years have passed since the Darling children visited Neverland. Grown-up now, with children of their own, they still dream of that magical place and the boy who lives there. But their dreams come tinged with darkness. Something is wrong in Neverland - and it will take their courage to put it right. Winner of a worldwide competition by the Sp...

The sequel to 'Mortal Engines' (9134CD). Fleeing from an Anti-Tractionist sect, the Green Storm, Tom and Hester, are left drifting in the frozen Ice Wastes, slowly dying of cold after the Jenny Haniver's engines have failed. They are saved at the last minute, finding Anchorage, a once-beautiful ice city that has fallen on hard times. Crippled by pl...

Peer Ulfsson stood miserably at his father's funeral pyre, watching the sparks whirl up like millions of shining spirits streaking away into the dark. But someone else is also at the funeral. Peer's half-uncle, Baldur Grimsson. Peer watches helplessly as Uncle Baldur sells his father's property and pockets the money. Peer is then forced to move awa...

Varjak Paw is a Mesopotamian Blue kitten. He lives high up in an old house on a hill. He's never left home, but then his grandfather tells him about the Way - a secret martial art for cats. Now Varjak must use the Way to survive in a city full of dangerous dogs, cat gangs and, strangest of all, the mysterious vanishings.

There are seven Skills that give a cat great power, and Varjak Paw knows them all. He can fight, he can hunt, he can walk unseen. There's just one problem. Sally Bones, the thin white cat who leads the city's deadliest gang, also knows the Skills. She knows even more that Varjak does. And now she'd coming to get him...

Wren Natsworthy who is fifteen and eager for excitement has been living peacefully in Anchorage - a static settlement on the shores of the Dead Continent. So when the Lost Boys turn up searching for the mysterious Tin Book, Wren's sure that her adventure has arrived. But before another day is out, Wren will find herself a captive, the slave and f...

Tamburlaine the Great is a powerful, brutal ruler. His fearless Mongol Horde sweeps over the land like a sandstorm, crushing everything in its path. Tamburlaine's sights are set on Delhi, City of Gems; and Rusti, one of his young warriors, rides out into the flames of battle for his first taste of war. In the aftermath of the bloody skirmish, Rusti...

HAIRY HEZEKIAH: Hezekiah is a very hairy camel. He lives a quiet life in his enclosure at the zoo and seems to be the only animal without a friend. So Hezekiah decides to escape, and breaks into a safari park! There he meets another hairy character - and finally makes a friend. THE CATLADY: Muriel, the Catlady, lives alone with just her feline frie...

Eight-year-old Noah's problems seem easier to deal with if he doesn't think about them. So he runs away, taking an untrodden path through the forest. Before long he comes across a shop. But this is no ordinary shop. It is a toy shop, full of the most amazing toys and brimming with the most wonderful magic. And here Noah meets a very unusual toymake...

Phileas Fogg sets out on his epic adventure - will he make it back to London in time for tea? Steve Coogan, Jackie Chan and Cecile de France star in a new film version of the book. Here former Manuel actor Andrew Sachs gives full range to hs versatility using his many voices along with brilliant narration.

'Bitter Lemons' is Durrell's paen to the beauty and mystery of Cyprus, from the romance of the characters living in Bellapaix where Durrell bought a house, to the beauty of the mountain ranges and the excitement of the slow but gradual uprising of the Greek Cypriots who are determined to achieve 'Enosis' - union with Greece and freedom from British...

Ever seen a car that can fly? Swim? Think for itself? Well, neither had the Pott family - until the magical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang came into their lives.

Class Three has been given an amazing new computer, but there's something a bit strange about it. First it is cheeky to Mr Majeika, then the whole class is magically trapped on the Internet. How on earth are they going to get out?

A collection of fifteen stories from Roman mythology. The famous myths included are: the birth of Venus, the founding of Rome, and how the sacred geese saved the city from Gaul.

The Greek gods and goddesses were members of a large extended family headed by Zeus and his wife Hera. Here are fifteen stories about them, including the tale of how Paris judged who was the fairest goddess of all and how the city of Athens was named.

Quasimodo is the lonely and deformed bell-ringer of Notre Dame in Paris, will there ever be anyone that can brighten his life and relieve his sorrowful isolation? Quasimodo, the hunchback, is bell-ringer at Notre Dame. One day, he notices a gipsy girl dancing in the square below, and desires to get to know her. Events transpire so that the two mee...

In this anecdotal encyclopedia of more than 200 entries, from 'Accent' to 'Zola', Mayle writes about those aspects of Provence that he finds the most interesting, amusing or bizarre. He discusses subjects as diverse as architecture, expats, lavender and linguistic oddities - and, of course, food and drink: truffles, olives, bouillabaisse and the ch...

During a vicious persecution of the clergy in Mexico, a worldly priest, the 'whisky priest', is on the run. With the police closing in, his routes of escape are being shut off, his chances getting fewer. But compassion and humanity force him along the road to his destiny, reluctant to abandon those who need him, and those he cares for.