Gerbils are the smartest of all rodents, but they feel disrespected. They've never starred in children's books, so you never hear about gerbils rescuing princesses, like Despereaux, or driving cars, like Stuart Little. And there's no Mickey Gerbil. One group of proud, free gerbils finds a way to change all that, and win respect from the rodent world. But it all depends on Joe, a ten-year old boy. His dad has just invented the Nanozap, a machine that...

The Little Book of Manchester is an intriguing, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of places, people and events in the city, from its Roman origins to the present day. Here you can read about the important contributions the city made to the history of the nation, learn about the individual communities and how they came together to form the modern city and meet some of the great men and women, the eccentrics and the scoundrels with which its history...

"At bayonet point, the tall sister and the short officer headed for the mortuary where the prepared body lay. "If you lived in England, you should know how civilized people behave," said Sister Mary Curry. The officer looked into the eyes of Sister Curry: "Do English women never cry?" "Not when we have work to do," she replied. This is a short, sharp, punchy treatment of what happened that dreadful Christmas Day. It touches on expat eccentricities,...

Little Nutbrown Hare and Little Field Mouse befriend a green caterpillar. / Little Field Mouse and Little Nutbrown Hare's favourite tree falls over.

Legendary rock acts are finding themselves attacked by demonic forces. The police investigate, but theres little to nothing they can do to stop the problem. At the same time, Alice Cooper has a new album out and is in the midst of a promotional tour. Its great to see all his fans again, but theres a disturbing trend happening in every city more and more of his audience appear to be undead! Complicating matters, when he goes to bed at night he...

"Auschwitz, 1943: I stroke my beautiful baby's hair. It's a miracle it's blonde because it will keep her alive, it will keep her safe. Soon they will come and take Pippa out of Auschwitz-Birkenau - and out of my arms. But while there's life, there's hope I might find my daughter again... An incredible story of one woman's courage and determination to reunite her family in the aftermath of surviving Auschwitz. 1945, Ester Pasternak walked out of the...