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A small book of poetry for gardeners. Few things can impart such a feeling of satisfaction as a well-tended garden. As he surveys his roses from the comfort of his deckchair on a warm summer's evening, Brian Lawless can relax and forget for a while the long struggle with spray gun and secateurs.

More than 250 years after Romans left Britain, the village of Craster is facing disaster. The existence of the village is threatened. The Viking raiders must be repelled and reivers defeated. Over 150 years later they would still tell the story around campfires along the North Shore - the name of the Dark Lord of Craster would never be forgotten.

Life passes by so quickly that sometimes we don't have chance to stop and consider what's going on around us. If we did, maybe we'd find a story to tell. After all, our lives are just a story, aren't they? Each of these short stories began with Alan thinking "What if . . .?" They've been created by imagination, but how far from the truth are the

Gathering No Moss is the autobiography of a possibly autistic child, born in 1925, who grew up to see out, as a member of the Colonial Service, the end of the British Empire in East Africa. In later service he witnessed novice states exulting in new-found independence. Post-retirement, he keeps an eye, Pooter-like, on our changing world.

Gordon Morris wrote this originally as a kind of diary for himself. It is an account of the antics of his English springer spaniel mainly on their walks together on Hayling Beach, near Portsmouth. 'Musing with Charlie' is also about Gordon's memories and thoughts of his life, the universe and everything (to quote a phrase) as they walked together.

Wherever can Fluffy have got to? When their tabby cat fails to appear at breakfast time as usual, the twins, Anita and Aliyah, are worried. They search the garden and call his name, but there is no sign of him. Though they are close to despair, everyone tells the girls the same thing: Never give up.

A new life begins for Gracie when she arrives at the Sheer Magic Hotel. In this amazing place she can do what she has always dreamed of: art and writing. Mehrab, the young caretaker of the hotel is a bonus - tall, well built, and good-looking - but for long periods he disappears. Then one day, when he doesn't return, she decides to follow.

Miranda's silver shoes are magic. Individually they are old and worn, half falling to bits, but when they are brought together they sparkle and shimmer like new, vibrating with energy. When she puts them on, anything is possible. They transport her to a land of dragons and trolls, to the door of The Great Magician himself.