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There are old homes, new homes, mobile homes, “green” homes, intelligent homes, and strange homes, too! There’s a home made from bottles. A treehouse made from glass. Palaces for kings and queens. And people living in rocks! So, what is a home, and what are homes made of?

Tom is as small as a thumb. He is so small he can ride on a butterfly. It takes him to a palace where he meets a princess. What do they do there? How does Tom help her?

The Doctor and Clara have to save a Viking village from space warriors from the future, the Mire. Without the villagers’ best fighters, or the technology of the Mire, how can they win? And why is the Doctor so interested in one Viking girl?

On the beach near Nick’s home there is a surfing competition with a big prize. Nick is a very good surfer. He wants to win the prize and go to Australia. But Nick’s father is not happy. Can Nick win the competition and go to Australia?

Alone, without the Doctor, Clara discovers a new danger from another dimension. But how do you hide when even the walls give no protection? People need help and the Doctor can’t leave the TARDIS. And Clara has to fight an enemy that can’t be seen.

From the earliest times, people have looked up at the stars, the moon and the planets, so now, we know more about them than we ever have. Today, people can train to be astronauts, work in space, or join a future mission to Mars. Did you know that the first astronauts were animals? That for astronauts working in space, the sun rises 15 times in 24 hours? Do you know how you might train to become an astronaut? Or where astronauts might explore next?

There is a climate of secrecy and fear at the Paris Opera. People are dying and a beautiful, talented young singer has disappeared. Is this the work of the Opera ghost? Is the ghost a man or a monster? And what else will he do to get what he wants?

The houses in Newton Road are small, but people are very happy there. Then a civil engineer wants to knock down the houses and build a new road. The people of Newton Road are very angry. But can they win the battle?

Pip is a poor orphan whose life is changed forever by two very different meetings, one with an escaped convict, and the other with an eccentric old lady and the beautiful girl who lives with her. And who is the mysterious person who leaves him a fortune?

Paul Sheldon is Annie Wilkes’s favorite writer. She loves all his books about Misery Chastain. When Annie finds Paul after a car accident, she takes him home to look after him. Then Annie discovers that Paul wants to kill Misery and write a different kind of book. She is determined to stop him, and Paul becomes her prisoner.

White Fang is a wolf from the mountains of Canada. His life is hard but he is happy in his world. Then he is taken to the world of men. There he learns to fight and to kill. White Fang knows nothing about love. But one day he meets Scott...

The Story of the Internet charts the development of an invention that has had a more dramatic effect on human communication than any since the telephone. From the first networked computers during the cold war to the Silicon Valley, this fascinating book tells the story of the major events that shaped the Internet as we know it today.

Becky Sharp, an intelligent young lady with no family or money, becomes a governess. But this type of life is not enough for her. She has big plans for herself. Is she clever enough to find success? Will she marry and be happy? Or will life be unkind to her?

The Doctor and Clara, with their friend Rigsy, find themselves in an alien world, on a street hidden in the heart of London. Inside there are some of the most frightening beings imaginable, and Ashildr! The visitors are faced with a death sentence.

Hamelin has a problem. There are rats everywhere! Luckily, the Pied Piper comes to town and says he will kill all the rats for money. How does he do it? Why does he come back to the town, angry?

A man fell from a very tall building. Why didn’t he die? Why did a dead woman have a frozen chicken under her hat? What fell out of an old man’s ear, and why did everybody laugh? And how did a cow fly? Find the answers in these strange stories.

When they are hunting, or when they are prey, lots of different animals hide in different ways. An octopus changes color, insects look like sticks. Seahorses hide in coral and lizards with two heads! Can you think of any more animals that use camouflage?

It’s Christmas Eve. Scrooge is an old man who hates Christmas and loves work and money. He does not want to share Christmas with anyone. But then he is visited by four ghosts. Who are the ghosts? What do they say to Scrooge? What happens next?

Ali wants to take photos of people and places in Istanbul, but he has a big problem. He hasn’t got a camera. How can he get one?

It’s a Saturday morning, and Charles is still asleep. He should be on his way to Angus and Laura’s wedding! Charles is always late, and he is worried that he will never find the right woman to marry. Then he meets Carrie…

One night, away from his family, Eric finds a golden seal. People want to shoot golden seals for their beautiful fur. Eric’s father is one of those men. A stranger arrives in a boat. What does he want? Eric loves the seal. He wants her to live. But what can he do?

In beautiful Sherwood Forest, the Doctor learns of the dangerous plan of robots from space. He doesn’t like Robin Hood, but has to work with him. Who is real and who is not? The Doctor wants to help the people of Nottingham, so he has to know.

One of the most famous books of the twentieth century, this book contains love, jazz, and excitement! These are all part of Sal Paradise’s adventures on the road with wild friend Dean Moriarty and their crazy companions as they travel across the USA.

The man has been shot many times, but he lives. Who wants to kill him, and why? The man can’t remember. He can’t even remember his name. As he begins to learn about his past, he becomes even more confused. Read the thrilling novel that was adapted into the hit movie starring Matthew Damon.