The First World War is well underway, and Christina is one of the many women left behind. When she returns to Flambards, she finds much has changed. The house is buried in ivy, the paddocks are overgrown, and the once busy stables are deserted and desolate. Christina vows to return the manor house to its former glory, and works hard to transform her childhood home into a successful farm. It is only when a familiar face appears at her door one day that she realizes Flamba...

The First World War is looming and for young sweethearts, Christina and Will, their adventures are just beginning as they head to London - their heads full of dreams. But the reality is altogether more difficult. Will has just one ambition - to design and pilot flying machines. As he strives to fulfil his dream, Christina is left to make a new life for herself around the airfield. She soon makes friends and begins to enjoy her newly-found independence but nothing will ever overcome her ter...

When Tim finds a strange old drawing hidden up the chimney in his crumbling new home, he notices it's signed by someone with the initials T. R. I. - the same initials as his own. In the local churchyard, Tim stumbles across Tom Inskip's gravestone, and begins to investigate his early death. But the deeper Tim delves into the past, the more Tom seems to come to life. Is he sending a message? Or is it a warning?

The old ivy-covered house of Flambards has seen many changes since Christina first arrived as a young girl. With the First World War coming to an end, Christina feels the time has come to leave the past behind and make a new future for herself. But she finds her loyalties divided between tradition and progression, and between the two men who stand for such opposing values. She knows there is a terrible decision to be made . . . A welcome reissue of this much-loved family saga.

When Christina is sent to live in the grand country house, Flambards, she doesn't know what to expect. Once there, she meets two young men, Mark and Will, trying to cope with their bad-tempered father. She also discovers a passion for horse-riding and a love for life in the country. As time goes by Christina begins to embrace her new life and all the social engagements that it involves, but with both brothers vying for her attention Christina knows it's just a matter of time before she has...

'Written with such a lightness of touch and extraordinary charm that they always change my mood to hopeful. Absolute balm.' – Marian Keyes, author of Rachel's HolidayThe Morning Gift is a modern classic of unexpected love, independence and belonging during World War II. By award-winner Eva Ibbotson, author of The Secret Countess and A Song for Summer.Spring 1938: as Hitler marches into Austria, Ruth Berge...

There was never a more mischievous boy than Tom Sawyer. And never was there a more famous show-off, adventurer and prankster on the Mississippi River. Follow the adventures of Tom as he sails through one scrape after another. Somehow he is always the hero of his own story, especially when his free-spirited sidekick, Huckleberry Finn, is with him. Mark Twains famous tale, set against a backdrop of nineteenth century life on the Mississippi, is a classic of American literature.

From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation!No Fair!Karen and Andrew are very lucky because they have two families. But the unlucky thing is that they are not at the big house as much as the little house. Sometimes they miss Daddy. Karen and Andrew want to spend equal time with both Mommy and Daddy. But what can Karen do about it?

When the train pulls into the station in Jenkensville, Arkansas, Patty Bergen senses something exciting is going to happen. German prisoners of war have arrived to make their new home in the prison camp. To the rest of the town these prisoners are only Nazis, but to Patty, a young Jewish girl with a turbulent home life, one of the young soldiers becomes an unlikely friend. Anton understands her in a way her parents never could and Patty is willing to lose her own family, friends and even f...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by CLASSIC COLLECTION 600.***Synopsis:The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896) is considered Jewett’s finest work, described by Henry James as her “beautiful little quantum of achievement.” Despite James’s diminutives, the novel remains a classic. Because it is loosely structured, many critics view the book not as a novel, but a series of sketches; however, its structure is unified through both setting and theme. Jewett hers...

When Peter sees the model ship in the shop window, he wants it more than anything else on Earth. But this is no ordinary model. The ship takes Peter and the other children on magical flights, wherever they ask to go. Time after time the magic ship takes them on different exciting adventures, to different countries, and to different times.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Mr Cifer's Black Top Circus Spectacular!" the Ringmaster's voice roared across the small arena. "I am your host, the one and only, Mr Cifer!" His whip cracked and boomed, making Janet jump in her seat. "Tonight, we have a tremendous show for you all. There will be lights!"Fire jetted across the outskirts of the circular stage, lighting up the enormous tent in an orange glow before quickly plunging everyone into darkness again. A single spotlight sho...