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This collection of short stories shows the humour of the bumbling do-it-yourself dad, the suspense of two children lost in a cave, the clumsy dog that becomes a hero and the danger of a shark attack, amongst other amusing tales.

A selection of heartwarming stories about great working Dogs.

Witty, irreverent tales of war and the supernatural from the maverick misanthrope of American literature.

Offers fourteen stories of intrigue and surprising twists, many of which are based on incidents recounted to the author in his travels throughout the world.

Funny, frightening, fascinating and always fishy. A highly original collection of stories with a watery theme.

Cultural diversity, short stories

SHORT STORIES. A girl with a crippling pea-phobia, a woman driven to murderous rage in an Anger Management Workshop, a wife torn between her dashing artist-lover and her uptight accountant-husband - these are some of the characters in Wendy Perriam's fifth short-story collection. Whatever the scenario, Perriam is alive to the raw emotion and underlying drama in even the most limited of lives, combining the daily dilemmas of personal relationships with a deeper exploration of psychological complexities.Many of the stories focus on some triumph or trauma of the human heart.

Over the years, Ian Rankin has amassed an incredible portfolio of short stories. Published in crime magazines, composed for events, broadcast on radio, they all share the best qualities of his popular novels.

This contains thirteen short stories, eleven of which were originally published in THE CAMELS ARE COMING (1932) and two of which (The Thought Reader and Biggles Finds His Feet) were originally published in BIGGLES OF THE CAMEL SQUARDRON (1934). The stories are:- ABOUT PIONEER AIR COMBAT (a short essay by W. E. Johns) HOW BIGGLES WAS "BORN" (a short essay by W. E. Johns)

Ten highly entertaining short stories, each with a twist in the tail to surprise and delight.