After the daring rescue of a spider, a young boy named James gains possession of some magic crocodile tongues. When James spills them in the garden, out sprouts an enormous peach! Climbing inside, he meets an astonishing cast of characters and embarks on a magical odyssey full of thrills and adventure.

Simba begins life as an honored prince, son of the powerful King Mufasa. The cub's happy childhood turns tragic when his evil uncle Scar murders Mufasa and drives Simba away from the kingdom. In exile, the young lion befriends the comically bumbling pair of Pumbaa the warthog and Timon the meerkat and lives a carefree jungle life. As he approaches adulthood, however, he is visited by the spirit of his father, who instructs him to defeat the nefarious...

After his father is reported dead and his wicked uncle takes over the castle, eleven-year-old Shan hides his father's precious sword and, after escaping with his mother, makes his way to King Arthur's court to seek help in winning back his inheritance.

Extra yarn: a modern fairy tale about how a young girl and her magical yarn transform a community. The amazing bone: a lonely pig named pearl dawdles long enough in a field of dandelions to meet a bone who speaks to her. My garden: a girl dreams of creating a garden full of chocolate rabbits, flowers that change color, and tomatoes the size of beach balls. The very fairy princess: Geraldine knows deep down that she is a very fairy princess, but...

"A newly commissioned anthology of seventeen superbly crafted stories inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper"--Dust jacket.

The Dowager Countess reveals she has a villa in the south of France, and many of the family follow her there for a rest while some of the family stay behind to keep an eye on the cast and crew of a film which is shooting at the grand estate.

London scrubs up for the coronation. The thieves are on the make, the whores on the pull, the police cutting deals to keep it all out of sight. Mr and Mrs Peachum are looking forward to a bumper day in the beggary business, but their daughter didn't come home last night. Mack the Knife is back in town. A landmark of twentieth-century musical theatre, The Threepenny Opera comes to the National Theatre in a bold new production.

Fresh out of New York's Columbia University, Dr. Joel Fleischman is looking forward to his comfortable position in Alaska's largest city. He has to repay his medical intern money by serving four years as a doctor there. Upon his arrival, Joel finds himself a fish-out-of-water as he's instead reassigned to the tiny village of Cicely, Alaska where the offbeat locals would love for him to stay forever.

John Connor is a 20-something living on the streets as a common laborer. His mother has since died, and their earlier efforts did not stop the creation of SkyNet artificial intelligence network. As he will still become the leader of the human resistance, Connor is once again targeted by a Terminator sent from the future by SkyNet. This new Terminator, T-X, is a female and is more powerful than any of her predecessors. To protect Connor, the human...

It's the late 23rd century and retirees Scott, Chekov and Admiral James T. Kirk are guests aboard the new Enterprise. When they receive a distress call from inside the Nexus, Kirk sacrifices himself to save all. 70 years later, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the new crew of the Enterprise encounter Dr. Soran, a scientist with a strong obsession to harness the power of the Nexus regardless of the cost. Picard's only hope for the future lies within the...