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An all-star cast attend a mysterious private club in this hilarious parody of classic horror tales. Membership of the exclusive Mausoleum Club isn't for the faint of heart. The Honorable Clarence Green wants in, but to join he must first hear the spine-chilling stories of the existing members, before enthralling them with one of his own. But are their stories fact or fiction? And will Green still want to join after hearing the horrors they have to tell?

Through the ages of Britain, from the 15th century to the 21st, Edmund Blackadder has meddled his way along the bloodlines, aided by his servant and sidekick, Baldrick, and hindered by an assortment of dimwitted aristocrats. Now the complete history of Blackadder is collected together, including the four TV series: The Black Adder, Blackadder II, Blackadder the Third and Blackadder Goes Forth.

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tennessee Williams is one of the three most important American dramatists of the 20th century, alongside Arthur Miller and Eugene O'Neill. Acclaimed for their lyrical language, dark themes and vivid portrayal of the American South, his works have spawned several Oscar-winning films and been translated and performed worldwide. Collected here are some of the best, beginning with the play that launched Williams' career: The Glass Menagerie. 

Number one for fiendish fun! Horrid Henry takes to the skies in Up, Up and Away! Contains four brand-new stories, featuring Horrid Henry wreaking havoc on an airplane, being forced to write an essay about the Tudors, sabotaging the school play and sneaking onto a forbidden roller coaster.

1889, Paris. When Charles Zidler's extravagant pleasure palace, the Moulin Rouge, opens in bohemian Montmartre, he commissions local artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec to create a series of posters to promote it. The striking lithographs Henri produces will make his name—and launch the careers of the performers he portrayed. This sparkling collection of plays introduces us to eight of those legendary artistes, whose lives were as vivid as Lautrec's paint.

Four new stories: 'Horrid Henry's Invasion' - Horrid Henry and Perfect Peter keep invading each other's rooms. 'Moody Margaret's Sleepover' - Moody Margaret invites all the members of the Secret Club for a sleepover, with catastrophic results. 'Horrid Henry's Autobiography' - Miss Battle-Axe's class all have to write their autobiographies, the best to be published in the local paper. 'Horrid Henry Rocks' - Horrid Henry wants to go to the Killerboy Rats concert. His family has other ideas.

Four hilarious new HH stories - HH's Mother's Day, probably not the day his mum looks forward to most in the year, HH's Nightmare where Henry's chased by a ghost bunny with huge teeth, a wailing graveyard ghost and, for good measure, a slimy zombie, then a new story about one of his greatest enemies in The Return of the Demon Dinner lady and last but not least Fluffy Struts Her Stuff.

Horrid Henry helps himself to all the money he needs to win his favourite board game. Then he comes up with another spectacular money-making scheme for launching a newspaper with all the school gossip. He vows vengeance on Perfect Peter when Peter nicks his birthday party theme and has his own Pirate Party - and gets it by taking over as Head Teacher when Peter plays school with his goody-goody friends.

The 23rd Horrid Henry storybook containing four brand new stories - including Horrid "Henry's Ketchup", "Horrid Henry's Chicken", "The Revenge of the Bogey Babysitter" and "Horrid Henry Tells It Like It Is". Discover the one thing Horrid Henry is scared of, watch out for the return of Rabid Rebecca, find out what happens when Henry makes a film about his family and lots more in the most hilarious and horrid storybook yet.

Horrid Henry slugs it out with brother Perfect Peter over who uses the remote control, then he stays in a haunted house and gets a nasty shock. He finds out where the X is going to be on the map in the school treasure hunt, and finally makes a memorable appearance as a TV star.

Four complete stories enhanced by Miranda Richardson's manic reading and really horrid music and sound effects:Horrid Henry makes a stinkbomb that becomes a weapon in a deadly intrigue between two double agents (Perfect Peter and Moody Margaret), creates chaos in his team project (to build the Parthenon), accepts an invitation to a sleepover from the new kid at school, and acquires a new pet: a tarantula, of course.

Four uproarious new stories, enhanced by Miranda Richardson's manic reading and really horrid music and effects, in which the Queen visits Horrid Henry's school and watches the children make wattle and daub; and Horrid Henry tries to hypnotise Moody Margaret, tricks Perfect Peter into doing his household chores, and gets his own way at bathtime.

Twelve classic Horrid Henry stories - perfect lockdown listening for children who love mischief and mayhem! Horrid Henry has been up to no good in these 12 mischievous stories. He's planned a not-so-great escape, started a money-making scheme, outwitted a demon dinner lady and annoyed his little brother! 

The final collection of four brand-new, utterly horrid stories in which Horrid Henry triumphantly reveals his guide to perfect parents, reads an interesting book about a really naughty boy and conjures up the cannibal's curse to deal with his enemies and small, annoying brother. Read by Miranda Richardson.

Horrid Henry reads Perfect Peter's diary and improves it; goes clothes shopping with Mum and tries to make her buy him some Rootatoot trainers; is horrified when his old enemy Bossy Bill turns up at school; and tries by any means, fair or foul, to win the class football match and defeat Moody Margaret.

Building a snowman brings out Henry's competitive streak. He sets up his Monstrous Makeovers business to rival Moody Margaret's Miraculous Makeovers. But things go badly wrong when a famous author comes to school. Henry thinks, "You'll all be sorry when I'm dead" and spends a rainy day writing his will.

Listen as Horrid Henry makes his own scary movie; persuades Peter to hand over his stash of Grump Cards (as a brilliant scheme to get him out of the punishments his parents give him); and spends a weekend at Aunt Ruby's where he has to share a bedroom with his two arch-enemies, Stuck-Up Steve and Bossy Bill. Follow along as Henry's school decides to have a mini-Olympics and Harry sets up his own Holympics, with medals for crisp-eating, TV watching, and Burping to the Beat.

Horrid Henry finds a surefire way of wielding the remote control to ensure he always watches his programme of choice. He also vies with Moody Margaret to become the head of the school, shows off his prowess as a magician in the school talent show, and battles it out with Perfect Peter over who gets the green dinosaur and who gets the purple one.

Four complete stories enhanced by Miranda Richardson's award-winning reading and really horrid music and effects: Horrid Henry encounters the babysitter from hell, traumatises his parents on a car journey, goes trick-or-treating at Halloween and sabotages his school project. Four stories, as brilliant and inventive as ever. This audiobook includes the following stories: 'Horrid Henry Tricks and Treats', 'Horrid Henry and the Bogey Babysitter', 'Horrid Henry's Raid' and 'Horrid Henry's Car Journey.'

A delightful new recording of T. S. Eliot's beloved cat poems. Cats! Some are sane, some are mad and some are good and some are bad. Meet magical Mr. Mistoffelees, sleepy Old Deuteronomy and curious Rum Tum Tugger. But you'll be lucky to meet Macavity because Macavity's not there! In 1925, T. S. Eliot became codirector of Faber & Faber, who remain his publishers to this day.