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England's 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688 and the reign of new monarchs William and Mary signified a turning point for Restoration comedy with laws being passed to restrict playwrights' freedoms. The latter years are marked by a shift towards more moral storylines, mixing humour with social and political issues, alongside the lighthearted 'comedy of manners'. The works in this collection bring together these complementary styles, full of humour while also focusing on hard hitting themes.

On honeymoon in Bali, you hit it off with another newlywed couple and celebrate your last night at a fancy cliff-side restaurant. No one predicted the evening would end with a dead body. But it was an accident, right? A tragic accident. The honeymoon may be over but it soon becomes clear that there's another side to this story...and your life depends on uncovering it. Many marriages can survive anything – but when it starts on a lie is it really 'til death do us part?

A tiger with a toothache is terrifying, as Tom and Sophie are about to find out...but when your dad is a zookeeper and your mum's the zoo vet there’s also grrrreat fun to be had. An animal-packed zoo caper with stacks of behind-the-scenes peeks at London Zoo

Tom and Sophie Nightingale live on a barge with their zookeeper dad and vet mum and as many animals as you can get on a small boat. Surely there's no room for any more animals in their life. But then there's a bat in peril, an owl on the prowl and an outbreak of night terrors for the zoo's nocturnal residents. Tom and Sophie must stage a moonlit vigil to discover what's going on! An animal-packed caper written with the help of the brilliant team at London Zoo.

The Wilderness is the perfect place for building dens, making fires and camping out all night. It’s the only place where Noah and his friends feel truly free. Then the sign appears - LAND FOR SALE. Doesn’t anyone care about the wildlife and the trees? The deer who comes at dawn, the baby crow Noah has been feeding, all of the creatures who’ve made the Wilderness their home? One thing is for sure - Noah and his friends are not giving up on the Wilderness without a fight.

Seth, Beefy and Angelo can't believe it when they aren't selected for the football team at their new school. Then they are labelled the 'Freaks' who didn't make it. Now they have new enemies in the form of Bieber-a-like Daniel Logan and PE teacher Mr Steele. So do they go home and give up the dream, or do they start their own team? The Freaks United are born - and they are going to live up to their name. A fun footballing debut about the lads who don't get picked.

Danny’s parents are storm chasers - which sounds exciting unless you’re the son who has to wait behind at home. And one night Danny’s parents don’t come back. Stranger still, the sycamore tree in Danny’s yard seems to have been struck by lightning, and when he picks up a fragment of wood, he can hear voices...including that of next door’s cat, Mitzy. The stick is a shard of lightning that gives its bearer unnerving powers, and it is very valuable.

When Daniel and his friends make up a ghost story about a terrifying dog what begins as a story turns into a nightmare ... A spine tingling tale about a boy haunted by the monstrous creature he created in his own imagination.

In this entertaining anthology of seven new ghost stories, written especially for Naxos AudioBooks, we meet all kinds of phantoms in different situations: a kind-hearted but accident-prone spectre unwittingly upsetting a family home, as well as ghosts in ancient Egypt, on board a pirate ship, and in a Newcastle swimming pool. Engaging and slightly sinister, The Clumsy Ghost and Other Spooky Tales is a delightful shiver for all the family.

Seth, Beefy and Angelo and their awkward but determined team of footballing misfits are aiming for glory in their first real tournament. But how do you fit 11 players into a five-a-side team? Seth makes some dodgy decisions that see him tackling not only the dreaded school coach, Mr Steele, but his friends as well...Can Freaks United team spirit carry them through, or will Seth's meddling mess up their dreams before they get the chance?

Despite the many films and television programmes over the decades since the end of the Second World War that portrays our allied heroes as grown-up men and women, the Battle of Britain was in the main actually fought and won by teenagers. The average age of an RAF fighter pilot was just 20 years old. Many of the men and women who designed and built their planes were even younger.

Would-be wizard Max, his sister (who wants to be a knight), two humorous pet animal characters – Ferocious, a world-weary rat and Adolphus, an over-enthusiastic young dragon – encounter magic, double-dealing, Morgan le Fay’s schemes to win the throne from Arthur, magical quests and more in this fun retelling of the legend of Camelot.

Ralph is turning 45, and the only gift he wants is his ex-wife. Gemma, his trophy girlfriend, won’t let anything ruin her plans for an engagement. Sarah, the ex-wife, has agreed to attend Ralph’s party, with her new man in tow. And Jack, her partner, will stop at nothing to keep Sarah out of her ex-husband’s clutches. It’s a celebration like no other. The whole extended family in a villa on the beautiful Amalfi coast. But by the end of the trip, two people will be dead. At this birthday party to remember, will anybody unwrap the truth?