Brings to life T S Eliot's cats. This book includes: Mr Mistoffelees, the magical cat who can perform an astonishing array of tricks; Old Deuteronomy, the most placid cat in his village; the Rum Tum Tugger, a most contrary and difficult cat; and, Macavity, the celebrated master criminal.

In this, her most famous book, Weil reflects on the importance of religious and political social structures in the life of the individual.

Beginning with the Greeks, and through a series of historical examples, this text demonstrates that leisure has always been the foundation for any culture. It argues that unless the contemporary clamour for entertainment and distraction is challenged, culture will be destroyed.

Simone Weil writes on the subject of uprootedness and calls for a rediscovery of spiritual roots. She deals with the needs of the soul, discussing order, liberty, obedience, responsibility and finishing with the need for truth.

For this volume Eliot gathered together his choice of the miscellaneous reviews and literary essays he had written since 1917, when he became assistant-editor of The Egoist . In his preface to the third edition (1951) he described the book as an historical record of his interests and opinions.

A varied anthology from the tradition of English poesy, read by various voices of the recording age. The recordings include Sir Ralph Richardson reading Keats' To Autumn and a gallery of poets reading their own works. Poems by Donne, Blake, Burns, Wordsworth and Kipling are also included.