Jack's Aunty Buzz, a retired Station Cat, comes to live at Tail's End. This book describes the adventures they have when Sidney the Signalman is taken ill.
Mr. Parker, Station Master at Tail's End Station, is very cross with Jack the Station Cat. He sends him to Mews Junction School for Station Cats where Mr. MacAllister the teacher turns Jack into a First Class Station Cat. Suitable for children aged 7-9 years.
Nightshift clerk and high-functioning insomniac Jack is back to work, trying his best to keep out of trouble. But when his chain-smoking coworker discovers a mysterious radio signal revealing the guarded secrets of their town, Jack will learn that an annoying new dayshift manager is far from the worst of his problems. In this second installment of the Gas Station saga, Jack finds himself entangled in his most harrowing adventure yet. With the newest crew of coworkers along for the ride and the resident psychopath out for his blood, our hero(?) must navigate the drama of small-town murder conspiracies, vigilante justice, and demonic summoning rituals...whether he wants to or not.
Cousin Tom, a sea faring cat, accompanied by two mischievous twin kittens, Marmalade and Myfanwy, come to Tail's End to see Jack. Somewhere along the line Tom loses the kittens. Can Jack and a new friend help Tom to find the twins?
A Year in the Woods Brush Cat recounts a year in the life of men who perform one of the most dangerous jobs in America—logging New England’s vast forests for timber used in hundreds more ways than most of us realize, from houses to furniture to paper to electricity. In the spirit of John McPhee and Tracy Kidder, we meet an unforgettable cast of characters; feel their pain and exultation, and come to realize the centrality of wood in all of our lives. While they are first and foremost loggers cutting down trees, they are also ardent and effective conservationists who depend on healthy, intact forests for their long-term survival. True, some loggers are wood pirates, but most are pragmatic environmentalists, always asking the question: How do we keep this crop alive and thriving forever? The narrative moves deftly from useful tips on how not to lose body parts to a chain saw, through the terror of huge trees that fall the wrong way, to inconsistent and wrong-headed government forest management. It explores the worldwide demand for wood and wood chips, as well as the effect of climate change on the forest, and traces the money that keeps it all moving. Brush Cat clears the branches to reveal a hidden and fascinating world.
Jack the Station Cat and his friends are expecting royal visitors to Tail's End station. Mr Parker the Station Master receives a letter. Twm, the cat at the Old Gaol Museum at Ruthin needs help. A rat is annoying the visitors. Jack goes to Ruthin but will he be back in time to take charge of the royal visit?
Something unsusal is happening at Tail's End Station. First, a splendid Pullman car arrives. Next, Mr Parker the Station Master receives a model railway locomotive which puzzles everybody. What is so special about a day in August? Jack The Station Cat means to find out