Army GirlsThey were female soldiers in a war Britain wanted to fight without conscripting women. It was a vain hope, by December 1941 for the first time in British history women were called up and a generation of girls came of age in khaki, serving king and country. Barbara trained to drive army style in giant trucks and Grace swapped her servant's pinafore for battledress and a steel hat, Martha turned down officer status for action on a gun site and Olivia

and then the ultimate disaster follows - the Nile fails

faced my worst fears and thrived

Buffeted by the weather and the demands of a volatile natural environment

chronicling the customs of pre-contact hunter-gatherers and the secret lives of deer and dogs

The bath book is padded

exploring the thoughts and emotions

This compelling book on Hitler and Stalin - the culmination of 30 years' work - examines the two tyrants during WWII

and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep

and Bridget (the reluctant heiress and last of the family line)

Forget cutting things out

Ariadne and her sister Phaedra grow up hearing the hoofbeats and bellows of the Minotaur echo from the Labyrinth beneath the palace

There are bubbles