Events, Dear Boy, Events<p>Ruth Winstone retells Britain's history through the great diarists of the last century drawing back the curtain on the lives of political classes their doubts ambitions and emotions. She moves deftly among those in the thick of it showing the elation anger doubts jealousy joys and fears of people as they record their own and the nation's triumphs and disasters. To this potent mix she adds the mordant perceptions of observers like Virginia Woolf

Randall offers his wife an ultimatum: 'Be grateful for all I've done for you or leave

But there's more to this world than its glossy exterior suggests

he finds himself embroiled in a terrible game of cat and mouse

some are races or organised challenges

including young offenders and those at risk of social exclusion

create pots for a pittance

She hasn't been with anyone quite like him before

But when a jet carrying an American senator's daughter is hijacked Stan can no longer keep Terri at arms length - he needs her flying skills to help him undertake a daring rescue mission

he never arrives

Lewis Dartnell

In this book find out about the different parts of parts of our amazing human bodies and what they're used for

Soak in therapeutic hot springs