Bloomsbury

'Roxy was shaking with fear. She drew in a deep breath. She would not let her fear take over. She couldn't. She had too much to lose. She had to be strong, to be brave. For once in her life she had to think of someone other than herself.'Roxy is wild, uncontrollable. She hates her parents - and her goody-two-shoes sister. Her only solace is her...

Tania Paget bitterly resented Frenchman Claude Girard, who had survived an tragic mountaineering accident, while her brother, James, had not. Then, astonishingly, Claude asked for her co-operation on a book about the two men's mountaineering exploits. Tania finally agreed, but it meant living in the family chateau in the Pyrenees for six months. As...

Ellen Murphy was born to a world of rotting slums and starving children. Determined to escape from poverty and her drunken Irish father, she takes a job as a shop girl on Shoreditch High Street. David Cheifitz is the only son of devout Jewish parents, David has grown up with his future mapped out. But he is an artist and a rebel. When he falls in...

As soon as Tiffany sets eyes on Crumbling Cow cottage, she realisesthat moving there is the worst decision her parents have ever made. Andshe knows that sooner or later it will bring the whole family a lot oftrouble. But what she doesn’t know is just how terrible that troublewill be... and just how soon it will all begin!...

Alanbrooke,' wrote General MacArthur, 'is undoubtedly the greatest soldier that England has produced since Wellington.' He fought with the artillery in the First World War, had a brilliant career as a peacetime soldier, and conducted his Corps with exemplary calm and courage in the retreat to Dunkirk. In November 1941 Churchill selected him as...

Examining the biology, ecology and behaviour of two European bat species - Plecotus auritus" and "Plecotus austriacus" - this book investigates their behaviour and considers the full range of conservation issues relating to the species. Topics covered include, identifying the species, foraging, reproductive biology, social organization, and the...