Britain's War: A New World, 1942-1947This title opens with one of the greatest disasters in British military history the fall of Singapore in February 1942. Unlike in the aftermath of Dunkirk there was here simply no redeeming narrative available Britain had been totally defeated by a far smaller Japanese force in her grandly proclaimed invincible Asian 'fortress'. The unique skill of Daniel Todman's epic history of the War lies in its never losing sight of the inter connectedness of the

all featuring carefully graded language to make them accessible to learners of all abilities

and even tried to break aviation records

It was a time when old certainties had been shredded: by popular insurgency

Jane is dressing for her wedding to the King

And Rosemary knows it is the end of everything for her

But in relaying his suspicions to John Bachelor

The couple and nanny become more dependent on each other

A year earlier

Takes us through the numerous battles in Wales

love and literature with unsparing rigour and begins to count the cost of his project

'A Different Drummer' is an exploration of what it is like to live in a white-dominated society

being positive and discovering that what makes you different also makes you unique