This is the story of Alexander Selkirk, Scottish mariner and adventurer, who was delighted to be rescued by passing sailors after four years alone on a Pacific island. The story tells how Selkirk came to be stranded on the island in 1705, and how he survived - the story of the real Robinson Crusoe. Ages 10+.
Set in a brutal, chaotic Scotland of the near future, it's business at any cost for the people who live there. Archie Henderson has rewilded his vast Highland estate, filling the mountains and woods with wolves and bears. But when a young man is killer by a bear on the reserve, DI Rhona Ballantyne investigates. The death is not all it seems.
Antislavery campaigner, author, diplomat and political statesmen, Frederick Douglass was one of the greatest men of his age. A former slave himself, Frederick fought publicly against slavery and was an inspiration in the fight for social and political change. Written by Amanda Mitchison, find out about this life-long battle to fight for equality.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a man with a brilliant brain for design, and never tired of building new and exciting things - the deepest tunnel, the longest bridge, the fastest train.
At 10 years old David Livingstone was sent to work in a cotton mill. He knew he had to escape. It was a desire that would take him very far from home. This is the incredible story of the tough man of Victorian Britain who would stop at nothing in his determination to explore Africa.