Have you ever wondered how a nuclear power station works? This lively book will answer that question. It'll take you on a journey from the science behind nuclear reactors, through their start-up, operation and shutdown. Along the way it covers a bit of the engineering, reactor history, different kinds of reactors and what can go wrong with them. Much of this is seen from the viewpoint of a trainee operator on a Pressurised Water Reactor - the most common type of nuclear reactor in the world. Colin Tucker has spent the last thirty years keeping reactors safe. Join him on a tour that is the next best thing to driving a nuclear reactor yourself!

Life, love and politics: an idealistic British colonial officer's journey of self-discovery in 1930s Dar-es-Salaam. Walter Barnes, a naive junior customs officer from Bristol, is plunged into the heady, politically-charged atmosphere of colonial life in Dar-es-Salaam. Out of his depth, he attempts to deal with murder, sex, race and corruption.