Over 200,000 18-24 year olds take a gap year every year, and the numbers are growing yearly. In this up-dated edition, Tom Griffiths provides essential information on: money and finances; packing; parents; health and emergencies; safety; going solo; going with a friend; hitch-hiking; and coming home. It also includes tips, hints, checklists, useful contacts and expanded sections on travelling to Islamic countries.

In dramatic monologues, ten Biblical heroines reveal how they managed to triumph in a male-dominated world. Ranging from indomitable Sarah to legendary Queen Esther, they confide frank feelings of faith, ambition, passion and sibling rivalry - emerging not as mythic figures, but as wives, mothers and daughters who inspire the women of today.