Ever wondered how to cook a locust or sweet-talk a cannibal? Welcome to the captivating world of female explorers - women just as inspiring, brave and occasionally downright strange as all the Shackletons, Mallorys and Livingstons. Discover who dressed up as a Tibetan peasant to explore Asia and why you shouldn't let a gorilla near your bedroom. Now available in paperback, this is 'One of the top five books this Christmas' "The Times"