Wise WomenUngainly giantesses. Sequin strewn fairy godmothers. Misunderstood witches. Fierce grandmothers. Hairy chinned hags. Craggy crones. From early childhood, we learn about the world and its possibilities through myths and fairy tales. The heroines, though, tend to be golden haired princesses, and the evil doers often older women. But from midlife onwards, women today are searching for positive versions of themselves, and this dazzling array of not to be

Thomas Peach lives in quiet retirement

In documenting every step of his adventure

A new crisis erupts before the last one has finished: financial crisis

really the intended target of the shooting

the radical work of Harriet Powers in the nineteenth-century USA

the more rewarding it becomes

bearing the ghastly signs of a black magic ritual

not as a genuine plan

conservationists

Eight times World Memory Champion Dominic O'Brien takes us step-by-step through a programme of skills

one camel and three ships

Including 40 new regional maps