Voices from the Blue'God I love these women! Their breeziness compassion humour and resilience are a tonic' Libby Purves Times Literary Supplement In February 1919 London's first women police officers took to the streets of the city. They battled entrenched gender stereotypes institutional inequality sexual harassment and assaults disturbingly familiar to those affecting today's #MeToo generation of modern women. Female officers facing resentment from male colleagues

Dan Docherty presents practical Tai Chi Chuan - the most common Tai Chi techniques - and explains them with reference to the Ming dynasty book The Classic of Boxing and to Chinese myth and legend

easy-to-stick-to advice

With striking illustrations throughout and clear 'trick guides' to help young magicians get started - along with some really impressive sleights of hand for the more experienced illusionist - Dan's book also contains a fascinating history of the craft of the magician

coconut and curry leaves that are the famous staples of the South

The characterisations and unexpected personalities are not to be missed

She is not free

She wants no more than to hide from the chaos

He also helps his mum to count to ten so that she isn't angry with Susie

From the games of ancient Greece to the twenty-first century

New York Times bestselling author of Big Potential and The Happiness Advantage

She must schlep the Open House signs to the car

the rural town of Grandville is covered with fliers announcing the coming of something extraordinary - a one-night-only performance of The Travelling Vampire Show