Non-Fiction Books

Soon to be a major motion picture, First Man by James Hansen offers the only authorized glimpse into the life of America's most famous astronaut, N...

'Loathed, loved, terrorist to some, brilliant political strategist to others - what do we make of Gerry Adams? Malachi O'Doherty, one of Northern ...

'A moving read - honest, funny and sad' Woman and Home 'wonderful, moving, humorous ... extremely poignant' Charlie Mortimer, Dear Lupin 'Iain's ...

Review "Love transfixes readers with his stories of the rise and fall of the band, his own work as a songwriter, and his deep engagement with spir...

30 inside stories of the American Mafia, Sicilian Cosa Nostra, Camorra and 'Ndrangheta Images of life in the Mob pervade our film and TV screens, s...

**WITH A FOREWORD BY MICHEL ROUX JR** A great restaurant is as much about the service as the food. It's about the smile when you arrive, the way ...

The new hilarious and inspirational memoir from Sunday Times no. 1 bestselling author Bryony Gordon. 'A courageous account that will inspire us al...

Ayaan Hirsi Ali is one of today's most admired and controversial political figures. She burst into international headlines following the murder of ...

Illuminating the life of Simon Cowell and delving into backstage scandal, tabloid rumour and the cut-throat worlds of music and television, Tom Bow...

A brilliant memoir from the celebrated Chilean novelist on friends, family and life in California, her adopted home. Isabel Allende has sold more ...

In Chase Your Shadow, journalist and author John Carlin tells the gripping story of Oscar Pistorius's tragic journey from sporting icon to accused ...

On 25 February 1956, twenty-three-year-old Sylvia Plath walked into a party and immediately spotted Ted Hughes. The sensational aspects of the Plat...

The epic true-life story of one of the most notorious maritime disasters of the nineteenth century - and inspiration for 'Moby-Dick' - reissued to ...

As actress, activist, businesswoman, wife, and mother, Jane Fonda has pushed herself to the limit, attempting to please all, excel in every arena, ...

The story of Roman Polanski's career is checkered with sadness and scandal. Arguably the most controversial film director of our time, his strokes ...

About the Author Nigel Cawthorne has published more than 50 books. He lives in Bloomsbury, UK. Product Description This fresh look at crime scen...

On May 2, 2011, at 1:03 a.m. in Pakistan, a satellite uplink was sent from the town of Abbottabad crackling into the situation room of the White Ho...

The Chelsea Hotel, since its founding by a visionary French architect in 1884, has been an icon of American invention: a cultural dynamo and haven ...

For three decades one of the most secretive units in the British military has been a mystery force known as X Platoon. Officially there was no X P...

This new book about the 1st Duke of Wellington provides a novel take on the traditional biography in that it explores the life of this complex man ...

The remarkable autobiography of the last great wartime icon. Born Vera Welch on 20 March, 1917 in the East End of London, Dame Vera Lynn's career w...

The second volume of the autobiography of Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. 'Walking in the Shade' begins in 1949, as Doris ...

Sunday Times No.1 bestseller. They were branded as cowards and accused of being the British Special Forces Squadron that ran away from the Iraqis. ...

It is a summer's night in 1860. In an elegant detached Georgian house in the village of Road, Wiltshire, all is quiet. Behind shuttered windows the...

500 contemporary colour photographs, featuring the work of 80 of the world's leading tattoo artists.

This authoritative and groundbreaking publication, written by three internationally renowned design historians, is the first major critical assessm...

Based in London and Berlin, Michael Elmgreen (b. 1961, Denmark) and Ingar Dragset (b. 1969, Norway) have worked as a collaborative team since the m...

This spectacular book offers a scintillating, visually outstanding tour of more than 65 of the world's most fascinating houses. Massimo Listris' st...

Art Deco is epitomized by the French works exhibited at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris in 1925....

An internationally renowned architect and lecturer, Daniel Libeskind is one of the world's most influential figures in architecture. Best-known for...

From first to last, Picasso's prime subject was the human figure and portraiture remained a favourite genre. His earliest portraits were done from...

Taking as his subject icons of consumerism and American popular culture, Derek Boshier made his name in the 1960s as one of the key proponents of B...

Based on hundreds of interviews with directors such as Coppola, Scorsese, Hopper and Spielberg, as well as producers, stars, studio executives, wri...

This is the first study of Scottish war art and artists of the twentieth century. A fascinating visual record of Scotland's experience of conflict,...

There has been much scaremongering about the `death of the book', and how, as words find new ways and means of transmission, young people might gra...

'Craft' is no longer a trend; it is now an enshrined aspect of modern life. This sequel to Olivier Dupon's bestselling The New Artisans - the book ...

The American Dream: From Pop to present presents an overview of the development of American printmaking since 1960, paying particular attention to ...

In the first book of its kind, Aaron Rosen tells the story of how art developed across the world. He takes young readers on a journey through art h...

The face is not only central to identity, but is also the primary vehicle for human expression, emotion and character. It also signifies intellect ...

Steven Heller, the world's foremost graphic-design commentator, and Lita Talarico, design educator, open up designers' personal sketchbooks to prov...

In Paris in 1934, a young and beautiful Jewish emigree, Gerda Pohorylles, met a Hungarian political exile, Andre Friedmann. They reinvented themsel...

The 20th century marked a turning point in spectacle design. Eyewear, which had previously been classed as purely functional, was transformed into ...

Vincent van Gogh's tumultuous final years were the climax of his career as a colourist. In France he reached a sustained height of expression and c...

This popular book in the bestselling `Way We Live' series - a visually thrilling exploration of the way people around the world live with colour - ...

Photojournalists are constantly hunting for "the right moment". Now, you can admire the fruits of their labours in this volume of photographs - gri...

What you see is very different from what you think you see... There's a lot going on behind the scenes when you like a photograph. Maybe somethin...

Acclaimed for his good looks as much as his searing acting ability, Canadian actor Ryan Gosling first came to attention, aged 12, as a Mouseketeer ...

There's no one secret to taking beautiful photos. But good photographers do have a few tricks up their sleeves... They know that clouds, far from r...