Non-Fiction Books

About the Author Cecily Gayford studied English at the University of Oxford, where she wrote her thesis on the 'golden age' detective stories ...

A little rebel girl goes on the hunt for a fearsome monster in this empowering tale about bravery and kindness from the creator of the New York Tim...

Product Description ***PRE-ORDER MARK BILLINGHAM'S STUNNING NEW NOVEL RABBIT HOLE NOW***'One of the great series of British crime fiction' --- TH...

Review Offers thought-provoking comparison with the works of his students and an overview of how the work is changing the face of modern art a...

Product Description 'Genuinely unputdownable books are rare in my experience. This is one. A brilliant, original comedy' Daily Mail'I loved The A...

This is a makeover for more than just your wardrobe, it's about improving your overall well-being Your days of screaming 'I have nothing to wear' ...

Review Unexpectedly moving...a good introduction for the general reader suddenly turns to questions of love, grief, deceit and identity -- Sholto ...

Honest heartbreak advice for grown ups. How to Heal a Broken Heart doesn't sugarcoat it - heartbreak brings you to your knees. But, sometimes, it a...

Product Description "The Desert Flora 1000 Piece Puzzle with Shaped Pieces from Galison features illustrations of the desert's colorful plant life...

An entertaining and highly original introduction to graphic design, this beautifully designed book uses puzzles and visual challenges to demonstrat...

Review Hillman is surely right that Chinese tech makes the world a more dangerous place than we once hoped ... The prospect that [he] sets up is t...

Review The Web of Meaning is both a profound personal meditation on human existence and, as its title implies, a tour-de-force weaving together of...

Review A champagne cocktail ... Rich, invigorating, and deceptively simple to the taste ... One falls for Sally Jay Gorce from a great height from...

Be enthralled by the world of Arthurian legend in this lavishly illustrated, masterful retelling. From King Arthur’s childhood to his final battle,...

'I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe. I buried the girl I was because she ran into all kinds of tro...

Product Description Perfect for busy lifestyles, these recipes will revolutionise your meal planning, meaning you can indulge in nutritious, comfo...

Product Description Following on from her hugely popular books, My Good Life in France and My Four Seasons in France, ex-pat Janine Marsh shares m...

Identify the signs Ask the right questions Get to the truth Spy the Lie is a fascinating study of deception and a comprehensive lesson in how ...

Product Description Fashion designers have been involved in movies since the early days of cinema. The result is some of the most eye-catching and...

Review Put simply, I love Georgia as a writer and a woman. Funny, moving, insightful, vulnerable. A brave book and a brilliant read. -- Miranda Ha...

About the Author Richard Herring has enjoyed phenomenal success as a writer and performer and is an innovator in the world of podcasts. Persistent...

Product Description Behind the scenes at the RAF's premier classic aircraft display flight The world famous RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight ...

Mexican food might seem easy to imitate. But a taco with soul? Now that's a different story. Many have wrestled with this ancient cuisine and its p...

Product Description Get to know San Francisco by working this illustrated map of city featuring the city's most famous sites and landmarks includi...

About the Author François Gautieris a French artist who has a passion for creation in all forms. After studying in the Applied Arts, Product Desig...

Review On the page, Cameron is compassionate and cajoling, convincing you of your capability and jollying you along with anecdotes about her Holly...

Review Very few books on the biological and cultural origin of humanity can be ranked as classics. I believe that Daniel Everett's How Language Be...

Review An essential tool for parents, teachers and carers, hoping to positively influence a child's journey into a future that holds increasing un...

Review Perfect entertainment for grim times -- Andrew Holgate A wonderfully quirky history . . . funny, sweet-tempered and skips along like a ski...

Product Description FLEXIBILITY AND WEIGHT From Richard Williams' The Animator's Survival Kit comes key chapters in mini form. The Animator's Surv...

Product Description Each year the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition is seen by millions through a global tour and international media c...

Is this the right book for me? With over 24,000 translations, including everyday idioms and expressions, Essential Gaelic Dictionary is the perfec...

Product Description Some believe the Ambhan Empire is cursed. But Arwa doesn't simply believe it - she knows it's true.Widowed by the infamous, u...

A primer on political theory from bestselling author and host of Talking Politics David Runciman.

Product Description When the Dutch East Indiaman Batavia struck an uncharted reef off the new continent of Australia on her maiden voyage in 1629,...

For many years Andrew Greig saw the poet Norman MacCaig as a father figure. Months before his death, MacCaig's enigmatic final request to Greig was...

A thoughtful, down-to-earth, contemporary guide to help partners identify and address relationship-killing behaviour patterns in their own lives.

This book explains, in simple steps and non-mathematical terminology, how to create repeat patterns in a line, on the plane, as tiles and as Escher...

1942, Nazi-occupied France. Sandrine, a spirited and courageous nineteen-year-old, finds herself drawn into a Resistance network in Carcassonne - c...

55 profiles by 55 different writers, politicians, journalists and academics of every prime minister there's ever been, from Robert Walpole to Boris...

Touching From a Distance by Deborah Curtis is the only in-depth biographical account of the legendary lead singer of Joy Division, Ian Curtis.

Product Description As portrayed in Homer's Odyssey, Penelope - wife of Odysseus and cousin of the beautiful Helen of Troy - has become a symbol o...

The Lunar Men by Jenny Uglow is a vivid group portrait that brings to life the Lunar Society of Birmingham, a group of eighteenth-century amateur e...

Shipwrecks have captured our imagination for centuries. Here acclaimed historian Sam Willis traces the astonishing tales of ships that have met wit...

This Is Planet Earth is dedicated to the wonders of Planet Earth, the most amazing place in the known Universe.

Product Description Discover a whole new way of seeing the world while honing your photography skills across composition, exposure, lighting, lens...

Product Description The definitive edition of Dylan Thomas's five published volumes of poems: 18 POEMS, TWENTY-FIVE POEMS, THE MAP OF LOVE, DEATHS...

Review British author Gregory does her usual solid job of weaving details of daily life in 14th-century England into a sophisticated multiple-murd...