Nonfiction

'Joyous ... a book that makes other journalists weep with envy' The Economist 'Provocative, touching, and sensitively written ... an eloquent, brilliantly researched account' Sunday Times One of The Economist's...

The Dingle Way runs for 114 miles (183 km) around the beautiful Dingle Peninsula. It starts and finishes in Tralee, accessible by train or bus from Dublin and from Kerry...

On the 2nd of August 1947 a young man gets off a train in a small Swedish town. He has survived the Lodz ghetto, Auschwitz, and the harrowing slave camps...

Presenting the best of their hugely popular blog, Sam MacGrath, Donal O Faolain and Ciaran O'Muircheartaigh celebrate and explore Dublin's hidden history."

By the journalist who won the International Reporter of the Year award and the United Nations Association Media Peace Prize, this book brings together the episodes for which his journalism...

We associate the Romans with majesty and greatness: we marvel at their straight roads and innovative underfloor heating, at the dominance of their army and navy, at the grandeur of...

Discover Europe's capital of cool.Whether you want to explore the jumbled streets of Alfama, take in the fantastic views from Castelo de Sao Jorge, or sample the city's iconic custard...

In the year following 7 October 2023, Samar Yazbek met with hundreds of survivors from Gaza, asking each of them about their experiences of that day and the months of...

NEW TO THIS EDITON: * An introductory section on the Core Principles of Economics * A section on Game Theory and its importance in market structure * A chapter on...

The story of the sixteenth-century's epic contest for the spice trade, which propelled European maritime exploration and conquest across Asia and the Pacific Spices drove the early modern world economy,...

Thomas Asbridge's remarkable new book reveals the global impact of humanity's greatest natural disaster, and the terrible human cost of this calamity.'An up-to-the-hour work of scholarship that is at the...

WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE WITH A FOREWORD FROM MARGARET ATWOOD 'This book would always have been important evidence that the Ukraine people were suffering criminal attack. Written by a...

'Remarkable and haunting . . . a revelation' Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber Eyes'A dazzling achievement, heartbreaking, glamourous, elegiac, revelatory and utterly gripping' Simon Sebag Montefiore,...

Every family has a story ... for Liam O'Connor that story goes back to his great-grandparents, William and Norry Kennedy. Using the threads of his family's past to weave a...

NOW UPDATED WITH A NEW CHAPTERA Sunday Times Paperback of the YearA Spectator and New Statesman Book of the Year'An illuminating and riveting read' Jonathan Dimbleby'Arresting . . . excellent,...

Breathtaking in its scope and originality, "Seven Basic Plots" examines the basis of story telling in literature, film, and libretto. No one will ever see stories in the same way...

Plan smart, grow sustainably, and eat healthily with home-grown crops for every day of the year.In Grow Your Own Veg Through the Year experts from the world-renowned Royal Horticultural Society...

Babylon often appears more myth than history. Purportedly the site of the Hanging Gardens and the Tower of Babel, its infamous presence in the Bible has made it a byword...

In his first work of non-fiction for over a decade, the author of "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" draws on more than 50 years of research to offer an...

'This is essential' Margaret Atwood on Twitter 'She's one of the most acute and perceptive analysts of the furtive growth of fascism. Everyone should know about this' Philip Pullman 'Vibrates...

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND SCHRODERS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2025**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND OBAMA BOOK OF THE YEAR'A must-read for progressives' BARACK OBAMA...

Ornithologist Sean Ronayne always knew he was different. While he struggled to fit in at school, when he was surrounded by nature, listening to birdsong, he felt a sense of...

'This book refreshed my perspective ... I was galvanised and reassured. Guided, taught and counselled. We make cool stuff. We always have. I'm full of thanks for it' Kae Tempest...

"If the world of gardening has rock stars, Piet Oudolf qualifies as Mick Jagger, David Bowie, and Prince rolled into one." -Gardenista The original publication of Planting the Natural Garden...

An eye-opening exploration of the weird and wonderful things human beings have done in pursuit (and denial) of the mighty orgasm, based on the hit Twitter account @WhoresofYoreThis is not...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Running with Scissors comes Augusten Burroughs's most provocative memoir. Outrageously fuinny and scorchingly honest.You may not know it, but you've met...

'Exquisitely written... haunting... Few books, I think, capture so well the sense of a life broken for ever by trauma and guilt' Sunday Times 'An unsparing, honest and insightful memoir,...

A SUNDAY TIMES LITERARY NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARA GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (AS CHOSEN BY AUTHORS)**LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE****SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE**'Outstanding. I'll...

'But we can't possibly pack up our lives and just run away in a van for a whole year. Can we?'Susan Bennett and her husband Chris are living normal, busy...

The world's favourite pocket travel guidesPerfect for a city break or short stay, Top 10 Athens is your essential Athens travel guide. Top 10 lists showcase the city's highlights, so...

'A must-read: it hits you right in the heart' Katriona O'Sullivan, author of Poor'Written in beautifully honest prose, and illuminated throughout by something rare and invaluable: the notes kept by...

AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR'A compelling and timely study of what drove history's most influential civilisations... the book comes with impeccable timing... An entertaining and informative read for anyone...

A WATERSTONES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 ONDAATJE PRIZE'A masterful portrait of one of the world's greatest cities... A must-read' PETER FRANKOPAN'Such a delightful read' KATJA HOYER,...

In this founding work in the literature of black protest, Du Bois eloquently affirms that it is beneath the dignity of a human being to beg for those rights that...

'A gripping, behind-the-curtain story of the men and women who rebuilt the world after the carnage of World War II-and, in the process, engineered an age of unprecedented peace and...

From the experts at the RHS comes the ultimate plant guide, no matter the site or situation of your garden.This book is the authority on choosing plants to suit your...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "History matters to McCain, and for him America is and was about its promise. The book is his farewell address, a mixture of the personal...