Nonfiction

Widely considered to be the most important biography of Nelson Mandela, Antony Sampson's remarkable book has been updated with an afterword by acclaimed South African journalist, John Battersby. Long after...

One of the most extraordinary memoirs of recent years, the acclaimed writer John Cornwell has finally written his own story, and the story of a choice he had to make...

The third volume of Alice Taylor's unique memoir of life in the Irish countryside. A massive bestseller with universal appeal.

This detailed reference work provides gardeners with over 4000 photographs of individual plants, and diagrams showing each plant's shape and height at maturity. The author provides additional information about various...

A major new biography of Eugene O'Neill, the Nobel Prize-winning dramatist who revolutionized American theater"Restores balance to the slightly skewed twenty-first century reputation of America's greatest playwright. . . ....

The Russian Revolution seized a backward, violent, peasant country and turned it into the world's first 'worker's state'. The cost in blood and misery is now known, but no fully...

This latest volume in the Oxford History of the United States series skilfully weaves together political, social, cultural, and economic history to present a fascinating survey of postwar America. James...

The author challenges many feminist orthodoxies - on female sexuality, pornography, war and peace, psychanalysis and sociobiology. She argues against the exponents - such as Mary Daly, Andrea Dworkin and...

In January 2014 I was informed that I had cancer.However, Quicksand is not a book about death and destruction, but about what it means to be human. I have undertaken...

The revealing story of the legendary Wallis Simpson's controversial and formative year in China in the 1920s. 'Compelling' Dr Amanda Foreman'Fascinating' Lisa See'Riveting' Anne Sebba'Surprising' Anne de Courcy'Convincing' Hugo Vickers'Intriguing'...

The career of this erratic genius is an extraordinary story. The son of a Cornish mine captain, Trevithick single-handed totally changed the unwieldy steam engines of Newcomen and Watt to...

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and...