Nonfiction

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Compassionate, unblinking and very, very funny' MEG ROSOFF'Eye-opening . . . occasionally haunting, always insightful' DAVID EAGLEMANFrom her very first day at Westwind Cremation & Burial,...

In this book my father dies. I almost die.*** My showbiz career winds down. And yet everyone keeps telling me it's the funniest book I've ever written. If I'd known...

Take a funny and illuminating tour of the female body with award-winning comedian Sara Pascoe. Women have so much going on, what with boobs and jealousy and menstruating and broodiness...

An essential collection of articles, tables and notes, to define and explain the modern uses and relationships - as well as the global origins, evolution and culture - of the...

This text successfully integrates engineering and ecological concepts and provides a comprehensive introduction to mathematical modeling of air and water pollution problems. It also includes key chapters on environmental management...

Now a major TV series, Mary & George, starring Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine.The King's Assassin is the scandalous story of George Villiers, lover - and murderer - of King...

The opening of the Eden Project in Cornwall in March 2001 brought a welcome touch of flamboyance and optimisim to a country that was somewhat lacking in both. The hundreds...

Drawing on a huge range of sources - letters, memoirs, conversations - Orlando Figes tells the story of how Russians tried to endure life under Stalin, brilliantly conveying the reality...

Charles J. Haughey, over the last five decades, has been involved in major political scandals of Watergate proportions: the Arms Crisis, the telephone tapping scandal, the Beef Tribunal, the Ben...

*THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**THE BOOK EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT*'I can say without fear of contradiction that Lue has played a central and indispensable role in forever changing the...

The book consists of 15 chapters dealing with 4 key themes in the strategic process: strategic analysis; strategic choice; strategic implementation; and strategy in practice. It includes numerous Irish case...

This book discusses the changing role of government finance in the twentieth century. It documents the enormous increase in government spending throughout the 1900s across all industrialized countries. However, the...

The fascinating tale of one of the most remarkable inventions in human history and its effects on science, myth, religion, manners, and the arts. Of all human inventions, the mirror...

This book brings to the understanding of the female body the talents of one of the most gifted science writers in English. Beginning with the egg & ending with the...

This is Gerry Conlon`s story. Gerry Conlon is one of the "Guildford Four" who was wrongfully imprisoned in 1974 for the Guildford bombing. His prosecution was based on fabricated police...

This encyclopedia of gardening techniques includes the very best gardening practices, old and new. The principles of planning, planting and maintaining a garden, propagating plants, establishing a kitchen garden, growing...

* * * WINNER OF THE 2014 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS POPULAR NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR * * *'I adored this book, and I could quote from it forever. It's...

From 1946, the poet and novelist Vita Sackville-West wrote a gardening column in the Observer. These were later collected in a set of books published between 1951 and 1958. Frances...

Goldberg played a pivotal role in the social, economic and cultural development of Cork and in changing attitudes towards Ireland's Jewish community. This title provides a fascinating look at an...

This book takes a dramatically original approach to the history of humanity, using objects which previous civilisations have left behind them, often accidentally, as prisms through which we can explore...

Until now, there has been no definitive "little red book" for the millions of sales-people across the globe. In the tradition of Harvey Penick's Little Red Book, New York Times...

Ian Kershaw's HITLER allows us to come closer than ever before to a serious understanding of the man and of the catastrophic sequence of events which allowed a bizarre misfit...

This practical guide to artificial intelligence and its impact on industry dispels common myths and calls for cross-sector, collaborative leadership for the responsible design and embedding of AI in the...