Non-Fiction

How can individuals best be encouraged to take more responsibility for their well-being and their environment or to behave more ethically in their business transactions? Across the world, governments are...

Current projections indicate that by 2050 the number of people aged over 80 years old will rise to 395 million and that by this date 25-30% of people over the...

The social backdrop, vividly described, to one of the greatest battles in European history, Waterloo 1815The summer of 1815 saw the final and desperate efforts of European powers to usurp...

In an ageing society, care homes have become an increasingly important provider of services to older people at the end-of-life. One of the main themes running through this book concerns...

"Wine is, above all, about pleasure. Those who make it ponderous make it dull...If you keep an open mind and take each wine on its own terms; there is a...

Ask most women whether they have the right to equality at work and the answer will be a resounding yes, but ask the same women whether they'd feel confident asking...

Pope Francis' Encyclical Letter Laudato Si': On Care for Our Common Home was published in June 2015 to widespread praise from such people as the Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General...

This book is a photographic collection of the great moments in sporting history. Who can forget the moment when the young Henry Cooper floored Cassius Clay? Or when Roger Bannister...

The new book from Michael J. Fox, reflecting on the special year of 1985 and Back to theFuture.DescriptionIn early 1985, Michael J. Fox was one of the biggest stars on...

George Best needs little introduction. A legend in his own lifetime, he is undoubtedly the greatest footballer the UK has ever produced. At his peak he brought glamour and grace...

Understanding and applying food science to the bakeshop-now revised and updated How Baking Works, Second Edition thoroughly covers the entire baking process, emphasizing the "whys" at work behind basic techniques....

The ultimate repertoire of wit and wisdom from fashion's sharpest pin Karl Lagerfeld is a modern master of couture. He is also famously outspoken: his wise, surprising statements pop up...

**A Guardian Book of the Summer 2025**** The instant top 5 Sunday Times bestseller from political commentator Ash Sarkar **'One of the boldest and most exciting thinkers of her generation'...

'The book of you is dominated by night-black seas, sprinkled with shining island sentences: tiny islets of remembrance, glimmering in the night.'Memory isn't all that we think it is. Each...

The instant Sunday Times bestsellerThe UK's bestselling medieval historian brings unforgettably to life the astonishing rise of Henry V, who survived rebellion, a near-fatal arrow wound and a lengthy and...

Is it a truth universally acknowledged that a young Austen heroine must be in want of a husband?You are in the world of a Jane Austen novel. As the events...

** AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW ** From the bestselling author of Mayflies and Caledonian Road, a heart-enriching celebration of what makes us great: our friends.If we are lucky in our...

A new and definitive account of one of the most famous and mysterious manuscripts in the world.The Book of Kells is a mystery. It is distinct from all copies of...

'A daily dose of joy and wisdom. Just what we need to chase the gloom away!' OLIVIA COLMAN'This book makes me smile every day.' FEARNE COTTONWhy is a heart not...

On March 16 1978, Also Moro, former Italian Prime Minister, was ambushed in Rome. Within three minutes the gang killed all five members of his escort and bundled Moro inot...

'Captures moments in time like nothing else.' RICHARD E. GRANT'Intimate . . . and rarely predictable.' MICHAEL PALIN'Completely fascinating and inspiring. Completely addictive.' STEPHEN FRY'A volume to treasure, sigh and...

Once upon a time, there was a tower on a hill, beyond the dark trees, somewhere north. An octagonal tower on two levels: glass upstairs and stone below, beneath a...

A searing insight into the political radicalization of Silicon Valley, from Elon Musk to Peter Thiel, JD Vance and Donald Trump, and how it will affect the future of all...

At eighteen Alexander had conquered mainland Greece, was crowned King of Macedonia at twenty and by twenty-six he had made himself master of the once mighty Persian Empire. By the...

Published to celebrate Katherine Mansfield's centenary, this is a compact but comprehensive new portrait of her life, work, relevance and wonderfully inspiring personalityRestless outsider, masher-up of form and convention, Katherine...

Danger lurks at every corner. Volcanoes. Sharks. Quicksand. Terrorists. The pilot of the plane blacks out and it's up to you to land the jet. What do you do? The...

Whilst sailing between Hawaii and Tahiti in January 1824, the captain and officers of the Nantucket whaling ship 'the Globe' were attacked with whaling gear, shot, and dumped overboard under...