Non-Fiction

This is a book for those who unashamedly want manners in the world. They are the essence of living together. And we are struggling to find rules that we can...

This book aims to provide a comprehensive and updated introduction to the discipline which incorporates the contributions of both the European and American traditions. It examines the construction of the...

The DK Eyewitness California Travel Guide is your indispensable guide to this beautiful part of the world. The fully updated guide includes unique cutaways, floorplans and reconstructions of the must-see...

Almost 50 years have passed since the famous papers of Hugo Rietveld from the late sixties where he describes a method for the refinement of crystal structures from neutron powder...

Nudge has transformed the way individuals, companies and governments look at the world - and in the process has become one of the most important books of the twenty-first century....

A deadly secret. A horrifying discovery.A daughter tells the devastating true story her mother tried to hide...Growing up in a chaotic home on Merseyside, young Joanne raised herself and her...

'A glorious plum-pudding of a book, to be consulted, with pleasure and profit, over and over again' Sir Jeremy Isaacs Michael Steen's 'Great Composers' was originally published in 2003. A...

THE MAN WHO BROKE INTO AUSCHWITZ is the extraordinary true story of a British soldier who marched willingly into Buna-Monowitz, the concentration camp known as Auschwitz III. In the summer...

The definitive guide to truly understanding your cat from internationally renowned cat behaviour expert Dr Sarah Brown'A must-have for an animal rescuer or guardian who wants to increase their feline...

'A thrilling celebration of lighthouses' i newspaperAn enthralling history of Britain's rock lighthouses, and the people who built and inhabited themLighthouses are enduring monuments to our relationship with the sea....

'Elegant and multi-focal. Glorious!' Simon GarfieldThe humble pair of glasses might just be one the world's greatest inventions, allowing millions to see a world that might otherwise appear a blur....

This biography of Ataturk aims to strip away the myth to show the complexities of the man beneath. Born plain Mustafa in Ottoman Salonica in 1881, he trained as an...

A passionate, thought-provoking exploration of walking as a political and cultural activity, from the author of Orwell's Roses Drawing together many histories--of anatomical evolution and city design, of treadmills and...

The centuries between 800 and 300 BC saw an explosion of new religious concepts. Their emergence is second only to man's harnessing of fire in fundamentally transforming our understanding of...

In this text Weider gives the reader a complete synopsis of the life, times and works of Napolean. Topics covered include Napolean's civic and military achievements, and his philosophy and...

Learn how to define develop and implement a dynamic business strategy with Strategic Thinking. This concise and informative guide shows you how to plan short- and long-term objectives how to...

According to Chesterton St Francis of Assisi anticipated all that is most sympathetic in the modern mood, he exceeds Wordsworth in his love of nature and Tolstoy in his social...

This comprehensive volume is the only guide to cooking you need. Entirely revised and updated, the Good Housekeeping Step-by-Step Cookbook is packed with tips and trouble-shooting advice on all the...

This history of a family is an amalgamation of Garcia Marquez's shorter fiction, American fiction, biblical parables, and quixotic experiences of his own unique life story. His is a community...

You don't have to have made bread before to start creating delicious loaves. In this book, photographed by Peter Cassidy, Jane aims to inspire you to start baking by explaining...

Emmanuel Hadjiandreou is passionate about bread and in this, his first book, he shows you how to make it, step by step. The book starts by explaining the key to...

Health psychology is developing at a rapid pace, reflecting changes in consumer expectations and developments in the understanding of the effects of pyschological processes on health. This book considers those...

Winner of the American Horticultural Therapy Association's Book Publication Award 2014A garden or nature setting presents the perfect opportunity for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and special needs to learn,...

People who have tasted fine artisan breads find that too many of the little shops that sold them have disappeared. And, they've no time to make them at home. In...

'Where and how Dada began is almost as difficult to determine as Homer's birthplace', writes Hans Richter, the artist and film-maker closely associated with this radical and transforming movement from...