Non-Fiction

Cold-blooded, slippery, wet and strange: fish can be hard to think of as fellow animals and easier to consider as food. But what do we know of these creatures on...

Piers Morgan welcomes the return of a common-sense world Never afraid to stand up for what's right or call out hypocrisy at either end of the political spectrum, Piers Morgan...

What turned Adolf Hitler, a relatively normal and apparently unexceptional young man, into the very personification of evil? To answer this question, acclaimed historian Brigitte Hamann has turned to the...

The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller The Global #1 Bestseller After more than seventy years of fighting to live her life on her own terms, Cher finally reveals her...

Sleep plays a major role in preparing the mind and body for a productive, creative and healthy day. Our stressful, frenetic pace of life often leads to shorter sleeping hours...

A sweet gift book offering wisdom (and humour) from your dog's perspective to help you live your best and most authentic human life, featuring illustrations from the viral Instagram series....

This guide is designed to be of interest to those who wish to trace their ancestors in Ireland. The first section of the book covers the basic sources, those which...

The Seven Words from the Cross are the focus of Christian meditation through the ages. Set to music by Hadyn, they epitomise the depth of Jesus's human experience and thus...

A special selection of extracts from the letters of Mary Aikenhead - one for every day of the year - containing much wisdom, inspiration and challenge, reflecting her deep spirituality....

This is a story-book in verse, universal in its appeal and representative of a literary tradition from Chaucer to Auden. Its tales are of various kinds - romantic, humorous, ghostly,...

Palgrave's Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language is a national institution and probably the most famous poetry anthology ever compiled. This new edition,...

You know that music can affect your mood: it can make you feel happy, enchanted, excited, comforted. But music has an even greater power. Quite simply, music is good for...

Knowing how our feelings work allows us to tame our temperament. Gael Lindenfield takes the latest research into the body/mind/behaviour cycle and explores how we can control our body, mind...

In his early twenties Miles Hordern first crossed the oceans from the northern to the southern hemisphere, but the stretch between New Zealand and the Indian Ocean, guarded by the...

The true story of the childhood and therapy of an incest survivor. Jacqueline Spring was born into a Glaswegian family that appeared conventionally at ease both emotionally and materially. But...

Presents the Roman Catholic approach to sacraments in general in a way that encompasses the teaching of Vatican II, contemporary Catholic theologians, and the ecumenical dimension.

A funny, moving travelogue following in the footsteps of Hans Christian Andersen. Without Hans Christian Andersen there would be no Alice in Wonderland, no Roald Dahl and maybe even no...

In 1988 Simon Winchester, author of The Surgeon of Crowthorne and The Map that Changed the World, set out on foot to discover the Republic of Korea. He wanted to...

A collection of simple exercises for retreats of 20 minutes or less. Retreats are short periods of meditation, contemplation or self-discovery, that help you to handle and co-ordinate your life....