Жанр "Нехудожественная литература на английском языке"

Robert Fortune was a Scottish gardener, botanist, plant hunter - and industrial spy. In 1848, the East India Company engaged him...

Of all the great novelists writing today, none shows the same gift as Martin Amis for writing non-fiction - his essays, literary...

There aren't many scientists famous enough in their lifetime to be canonized by the US Congress as one of America's 'living...

The story of modern Australia begins in eighteenth-century Britain, where people were hanged for petty offences but crime was...

The first popular biography of Edward I in a generation by a major new historian.

This is the first major biography for a...

Andalusia is a passion - and fifteen years after his last visit Laurie Lee returned. He found a country broken by the Civil War,...

Did Neil Armstrong really set foot on the moon?

Was the United States government responsible for the 11 September...

Did the Trojan War really happen?

Spectacular new archaeological evidence suggests that it did. Recent excavations and newly...

Ludicrous, heart-warming and improbably inspirational, Spanish Steps is the story of what happens when a rather silly man tries...

Diane Arbus's startling photographic images of dwarfs, twins, transvestites, and freaks seemed from the first to redefine both...

Elegant, provocative and hugely entertaining, Kingsley Amis's memoirs are filled with anecdotes, experiences and portraits of...

Manet, Monet, Pissarro, Cezanne, Renoir, Degas, Sisley, Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt.

Though they were often ridiculed or...

Acute, questioning, humane and passionately concerned for justice, Helena Kennedy is one of the most powerful voices in legal...

The vivid scenes on the Bayeux Tapestry depict the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings in 1066. It is one of Europe's...

An award-winning epic on the birth of Australia

In 1787, the twenty-eighth year of the reign of King George III, the British...

'McCullin is required reading if you want to know what real journalism is all about.' - Times Literary Supplement

'He has...

In this enthralling book van der Post establishes his role as a distinguished explorer and writer describing the rediscovery of...

Travels around Italy in search of illusion, national character and goals.


'Delves into the very essence of being a fan,...

'Barrow explains nothing with great clarity, a lovely lightness of touch and enormous erudition' Spectator

How do you begin to...

'Elegant and enjoyable...a thoughtful exploration of the twin delights of the piano and the Parisian life' Express on...

'I recommend his book to all those who are fed up with accounts of roughing it agreeably in Tuscany and similar junk that...

The evocative tale of an idyllic childhood in the English countryside.

The classic evocative tale of an idyllic childhood in...

A fascinating account of five turning points that shaped the course of musical history by the popular music broadcaster and...

Shortlisted for the Whitbread biography award 2003

'Definitive' Daily Telegraph

Orwell has become one of the most potent...

Graham Greene's incredible journey to an unchartered land.

The iconic writer's travel log from the uncharted shores of West...

A controversial enquiry into the fundamental principles of evolutionary theory from an award-winning writer

High in the...

A fascinating look inside the world of the Tudors, through the places they knew

Join historian Suzannah Lipscomb as she...

A meditation on running, nature and the pursuit of freedom in the modern world.

Running is not just a sport. It reconnects us...

A glorious ramble around Yorkshire from one of our best loved poets

I'm going to define the essence of this sprawling place...

The greatest quotable reference the game has ever had

The greatest football quotations collection ever, now in its ninth...