Жанр "Нехудожественная литература на английском языке"

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

From the author of the widely acclaimed Heat, an exhilarating account of Bill Buford's adventures in the world of French...

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...

Is there a 'physics of society'? Philip Ball's investigation into human nature ranges from Hobbes and Adam Smith to modern work...

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...

Everything you might want to know about infinity - in history and all the way to today's cutting-edge science.

Infinity is...

Have you ever had a premonition, the feeling of being watched, or a telepathic experience? Renowned biologist Rupert Sheldrake...

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

'He has...

'Blackburn rescues the man from inside the madman. She redeems a lost life' - The Times

In 1792, when he was forty-seven, the...

The pre-eminent study of the six wives of Henry VIII by a master historian.

Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded,...

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,...

Peter Ackroyd at his most magical and magisterial - a glittering, evocative, fascinating, story-filled portrait of Venice:...

'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...

'A simply wonderful book...the perfect union of writer and subject...a delightfully eccentric masterpiece; no poolside or...

Graham Greene's incredible journey to an unchartered land.

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

'Salt is the fascinating, indispensable history of an indispensable ingredient. It's a must-have book for any serious cook or...

Iris Murdoch's unique study of one of the 20th century's foremost thinkers

Sartre's powerful political passions were united...

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...