Жанр "Нехудожественная литература на английском языке"

Seven Pillars of Wisdom is an unusual and rich work. It encompasses an account of the Arab Revolt against the Turks during the...

Edmund de Waal uncovers the history of a family through a turbulent century through 264 objects.

264 wood and ivory carvings,...

Tom Wolfe's genre-defining magical mystery tour through the 1960s published in Vintage Classics for the first time to mark its...

The definitive biography of beloved author, Roger Deakin

Roger Deakin, author of the immortal Waterlog and Wildwood, was a man...

Describing his collection of Essays as ‘a book consubstantial with its author’, Montaigne identified both the power and the charm...

First published anonymously in 1912, this resolutely unsentimental novel gave many white readers their first glimpse of the...

'Over the years I've had some incredible finds, but the one that excites me the most is the next one.'

Drew Pritchard set...

TV and radio money-agony-aunt Claer Barrett is the voice of reason in the cost of living crisis, teaching us what we need to know...

The Charente: roofs of red terracotta tiles, bleached-white walls, windows shuttered against the blaring sun. The baker does his...

Brain: We left the oven on!
Me: No don't say that, I've not got time for this!
Brain: The house is probably on fire!
Me: Stop...

The Extra Mile is no ordinary sports memoir. But Kevin Sinfield is no ordinary sportsman. A one-club legend of Leeds Rhinos, who...

It was a tragic day for the nation's wildlife when England's last and loneliest golden eagle died in an unmarked spot among the...

The remarkable untold story of the mercurial cycling prodigy Frank Vandenbroucke, written by William Hill award-winning author...

In this revelatory book, Dr Jonathan Kennedy argues that germs have shaped humanity at every stage, from the first success of...

Welcome to Sotheran's, one of the oldest bookshops in the world, with its weird and wonderful clientele, suspicious cupboards,...

The perfect gift for any music lover . . .

The Rock and Roll A Level is here to rescue the pop quiz from the grip of bores who...

May 1940: In the face of a lightning German advance, the British Army found themselves, stunned, broken, beaten, their backs...

Stephen Hawking's closest collaborator offers the intellectual superstar's final thoughts on the universe.

Perhaps the biggest...

The Sixties ended a year late - on New Year's Eve 1970, when Paul McCartney initiated proceedings to wind up The Beatles. Music...

In 1838, a young woman was given a diary on her wedding day. Collecting snippets of fabric from a range of garments she carefully...

Enlightenment Britain was ablaze with ambition and energy. Great writers like Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, Samuel Johnson,...

Drawing from the people who lived it, Homelands explores how Europe slowly recovered and rebuilt from World War Two. And then...

Are you a human? Do you have a mind? Then this book is for you.

Nothing is more familiar and yet less understood than the...

An instant bestseller and one of the most celebrated history books of the year, Femina reveals the power and influence of...

Possibly the only drawback about the bestselling How To Be A Woman was that its author, Caitlin Moran, was limited to pretty much...

Listen to the brand new dramatisation of How To Be a Woman, narrated by Caitlin herself, as part of BBC Radio 4's Riot Girls...

Agnew... , Tufnell...

Who played the best pranks on his fellow team-mates? Which member of the TMS team terrorised his teachers in the annual...

The definitive baking collection from the undisputed queen of cakes.
This stunning new edition brings together the best of Mary...

Updated with the latest archaeological research new chapters on the most influential yet widely unrecognised people of the...

A deeply moving and mind-expanding collection of personal essays in the first ever work of non-fiction from #1 internationally...