Жанр "Нехудожественная литература на английском языке"

A wonderfully entertaining celebration of that most unique of creatures: the sloth.

In public estimation, sloths have...

A unique and compelling exploration of why humans need animal companions – from dogs and cats to horses, birds and reptiles – as...

In this witty and mischievous book, philosopher Peter Cave dissects the most controversial disputes today and uses philosophical...

Like it or not, our lives are dominated by mathematics. Our daily diet of news regales us with statistical forecasts, opinion...

The official account – complete with full-colour illustrations – of how four ordinary people managed to expose the government’s...

For the first time in millennia we live without formal empires. But that doesn’t mean we don’t feel their presence rumbling...

Ours is the age of global warming. Rising sea levels, extreme weather, forest fires. Dire warnings are everywhere, so why has it...

The untold story of the remarkable young men who played a central role in the history of British horticulture and helped to shape...

Charles Dickens was a superb public performer, a great orator and one of the most famous of the Eminent Victorians. Slight of...

Dan Lyons was Technology Editor at Newsweek Magazine for years, a magazine writer at the top of his profession. One Friday...

I propose to open my mind as wide as possible to allow my readers the first ever glimpse at South Central from my side of the...

As the day of the final of the 1995 Rugby World Cup dawned, and the Springboks faced New Zealand’s all-conquering All Blacks,...

Pain is a universal human experience, but we understand very little about the mechanics behind it. We hurt ourselves, we feel...

Raising kids can sometimes feel like society has ended, so why not go one further, and actually plan for it?

From James...

When the First World War broke out, the suffragettes suspended their campaigning and joined the war effort. For pioneering...

What is autism: a devastating developmental condition, a lifelong disability, or a naturally occurring form of cognitive...

What happened to MH370? How did Amelia Earhart disappear? When have quick-thinking pilots averted catastrophe and kept hundreds...

What does it mean to be well? Is it something in our body? Or, is it rather something subjective - something of the mind? In this...

'How we interact with animals has preoccupied philosophers, poets, and naturalists for ages,' writes Susan Orlean. Since the age...

Shawnee chief Tecumseh was a man destined for greatness - the son of a prominent war leader, he was supposedly born under a lucky...

More than one fifth of children want to become influencers and it's easy to understand why. What if you could escape economic...

New islands are being built at an unprecedented rate whether for tourism or territorial ambition, while many islands are...

Where can a tin of tuna buy you clean clothes? Where is it easier to get ‘spice’ than paracetamol? Where does self-harm barely...

Humans invented money from nothing, so why can’t we live without it? And why does no one understand what it really is? In this...

Busting the Diabetes Myth provides an effective and evidence-based approach to guide people with type 2 diabetes and prediabetes...

An ancestry test suggesting she shared some DNA with the Sami people, the indigenous inhabitants of the Arctic tundra, tapped...

What was it really like to take the LNER’s Art Deco Coronation streamliner from King’s Cross to Edinburgh, to cross the Atlantic...

Since the EU referendum of 2016, British politics has witnessed a barrage of crises, resignations and general elections. Theresa...

Announced in 1912, the Schneider Trophy was a series of glamorous air contests, popularly known as races, that captivated both...

Cormac... , Aldrich...

For the first time, The Secret Royals uncovers the remarkable relationship between the Royal Family and the intelligence...