Жанр "Нехудожественная литература на английском языке"

As Hitler prepared to invade Poland during the sweltering summer of 1939, men and women from across London's museums, galleries...

When 30-year-old Dean Nicholson set off from Scotland to cycle around the world, his aim was to learn as much as he could about...

'In the first decade of the twentieth century, it was not a good time to be born black, or woman, in America.'

So begins this...

The book covers all areas of mathematics, and each chapter includes explanations and examples to help you learn the skills you...

Marie Antoinette's dramatic life-story continues to arouse mixed emotions. To many people, she is still 'la reine mechante',...

In May 2012, Neil Gaiman delivered the commencement address at Philadelphia's University of the Arts, in which he shared his...

In the 1790s an extraordinary group of friends changed the world. Disappointed by the French Revolution's rapid collapse into...

Paris Fury is Tyson's rock, the wife he thanks for all his success. Both from Traveller families, she married him at 19 and is...

Dave Davies is the co-founder and lead guitarist of epoch-defining band the Kinks, a group with fifty million record sales to...

After Emma Kennedy's mother Brenda passed away, she found herself floundering, unable to make sense of the mysterious,...

Jennifer Worth's bestselling memoirs of her time as a midwife have inspired and moved readers of all ages.

Now, in In the...

A new edition of Primo Levi’s classic memoir of the Holocaust, with an introduction by David Baddiel, author of Jews Don’t Count.

'I write about being a Black American woman, however, I am always talking about what it's like to be a human being. This is how...

I am, I Am, I Am is a memoir with a difference - the unputdownable story of an extraordinary woman's life in near-death...

Do two trees ever appear identical? No, but why? Every small difference is a clue.

Each tree we meet is filled with signs that...

Aged thirty-one, Catrina Davies was renting a box-room in a house in Bristol, which she shared with four other adults and a...

100 of the most heroic, inspirational (and sometimes hilarious) animals from history
There is no such thing as an ordinary...

Henry VIII is well known for his tumultuous relationships with women, and he is often defined by his many marriages. But what do...

From West Ham's cult hero, Julian Dicks, a hugely entertaining romp through football and the East End of the Eighties and...

Who better than your favourite anti-guru Sarah Knight to help you cut through the bullshit and live your best life, one day at a...

From Boudicca to Ukraine, battlefields have always contained a surprising number of women. Tracing the long history of female...

Part oral history, part narrative pop culture, part celebration of the music of 1995

Decades tend to crest halfway through,...

Misconceptions have stalked Andy Cole like a hatchet-man defender determined to cut him down to size. Now, in his candid and...

This final book in Jennifer Worth's memories of her time as a midwife in London's East end brings her story full circle. As...

In the past few years, there has been a rush to topple statues. Across the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Belgium...

Do you find yourself taking on the lion's share of all the thankless, invisible but time-consuming work in the home? Fair Play is...

'This could be heaven or this could be hell...'

So sings Don Henley on their biggest hit, 'Hotel California', and it is true...

Alba used to live a hectic life, working as a book publicist in Italy, and yet she always felt like a woman on the run. And so...

Every item you buy remains on this planet in some form.

Aja Barber wants change.

In the 'learning' first half of the book,...

John Constable, the revolutionary nineteenth-century painter of the landscapes and skies of southern England, is Britain's...