Жанр "Нехудожественная литература на английском языке"

A hauntingly beautiful social history of the Thames Estuary, from the author of On Brick Lane.

Out at the eastern edge of...

Brick Lane today is a place of extremes - a street that's constantly reinventing itself. Blending history and reportage with...

The Yellow House: Van Gogh, Gauguin and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Arles is art critic Martin Gayford's account of the tumultuous...

A fully revised, expanded and updated edition of this masterly portrayal of contemporary Spain.

The restoration of democracy...

London Orbital is Iain Sinclair's exceptional voyage of discovery into the unloved outskirts of the city

Encircling London...

Hackney, that Rose-Red Empire is Iain Sinclair's foray into one of London's most fascinating boroughs

Hackney, That Rose-Red...

Mankind's battle to stay alive is the greatest of all subjects. This brief, witty and unusual book by Britain's greatest medical...

What is happening in the brain when we drink too much alcohol, get high on ecstasy or experience road rage? Emotion, says...

Wild describes an extraordinary odyssey, courageous and sometimes dangerous, to wildernesses of earth and ice, water and fire. It...

Mencius was one of the great philosophers of ancient China, second only in influence to Confucius, whose teachings he defended...

A major writer and a leading figure in the public life of Rome, Seneca (c. 4BC-AD 65) ranks among the most eloquent and...

Beginning with Cimabue and Giotto in the thirteenth century, Vasari traces the development of Italian art across three centuries...

Probably written by a student of Aristotle, The Athenian Constitution is both a history and an analysis of Athens' political...

In The Persian Expedition, Xenophon, a young Athenian noble who sought his destiny abroad, provides an enthralling eyewitness...

Applying his controversial theory of evolution to the origins of the human species, Charles Darwin's The Descent of Man was the...

In this eloquent, intimate exploration of the delights and demands of the piano, world-renowned concert pianist and music writer...

Wagner was one of the few major composers who studied philosophy seriously. Bryan Magee places the composer's artistic...

Pugin was one of Britain’s greatest architects and his short career one of the most dramatic in architectural history. Born in...

The sensational second volume of Charles Moore's bestselling authorized biography of the Iron Lady

In June 1983 Margaret...

For centuries Spain had been the most feared and predatory power in Europe - it had the largest empire and one of the world's...

French Provincial Cooking is Elizabeth David's classic work on French regional cuisine.

Providing simple recipes like...

'A reference bible... inspirational in the way that it opens up new possibilities for vegetables' - Daily Mail Jane Grigson's...

In Fish, Fishing and the Meaning of Life Jeremy Paxman creates the perfect literary catch for fellow angling enthusiasts in this...

The path to achieving Zen (a balance between the body and the mind) is brilliantly explained by Professor Eugen Herrigel in this...

Every day, in every court and tribunal, advocates represent us all - Crown and defendant, landlord and tenant, rich and poor,...

The Irish potato famine of the 1840s, perhaps the most appalling event of the Victorian era, killed over a million people and...

In the terrible aftermath of the moorland battle of Culloden, the Highlanders suffered at the hands of their own clan chiefs....

Brian Keenan went to Beirut in 1985 for a change of scene from his native Belfast. He became headline news when he was kidnapped...

1969 was a year of rising tension, violence and change for the people of Northern Ireland. Rioting in Derry's Bogside led to the...

Australia celebrated one hundred years as a nation in 2001. This book - part history, part travelogue, part memoir - tells the...