Жанр "Нехудожественная литература на английском языке"

Venice, 1522. Sensitive intelligence arrives from the east confirming the European powers' greatest fear: the vastly rich Ottoman...

After the bestselling The Case for God, Karen Armstrong makes the case for compassion - an urgent appeal to establish empathy and...

'Great art has dreadful manners...' Simon Schama observes at the start of his epic exploration of the power, and whole point, of...

An enthralling history of Britain's rock lighthouses, and the people who built and inhabited them

Lighthouses are enduring...

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What will the world of tomorrow be like? How does progress happen? And why don't we have a lunar colony already? In this witty...

In the third in a new series of short, provoking books of original philosophy, acclaimed thinker Barry Dainton takes us through...

Dear Reader,
One dark and stormy night, I found some strange scattered pages abandoned in a park...
I collected and assembled...

You will discover that this book can be:

A secret message - tear out a page, write a note on it for a stranger, and leave it...

Born on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall, as a child Judith Schalansky could travel only through the pages of an atlas. Now she...

Myfanwy... , T...

'Remember when you played cards or knucklebones or noughts and crosses? Or what about charades, murder in the dark, I spy or hide...

Forget the French you learnt at school. Based on twenty years of hard-won knowledge, Pardon My French takes you through all the...

Michael Wood's bestselling exploration of the Spanish conquest of South America, available for the first time in paperback

The...

Filling, comforting and endlessly adaptable, soups and side dishes can be the ideal solution to any mealtime dilemma. Whether...

Combining insightful and descriptive writing about our countryside with easy-to-follow practical information and clear, detailed...

For almost 50 years, University Challenge has served as a bastion of general knowledge, regularly testing our finest young minds...

This definitive collection from the undisputed queen of cakes brings together all of Mary Berry's most mouth-watering baking...

Rick Stein's Far Eastern Odyssey is an ambitious journey, avoiding the beaten track and tourist hot-spots, in search of the...

As the girl came running up the steps, I decided she was wearing far too many clothes...So, in 1989, readers were introduced to...

This is the moment of power. Be the moment.

Take a moment to be mindful with master of modern meditation Deepak Chopra.

For...

Capturing the freewheeling spirit, community and wisdom that defines The Outdoor Swimming Society movement, founder Kate Rew...

Catherine Munro transforms her life when she moves to Shetland to study the hardy ponies who call this archipelago home. Over the...

Manifest. Manifest. Manifest and all your dreams will come true. But what if they don't? In a world where we are told that...

Within us all live an innate goodness, our gold, that often gets covered over as we navigate the challenges of daily life. In...

Learn how to survive life's hardships and enjoy its pleasures with the modern stoic mindset.

In this enlightening book,...

Find meaning
Own your power
Transform your world

Brita Fernandez Schmidt has spent 25 years championing women's rights...

From a leading philosopher of mind comes this lucid, provocative argument that offers a radically new picture of human...

Find your confidence

From public speaking to asserting yourself, decision-making to relationships, internationally renowned...

Can you tell which plants are safe to eat?

Which trees are best to shelter under a storm?

How do you tell a deciduous and...

This collection of autobiographical and teaching stories from peace activist and Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh is thought provoking...

Grandin... , Panek...

It's estimated that one in almost a hundred people are diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum but there is far more hope for...