Жанр "Нехудожественная литература на английском языке"

Less a mystery unsolved than a secret well kept

The mystery has haunted generations since the Second World War: Who betrayed...

Are you ready, Max? If anyone’s going to help me do this, it’s you.’

The heart-warming tale of a life-saving friendship.

In...

Your morning flat-white helped shape the modern world
‘Elegantly written, witty and so wide in scope, so rich in detail and so...

An intimate, revealing and profoundly moving biography of Jean Rhys, acclaimed author of Wide Sargasso Sea.

An obsessive and...

In 1976 James Crowden left his career in the British army and travelled to Ladakh in the Northern Himalaya, one of the most...

As a young civil servant, Jeremy Heywood's insightful questioning of the status quo pushed him to the centre of political power...

Beautifully presented, a perfect gift for history lovers.
For the last century A-Z maps have been the trusted and reliable...

The ultimate mapping challenge from the world famous map makers.

More fiendish mapping puzzles from Gareth Moore, author of...

Swifts live almost entirely in the air. They eat, drink, sleep, mate and gather their nesting materials on the wing, fly...

An intimate portrait of Patrick O’Brian, written by his stepson Nikolai Tolstoy.
Patrick O’Brian was one of the greatest British...

An extraordinarily candid personal account of the ups and downs wrought by money, We Need To Talk About Money is a vital...

Mitchell... , Mitchell...

In January 2003, 28-year-old GCHQ translator Katharine Gun received an email from the US National Security Agency that would turn...

Run your own pub quiz with 500 brand new general knowledge quizzes. With 10,000 questions arranged in easy, medium and difficult...

Steward... , Greenwood...

Foreword by Levison Wood, presenter of Walking the Americas. A comprehensive, fascinating and inspiring gallery of the great...

Inventory of a Life Mislaid follows Marina Warner’s beautiful, penniless young mother Ilia as she leaves southern Italy in 1945...

A one-stop practical guide on how to play and master the fascinating and rewarding game of bridge with expert advice throughout...

Humans are the only mammals to walk on two, rather than four, legs. From an evolutionary perspective, this is an illogical...

A searing account of a mother’s late-diagnosis of autism – and its reaching effects on a whole family.
Anna grew up in a house...

From award-winning historian Saul David, an action-packed and powerful new narrative of the Battle of Okinawa - the last great...

The definitive companion to the Miss Marple novels, short stories, films and TV appearances, now revised and updated.
‘I have...

We’re bombarded with confusing and contradictory advice about achieving a better night’s sleep. So, what’s the secret?

The Art...

For more than a millennium, Polynesians have occupied the remotest islands in the Pacific Ocean, a vast triangle stretching from...

Sam Warburton OBE was not only a titan of Welsh rugby, but an icon of the game. Having represented his country as a player and...

There are times when life feels like it has you cornered: financial difficulties, relationship issues, work problems, all of the...

Life and death in Nine Section, a small group of hard-bitten and (to modern eyes) possibly eccentric Cumbrian borderers with whom...

Macdonald... , Gates...

Spend a year in an orchard, celebrating its imperilled, overlooked abundance of life.

England's ancient orchards,...

Gribbin... , Gribbin...

The theory of evolution by natural selection did not spring fully formed and unprecedented from the brain of Charles Darwin....

Ghost towns, empty streets, crumbling ruins and lost empires this book reveals these and other deserted places. Many places...

From an early age, Grace Dent was hungry. As a little girl growing up in Currock, Carlisle, she yearned to be something bigger,...

A cutting-edge examination of what it means to be human and to have a 'self' in the face of new scientific developments in...