Collection: Adult non-fiction

This step-by-step instruction manual on the repair of mechanical clocks and watches begins with simple mechanisms and proceeds to more complicated types, dealing mainly with more modern mechanical clocks, but attending also to movements of older longcase and fusee types.

'Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis' is Wendy Cope's first full length collection of poems.

This book contains stirring stories of war at sea, with the emphasis on the ship to ship gun duels, where destruction and victory were assured. A wide range of theatres, vessels and outcomes are covered by the stories.

This work covers the major submarine campaigns in World War II, describing in detail the operation of the British, American, German, Japanese and Italian submarine forces. It shows the margin by which Britain escaped defeat in the Battle of the Atlantic and other aspects of the conflict.

Assembled by a team of scientists and artists, this book looks at the marvels of adaptation through natural selection. It covers the unity of form and function in the vertebrae skeleton - everything from fish to primates including Homo Sapiens.

Following the success of his best-selling 'Tales of the Old Gamekeepers', the author has tracked down a further group of great countrymen who recall their lives in sharp detail. It is illustrated throughout with colour paintings and photographs.

The British offensive, which became known as Passchendaele, got underway on 31 July 1917 with the objective of capturing 15 miles of territory. Published to coincide with the anniversary of Passchendaele, this guide includes car tours, memorials, etc.

Frances Nicholson knows more about the men of the SAS than many women, having been married to Andy McNab, author of Bravo Two Zero. In this book she has gathered together the funny, crazy and sometimes tragic stories of SAS wives and girlfriends.