Collection: Adult non-fiction

In theory, we all know what works and doesn't work for our bodies; we know that we should eat more vegetables, consume less refined sugar and saturated fat, avoid ultra-processed foods. We know that what we choose to eat has a direct consequence on our health and our happiness. But we have lost t...

When Hamed Amiri was ten years old he watched his mother give a speech in his home town of Herat, Afghanistan, speaking out for women's rights and education, and against the ruling Taliban. That night, an order was given for her execution. The family packed up their most precious belongings and e...

'Expressive Embroidery' is an exciting guide to new ways of stitching and creating bold, contemporary designs. It redefines embroidery by fusing traditional stitching with pop culture-inspired motifs and designs. With clear instruction and projects, it shows how freestyle embroidery can embrace t...

In 1939 there were more than ten million children living in Britain. Their childhoods were about to beshattered by events they could neither control nor comprehend. The Second World War not only tore two million children away from their homes as evacuees, it also called on boy scouts and girl gui...

Your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Discover botanical curiosities at Eden Project, roam the bleak heaths of Dartmoor, and add lashings of cream to your jam and scones; all with your trusted travel companion.

Anyone who has caught the knitting bug will know that knitters never like to be without a project on the go. So what could be better than a compendium of 52 handknit designs that will take every knitter all the way through an entire year?

After twenty-five years of sex, drugs, bad behaviour and haute cuisine, chef and novelist Anthony Bourdain decided to tell all - and he meant all. From his first oyster in the Gironde as a child, to his lowly position as a dishwasher in a honky-tonk fish restaurant in Provincetown, from Tokyo to ...

This selection of the poems and songs of Robert Burns presents the works arranged in probable order of composition, and uses where possible their first published form. Equal weight is given to Burns the songwriter as well as Burns the poet.

This is an indispensable handbook for anyone who wants to deepen their understanding of writing a novel or short story. It is is full of practical tips and helpful discussion. The authors draw on their extensive experience as expert teachers to enable all budding authors of fiction to gain in sel...

For John Connell, the lambing season on his County Longford farm begins in the autumn. In the sheep shed, he surveys the dozen females in his care and contemplates the work ahead as the season slowly turns to winter, then spring. The twelve sheep have come into his life at just the right moment. ...