Non-Fiction

Synopsis Paul Morley grew up in Reddish, less than five miles from Manchester and even closer to Stockport. Ever since the age of seven Morley has ...

Synopsis Subtitled : How to Really Talk About Books You Haven't Read. Ever wondered how some people seem to have an opinion on every book ever publ...

Synopsis A busker is a wee guy (or woman) who plays on the streets for tips. In bands, to busk, means to bluff your way through a song that you hav...

Synopsis This hilarious collection of humorous quotations, full of wisecracks and wit, snappy comments and inspired fantasy, has been specially com...

Synopsis At Waterloo, some 70,000 men under Napoleon and an equal number under Wellington faced one another in a titanic battle. Alessandro Barbero...

Synopsis The bestselling self-help book of its generation - which has now sold over a million copies in the UK alone. Eckhart Tolle demonstrates ho...

Synopsis The Stones - their story - the band's meteoric rise to fame, the Marianne Faithfull, Brian Jones and Altamont scandals, the groundbreaking...

Synopsis Tailored to meet the needs of the first time bonsai owner, this book is an extensive directory of every major bonsai type. Bonsai Basics e...

Synopsis The Apollo Moon Programme has been called the last optimistic act of the 20th century. Over a strange three-year period between 1969 and 1...

Synopsis This book brings together his diaries for 1980-1995, with reminiscences and reviews. The diary he kept during the production of his very f...

Synopsis Athlete, activist, rebel, poet, legend - Muhammad Ali stood larger than life in the imagination of hundreds of millions of people around t...

Synopsis Armando Iannucci cuts straight to the heart of the insanity and sherbet-headed nonsense of modern life. The Audacity of Hype brings togeth...

Synopsis Winner of the Bancroft Prize. This first volume in "The Americans" trilogy defines the unique qualities of the American nation and redisco...

Synopsis Where do politicians come from? How do they get elected? What do they do all day? Why do they seek power? All these questions and many mor...

Synopsis This is a practical guide to 68 hill walks in North-West and Western Scotland. The author explains how to get there and what to expect. He...

Synopsis About Scotland is a complete source book about Scotland providing a huge range of information in an accessible form. A handy reference gui...

Synopsis Fine book of it's era - packed with useful info on how to become your own garden designer. From initial inspiration to final layout - crea...

Synopsis Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Scotland, your ultimate companion to this stunning country. The full-colour section int...

Synopsis At 19, Michael Dell started his company as a freshman at the University of Texas with $1,000 and has since built an industry powerhouse. I...

Synopsis Will Hutton turns his attention to the global picture, and the ways in which the new world should be ordered. To understand the global eco...

Synopsis Baedeker's France - A very comprehensive A-Z gazetteer of towns and places of interest in France, with locations and opening times. The bo...

Synopsis With an Introduction by Sir Julian Huxley F.R.S. The sequel to Born Free - the astonishing 2nd part of the story of Joy Adamson's friendsh...

Synopsis This is an exploration of the 21st Century. On the surface nothing seems to be changing, but behind the façade of normality the future is ...

Synopsis In the best tradition of The Book of Lists, and enhanced by contributions from commentators from the footballing world, footballers themse...