Non-Fiction

Synopsis The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism is a bestselling 2007 book by the Canadian author and social activist Naomi Klein. In ...

Synopsis The Birdwatcher's Logbook by Dominic Couzens. Many birdwatchers keep a species list of some sort and at any level, it is a useful aide m...

Synopsis With Foreword by Alex Salmond. "The soul of a nation is in its people's keeping." 1950 : with no motorways or cars that even had heaters a...

Synopsis Sunday Times Bestseller. In his first and only official autobiography, music icon Elton John reveals the truth about his extraordinary l...

Synopsis From eyewitness accounts of the first post-war operations in Malaya in the 1950's to a controversial blueprint for the organisation's fu...

Synopsis In a world of Google Earth, in which it is easy to believe that every discovery has been made and every adventure already had, Off the M...

Synopsis Subtitled : Conversations with Britain's Most Evil Serial Killer. In February 1983 civil servant Dennis Nilsen was arrested after body p...

Synopsis Subtitled : A busy woman's guide to start-up success. Ever wanted to be your own boss? Dreamt of starting your own business but never qu...

Synopsis Subtitled : Chris Bonnington and the Tragedy of Climbing's Greatest Generation. 'The Boys of Everest', which received enormous praise wh...

Synopsis Subtitled : Painting and Sculpture in Europe 1880-1940. Part of The Pelican History of Art Series edited by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner. Profes...

Synopsis Studying Scots Law provides a highly readable account of the educational and training requirements for entry into the Scottish legal profe...

Synopsis A personal code for prosperity and plenty. Some people seem to find money so easy. Easy to make, easy to hold on to, and easy to grow. The...

Synopsis An Olympic hero and a world champion in five weight divisions, Sugar Ray Leonard achieved phenomenal boxing success despite also having ...

Synopsis As a society, we are captivated by policing; we watch police procedurals and fly-on-the-wall documentaries and absorb the headlines on t...

Synopsis A tie-in to the TV series, offering practical advice to beginners wanting to learn more about wildlife. Bill Oddie's How to Watch Wildli...

Synopsis Obliquity: Why our goals are best achieved indirectly is a book by economist John Kay. It was inspired by an observation of the success...

Synopsis This is a collection of the author's thoughts on a wide range of subjects from poverty and unemployment to disco dancing and dog racing,...

Synopsis Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award 2015. Longlisted for the Orwell Prize 2016. A Radio 4 Book of the Week. In the spring of 1993,...

Synopsis So You've Been Publicly Shamed is a 2015 book by British journalist Jon Ronson about online shaming and its historical antecedents. The bo...

Synopsis The turn of the Nineteenth Century saw an extraordinary flowering of invention in architecture and design, with two contrasting styles e...

Synopsis Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such bold and heart-stirring adventures, overcome myriad monstrous perils, or outwitted scheming ve...

Synopsis Professor Lewis Dartnell takes us on an astonishing journey into our planet's past to tell the ultimate origin story. Blending geography...

Synopsis Philip Jodidio & Taschen presents Sir Norman Foster -  detailed survey of the work of prolific & world famous British architect, S...

Synopsis Whether told in the rugby clubs of Wales or the gentlemen's clubs of London, their sharpness and simplicity unites us all. Short, sweet ...