Collection: Adult Non Fiction

From his mysterious connections to the British criminal underworld to his early acquaintance with Dr Watson, this text blends what we already know of Holmes's career with social history to answer the questions his admirers have long puzzled over.

Audrey Hepburn was more than a movie star, more than a style icon. She considered her most important role to be wife and mother. In this memoir Sean Hepburn Ferrer remembers their life together. This is the story of her life from her childhood during World War II to her work for the United Nations.

Ceramics have kept pace with - or even led - new movements in art. This book covers Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, the USA and Japan, and appraises the work of exceptional individuals - including Taxile Doat, Bernard Leach, Isamu Noguchi, Hans Coper, Lucie Rie and Pablo Picasso.

Subject: Parekh argues that the Western tradition of political philosophy has impacted on theoretical approaches to cultural diversity and discusses how this can be revised.

A genealogical photo expert reveals methods for using visual clues in photographs to correctly date them, identify people depicted in them, and gain insight into family history.

Making genealogy easy and accessible to everyone, this guide is packed with useful information and presents a common-sense approach, advising on everything from websites to war records, how to organise research and the joy of piecing it all together.

Using accurate contemporary sketches and engravings, 'Brave Men's Blood' is a comprehensive account of the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War. It covers all the major campaigns and examines the role of colonial troops as well as Zulu strategy and tactics.

'Planting for Colour' explores what colour can add to your garden and how to achieve the effect you require. It discusses the multitude of ways to put colour together, demonstrates how colour can change the sense of space, suggest coolness and warmth, and create different moods.

A history of the most famous football battles in history, this book presents an unapologetic account of life in the front line of football violence by Cass Pennant, the leader of the Inter City Firm - West Ham's notorious gang of football hooligans.