Collection: Adult Non Fiction

Have you ever wondered if you could grow plants from the food you buy? Could you do something with those leftover apple pips? What about growing your own kiwi plant? And what if you could make more plants from the herb sprigs you buy? This simple, fun and easy-to-follow approach shares the best 4...

In this innovative, ideas-led mini guide, master artist and best-selling author Hashim Akib showcases the versatility and vibrancy of acrylic painting. Featuring 64 practical exercises and inspiring insights, on a wide range of subjects, from portraiture to the urban landscape and using a variety...

In this sweeping history, Paula Akpan takes us into the worlds of these powerful figures, following their stories and how they came to rule and influence the futures of their people. With reigns spanning pre-colonial Nigeria to the farming villages of Rwanda, the hills of Madagascar to apartheid ...

Learn how to design and make your own patterns and sew with confidence from the team behind 'The Great British Sewing Bee'. An indispensable reference for skilled sewers, 'Pattern Drafting' teaches you the art of creating dressmaking patterns with ease.

A diary/memoir from a 22 year old Palestinian journalist recalling her firsthand experience during the first 45 days of the ongoing invasion of Gaza.

"The Landscape Painter's Workbook takes a modern approach to the time-honored techniques and essential elements of landscape painting, from accomplished artist, veteran art instructor, and established author Mitchell Albala"-- Provided by publisher.

Mitch Albom writes for the Detroit Free Press and has been voted America's number one sports columnist 10 times. In this book, Mitch describes how he rediscovered his mentor, his former college professor Morrie Schwartz.

Mitch Albom writes for the Detroit Free Press and has been voted America's number one sports columnist ten times. In this book, Mitch describes how he rediscovered his mentor, his former college professor Morrie Schwartz.

Growing up in deeply conservative Saudi Arabia, Suad Aldarra felt stifled. The daughter of Syrian parents, she railed against the extreme strictures placed on women in Saudi society at the time and the rising prejudice her family faced as migrants. When the opportunity arose to study software eng...

The police killing of Christopher Alder was one of the most notorious deaths in custody in the UK, involving the destruction of evidence, a whitewash of an investigation and illegal surveillance. Christopher's sister Janet has been relentlessly fighting for justice for decades, and fearlessly hol...