Collection: Adult Non Fiction

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.

This authoritative edition brings together a unique combination of Browning's poetry and prose chosen from the whole range of his career to give the essence of his work and thinking. This edition also selects generously from the love letters between Browning and Elizabeth Barrett, as well as Brow...

This collection of poems by Chinua Achebe draws on his three books of poetry and includes seven previously unpublished poems, revealing a lifetime of poetic engagement with politics, war and culture, inherited wisdom and the making of new futures.

There are 37,780 First World War memorials in Britain. This work looks at the untold stories that lie behind these lists of names and the impact the war had on Britain, laying the foundations for today's society.

Richard Carlson PhD is a stress consultant in private practice, and is the bestselling author of You Can Feel Good Again. With this book, Carlson suggests ways to make life less stressful.

The almost legendary palace of Chatsworth has been presided over by the same family for more than 450 years. Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire tells the story of the estate that surrounds it, taking readers on four fascinating walks and pointing out all the architectural curiosities.

More and more people today want to organise at least part of a funeral for themselves, without depending on funeral directors. This text shows the reader how to do everything from ordering a coffin to hiring a horse-drawn hearse to finding a woodland burial ground.

What is the role of the writer? Prophet? High priest of art? Looking back on her own childhood and writing career, Margaret Atwood examines the metaphors which writers of fiction and poetry have used to explain - or excuse - their activities.

This biography of James Herriot, the world-famous vet-author who died in February 1995, is written by his son. It draws on family archives, material and photographs, all previously unpublished.