Collection: Adult Non Fiction

These letters are mainly addressed to Sylvia Plath, the American poet, to whom Ted Hughes was married. They were written over a period of 25 years, and are largely concerned with the psychological drama that led to Sylvia's suicide in 1963.

The poetic work of John Betjeman is known both for its range and its mastery of form. Released for the first time in paperback, this selection of his poetry has sold more than two million copies and was awarded the Duff Cooper Memorial Prize.

This edition includes an overview chapter in which Wood outlines some of the major developments which have occurred over the past decade. Chapters on mathematics and classroom education have also been substantially revised.

This book looks at railway journeys in many parts of the world, including East Africa, Canada, Argentina, Zimbabwe, Syria and Scotland and northern England, with contributions from Alexei Sayle, Victoria Wood, Chris Bonington and Ben Okri.

Carolyn Slaughter is the author of ten novels, but for the last 12 years she has been completely silent. She had become aware that there was something hidden in her past that had always haunted her fiction. This is her memoir.

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 It draws on family archives, material and photographs, all previously unpublished.