Collection: Adult Non Fiction

Playwright Naomi Westerman was an anthropology grad student studying death rituals around the world when her whole family died, turning death from the academic to the deeply personal. She struggled with grief and talking about, particularly as a young woman, realising while death is everywhere in...

Put down your phone, open your eyes and immerse yourself in your surroundings. The way to discover Britain is not through packed schedules and perfect Instagram posts; this is a book about travelling for those of us who'd rather take our time, focusing on authentic approaches to popular British d...

In summer 2024, the eyes of football fans worldwide will turn to Germany as it hosts the European Championship. For many, the country seems familiar territory: a footballing behemoth with clubs as famous as its beer and its cars. But, if you look closer, the beautiful game can offer a deeper unde...

Neuroscientist Camilla Nord offers a fascinating tour of the scientific and technological developments that are revolutionising the way we think about mental health, showing why and how events - and treatments - can affect people in such different ways. She reveals how the small things we do to l...

At a moment in which working as a professional artist is an increasingly unattainable luxury, art criticism duo The White Pube investigate why so many artists try anyway. Labelled 'the Diet Prada of the art world' by British Vogue, in this book, writers Gabrielle de la Puente and Zarina Muhammad ...

Tom Wright first met Pete Townshend at Ealing Art School in the early 60s. He became The Who's official tour photographer and manager from 1967 in the US, also managing the Grande Ballroom in Detroit where The Who's rock opera Tommy premiered. He was much more than the band's photographer, he was...

What do you think dietitians do? Far from the stereotype of helping people lose weight, Evelyn's career journey shows that you couldn't be further from the truth. Working in prisons, alongside professional football teams and at the heart of Whitehall, she has also travelled extensively throughout...

Julia Fox is famous for many things: her captivating acting, such as her breakout role in the film Uncut Gems; her trendsetting style, including bleached eyebrows, exaggerated eyeshadow and cutout dresses; her mastery of social media. But all these share the trait for which she is most famous: un...

The devastation of the October 7th 2023 and the horrors that followed astounded the world. But the Israel-Palestine conflict didn't start on October 7th. It didn't start in 1967 either, when Israel occupied the West Bank, or in 1948 when the state of Israel was declared. It started in 1882, when ...