Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life & Sudden Death by Laura Cumming
Category: Non Fiction: General
From the Sunday Times-bestselling author of On Chapel Sands, a stunning new memoir of a life in art, a father and daughter, and what a shared love of a painting can come to mean. 'No one writes art like Laura Cumming' Philip Hoare, author of Albert and the Whale 'I shall never look at any painting in th ...Show more
Alan Turing - The Enigma Man by Nigel Cawthorne
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According the Winston Churchill, Alan Turing made the single biggest contribution to the Allied victory against Nazi Germany with his code-breaking machine. The world is also indebted to Turing's genius for the modern computer. However, in 1954, he was found dead, poisoned by an apple laced by cyanide. ...Show more
First in Last Out - The Post-War Organisation, Employment and Training of Royal Marines Commandos by Paul Winter
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The official document Amphibious Warfare Handbook No. 10a: The Organisation, Employment and Training of Commandos is a unique piece of postwar Royal Marines Commando doctrine, never before published, or quoted at length.Prepared in 1951 at the height of the Korean War by the Chief of Amphibious Warfare ...Show more
The Truck Book: The Definitive Visual History by DK
Category: Non Fiction: General
Keep on trucking with this definitive visual history of lorries, trucks, vans, and everything in between A lavishly illustrated celebration of trucks and trucking, from the first motorized wagons to the advent of driverless freight vehicles. Charting decade after decade of innovation and change, The Tru ...Show more
Deep Water: The World in the Ocean by James Bradley
Category: Non Fiction: General
Through history, science, nature writing, and environmentalism, Deep Water invites you to explore the deepest recesses of our natural world. 'Teeming with mysteries, wonders and heartbreaking facts, this beautiful, lucid hymn to the sea is a reminder of what we still have, what we stand to lose, and why ...Show more
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Palestine Story by Nathan Thrall
Category: Non Fiction: General
A gripping, intimate story of one heartbreaking day in Palestine that reveals lives, loves, enmities, and histories in violent collision. Milad is five years old and excited for his school trip to a theme park on the outskirts of Jerusalem, but tragedy awaits- his bus is involved in a horrific accident ...Show more
The Book Of Roads And Kingdoms by Richard Fidler
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A lost imperial city, full of wonder and marvels. An empire that was the largest the world had ever seen, established with astonishing speed. A people obsessed with travel, knowledge and adventure. Winner of the Indie Book Awards 2023 Non Fiction Book of the Year Shortlisted for the BookPeople Non Fic ...Show more
Oscar Piastri The Rookie: In the Driver's Seat with the Next F1 Legend by Andrew van Leeuwen
Category: Non Fiction: General
A riveting account of motorsport phenom Oscar Piastri's first season in Formula 1, The Rookie charts his meteoric rise through the ranks to become McLaren's chosen young gun and takes us behind the scenes in his mission to triumph in the do-or-die world of the Fastest Show on Earth. The meteoric rise o ...Show more
Antiquities Sticker, Color & Activity Book: Over 500 Unique Stickers by Editors of Chartwell
Category: Non Fiction: General
Immerse yourself in the intrigue and elegance of the Victorian era with this treasure trove of ephemera-with 500+ stickers, 90+ activity and coloring pages, and calling cards with envelopes. Peer inside the Victorian era with Antiquities Sticker, Color & Activity Book-with more than 500 fanciful sti ...Show more
H is for Hope: Climate Change from A to Z by Elizabeth Kolbert
Category: Non Fiction: General
Climate change resists narrative and yet we must see clearly what's happening in our world. Millions of lives are at stake, and upwards of a million species. We must act. In H Is for Hope, Elizabeth Kolbert investigates the history, and future, of climate change from A, for Svante Arrhenius, who created ...Show more
Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen
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We could have an uninhabitable earth in a century. It could take 26 minutes and 40 seconds. An edge-of-your-seat non-fiction thriller that has to be read to be believed. Up to now, no one outside of official circles has known exactly what would happen if a rogue state launched a nuclear missile at the ...Show more