Collection: Nonfiction

The stakes are never higher when the charge is murder. Explore the riveting twists and turns of some of the most notorious and controversial murder trials in history, such as the O. J. Simpson, Phil Spector, and Oscar Pistorius cases. After examining the evidence, if you had been a member of the ...

What causes financial crashes? What lessons can we learn from them? And how can we mitigate them in the future? From the Wall Street Crash in 1929 to the global financial crisis of 2007-08,the great crashes have altered the course of history. In this accessible and authoritative book, renowned ec...

How can a Victorian poem help teenagers understand YouTube misogyny? Can Jane Eyre encourage us to speak out? What can Lady Macbeth teach us about empathy? Should our expectations for our future be any greater than Pip's? And why is it so important to make space for these conversations in the fir...

The definitive history of the Eastern Front in the First World War, from the acclaimed military historian and author of Passchendaele and The Western Front. In the second volume of his landmark First World War trilogy, Professor Nick Lloyd tells the story for the first time of what Winston Church...

When the Germans marched in and the lamps went out in the City of Light the millions who loved Paris mourned. Liberation, four years later, triggered an explosion of joy and relief. It was the party of the century and everybody who was anybody was there. General Charles de Gaulle seized the momen...

We tend to only pay attention to our gut when it tries to tell us something, when it feels uncomfortable or something goes wrong. This book focuses on all aspects of gut health, so you can steer clear of Dr Google and find out what will really make your gut happier and healthier. Dr Austin Chiang...

Children of all ages are grappling with anxiety, depression, low self-esteem and behavioural issues, and it can take years to see an expert who can help them.Dr Billy Garvey is a senior specialist at one of the world's biggest and most prestigious paediatric hospitals. With over twenty years' exp...

'From the first day that I started work at the Health and Safety Executive I was asking restless questions like 'what is the point of doing that?' and 'does it actually have an effect on anything?' That is my economist training, which I combine with an assumption that things can be improved - and...

Carrie Sheffield grew up fifth of eight children with a violent, mentally ill, street-musician father who believed he was a modern-day Mormon prophet destined to become U.S. president someday. She and her seven siblings were often forced to live as vagabonds, remaining on the move across the coun...

Rob Henderson was born to a drug-addicted mother and a father he never met, ultimately shuttling between ten different foster homes in California. When he was adopted into a loving family, he hoped that life would finally be stable and safe. He was wrong: tragedy, poverty and violence marked his ...