New non-fiction

In her previous two books, Professor Alice Roberts has powerfully and evocatively revived people of the past through examining their burial rites, bringing a fresh perspective on how they lived. In 'Crypt', she tells the story of Britain from 1066 to the present day - by exploring changing method...

We are taught that medicine is the art of solving our body's mysteries. And as a science, we expect medicine to uphold the principles of evidence and impartiality. We want our doctors to listen to us and care for us as people, but we also need their assessments of our pain and fevers, aches and e...

Biodynamics grew out of Rudolf Steiner's Agriculture Course, a series of lectures he gave in 1924. It is now an inspirational worldwide movement bringing a uniquely holistic, organic agriculture to farms, vineyards and gardens. In this concise and fascinating history, Bernard Jarman, former Direc...

Linford weaves together folklore, stories about Kew and plant-based Christmas recipes.

This text examines how microsites of spontaneous nature can reframe our understanding of the relationship between urban development and green space. It offers a fresh perspective on issues around green infrastructure, heritage conservation, and environmental education, enabling cities worldwide t...

Following the publication of her acclaimed, darkly funny novel 'O Caledonia', Elspeth Barker's sharp and witty essays appeared regularly in the national press. 'Notes from the Hen House', a selection of the most personal of these pieces, welcomes readers into the celebrated writer's life.

Over the course of the last half dozen years, China's supreme leader Xi Jinping has made extraordinary changes which have profound implications not only for the Chinese people but nations throughout the world. Given how swiftly and fundamentally China's relations with the rest of the world are ch...

Did you know that woodpeckers are capable of learning simple codes? Hooded crows can form connections with humans? A jay's call affects the behaviour of surrounding squirrels? All these fascinating bird activities and more are revealed in this book. Unusual feeding behaviour is just the tip of th...

'Love' is a collection of poems which show us that love is always present in our lives, even in the most unexpected places. A guidebook for navigating the many complicated connections we humans have, these poems give wisdom and advice to maintain and grow the love we hold for friends, partners, f...

'I'm Black, so you don't have to be', Colin Grant's uncle Castus used to tell him. For Colin, born in Britain to Jamaican parents, things were supposed to be different. If he worked hard and became a doctor, he was told, his race would become invisible; he would shake off the burden he believed h...

Written by her daughter Ruth and rich in social history, this is the story of a real-life woman police sergeant at the top of her game, guiding her WPCs through the immense societal changes of the early 1960s.

Cities and countries engulfed by panic and death, desperate for vaccines but fearful of what inoculation may bring. This is what the world has just gone through with Covid-19. But as Simon Schama shows in his epic history of vulnerable humanity caught between the terror of contagion and the ingen...

Lucy Hunter shows how we can all draw inspiration from the natural world and scale it down to create floral arrangements, dried and pressed flowers and even natural pigments for mark making. More than just a guide to flower arranging, the book encourages us to pause and look, to observe detail an...

While eleven-year-old Nora Davis was up in her bedroom doing homework, she had no idea her father was killing women in the basement. Until the day the police arrived at their front door. Decades later, Nora's father is spending his life behind bars, and Nora is a successful surgeon with a quiet, ...

We all experience stuckness in our lives. We feel stuck in our relationships, career paths, body struggles, addiction issues, and more. Many of us know what we need to do to move forward but find ourselves unable to take the leap to make it happen. And then we blame and shame ourselves, and stay ...

First-generation farmer and chef Julius Roberts shares honest tales of farming life and easy, thoughtful dishes to reconnect us to nature and the seasons. Making the most of simple ingredients, this is food to comfort and inspire. A few good things on a plate, assembled with joy and ease. Beginni...

Dusty Springfield, considered by many to be Britain's greatest-ever female pop vocalist, has led an often harrowing life. This book offers an updated biography of Dusty, who lost her fight against cancer in 1999.