Category: Non-Fiction

With a vast array of packaged goods, fruits and vegetables from around the world now available to us, no matter…

For gardeners who would rather dig into history than deal with another invasion of bindweed, this selection of books ranges…

Neither plant nor animal; destructive yet essential; edible in some varieties but deadly in others – fungi seem to defy…

Postscript has rarely been without an Elizabeth David book on its shelves: they have no glossy photos of Mediterranean vegetable…

As co-presenter of the phenomenally successful podcast The Rest is History and author of numerous bestselling histories, Tom Holland can…

It was spring 1935 when Victor Watson, head of Leeds-based printing firm Waddingtons, bought the exclusive rights for boardgame Monopoly…

The pursuit of progress has seen buildings and infrastructures created, modified and dismantled, and while some elements of our heritage…

In the face of technology and the fears to be found in modern life, the folk horror that developed in…

As much as we love a good read sometimes a picture or a map can speak volumes. Inspired by the…

Evocative descriptions of landscapes, groundbreaking studies focusing on the remarkable features of an individual species or ecosystem, calls for conservation…