Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Leisure

Britain's greatest Shakespearean actor reveals her secrets in a series of intimate conversations. Taking a curtain call with a live snake in her wig; cavorting naked through the countryside painted green; acting opposite a child with a pumpkin on his head... these are just a few things Dame Judi ...

Since She Bop was first published in 1995, digital downloading has transformed the music landscape. But has issue of gender inequality changed too? For She Bop, Lucy O&;Brien conducted over 250 interviews with female artists and women working behind the scenes in A&R, marketing, music publishing,...

Think like Sherlock, and tackle this brain-busting, entertaining collection of puzzles inspired by the hit BBC series. Through these 200 puzzles and challenges, you'll be able to elevate your powers of deduction, detection and general brilliance.

Having put behind it almost 150 years of experience as one of Australias leading football clubs, North Melbourne has reason to be proud. Norths is a fine heritage, a source of justifiable pride to all who have contributed to its development since its inception in 1869. The clubs achievements, spl...

Shine covers the four-year cycle leading up to the 2015 Netball World Cup. Jenny Sinclair and Megan Maurice delve behind the scenes to give readers an unprecedented glimpse into the elite training environment and work involved in taking a team to a World Cup win. Never-before discussed issues rev...

Want your film to sizzle with danger? Then learn from the master of tension and action. Using Tarantino's secret tricks for creating conflict, keeping dialogue taut, and letting all hell break loose, you will enhance your own shooting style. Whatever your budget, get the action pumping with the c...

"A history of the making of the film Midnight Cowboy and the novel that inspired it"-- Provided by publisher.

The Short Story of Film is a new and innovative introduction to the art of film-making. Simply constructed, the book explores 50 key movies, from superhero blockbusters to indie darlings. The design of the book allows the reader to navigate their way around key genres, movements and techniques wi...

From prehistory to now, the fascinating story of why music is vital to the human experience From award-winning broadcaster and composer Andrew Ford, The Shortest History of Music is a lively, authoritative tour through several thousand years of music. Packed with colourful characters and surprisi...

Brimming with wisdom and humour, David Kynaston's diaries written over one football season offer up his most personal take on social history to date. David Kynaston was seven and a half years old when he attended his first Aldershot match in the early months of 1959. So began a deep attachment to...