Collection: Non Fiction

The beginner's guide to the Universe in a cosmic, coffee-table book package, perfect for anyone who wants to brush up on their astronomical ABCs.

Educated meets The Queen's Gambit in this extraordinary memoir by International Master and Chess.com co-founder Danny Rensch, who describes his upbringing in an abusive cult - and how chess ended up saving his life.

Conquer the markets and become a successful day trader Day trading is a fast-paced, sometimes risky form of investment. Day Trading For Dummies gives you the information you need to get started with this quick-action form of trading for income and maintain your assets.

In this keenly awaited new collection, Zadie Smith brings her unique skills as an essayist to bear on a range of subjects which have captured her attention in recent years.

A collection of meditations and essays on creativity and the craft of writing, by beloved bestselling poet and memoirist Maggie Smith

Where everything is black and white and nothing is - a haunting true story of death and a search for justice in a remote outback community.

Review: Sister Helen Prejean traces the historical underpinnings of executions in the United States, demonstrating that it is no accident that over 80 percent of executions in the past twenty-five years have been carried out in the former slave states. She also raises profound constitutional ques...

For half a century, Bob Brown has been standing up to the powerful interests who would put profit before planet. Here, he draws on this experience to inspire a new generation of individual and collective action. He reflects on the people and places that have shaped him, celebrates the beauty and ...

Destination Moon is an open-hearted memoir about passion and finding purpose from the woman whose mid-career one-eighty led her from Formula 1 to opening the world-famous Lune Croissanterie.

A sweeping and comprehensive new oral history of the atomic bomb's creation and deployment, on the 80th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Here's the true story of the humble-to-hot commodity, from the former geek website that launched the boom to an inside world of absent-minded CEOs, hucksters, hackers, cybercrooks, drug dealers, corrupt federal agents, evangelical libertarians, and clueless techies.

A brilliant new cultural history of the Queen of HeartsFor more than forty years, Diana, Princess of Wales, has been mythologized to the most extraordinary degree. Adored and lionized by some, ridiculed and traduced by others, Diana has always commanded a cultural presence unmatched by any other ...

A kaleidoscopic investigation of Dickens's imagination and the world he created. See Dickens as never before in this creative biography, which delves into his novels, journalistic essays and letters to reveal his strange, hilarious but obsessive personal character and the audacity of a mind that ...

Australia's dingoes are increasingly under threat of extinction after two centuries of mythmaking, bounties and poisoning. This is the real story of the dingo.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Disappearing Spoon, a romp through the entire history of humankind-from 75,000 B.C. to the dawn of the modern age.

One of America's greatest living literary legends invites you think for yourself in this compelling narrative of manipulation, power, and the human condition."Government, like Circe, turns men into swine," David Mamet writes in his latest political tour de force.

Whether you want to trek volcanic Mount Rinjani, surf the Bukit Peninsula or visit holistic healers in Ubud, your DK Eyewitness travel guide makes sure you experience all that Bali and Lombok have to offer.Two neighboring islands nestled in the Indonesian archipelago, Bali and Lombok are blessed ...

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Beijing and Shanghai is your in-depth guide to the very best of these two metropolitan cities.

Whether you want to see cherry blossoms in Kyoto, speed through the countryside aboard a shinkansen, or shop til you drop in futuristic Shibuya, your DK Eyewitness travel guide makes sure you experience all Japan has to offer. Japan is a land of contrast think tranquil zen gardens and peaceful pa...