Non-fiction

Powerful, distressing, inspiring, challenging, uplifting, disturbing... This is the most extraordinary book. Read it!

The extraordinary story of a war veteran who flies himself to the Himalayas to climb Mount Everest.

The author investigates the murder of her great-great aunt in Great Yarmouth in the 19th century.

The award-winning writer Margaret Drabble has used her love of jigsaws as a theme for her memoir, a family history.

A challenging, emotional but ultimately uplifting book which urges us all to make a difference.

A fascinating and inspiring look at leadership encouraging us to change the way we have all viewed the power structure in organisations, and society.

A hotel opened its doors to the homeless of Shrewsbury during Covid. This is an account of what happened.

An in-depth study of the mechanisms of memory which features fascinating examples of lessons to be learnt through literature and authors.

An extraordinarily detailed biography of this extraordinarily successful writer. Fascinating.

An extraordinary and inspiring memoir of how a couple face the loss of everything they've held dear by going on a very long walk!

The author was invited to spend a night in a museum in Venice and to write about the experience. Intriguing and thought-provoking insight to a writer's life.

Many people have forged their own interpretations on why and how we tell stories, but this book seeks to do so by making sense of the human brain.

The true story of the friendship between a World War II veteran and a young archaeologist searching for the lost landing craft off the French coast.

Beautifully illustrated, simply told story of how climate change has affected giraffes in Niger.

Subtitled 'The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance', it describes the search for the ship that slipped under the ice in the Antarctic in 1915.

Beautiful to look at and to hold, this is a fascinating and engaging diary of nature in both city and countryside from this award-winning writer.

When Liesl Herbst escaped Austria at the start of the Second World War, she was a champion tennis player. Her story is powerfully and compellingly told by her granddaughter.

A very readable and practical guide to resisting visual manipulation all around us and instead make our visual landscape inspiring and empowering.

Why the Rule of Life outlined by St Benedict is relevant for us today.

A moving and mesmerising account of a man stepping out of society for the life and lifestyle he has chosen.

The story of before and after the incredible memoir 'The Salt Path' became a bestseller. This is another extraordinary read.

A memoir about keeping a cat, and then hoping to start a family and looking back on life's experiences.

Stories about how the vision and application of engineers have influenced so many areas of modern life. Fascinating and inspiring.

Taking a year to explore knitting throughout the British Isles - a beautifully executed account of a journey through social history and creativity.

These diaries of a junior doctor have been described as 'hilarious and heartbreaking'. What will we all think?

A compelling, difficult read about sudden illness and how life can take an unexpected turn. Difficult but at times humorous, this is an incredible read.

A warm, engaging and fascinating memoir of a writer, and a bookshop owner.

A powerful and uplifting book, giving each man’s story of family and friendship, purpose and hope after they each lost their daughters to suicide.