Collection: Adult Non Fiction

This practical guide to staying alive and healthy in the wilderness covers all the essential skills required to cope with whatever nature has to throw at you - from dehydrating deserts to frozen tundra and from barren mountainsides to ancient woodlands. It explains every aspect of the four fundam...

"Sweet Home Macramé: A Beginner's Guide to Macramé features step-by-step instructions for making wall hangings, jewelry, home decor, and more from macramé" --Back cover.

Chika Jeune was born three days before the devastating earthquake that decimated Haiti in 2010. She spent her infancy in extreme poverty, and when her mother died giving birth to a baby brother, Chika was brought to the Have Faith Haiti Orphanage that Mitch and his wife, Janine operate. Chika's a...

Let award-winning garden designer and landscape expert from Better Homes & Gardens Charlie Albone walk you through the process of turning your outdoor space into your own personal oasis. Start by identifying your dream design style, then learn how to make a plan that works for your site, budget a...

Explains the different ways to mill flour at home from various grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds, and shares one hundred recipes that use freshly ground flour, including cheddar rosemary spelt scones and millet potpies.

In River Cottage Great Pies, Gelf Alderson gives every home cook the tools to reach the heights of pastry greatness with 80 achievable, delicious recipes for every occasion. With a foundational chapter to build your confidence in the kitchen with core recipes for the most popular pastries -- incl...

With more than 200 full-colour illustrations, this big, handsome volume describes dogs of all sizes, shapes, traits, and personalities. Your dog will be a constant companion and source of support through their life and picking the right one to match your lifestyle will make it a long and happy pa...

An authoritative family guide to choosing and caring for small mammals, birds, reptiles, insects and fish, including advice on exotic species and the best pets for children. Features all the equipment you will need to house, feed and exercise your pet correctly. Maintaining your pet's well-being:...

"Bringing together dozens of voices in her distinctive style, Last Witnesses is Svetlana Alexievich's collection of the memories of those who were children during World War II. These men and women were both witnesses and sometimes soldiers as well, and their generation grew up with the trauma of ...

Why, having stood up for and held their own place in a once absolutely male world, have women not stood up for their history? Their words and feelings? A whole world is hidden from us. Their war remains unknown... I want to write the history of that war. A women's history." In the late 1970s, Sve...