Collection: Large Print Adult Non Fiction Paperback

It is, arguably, the most famous restaurant in the world and perhaps one of the most significant and influential ever: the legendary 'elBulli' in Catalonia has attained a near-mythic reputation for culinary wizardry. This is the story of a young chef enrolled in the restaurant's legendary trainin...

When his father sat him down and told him to make something of himself, young vet Marc Abraham decided to do it the hard way by setting up an emergency out of hours clinic. If getting used to the long night shifts wasn't bad enough, emergency cases are rarely straightforward. Here, Marc writes ab...

When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw and the city's zoo along with it. This text recreates the life of the 'zookeeper's wife', describing how she kept her unusual household afloat, caring for both its human and its animal inhabitants.

Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. In fact, according to revolutionary new research, some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence. Like humans, many birds have enormous brains relative to their size. Although small, bird brains are packed with ne...

He was the very first icon of the silver screen, and is one of the most recognisable faces in Hollywood, even a hundred years on from his first film. But what of the man behind the moustache? The director holding the camera as well as acting in front of it? Peter Ackroyd's new biography turns the...

This title provides an atmospheric and historical study of everything that goes on under London, from original springs and streams and Roman amphitheatres to Victorian sewers and gang hide-outs. The book also meets the creatures that dwell in the darkness, real and fictional: rats and eels, monst...

Collingwood went to sea as a 13-year-old and died at sea aged 62 - he literally gave his life to the Navy. Based on original log books and diaries, this biography details his life story, from the American War of Independence to the victory over Napoleon's navy.

The five centuries between the end of Roman Britain (410) and the death of Alfred the Great (899) have left few voices save a handful of chroniclers, but Britain's 'Dark Ages' can still be explored through their material remnants: buildings, books, metalwork, and, above all, landscapes. Max Adams...

Bestselling author and award-winning former BBC Chief News Correspondent Kate Adie reveals the ways in which women's lives changed during World War One and what the impact has been for women in its centenary year.

Hank Adlam began his naval flying career in 1941, his first operational posting was to the newly-formed No. 890 Squadron. The squadron's first operational role was to protect a convoy sailing from New York and bound for Greenock. This text contains Hank's reflections on his time as a naval fighte...