Top Non-Fiction Books

Ripley's Believe It or Not! is guaranteed to amaze and entertain children and adults alike with its unique blend of weird but true stories and jaw-dropping facts gathered from all over the world. This year... Marvel at the ice caves of Alaska. Find out what very unusual food Icelanders eat at their traditional mid-winter feast. Discover why Lucas the penguin has to wear rubber boots. Hear about the woman who sailed down the Missouri River in a giant hollowed-out pumpkin. And take the 'Funny Bones' test to see whether you can match photographs of skeletons to their animal owners. No Christmas is complete without Ripley's! Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529941203 • Author: Ripley • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Hardback • Pages: 256 • Dimensions: 30.5 x 23.6 x 2.2cm

The explosive new book from Britain’s leading investigative biographer, Tom Bower As one of the most famous and influential couples in the world, David and Victoria Beckham have attained iconic status. The ultimate power couple have together built a multi-billion-dollar global brand. For decades, adoring fans have been captivated by the glamorous world they have created, while their unrivalled fusion of showbiz, fashion, football and celebrity has been cultivated alongside the image of a strong marriage. When the much-trailed Netflix documentary Beckham aired in 2023, viewers were offered an even more intimate insight into their private lives. Produced by the Beckhams themselves, the series raised many questions, not only about their success and personal relationship, but also about the ruthlessly successful management of their image in the media. Are their lives really as perfect as the Beckhams would like the world to believe? Through extensive research, expert sourcing and interviews with insiders, Britain’s most celebrated investigative biographer, Tom Bower, has unearthed a succession of revelations that give surprising insight into the reality of ‘Brand Beckham’. Exploring the couple’s relationship, and the truth about their football and fashion careers, their finances and their new life in Miami, The House of Beckham unravels the extraordinary reality of the business-savvy cultural icons to tell an engrossing, often astonishing story of money, sex and power. Product Information:  • ISBN: 9780008638870 • Author: Tom Bower • Publisher: HarperCollins • Format:  Hardcover • Pages: 384 • Dimensions: 15.9 x 3.8 x 24 cm

One chop, no waste, all taste. Use ingenious supermarket-swap shortcuts and simple, low-cost ingredients for everyday feasts in a flash. Create fabulous food without the faff using no-mess prep techniques – Shivi Ramoutar has done all the thinking so you don’t have to. Make the most of what you have using cleverly chosen ingredients to turn your fridge-raid into mouthwatering meals in moments. Enjoy well-planned, high-impact dishes that pack a flavour punch, with minimal hassle for maximum mealtime joy.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780008551032 • Author:  Shivi Ramoutar • Publisher:  HarperCollins • Format:  Hardback • Pages:  224 • Dimensions:  19.5 x 2.1 x 25.2 cm

Join us in celebrating the platinum anniversary of the world's biggest-selling annual book! To mark GWR's 70th birthday, we're throwing a party, starting off with a feast of retro features in the opening chapter that look back over our last seven decades. Of course, we're also highlighting the very best of record breaking from the past 12 months! This new edition - fully revised and updated with 1,000-plus images - continues the annual tradition of serving up thousands of awesome facts and feats for the whole family to enjoy. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781913484552 • Author: Guinness World Records • Publisher: Macmillan Distribution Limited • Pages: 256 • Format: Hardback • Dimensions: 30.4 x 22.8 x 1.8cm

Healthy Eating Made Simple. This quick-and-easy cookbook makes healthy meal prep, and eating more veg, effortless. Everyone will love these delicious, vibrant breakfasts, snacks, lunches, dinners, baking and desserts cooked in your air fryer. If you’re new to vegan eating or have just got an air fryer, this book is for you. Find 70 plant-based recipes for beginners. Enjoy cooking easy breakfasts, simple lunches & light bites, super quick meals ready in 15 minutes or less, 30-minute meals or bread, cakes, cookies & desserts.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781529922363 • Author:  Niki Webster • Publisher:  Penguin • Format:  Hardback • Pages:  192 • Dimensions: 24.4 x 2 x 17.2 cm

Aging has long been considered a normal process. We think disease, frailty, and gradual decline are inevitable parts of life. But they're not. Science today sees aging as a treatable disease. By addressing the root causes of aging we can not only increase our health span and live longer but prevent and reverse the diseases of aging - including heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and dementia. In Young Forever, Dr Mark Hyman challenges us to reimagine our biology, health, and the process of aging. To uncover the secrets to longevity, he explores the biological hallmarks of aging, its causes, and its consequences - then shows us how to overcome them with simple dietary, lifestyle, and emerging longevity strategies. Learn how to optimize your body's Key Longevity Switches, reduce inflammation and support the health of your immune system, exercise, sleep and de-stress for healthy aging. In addition to understanding how to eat your way to a long life, featuring Dr Hyman's Pegan Diet, including which supplements are right for you and where the research on aging is headed  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781399716307 • Author:  Mark Hyman • Publisher:  Hodder & Stoughton • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  332 • Dimensions:  13.5 x 21.5 x 3.1 cm

Pull on your wellies, grab your flat cap and join Jeremy Clarkson in this hilarious and fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the farm we're all obsessed with . . . An idyllic spot offering picturesque views across the Cotswolds, bustling hedgerows and natural springs. Until one day, Jeremy decided he would do the farming itself. After all, how hard could it be? . . . Faced with suffocating red tape, biblical weather, local objections, a global pandemic and his own frankly staggering ignorance of how to 'do farming', Jeremy soon realises that turning the farm around is going to take more than splashing out on a massive tractor. Fortunately, there's help at hand from a large and (mostly) willing team, including girlfriend Lisa, Kaleb the Tractor Driver, Cheerful Charlie, Ellen the Shepherd and Gerald, his Head of Security and Dry Stone Waller. And yet while the farm may be called Diddly Squat for good reason, Jeremy soon begins to understand that it's worth a whole lot more to him than pounds, shillings and pence . . . Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241464502 • Author: Jeremy Clarkson • Publisher: Michael Joseph • Format: Hardback • Pages: 224 • Dimensions: 24 x 16.2 x 2.6 cm

Welcome back to Clarkson's Farm. At the end of Jeremy's first year in the tractor's driving seat, Diddly Squat farm rewarded him with a profit of just £144. So, while he's the first to admit that he's still only a 'trainee farmer'*, there is clearly still work to be done. Because while he's mastered the art of moaning about nearly everything, some of the other attributes required of a successful farmer prove more of a challenge. Did you know that loading a grain trailer was more demanding than flying an Apache gunship? Or that cows were more dangerous than motor-racing? Or whether would have been easier to get planning permission to build a nuclear power station than to turn an old barn into a farm restaurant? But if the council planning department and the local red trouser brigade seem determined to frustrate his schemes at every turn, at least he's got Lisa, Kaleb, Cheerful Charlie and Gerald, his dry-stone-walling Head of Security to see him through.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780241695791 • Author:  Jeremy Clarkson • Publisher:  Michael Joseph • Format:  Hardback • Pages:  240 • Dimensions:  15.24 x 1.3 x 23.5 cm

Mental health matters! Learn how to assess your mental health today with doctor and former love islander, Alex George. Discover the seven universal truths that everyone should remember, and the mental fitness foundations that will boost you. And exercise your mind with the mental health toolkit that will help you thrive. Know what feels normal for you, understand your boundaries, learn how to talk to medical professionals and so much more!  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781783254903 • Author:  Alex George • Publisher:  Aster • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  240 • Dimensions:  19.05 x 1.91 x 24.13 cm

Discover the delicious, time saving and cost-effective way to cook Italian classics in the air fryer. With fresh takes on Gino's iconic Italian recipes such as Classic Lasagne and Roman-Style Pizza, plus new air fryer favourites such as Carbonara Potatoes and Devilled Chicken Wings, this is the ULTIMATE ITALIAN AIR FRYER BOOK. "I just love air fryers. They're simple to use, efficient and environmentally friendly. They make your life easier in the kitchen while still enabling you to create fantastic food for your friends and family. The best thing of all is that Italian food cooks beautifully in an air fryer, which means a very happy Gino!" Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781526680419 • Author: Gino D'Acampo • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing • Format:  Hardback • Pages: 208 • Dimensions: 18.9 x 2.54 x 24.6 cm

All new 'even easier' slow cooker recipes to enjoy delicious, healthy and budget-friendly food every day. From Nathan Anthony, the home cook with over 3 million followers, comes another book of recipes to transform your weeknight cooking. Filled with all your favourite fakeaways, pastas, pies, soups and curries, as well as a whole chapter on meal prep recipes, you will be amazed what you can make in a slow cooker. Here are recipes with hardly any prep, fewer ingredients and clever time-saving tips, making it a must-have for any busy home-cook. Every recipe is 500 calories or under, providing a hassle-free way to enjoy lighter versions of your family favourites. As a lower-energy alternative to a conventional oven, slow cookers are a cost-efficient way to save on your household bill. And with a focus on everyday, easy-to-find ingredients, this is food you can cook without breaking the bank. With a photo for every recipe, dishes include Teriyaki Beef Bowls, Chicken Pad Thai, Tomato and Mascarpone Risotto with Sticky Halloumi and Carrot Cake Overnight Oats. Healthy, satisfying food has never been so easy.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781529914474 • Author:  Nathan Anthony • Publisher:  Ebury Press • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  192 • Dimensions:  17.4 x 1.8 x 24.8 cm

Delicious recipes. Nutritionally balanced. So Good. When we think of nutrition and eating well, so many of us jump to the words ‘diet’, ‘unenjoyable’, and ‘sacrifice’. Sometimes we see healthy eating as something we should do, rather than something we want to do. This is the book to help you kickstart healthy eating as an enjoyable lifelong habit rather than a fad for a week. A perfect collection of over 80 vibrant, tasty and easy recipes all steeped in nutritional science, So Good explains the principles of healthy eating in a fun and relatable way. With recipes including… Fluffy Ricotta Lemon Pancakes Hot Honey Halloumi Avocado Toast Mango And Crunchy Chickpea Salad, With Jalapeno Dressing. Chicken And Spicy Guacamole Lunch Time Tacos Garlic Crumbed Salmon With Courgettes And Yoghurt Creamy Parmesan Chickpeas With Pickled Chillies Greek Yoghurt Roasted Strawberry Eton Mess Food should be a celebration, a memory, a moment. It’s not about counting calories; it’s about making every meal count. Let every meal you make nourish your body and bring you joy with every bite. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781399620055 • Author: Emily English • Publisher: Orion Publishing • Pages: 240 • Format: Hardback • Dimensions: 23.88 x 19.05 x 2.54 cm

Try over 100 brand new tasty, slimming recipes, all under 500 calories! The follow-up to the smash hit Slimming Eats, plus 15 signature favourites from Siobhan's enormously popular blog. This beautiful array of family-friendly meals will save you time in the kitchen and leave you spoilt for choice - using only accessible and fuss-free ingredients - the book is brimming with options and ideas for everyone to enjoy. Recipes include Piri Piri Halloumi Traybake, Slow Cooker Ropa Vieja, Cheesy Bolognese Gnocchi Bake, One-pot Moroccan-style Lamb Pilaf, Sticky Sriracha Tofu Bowls, Balsamic-roasted Beetroot with Feta and Orange Salad and Raspberry Lemon Loaf. Satisfying, flavoursome and healthy - this is Slimming Eats, made simpler than ever before.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781399708241 • Author:  Siobhan Wightman • Publisher:  Yellow Kite • Format:  Hardback • Pages:  288 • Dimensions:  19.69 x 2.54 x 25.4 cm

Tuck into your all-time favourite flavours and a good sprinkling of Bake Off magic with our easy-to-follow recipes.  A feast for both the eyes and the taste buds, these flavourful bakes will leave you inspired to mix and match different combinations, or to indulge yourself with some classic tastes and textures. Whether you're looking for a tart blackcurrant millefeuille, a fresh passion fruit trifle, a sticky ginger treacle tart or a rich chocolate and speculoos cake - Paul, Prue, the Bake Off team and the 2022 bakers are here to show you how to get the perfect result. From earthy to spicy, and from tangy to creamy, this book showcases how to bring out the very best flavours in whatever you create.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781408726983 • Author:  The Bake Off Team • Publisher:  Sphere • Format:  Hardback • Pages:  288 • Dimensions:  25.5 x 19.7 x 2.5 cm

What if we told you that you can eat anything you like and lose weight? Well, you probably not believe us, would you? And if you did believe us, you would ask HOW? We asked the same question. After both struggling with our weght and the effects of crash dieting, we knew there had to be a better way to shed the pounds. That's how we developed the #itsfine plan. With a unique approach to portion control and by debunking the many myths around fad diets, it aims to help you free yourself from unhealthy obsessions with dieting and show how you can achieve food freedom whilst sustaining a healthy lifestyle and weight-loss goals. We want you to say two words to all the misinformation around dieting, and they aren't 'I can't' or 'it's wrong', but instead, with a big smile on your face and with complete confidence, 'it's fine'. With step-by-step guidance and over 75 recipes to help you on your journey, this book will give you everything you need to build a healthier relationship with food. So let's get started: lose weight eating the food you love and give yourself the power to say #itsfine. You've got this! Ben & Pete  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781399610117 • Author: Ben Smith & Peter Andre  • Publisher:  Seven Dials • Format:  Hardback • Pages:  240 • Dimensions: 19.4 x 2.2 x 24.8 cm

The Great British Bake Off: Kitchen Classics showcases 80 sumptuous bakes inspired by the show's most popular signature themes - Cake, Biscuits, Bread, Pastry, Patisserie, Dessert, Chocolate and Free-from - taking the best classic recipes and reinventing them to create the most gorgeous, flavourful and indulgent bakes. Throughout the book, Paul, Prue and the 2023 bakers themselves show you how to turn a signature into something truly special. Among the many transformations, Victoria sponge becomes a four-tier, zesty extravaganza; a brioche-style babka turns savoury with kale pesto and red peppers; and the cherry Bakewell is reimagined as an irresistible fondant fancy. Page after page, this book is packed with 'new' classics that will draw family and friends to your own kitchen table time and again. Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781408727003 • Author: The Bake Off Team • Publisher:  Sphere • Format:  Hardback • Pages:  256 • Dimensions: 19.2 x 2.2 x 25.2 cm

Global superstar, songwriter, singer and Princess of Pop Britney Spears tells all in her heartfelt and honest memoir that portrays her rise to fame, tumultuous relationship with her father, controversial conservatorship, widely documented mental health struggles and so much more. Battling with a parent to take control of your own life at the age of 39 seems impossible. But this is where superstar Britney Spears found herself, 13 years into a conservatorship constructed by her father. In June 2021, the whole world was listening as she spoke in open court for the first time, delivering a bombshell statement in which she described the complex legal arrangement as abusive and condemned the actions of her own father, Jamie. The impact of voicing her truth was undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the lives of countless others. The Woman in Me reveals for the first time her incredible journey and the strength at the core of one of the greatest performers in pop music history. Written with remarkable candour and humour, Spears's ground-breaking book illuminates the enduring power of music and love and the importance of a woman telling her own story, on her own terms, at last. Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781398522541  • Author: Britney Spears • Publisher: Gallery UK • Format:  Paperback • Pages: 288 • Dimensions:  13 x 1.7 x 19.8cm

The long-awaited return of the comedy national treasure... Blockbusters, Baywatch… Mastermind, Moonlighting… Porridge, Parkinson… Peter Kay takes you on a journey into the wonders of TV –back to the days when Dusty Bin was a household name, Robin of Sherwood was a pin-up and the Brookside siege was the event of the year. For a young telly-loving Peter growing up in Bolton, TV meant Sunday bath nights with a black-and-white portable, the unbridled excitement of the new Christmas TV guide and his elderly neighbour’s inconvenient hearing problem. Here, for the first time, he collects his TV memories and adventures together in this brilliant book. Join Peter as he finds success on the small screen, leaving his own unique footprint in the golden age of TV: from making tea at Granada Studios and marching along to ‘(Is This the Way to) Amarillo’ to hanging out in the Rovers Return, having run-ins with Bernard Manning and starring in possibly the worst Doctor Who episode of all time. You’ll go behind the scenes of the legendary Phoenix Nights, take The Road to Nowhere with Max & Paddy and discover how Peter created his BAFTA-winning performance in Car Share. So sit back and enjoy a journey through the wonderful world of television. Endearing, sidesplittingly funny and utterly unforgettable – T.V. sees Peter Kay at his vivid, nostalgic and hilarious best.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780008623319 • Author: Peter Kay • Publisher: HarperCollins • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  320 • Dimensions:  15.9 x 3.6 x 24 cm

The ingredients we use in Caribbean cookery tell a story - and it's a huge swirling tale... The Pepperpot Diaries is Andi Oliver's long-awaited first cookbook. Showcasing both traditional and new recipes, cherished ingredients and vibrant flavours from across the Caribbean, let Andi Oliver take you on an exploration of identity and heritage as she shows you how to create simple yet sensational dishes that will bring the unbeatable flavours of Caribbean cooking to your table. The story of food captured in this book will take readers on a journey around the melting pot of cultural influences, history and heritage that has uniquely shaped traditional and contemporary Caribbean cuisine. Through her travels in Antigua, Andi shares her deeply personal journey on reconnecting with the food she grew up eating - the flavours and ingredients that run through her heart and soul - and what the future might hold for Caribbean cookery. This book explores who we were, who we are, and where we're going - all through the food we eat and the people we meet along the way.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780241560211 • Author: Andi Oliver • Publisher:  DK • Format:  Hardback • Pages:  288 • Dimensions:  20.1 x 2.9 x 25.4 cm

Give yourself a challenge with this book of word searches 2 by Perfect Pocket Puzzles.  This selection of puzzles will keep you entertained whether you're relaxing at home or out and about. Pocket-sized and full of the word searches you love to solve, pick up your pen, give your brain a gentle workout and enjoy a little 'me' time.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781789296532 • Author:  Dr Gareth Moore • Publisher:  Michael O'Mara • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  170 • Dimensions:  19.8 x 12.9 x 1 cm