Our Most Popular Non-Fiction Books!
With Christmas creeping ever closer you might be wondering what to buy someone? While we have a large fictional section of books, we have had a lot of interest in our non-fiction section and we’ve had a lot of customers coming in to buy Christmas presents from our selection of non-fiction books, so why not take a look at our most popular non-fiction books and see if they’ll make the perfect present for someone you know.
The Aerial Atlas of Ancient Britain written by David R Abram and fore worded by Alice Roberts is perfect for landscape and history lovers, with over 200 beautiful aerial photos of Britain’s prehistoric land sites. Showing off, Neolithic enclosures, cairns and stone circles; Bronze Age villages, farmsteads, tombs and burial mounds; and Iron Age hillforts. This also makes a perfect coffee table book to show off to guests!
The Ship Beneath the Ice by Mensun Bound is a compelling read on the expedition to discover Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship, the Endurance, a century after it succumbed to the antarctic ice in 1915. The author was also director of both expeditions taken to find the Endurance and includes fascinating stories of Shackleton and his ship as well as photos from the original voyage and the wreck itself. A perfect choice for history or boat fans. We have a limited amount of signed copies so grab one while you can!
New Forest 222 by Jodi Longyear is one of our newly stocked books which has already caught quite a lot of attention from our customers. It’s a guidebook but not your typical guidebook, this one has divided the New Forest into 222 individual mile squares of which the author has personally visited all of them!
New Forest Myths and Folklore by Brice Stratford is currently one of, if not is the most popular book we currently have in stock. This book delves into the local history and heritage of the New Forest and bringing the mythological past of Britain’s most haunted national park to both local and visiting eyes alike.
Landlines by Raynor Winn, author of the bestselling book, The Salt Path. Raynor and her husband take on another healing walk as Moth’s health declines, with the hope that the cure that helped them before will now help them again. For this journey they take on The Cape Wrath Trail which is over two hundred miles of grueling terrain through Scotland's remotest mountains and lochs. This beautiful story of homelessness, human strength and endurance is worth the read.