Take a look at our non-fiction picks for August! Includes books on the fall of the Roman Empire, secrets of the royal butlers, and tasty Persian recipes.
All of these books and more are available to borrow for free with your library card.
Dominacja
Alicja Roberts
This is the story of the fall of an Empire – and the rise of another. Who spread Christianity, how, and why? In her quest to find the answer, Alice Roberts takes us on a gripping investigative journey. F
rom a secluded valley in south Wales to the shores of Brittany; from the heart of the Roman Empire in a time of political turmoil to the ancient city of Corinth in the footsteps of the apostle Paul; from Alexandria in the fourth century to Constantinople. As the Roman Empire crumbled in Western Europe, a shadow of power remained, almost perfectly mapping onto its disappearing territories. And then, it continued to spread.
Unearthing the archaeological clues and challenging long-established histories, Roberts tells a remarkable story about the relationship between the Roman Empire and Christianity.
Przysięgam: Moje życie z zespołem Tourette'a
Jan Davidson
Born in the 1970s on the Scottish Borders, John’s was ten when his tics first arrived, as if from nowhere. Previously a happy, popular, football-mad boy he was labelled disruptive, rude, and even mad. As his condition progressed, from blinks and jerks to involuntary rude and obscene shouting, John was bullied, rejected – alienated from his family and a society that had no idea what to make of him.
Hospitalized and drugged for months, it was only an extraordinary and transformative friendship, and John’s dogged optimism, that turned his life around, making Przysięgam Inspirująca opowieść o zwycięstwie nad przeciwnościami losu.
Oczami Johna widzimy zespół Tourette'a nie tylko jako chorobę, ale jako soczewkę, przez którą wszyscy możemy lepiej zrozumieć wagę ludzkich relacji. I jak istotne, a zarazem satysfakcjonujące, może być wytrwałość i nigdy się nie poddawanie.
Making Matters: W poszukiwaniu kreatywnych cudów
Clare Hunter
As children, we made things: snowmen, paper boats, eccentrically costumed plays. That making fired our minds and imaginations – it altered our small worlds and shaped who we became. But as adults, it is hard to find to find the space for creativity and to remember its power.
Exploring craft traditions and forms of making from across centuries and cultures, Clare Hunter encourages to engage with the world afresh. To use our hands again, to see beauty in unexpected places, to play and protest and embrace imaginative possibilities. From paper crafts to wonders made from light and snow, she searches for creative delight – making lanterns, puppets and pinhole cameras.
Inspiring and fascinating, ‘Making Matters’ celebrates individual and collective creativity. It blends history, culture and politics with rich storytelling, wonderful characters and tales of remarkable objects.
Czas doliczony: piłka nożna w stanie wyjątkowym
Dawid Goldblatt
In 2014, David Goldblatt published ‘The Game of Our Lives’, an exhaustive and critically-acclaimed ‘state of the nation’ account of the UK told through the prism of football.
Fast forward 10 years and Goldblatt returns with a new state of the nation book that examines British society and culture through football at perhaps the most perilous time in modern history.
Split into three parts, ‘Injury Time’ explores Brexit, Covid and the ‘polycrisis’ of today (a tanking economy, European wars, political uncertainty and climate change) through the prism of football and posits the game as the most illuminating guide to the state of the nation today.
Królewski Kamerdyner
Grant Harrold
From royal expert and royal butler Grant Harrold comes an unforgettable memoir and portrait of a royal household – this revelatory new biography tells the full story of how a boy who grew up obsessed with the royals ended up at the heart of their household.
The relationship between the king and his staff has always been shrouded in mystery, but in this compelling biography, one of Britain’s top royal experts reveals his story for the first time and shares insight and never-before-heard stories about his time in royal service.
Menolicious: Jedz, aby przejść przez lepszą menopauzę
Mariella Frostrup i Belles Berry
‘Menolicious’ is the essential cookbook for anyone navigating the challenges and changes of midlife; co-authored by two women passionate about food and feeling your best through perimenopause, menopause, and beyond.
Menopause awareness campaigner Mariella Frostrup and chef and daughter of Mary Berry, Belles Berry have teamed up to provide you with a menopause survival toolkit of quick, easy, and supremely delicious recipes to ease key symptoms of the menopause.
Discover over 100 easy and nutritious recipes designed to help balance hormones, boost energy levels, improve weight management, and help you embrace the freedom of a new stage of life.
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Moonlight Express: Dookoła świata nocnym pociągiem
Monisha Rajesh
Cud nocnego pociągu: rozbłyskujące reflektory, pasażerowie wsiadający po zachodzie słońca i wysiadający przed wschodem słońca, wślizgujący się i wysiadający z przedziałów niezauważeni. Dla Monishy Rajesh wyjątkowy dreszczyk emocji związany z podróżą pociągami sypialnymi zainspirował nową podróż dookoła świata – pełną księżycowych krajobrazów, przytulnych przedziałów i osobliwych towarzyszy.
Od austriackiego Nightjeta, przez Caledonian Sleeper, po Santa Claus Express, Rajesh zaprasza nas na przygodę na pokładzie najwspanialszych nocnych pociągów świata. Po drodze spróbuje gulaszu z renifera w Skandynawii, przemierzy trasę Orient Expressu, popije pisco sour na pokładzie Andean Explorer i obejrzy wschód słońca nad Potomakiem na pokładzie Silver Meteor do Nowego Jorku.
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Persiana Easy
Adele Parks
Zupełnie nowa kolekcja inspirujących przepisów od najpopularniejszego szefa kuchni Bliskiego Wschodu – każdy z nich starannie opracowany, aby był jak najprostszy.
The hotly anticipated new collection from Sunday Times bestselling author Sabrina Ghayour, every recipe in Persiana Easy balances irresistible Middle Eastern flavours with accessible cooking.
From midweek meals and traybakes to pastries and sweet treats, this collection features easy recipes to delight your family and friends, time and again.
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