Buy Non Fiction books from East Neuk Books, there is a huge selection of old and new titles.
When one thinks of literature, the joys of fiction are one of the first things that comes to mind. Or the unique pleasures of poetry. But of course there’s a wide demographic of readers that feel deeply that reality can indeed be stranger than fiction. That with the bizarre and quirky happenings that go on in real life, there is more than enough material for great literature. And so there has risen a large cry for nonfiction, for texts that engage with the world as it is as compared to how we can imagine it to be. Of course, they’re right!
One of the largest sub-sections of our whole online store, nonfiction can truly be said to have something for everyone. It includes the joys of comedy and the deep dives into the past provided by historical texts. Whether you’re looking for the best collection of show dogs or an in-depth engagement with just how important the Battle of Bannockburn truly was, looking through our nonfiction section will prove to be a real treat.
One of the great pleasures of meandering through such a broad section is that you may find titles that you didn’t even know you were looking for. Someone looking for a volume of military history might come out with a biography of Scottish childhood, or a Medievalist may find a book on the diaspora completely engrossing. This is the power of Scottish nonfiction books, and here at East Neuk Books you’ll find the best place to buy nonfiction books online!
No matter what your tastes are, you can rest assured that you’ll always find something you’ll like!
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n 1937, the Scottish writer, Neil Gunn, gave up his job in the civil service, sold his house in Inverness, and bought a boat. With his wife and his...
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Spanning the life of Dalbeattie from the late 19th to the mid 20th century the photographs included here range from atmospheric Edwardian images of...
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A nostalgic look at this beautiful Island realm off the west coast of Scotland during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Family photographs an...
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Recent aerial photography has revealed the antiquity of this small area at the edge of the East Neuk in Fife. Experts believe they have identified ...
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In 1725 an extensive military road and bridge-building programme was implemented by the British crown that would transform 18th-century Scotland. A...
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OLIVE & MABEL: two of the internet's favourite dogs!ANDREW COTTER: one of our best-loved commentators. When Andrew Cotter turned his brilliant ...
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What did it mean to be a Scot in an age marked by the movement of people and the flow of information? This revised and updated volume of the 'New H...
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Theresa Carle-Sanders is a professional chef, food writer, and unabashed fan of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. She lives on a small island in t...
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With Outlander's Scotland by Phoebe Taplin, you can follow in the footsteps of Claire and Jamie with this guide to the inspiring locations where Di...
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Pabay : An Island Odyssey by Christopher Whatley (Author) The tiny diamond-shaped island of Pabay lies in Skye's Inner Sound, just two and a half m...
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Assorted strange phenomena abound in Scotland – witches, wizards, fairies, sea monsters, yeti-type creatures, UFOs and a plethora of female spirits...
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Winner of the Saltire Society Scottish History Book of the Year Award In April 1816 Patrick Sellar was brought to trial in Inverness for culpable h...
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Peeblesshire and its attractive county town are situated in Upper Tweeddale, an area of great beauty and tranquillity. Tucked into the Borders Hill...
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'Anyone who has any interest in what we eat, how we produce it or how we should manage the landscape for our children should read this book' Monty ...
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A trail of chance finds on the outskirts of Portmahomack during the 19th and 20th centuries culminated in 1996 in the first exposure of a Pictish s...
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Wonderful coffee table style book of colour photographs by Fife photographer Peter Adamson and St Andrews author Lorn Mackintyre
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Photographs taken by Guthrie Hutton
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In this new addition to the Real Places series Ian Spring walks the streets, parks, pubs, workplaces, past and present of Glasgow, Scotland s alleg...
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Reay Clarke’s family were sheep-farmers at in the far north of Scotland for over two centuries. In this book he tells the story of the Clarkes of ...
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During the early part of the 20th century, fishing still formed one of the main industries in the famous corner of Fife. Belle Patrick spent her fi...
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Reminiscences of a Jacobite : The Untold Story of the Rising of 1745 by Michael Nevin (Author) When Jacobite enthusiast Michael Nevin successfully ...
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Tanks on the streets, local regiments confined to barracks and the imposition of martial law. This was not Petrograd, but Glasgow in 1919. Revolt ...
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In the first and only book to explore Scotland's part in the green revolution and what the future may hold, Westbrook refutes common arguments agai...
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Rob Roy MacGregor was mytholigised by Sir Walter Scott but was very much a fact in the Trossachs of Scotland in the late 17th and early 18th centur...
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