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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This new edition of Michael Fry's remarkable book charts the involvement of the Scots in the British empire from its earliest days to the end of th...
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A cultural history of the Scottish Highlands with stunning photographs.
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The Scottish Highlands form the highest mountains in the British Isles, a broad arc of rocky peaks and deep glens stretching from the outskirts of...
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Drawing on extensive research and exploring everything from the high politics of the devolved parliament to the everyday effects of huge and growin...
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Scotland has always been an attractive destination for rail enthusiasts - a place with picturesque scenery and a variety of traction scattered acro...
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An inspiring look at the remarkable women who fought so tirelessly for equality. Using new material, this study moves away from the ardent activist...
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In The Scottish World, renowned broadcaster Billy Kay takes us on a global journey of discovery, highlighting the extraordinary influence the Scots...
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They can be highly intelligent or slow to understand, vain, considerate, proud, shy or inventive. Although much of a cow's day is spent eating, the...
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SS Terra Nova was most famous for being the vessel to carry the ill-fated 1910 polar expedition led by Robert Falcon Scott, but the story of this m...
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The author of the famous 'Flashman Papers' and the 'Private McAuslan' stories, George MacDonald Fraser has worked on newspapers in Britain and Cana...
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'An exhilarating, big-picture, and often surprising account of Scottish art' Andrew Marr 'Even more of a joy than the glorious Scottish art it cele...
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Published to coincide with the opening of the V&A Museum of Design, Dundee, this is the first major survey of Scottish design history from 1500...
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Published to coincide with the opening of the V&A Museum of Design, Dundee, this is the first major survey of Scottish design history from 1500...
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Every surname has its own story to tell, and a surname study is a natural complement to family history research. The study of surnames has been rev...
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The Sword of Scotland is the story of Scotland's military heritage. Scotland's fighting men have played a part in shaping the history of our world,...
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This unusual book stands out in a crowded field. a It provides practical, expert, insider-knowledge. It includes a full guide to current websites. ...
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Below Scotland's capital, hidden for almost two centuries, is a metropolis whose very existence was all but forgotten.For almost 250 years, Edi...
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The Union : England, Scotland and the Treaty of 1707 by Michael Fry (Author) The story of modern Britain began 300 years ago, with the Treaty of Un...
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There are strange relics hidden across Scotland's landscape: forgotten places that are touchstones to incredible stories and past lives which stil...
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All they wanted was land: land for crofting and land on which to build a house. In 1908, ten desperate men from the islands of Barra and Mingulay i...
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For 300 years, from the ninth to the eleventh centuries, the power of the Vikings dominated Western Europe. Their voyaging extended westwards to Am...
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The Witches of Fife : Witch-Hunting in a Scottish Shire, 1560-1710 by Stuart MacDonald (Author) Along the coast of Fife, in villages like Culross a...
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The Scots are one of the world's greatest nations of emigrants. For centuries, untold numbers of men, women and children have sought their fortunes...
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The brochs are among the best-known ancient monuments in Scotland. However, despite a long and colourful history of research, it is only in the las...
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This fully revised second edition of Ian Maxwell's Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors is a lively and accessible introduction to Scotland's long, comp...
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Scotland is a land with a proud and centuries long history that far pre-dates its membership of Great Britain and the United Kingdom. Today in the ...
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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Incisive, compassionate and nuanced...In the first decade of this century, it was unthinkable that a gender-cr...
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This comprehensive companion details the recurring placenames which feature in Nigel Tranter's works. Over 200 places are listed alphabetically, wi...
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In 1971 Alec Crawford is determined to make his fortune from ship salvage. Early attempts lead nowhere until he teams up with a new partner, Simon...
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Professors and husband-and-wife team Uta and Chris Frith have pioneered major studies of brain disorders throughout their nearly fifty-year career....
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Union, war, conquest, revolution, attempted invasions, and armed rebellions: this was an eventful time even by the standards of Scotland's turbulen...
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Victorian Values : A Joint Symposium of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the British Academy by T.C. Smout In recent years there has been a gre...
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The Vikings famously took no prisoners, relished cruel retribution, and prided themselves on their blood-thirsty skills as warriors. But their pro...
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Visions of the Roman North: Art and Identity in Northern Roman Britain is the first book to present an analysis of art from the northern frontier z...
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Twenty Seven walks in Fife graded for difficulty with route maps and descriptions.
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Jim Johnstone has spent most of his working life showing his beloved Scotland to visitors from all over the world. During these trips he has always...
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TV programmes like My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, books like Gypsy Boy and the recent disturbances at Dale Farm have created enormous interest in the hi...
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..revisit the people and places and deepen your enjoyment of the sublime BBC tv series “Wayfaring Stranger” ...in these pages revisit people and pl...
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The expert advice in Welding is directed at young adults, and makes it easy for you to get started safely and with confidence, whether you want to ...
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West Fife, home to one of the world's most famous transport landmarks, the Forth Rail Bridge, has a varied transport history that once included woo...
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This companion volume to the recent Wheels around Kirkcaldy and East Fife and the earlier Wheels around Dunfermline and West Fife completes Alan Br...
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On 31 December 1918, hours from the first New Year of peace, hundreds of Royal Naval Reservists from the Isle of Lewis poured off successive trains...
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For most of recorded history, women have been sidelined, if not silenced, by men who named the built environment after themselves. Now is the time ...
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The East Neuk of Fife is situated in a quiet, rather inaccessible corner of Scotland projecting out into the North Sea. Life in the area is centr...
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'What we build always reveals things that are deeply and innately human. Because all buildings are stories, one way or another.' Kathleen Jamie, Al...
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Who's Who in Scotland 1990 - 91 Features details of prominent people in Scotland including politicians, aristocracy, business leaders and academics.
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Features details of prominent people in Scotland including politicians, aristocracy, business leaders and academics.
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Why Scottish History Matters by Rosalind Mitchison (Editor), G.W.S. Barrow (Introduction) Saltire Society publication with the views of ten Scottis...
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