True stories of heroism, endurance & survival books

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The invigorating true story of a man and his dog who circled the globe on foot.  Read More >>

Mark Agnew was part of the first team to ever kayak the north-west passage - spending 103 days in the Arctic. The...  Read More >>

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Thirty years on from The First Stone, Madison Griffiths is ready to blow the conversation wide open The professor...  Read More >>

Vivian Bullwinkel has put on a brave face to the world for the past 52 years, ever since she was released from a...  Read More >>

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A tale of great enterprise and great fortitude, and of wonderful female solidarity and nobility of spirit, in the...  Read More >>

Eye-opening, honest and frequently funny, How Was It for You? is a memorable peep behind the shadowy scenes of the...  Read More >>

‘Gripping, vivid and compelling’ – The Critic Three Weeks in July is the extraordinary and...  Read More >>

""A Través de Mis Ojos: Un Viaje de Superación"" es el testimonio real de una vida vivida con intensidad. Desde...  Read More >>

A son carries out his father's dying wish and reflects on the importance of family in this inspiring memoir of loss,...  Read More >>

A son carries out his father's dying wish and reflects on the importance of family in this inspiring memoir of loss,...  Read More >>

Dacia Maraini's memoir, The Ship for Kobe, features a series of recollections which weave her mother's diaries written...  Read More >>

""No matter how far down the scale you have gone, you will see how your experiences can benefit others."" Many women...  Read More >>

This is a true story of a woman who survived the streets, the needle, and the silence of being forgotten. A story...  Read More >>

It is a practical and direct manual for those who refuse to be taken by surprise. From economic collapse to nuclear...  Read More >>

É um manual prático e directo para quem se recusa a ser apanhado de surpresa. Do colapso económico à guerra nuclear,...  Read More >>

When a young Jewish family goes into hiding in Nazi-occupied Paris, their neighbors band together to protect them....  Read More >>

A thrilling, moving account of RAF Squadron Leader Frank Griffiths' remarkable escape from the Nazis after his plane...  Read More >>

A searing, inventive memoir that interrogates misogyny, heroism and women’s power in an often-unsafe world through...  Read More >>

""From the New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in Chernobyl comes the ... dramatic, minute-by-minute story...  Read More >>

A personal depiction of life in Poland set against the Nazi and Soviet takeovers of Europe and their cataclysmic...  Read More >>

The compulsively readable new book from The Rest is Classified host Gordon Corera. About how one man – Vasili Mitrokhin...  Read More >>