True stories of heroism, endurance & survival books

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The Burn List: A Memoir of Abuse from Home to Higher Education

The Burn List: A Memoir of Abuse from Home to Higher...

Author: Julie Cruse
ISBN: 9798891329300
Format: Paperback
$52.77

The Burn List follows Julie Cruse from an abusive childhood into two decades of escalating academic exploitation,...  Read More >>

The Other Foot: A Cancer Survivor's Journey of Healing through Faith, Personal Growth and Resilience

The Other Foot: A Cancer Survivor's Journey of Healing...

Author: Anna Resich
ISBN: 9798350994544
Format: Paperback
$29.99

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Vineyard Melody: How One Woman Rebuilt Her Life, One Grape At A Time

Vineyard Melody: How One Woman Rebuilt Her Life, One...

Author: Namratha Stanley
ISBN: 9798895652930
Format: Paperback
$34.99

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Her Name Is Alice: My Daughter, Her Transition and Why We Must Remember Her

Her Name Is Alice: My Daughter, Her Transition and Why...

Author: Caroline Litman
ISBN: 9780008667962
Format: Paperback
$24.99

'Thoughtful, beautiful, incredibly necessary. People need to read this book, especially if they feel a resistance...  Read More >>

The Unforgiving Hours: The Grit, Resilience, and Perseverance at the Heart of Endurance Sports

The Unforgiving Hours: The Grit, Resilience, and Perseverance...

Author: Shannon Hogan
ISBN: 9781646048649
Format: Paperback
$34.99

From the frozen wilds of Alaska's treacherous trails to the unyielding currents of Puget Sound and Canada's Inside...  Read More >>

Was it Just a Matter of Luck?: A Family, the Holocaust, and the Founding of a Museum

Was it Just a Matter of Luck?: A Family, the Holocaust,...

Author: Dr Charles Kaner ,  Joy E Stocke
ISBN: 9789493418752
Format: Paperback
$47.39

Intimate in voice and sweeping in historical reach, Was It Just a Matter of Luck? bears witness to the endurance...  Read More >>

Twice Burned: A Fire Scientist’s Adventures in Overturning and Preventing Wrongful Arson Convictions

Twice Burned: A Fire Scientist’s Adventures in Overturning...

Author: John Lentini (Scientific Fire Analysis, USA)
ISBN: 9781032993867
Format: Hardback
$73.99

This book tells the story of renowned fire investigator John J. Lentini’s 50 years as a forensic scientist. In recounting...  Read More >>

Climbing Through: A Courageous Story of Grit, Healing, and Second Chances

Climbing Through: A Courageous Story of Grit, Healing,...

Author: Melissa Strong
ISBN: 9781493086689
Format: Paperback
$40.99

In Climbing Through, Melissa Strong, a sponsored rock climber and aspiring restaurateur, unveils her remarkable...  Read More >>

The 21 Myths of Street Life: The Lies I Lived, the Truths I Was Forced to Learn

The 21 Myths of Street Life: The Lies I Lived, the Truths...

Author: Russell C Lathom
ISBN: 9781544551074
Format: Paperback
$55.41

Behind every myth is a hard truth. In The 21 Myths of Street Life, Russell Lathom draws on his journey from abuse...  Read More >>

Twice Before Twelve: A Journey Through Childhood Cancer

Twice Before Twelve: A Journey Through Childhood Cancer...

Author: Angus Cunningham ,  Juliette Lachemeier
ISBN: 9781764337809
Format: Paperback
$65.97

In 2015, the nation watched 12-year-old Angus Cunningham on A Current Affair bravely sharing his story after a second...  Read More >>

When You See It: How I Outsmarted & Outlasted Dirty John

When You See It: How I Outsmarted & Outlasted Dirty...

Author: Tonia Bales ,  Amy Jauman
ISBN: 9798888459409
Format: Paperback
$34.99

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Save Our Souls: The True Story of a Castaway Family, Treachery, and Murder

Save Our Souls: The True Story of a Castaway Family,...

Author: Matthew Pearl
ISBN: 9780063338074
Format: Paperback
$32.99

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER From the bestselling author of The Taking of Jemima Boone, the unbelievable true story...  Read More >>

A Love Story

A Love Story

Author: Robert Hall
ISBN: 9798295644276
Format: Paperback
$18.45

A powerful true story of survival, loss, resilience, and the unexpected moments that reshape a life.  Read More >>

Back On My Feet: From doctor to patient, a moving and inspirational memoir of traumatic injury, faith and hope, for readers of Turia Pitt and Emma Carey

Back On My Feet: From doctor to patient, a moving and...

Author: Olivia Ong
ISBN: 9780733344015
Format: Paperback
$34.99

The inspirational story of how a rehabilitation doctor overcame her devastating spinal injury with faith and determination,...  Read More >>

Surviving White Island: An inspiring memoir of physical and mental recovery after surviving the New Zealand volcanic eruption

Surviving White Island: An inspiring memoir of physical...

Author: Kelsey Waghorn
ISBN: 9781775542919
Format: Paperback
$34.99

Surviving the unsurvivable. Healing from the unhealable. This is an inspiring memoir of physical and mental recovery,...  Read More >>

Who They Were

Who They Were

Author: Ed Ryterband
ISBN: 9781966074922
Format: Paperback
$50.13

""If you or your parents are immigrants, know that you are part of a proud American tradition -- the infusion of...  Read More >>

41 Days: Facing The One Challenge My Mother Could Not Overcome

41 Days: Facing The One Challenge My Mother Could Not...

Author: Anthony S Gregory
ISBN: 9798318818837
Format: Paperback
$42.21

Reflecting on my mother's strengths throughout her life, coming to terms with my choices as a caregiver, and seeing...  Read More >>

I stepped into the road

I stepped into the road

Author: Jess P
ISBN: 9798233151644
Format: Paperback
$47.49

Jessica's story is one many people live but few speak about. A lifetime of quiet pain, bullying, heartbreak and...  Read More >>

My Voice Beyond Hearing Loss: How I Discovered Confidence, Freedom, and Inner Peace

My Voice Beyond Hearing Loss: How I Discovered Confidence,...

Author: Maureen Covinsky
ISBN: 9798218934965
Format: Paperback
$44.85

My book describes how I overcame the feelings of being unseen and unheard in dealing with and understanding my mother's...  Read More >>

The 21 Myths of Street Life: The Lies I Lived, the Truths I Was Forced to Learn

The 21 Myths of Street Life: The Lies I Lived, the Truths...

Author: Russell C Lathom
ISBN: 9781544551081
Format: Hardback
$79.17

Behind every myth is a hard truth. In The 21 Myths of Street Life, Russell Lathom draws on his journey from abuse...  Read More >>

The Sun Will Shine Again: Book 1

The Sun Will Shine Again: Book 1

Author: George Mueck
ISBN: 9781636988252
Format: Paperback
$54.99

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How to Survive a Bear Attack: A Memoir

How to Survive a Bear Attack: A Memoir

Author: Claire Cameron
ISBN: 9781039056374
Format: Paperback
$44.88

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this powerful debut memoir from the author of The Bear and The Last Neanderthal,...  Read More >>

JonBenet Ramsey: Prostitution of Justice

JonBenet Ramsey: Prostitution of Justice

Author: Doc Miller
ISBN: 9798218945855
Format: Paperback
$47.39

Whoever murdered JonBenét Ramsey got away with it, leaving a mystery wrapped in legal fictions, a timid media, and...  Read More >>

Cutting the Lines: Featuring candid and revealing accounts from those affected by knife crime and exploitation across County Lines

Cutting the Lines: Featuring candid and revealing accounts...

Author: Dina Sunderland
ISBN: 9781998991129
Format: Paperback
$25.85

Featuring candid and revealing real life stories from those affected by knife crime and exploitation across County...  Read More >>

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