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Divine Corners: In the Shadow of the Holocaust on a Catskills Chicken Farm

Divine Corners: In the Shadow of the Holocaust on a...

Author: Michelle Friedman
ISBN: 9789493418707
Format: Paperback
$47.39

Raised on a Catskills chicken farm and now a Manhattan psychiatrist, Michelle Friedman confronts the legacy of Holocaust...  Read More >>

Divine Corners: In the Shadow of the Holocaust on a Catskills Chicken Farm

Divine Corners: In the Shadow of the Holocaust on a...

Author: Michelle Friedman
ISBN: 9789493418714
Format: Hardback
$65.87

Raised on a Catskills chicken farm and now a Manhattan psychiatrist, Michelle Friedman confronts the legacy of Holocaust...  Read More >>

Dreaming of the River: A Mother and Daughter's Fight for Survival during the Holocaust

Dreaming of the River: A Mother and Daughter's Fight...

Author: Pauline Steinhorn
ISBN: 9789493418844
Format: Paperback
$47.39

The true story of how a woman and her daughter survived and saved others in brutal bomb-making slave labor camps...  Read More >>

Dreaming of the River: A Mother and Daughter's Fight for Survival during the Holocaust

Dreaming of the River: A Mother and Daughter's Fight...

Author: Pauline Steinhorn
ISBN: 9789493418851
Format: Hardback
$65.87

The true story of how a woman and her daughter survived and saved others in brutal bomb-making slave labor camps...  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 >>

Trail of Thoughts

Trail of Thoughts

Author: David Lomax
ISBN: 9798998826344
Format: Hardback
$65.97

Alaska: A Land Without Mercy On this trail, probability is nothing more than a rumor, whispered through grit,...  Read More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 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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A Hymn to Life: Shame has to Change Sides

A Hymn to Life: Shame has to Change Sides

Author: Gisèle Pelicot ,  Natasha Lehrer
ISBN: 9781847928962
Format: Hardback
$59.99

A forthcoming Bodley Head publication brought to you by Penguin Random House, on sale January 2026  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 >>

Breaking Point: Daniel Just Wants Someone He Can Rely on

Breaking Point: Daniel Just Wants Someone He Can Rely...

Author: Casey Watson
ISBN: 9780008776213
Format: Paperback
$24.99

The new fostering memoir from The Sunday Times Bestselling author Casey Watson.  Read More >>

Thou Savage Woman: Female Killers in Early Modern Britain

Thou Savage Woman: Female Killers in Early Modern Britain...

Author: Blessin Adams
ISBN: 9780008500214
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A Daily Telegraph and BBC History Magazine Book of the Year 'Popular history...  Read More >>

Wilderness Mum: An inspiring true story of love and adventure on the UK coastline

Wilderness Mum: An inspiring true story of love and...

Author: Kate Barron
ISBN: 9781035068517
Format: Hardback
$50.00

A heartwarming and inspiring true story about breaking free from society’s expectations, connecting with nature...  Read More >>

The Cost of Trust: The Butcher Surgeon and the Scandal That Shamed British Medicine

The Cost of Trust: The Butcher Surgeon and the Scandal...

Author: Deborah Douglas ,  Tracy King
ISBN: 9780008712938
Format: Hardback
$49.99

'Courageous and candid… An important story well told' The Independent This...  Read More >>

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#Brooktales

Author: Kristee Hall
ISBN: 9798897410453
Format: Paperback
$58.05

When doctors say, ""Prepare for the worst,"" what do you do when your faith tells you to fight? Brooketales is...  Read More >>

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