True stories of heroism, endurance & survival books

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Unfortunately, She was a Nymphomaniac: A New History of Rome's Imperial Women

Unfortunately, She was a Nymphomaniac: A New History...

Author: Joan Smith
ISBN: 9780008638849
Format: Paperback
$24.99

'Pacy, witty and authoritative' Jonathan Freedland 'In her hands, ancient history...  Read More >>

Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless: What Fungi Taught Me About Nourishment, Poison, Ecology, Hidden Histories, Zombies, and Black Survival

Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless: What Fungi Taught Me...

Author: Maria Pinto
ISBN: 9781469689791
Format: Paperback
$53.99

Naturalist, forager, and educator Maria Pinto offers a stunning debut book that uncovers strange and beautiful fungal...  Read More >>

Blind Speed: A powerful memoir of courage, redemption and record-breaking speed from the world’s fastest blind motorcyclist

Blind Speed: A powerful memoir of courage, redemption...

Author: Ben Felten ,  Rosalind Reines
ISBN: 9781786584922
Format: Paperback
$34.99

'Just because you're blind, it doesn't mean you can't see. I call myself the blind man with a vision because I have...  Read More >>

Dead Iranian Girl

Dead Iranian Girl

Author: Roxana Shirazi
ISBN: 9781644284919
Format: Hardback
$73.92

Roxana Shirazi's follow up memoir to The Last Living Slut: Born in Iran, Bred Backstage --  Read More >>

Escaping the Russian Onslaught: A Family’s Story of Fleeing the Russian Army after Hitler’s Nazi Regime

Escaping the Russian Onslaught: A Family’s Story of...

Author: Dorlies von Kaphengst Meissner Rasmussen
ISBN: 9781036130633
Format: Hardback
$80.00

Set at the height of World War II, Escaping the Russian Onslaught is the untold story of Ruth Meissner's harrowing...  Read More >>

How to Survive Survival: A Guide to Turning Life's Hardest Moments into Meaningful Contribution for the World

How to Survive Survival: A Guide to Turning Life's Hardest...

Author: Jessica Buchanan
ISBN: 9781958472354
Format: Paperback
$60.69

What if survival isn't the end of a painful story, but it's the beginning of a new one? In How to Survive Survival,...  Read More >>

Working Class Man: now a landmark documentary based on the bestselling book

Working Class Man: now a landmark documentary based...

Author: Jimmy Barnes
ISBN: 9781460768716
Format: Paperback
$27.99

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How to Survive Survival: A Guide to Turning Life's Hardest Moments into Meaningful Contribution for the World

How to Survive Survival: A Guide to Turning Life's Hardest...

Author: Jessica Buchanan
ISBN: 9781958472361
Format: Hardback
$87.09

What if survival isn't the end of a painful story, but it's the beginning of a new one? In How to Survive Survival,...  Read More >>

Hope after a Stroke? Yes!: There Can Be Life after a Stroke, even a Good Life!

Hope after a Stroke? Yes!: There Can Be Life after a...

Author: Wakie Trudeau McBride
ISBN: 9781949323160
Format: Paperback
$26.37

One ordinary day, her world collapsed in silence and pain. Would it be the end of her vibrant story? Wakie Trudeau...  Read More >>

Sex, Drugs, and Jesus: Overcoming the Devil's Plan for Me

Sex, Drugs, and Jesus: Overcoming the Devil's Plan for...

Author: Christy Kaplan
ISBN: 9798993112312
Format: Paperback
$34.29

A portion of the book's proceeds will be donated to Teen Challenge in support of its mission to help individuals...  Read More >>

Sex, Drugs, and Jesus: Overcoming the Devil's Plan for Me

Sex, Drugs, and Jesus: Overcoming the Devil's Plan for...

Author: Christy Kaplan
ISBN: 9798993112329
Format: Hardback
$60.69

A portion of the book's proceeds will be donated to Teen Challenge in support of its mission to help individuals...  Read More >>

There She Goes, My Beautiful World: A Memoir

There She Goes, My Beautiful World: A Memoir

Author: Gosia Buzzanca
ISBN: 9781837600151
Format: Hardback
$39.99

What does 'home' mean? Is it where you come from, or is it somewhere that you have to create for yourself, building...  Read More >>

Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice

Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting...

Author: Virginia Roberts Giuffre
ISBN: 9781529985252
Format: Paperback
$36.99

The extraordinarily powerful and unforgettable memoir by the woman who stood up and spoke out about Jeffrey Epstein...  Read More >>

Destruction Detour: God Intervenes

Destruction Detour: God Intervenes

Author: Muntzinger
ISBN: 9798901181874
Format: Paperback
$34.29

'Destruction Detour, God Intervenes' is an inspiring memoir that shares Renee Muntzinger's journey through mental...  Read More >>

Lo Que No Se Ve

Lo Que No Se Ve

Author: Lilian Arce Cardozo
ISBN: 9798232587901
Format: Paperback
$23.76

Lo que no se ve es una herida hecha palabra. Un viaje por los rincones invisibles de la mente, donde habitan el...  Read More >>

Das Flüstern der kleinen Dinge

Das Flüstern der kleinen Dinge

Author: Lilian Arce Cardozo
ISBN: 9798232825614
Format: Paperback
$13.20

Das Flüstern der kleinen Dinge"" ist eine zarte Sammlung von Gedanken und Bildern über die stille Schönheit des...  Read More >>

Le murmure des petites choses

Le murmure des petites choses

Author: Lilian Arce Cardozo
ISBN: 9798232172398
Format: Paperback
$13.17

Lilian Arce Cardozo est une écrivaine espagnole dont la voix naît du silence, de la douleur et de la tendresse....  Read More >>

The Deafening Sound of Sorrow: Kerrie Ann Brown Left a Beautiful Memory

The Deafening Sound of Sorrow: Kerrie Ann Brown Left...

Author: Kathleen Ricard
ISBN: 9781685136628
Format: Paperback
$50.03

Nearly forty years ago, a young girl tragically lost her life in ""one of Manitoba's coldest murder cases."" But...  Read More >>

Murdered by the State of Georgia: The Execution of Theodore Coggeshall

Murdered by the State of Georgia: The Execution of Theodore...

Author: Robert Turek
ISBN: 9798330469659
Format: Paperback
$39.52

He left home on the farm in Illinois, looking for adventure. What he found would change the course of his short...  Read More >>

The Deafening Sound of Sorrow: Kerrie Ann Brown Left a Beautiful Memory

The Deafening Sound of Sorrow: Kerrie Ann Brown Left...

Author: Kathleen Ricard
ISBN: 9781685136857
Format: Hardback
$63.23

Nearly forty years ago, a young girl tragically lost her life in ""one of Manitoba's coldest murder cases."" But...  Read More >>

White on Black

White on Black

Author: Ruben David Gonzalez Gallego ,  Oleg Katorgin
ISBN: 9781965104088
Format: Paperback
$36.93

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The Edge and Back: a memoir of survival and recovery

The Edge and Back: a memoir of survival and recovery...

Author: David Kiger
ISBN: 9798349614958
Format: Paperback
$26.37

The Edge and Back is a powerful memoir of survival and resilience. After a COVID-19 coma and lung surgery, the author...  Read More >>

Lingering Shadow: A True Story About a Father's Disappearance - Mystery Memoir

Lingering Shadow: A True Story About a Father's Disappearance...

Author: Sandra Lindberg
ISBN: 9781959624301
Format: Paperback
$47.39

Lingering Shadow is a saga of anguish and loss set in a small Wisconsin town. It is a mystery that is entangled...  Read More >>

I Know a Girl Memoir

I Know a Girl Memoir

Author: Amy C Sadd
ISBN: 9798999918529
Format: Paperback
$31.65

With raw truth & unexpected beauty, Amy shares how trauma, grief, & pain did not win. A new country & family heal...  Read More >>

My Name Means Fire: A Memoir

My Name Means Fire: A Memoir

Author: Atash Yaghmaian
ISBN: 9780807020722
Format: Hardback
$55.00

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