True stories of heroism, endurance & survival books

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On Thin Ice: An Explorer's Memoir of Siberia, Surveillance and Survival

On Thin Ice: An Explorer's Memoir of Siberia, Surveillance...

Author: Charlie Walker
ISBN: 9780715656730
Format: Paperback
$36.99

In early 2022, Charlie Walker set off to walk 600 miles along the frozen rivers of Siberia to learn more about the...  Read More >>

Nine Times I Nearly Died: A gripping read for boys and girls who love action and adventure aged 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Nine Times I Nearly Died: A gripping read for boys and...

Author: Benedict Allen
ISBN: 9781529526820
Format: Paperback
$19.99

An epic collection of true survival stories from real-life explorer Benedict Allen. Perfect for curious readers...  Read More >>

Operation Pimento: A secret mission, a sole survivor, an epic escape

Operation Pimento: A secret mission, a sole survivor,...

Author: Adam Hart
ISBN: 9781399740173
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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There Will Be Headwinds: Kayaking the Northwest Passage

There Will Be Headwinds: Kayaking the Northwest Passage...

Author: Mark Agnew
ISBN: 9781837732159
Format: Paperback
$27.99

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Grief Grit Glory

Grief Grit Glory

Author: Pamela Jessup Runner
ISBN: 9781636988993
Format: Paperback
$44.99

A Mother's Extraordinary Journey From Heartbreak to Hope Pam was twenty-four, pregnant with her third child, and...  Read More >>

Bloomsbury to Barkerville: The Life of Florence Wilson

Bloomsbury to Barkerville: The Life of Florence Wilson...

Author: Marion McKinnon Crook
ISBN: 9781772035643
Format: Paperback
$47.99

From the literary circles of Charles Dickens to gold-rush saloons in the Cariboo, this remarkable true story chronicles...  Read More >>

Beyond Poverty and the Witch Hunt: The Search for my Mother's Truth

Beyond Poverty and the Witch Hunt: The Search for my...

Author: John Manneh
ISBN: 9781963117950
Format: Paperback
$39.57

This book began as a quiet act of survival, a way to process the weight of unspoken pain, the kind that lives both...  Read More >>

Beyond Poverty and the Witch Hunt: The Search for my Mother's Truth

Beyond Poverty and the Witch Hunt: The Search for my...

Author: John Manneh
ISBN: 9781963117967
Format: Hardback
$60.69

This book began as a quiet act of survival, a way to process the weight of unspoken pain, the kind that lives both...  Read More >>

Born as a Joke

Born as a Joke

Author: Alex Aspen
ISBN: 9798235794931
Format: Paperback
$55.41

Born into a harsh Soviet world shaped by poverty, violence, and survival, Alex Aspen's life began with a fight against...  Read More >>

Heaven Delayed

Heaven Delayed

Author: Tom Stienstra ,  Dusty Baker
ISBN: 9780986189869
Format: Hardback
$34.99

Tom Stienstra had three events where his life stopped before doctors brought him back. Amid the cessations, he experienced...  Read More >>

Leaves from the Book of My Life...: My Divinely guided Life

Leaves from the Book of My Life...: My Divinely guided...

Author: Dzidria Tagaloa
ISBN: 9780646741079
Format: Paperback
$55.41

Having lived through the Russian Communist occupation of Latvia, survived capture by the Nazis in Germany, and endured...  Read More >>

Hostage: OFFICIAL EDITION: The first memoir by an Israeli hostage

Hostage: OFFICIAL EDITION: The first memoir by an Israeli...

Author: Eli Sharabi
ISBN: 9781800756557
Format: Paperback
$24.99

The unflinching first memoir by an Israeli hostage.  Read More >>

I, Vera: The Many Lives of Vera Gedroits, a Radical Princess

I, Vera: The Many Lives of Vera Gedroits, a Radical...

Author: Miranda Seymour
ISBN: 9780008650391
Format: Paperback
$34.99

'An electric biography' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Thrilling' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'A masterclass in the...  Read More >>

The Spy in the Archive: How One Man Tried to Kill the KGB

The Spy in the Archive: How One Man Tried to Kill the...

Author: Gordon Corera
ISBN: 9780008644833
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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

The Longest Walk Home: The Epic 2,000-Mile Escape of a WWII Prisoner of War

The Longest Walk Home: The Epic 2,000-Mile Escape of...

Author: Ray Bailey ,  David Wilkins
ISBN: 9781529447101
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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This is Also a Love Story: Searching for Good in a Divided World

This is Also a Love Story: Searching for Good in a Divided...

Author: Sally Hayden
ISBN: 9780008623272
Format: Paperback
$34.99

From the Orwell Prize-winning author of My Fourth Time, We Drowned comes a powerful account of human resilience,...  Read More >>

I, Vera: The Many Lives of Vera Gedroits, a Radical Princess

I, Vera: The Many Lives of Vera Gedroits, a Radical...

Author: Miranda Seymour
ISBN: 9780008650384
Format: Hardback
$59.99

'An electric biography' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Thrilling' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'A masterclass in the...  Read More >>

This is Also a Love Story: Searching for Good in a Divided World

This is Also a Love Story: Searching for Good in a Divided...

Author: Sally Hayden
ISBN: 9780008623265
Format: Hardback
$49.99

From the Orwell Prize-winning author of My Fourth Time, We Drowned comes a powerful account of human resilience,...  Read More >>

Between Hope And Drowning

Between Hope And Drowning

Author: Kelvin Renkhoe
ISBN: 9781036991760
Format: Paperback
$31.65

Between Hope and Drowning is a powerful true story of survival, sacrifice, hope, and resilience. Kelvin Renkhoe...  Read More >>

The Return: Crossing Borders, Breaking Silence

The Return: Crossing Borders, Breaking Silence

Author: Naila Oto
ISBN: 9798235984110
Format: Paperback
$174.21

The Return: Crossing Borders, Breaking Silence is a powerful memoir of survival, displacement, motherhood, and transformation....  Read More >>

Thundery at Times: Loss, Hope and an Unfinished Kayaking Adventure: A Memoir - as seen on the BBC Travel Show

Thundery at Times: Loss, Hope and an Unfinished Kayaking...

Author: Katie Carr
ISBN: 9781837998388
Format: Hardback
$49.99

The hopeful, honest and humorous story of one woman's attempt to finish the challenge left to her by her brother:...  Read More >>

Robbed of a Childhood

Robbed of a Childhood

Author: Erica Naylor
ISBN: 9798235192423
Format: Paperback
$58.05

Some childhoods are stolen before you ever understand what's being taken. Robbed of a Childhood is a raw, honest,...  Read More >>

My Mother Is a Dragonfly: A Memoir

My Mother Is a Dragonfly: A Memoir

Author: Amy Scott Rooker
ISBN: 9781967510368
Format: Paperback
$55.31

My Mother Is a Dragonfly is a luminous memoir about family fractures, forgiveness, and the miracles that call us...  Read More >>

Under a Canopy of Grapes Letting Go and Coming Home on the Camino de Santiago

Under a Canopy of Grapes Letting Go and Coming Home...

Author: Michael Rucker
ISBN: 9798994935910
Format: Hardback
$73.89

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...otro...Padre Nuestro

...otro...Padre Nuestro

Author: Tito Lugo, MD
ISBN: 9798295895784
Format: Paperback
$65.97

Diez vidas reales. Diez versos del Padre Nuestro. En hospitales, morgues y derrotas, la fe no llega desde el cielo...  Read More >>

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