True stories of heroism, endurance & survival books

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Wilderness Hacks: How to Improvise with Common Items for Wilderness Survival

Wilderness Hacks: How to Improvise with Common Items...

Author: The Book Shop
ISBN: 9781803621661
Format: Paperback
$100.24

KNOWLEDGE OF BASIC SURVIVAL PRINCIPLESKnowledge is the basis for almost every successful survival skill. You can...  Read More >>

Sálvate, la vida te espera / Save Yourself, Life Awaits You

Sálvate, la vida te espera / Save Yourself, Life Awaits...

Author: Boris Cyrulnik
ISBN: 9788490622407
Format: Paperback
$36.83

Un lúcido análisis sobre la memoria, la imaginación y los recuerdos a través de una historia real de superación,...  Read More >>

Freedom's Nightmare

Freedom's Nightmare

Author: Harald Zieger
ISBN: 9798889450757
Format: Paperback
$60.69

"""If I board the wrong train, it is of no use running along the corridor in the other direction."" - Dietrich...  Read More >>

Planets, Transplants, and Autocorrect: Raising Three Daughters While Dancing Around Death and Divorce

Planets, Transplants, and Autocorrect: Raising Three...

Author: Douglas Swinford
ISBN: 9798985391442
Format: Paperback
$39.57

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Learn Grow Go: An Account of Narcissistic Abuse and the Road Out

Learn Grow Go: An Account of Narcissistic Abuse and...

Author: Mrs O Boy
ISBN: 9781039159037
Format: Hardback
$105.57

"""Narcissists cannot love you,"" writes Mrs. O. Boy, ""because they do not love themselves."" With insight, openness,...  Read More >>

I Am Still With You: A Reckoning with Silence, Inheritance and History

I Am Still With You: A Reckoning with Silence, Inheritance...

Author: Emmanuel Iduma
ISBN: 9780008430733
Format: Paperback
$29.99

‘A lyrical investigation … both powerful and transcendent’ CHIGOZIE OBIOMA‘Acutely observed, hauntingly rendered...  Read More >>

Six Years a Hostage: The Extraordinary Story of the Longest-Held Al Qaeda Captive in the World

Six Years a Hostage: The Extraordinary Story of the...

Author: Stephen McGown
ISBN: 9781472146649
Format: Paperback
$24.99

The incredible story of Stephen McGown's capture by Islamist militants in Timbuktu, in Mali, and how he was held...  Read More >>

Where's My Mummy?: Louisa's heart-breaking true story of family, loss and hope

Where's My Mummy?: Louisa's heart-breaking true story...

Author: Maggie Hartley
ISBN: 9781399606578
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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Snow Widows: Scott’S Fatal Antarctic Expedition by the Women Left Behind

Snow Widows: Scott’S Fatal Antarctic Expedition by the...

Author: Katherine MacInnes
ISBN: 9780008394691
Format: Paperback
$22.99

‘An elegant, densely textured work, like a tapestry … A welcome contribution to polar studies.’ Sara Wheeler, Spectator...  Read More >>

I Am Still With You: A Reckoning with Silence, Inheritance and History

I Am Still With You: A Reckoning with Silence, Inheritance...

Author: Emmanuel Iduma
ISBN: 9780008430726
Format: Hardback
$36.99

‘A lyrical investigation … both powerful and transcendent’ CHIGOZIE OBIOMA‘Acutely observed, hauntingly rendered...  Read More >>

Questioning: Am I Crazy?

Questioning: Am I Crazy?

Author: Tracilyn George
ISBN: 9781774758267
Format: Paperback
$29.01

Throughout my life, I never quite felt as if I fit in. I was always on the outside looking in, wanting to be accepted....  Read More >>

Rebel: My Escape from Saudi Arabia to Freedom

Rebel: My Escape from Saudi Arabia to Freedom

Author: Rahaf Mohammed
ISBN: 9780008412708
Format: Paperback
$25.85

‘Through her courageous resistance, she has, for a moment, drawn global attention to the ongoing struggle of Saudi...  Read More >>

A Year with C: Cancer, Creativity, Claire

A Year with C: Cancer, Creativity, Claire

Author: Claire James
ISBN: 9781957547459
Format: Paperback
$79.20

As she faced a future of treatment, surgery, and uncertainty upon her diagnosis with Breast Cancer aged 31, Claire...  Read More >>

Wolves of Russia

Wolves of Russia

Author: R M Mace
ISBN: 9781913946913
Format: Paperback
$58.08

Biographical novel of two generations of a Polish family spanning WW1, the Russian Revolution, the Polish Second...  Read More >>

How Did I Get Here?: Traveling The Road To Resilience

How Did I Get Here?: Traveling The Road To Resilience...

Author: Andrew Fitzgerald
ISBN: 9798987508220
Format: Paperback
$52.77

HOW DID I GET HERE? As he woke up after dying for the second time, Andrew Fitzgerald asked himself, ""How did...  Read More >>

Ordinary to Extraordinary

Ordinary to Extraordinary

Author: Seema Rani Naik
ISBN: 9789395266253
Format: Paperback
$42.21

"This book is an auto-biography of my life which says the journey of mine that builds me slowly and takes me to...  Read More >>

Riding Out: A Journey of Love, Loss and New Beginnings

Riding Out: A Journey of Love, Loss and New Beginnings...

Author: Simon Parker
ISBN: 9781800078741
Format: Paperback
$26.99

In March 2020, as Britain went into lockdown, Simon Parker’s life fell apart. With an anxiety disorder starting...  Read More >>

The Best British Travel Writing of the 21st Century: A Celebration of Outstanding Travel Storytelling from Around the World

The Best British Travel Writing of the 21st Century:...

Author: Jessica Vincent
ISBN: 9781800079960
Format: Paperback
$26.99

Travel writing matters This anthology is a collection of the 30 best travel stories published in British media...  Read More >>

In the Darkness, a Match Was Lit: A Journey of Dying Before Living

In the Darkness, a Match Was Lit: A Journey of Dying...

Author: Desnee Trevena
ISBN: 9781682357750
Format: Paperback
$37.62

I was a young girl wanting nothing more than to be loved. From an early age, until I found recovery, my voice was...  Read More >>

Through the Storms: Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria

Through the Storms: Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria...

Author: Senedtra Cowan
ISBN: 9798822908147
Format: Paperback
$52.77

Through the Storms: Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria begins with author Senedtra Cowan explaining how she came...  Read More >>

Through the Storms: Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria

Through the Storms: Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria...

Author: Senedtra Cowan
ISBN: 9798822908130
Format: Hardback
$79.17

Through the Storms: Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria begins with author Senedtra Cowan explaining how she came...  Read More >>

It's an Inside Job, Kid: A memoir of trauma, alcohol and drug addiction, mental illness, and love

It's an Inside Job, Kid: A memoir of trauma, alcohol...

Author: Stephen Nicholas Moffe
ISBN: 9798218166700
Format: Paperback
$39.57

"Resilience lies within each of us ""It's an Inside Job Kid"" is the newly updated and revised edition of the previously...  Read More >>

Not Even a Number: Surviving Lager C Auschwitz II - Birkenau

Not Even a Number: Surviving Lager C Auschwitz II -...

Author: Edith Perl ,  Lindsay Preston
ISBN: 9781088082119
Format: Paperback
$39.57

Surviving Auschwitz II- Birkenau hell would take more than prayer, more than luck...it was going to take a will...  Read More >>

The Deep Settled Peace After Forgiveness

The Deep Settled Peace After Forgiveness

Author: Henrietta Bowen
ISBN: 9798218149864
Format: Paperback
$66.00

"My name is Henrietta Bowen, and a COVID-19 survivor. It is my desire that you enjoy this comfortable read which...  Read More >>

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