True stories of heroism, endurance & survival books

4436 books were found.

Cinder Girl: Growing Up on America's Fringe

Cinder Girl: Growing Up on America's Fringe

Author: Holly Thompson Rehder
ISBN: 9781637581209
Format: Hardback
$68.64

 Read More >>

Breathing Fire: Female Inmate Firefighters on the Front Lines of California's Wildfires

Breathing Fire: Female Inmate Firefighters on the Front...

Author: Jaime Lowe
ISBN: 9781250849212
Format: Paperback
$29.99

 Read More >>

Survivante, Scientifique, Olympienne - L'Histoire de Nary Ly: Comment une enfant des Champs de la Mort a couru un marathon Olympique et a inspiré sa nation dévastée.

Survivante, Scientifique, Olympienne - L'Histoire de...

Author: Nary Ly
ISBN: 9788409401758
Format: Paperback
$46.20

 Read More >>

Beyond Surviving: Take Back Your Life Using the Power of Choice

Beyond Surviving: Take Back Your Life Using the Power...

Author: Karen Connell
ISBN: 9781637652909
Format: Paperback
$43.86

My story will appeal to readers who feel trapped in an abusive relationship, the family, friends or therapists/coaches...  Read More >>

Shadow Street: A memoir of escaping a psychopath.

Shadow Street: A memoir of escaping a psychopath.

Author: Laurie D Finucane
ISBN: 9781922329349
Format: Paperback
$34.00

Trapped. Married to a psychopath. Can she escape to a better life? Navigating a marriage with a psychopath...  Read More >>

One mountain, two minds: Taking the mountain metaphor to the next level

One mountain, two minds: Taking the mountain metaphor...

Author: Jonathan Mearns
ISBN: 9781739126209
Format: Paperback
$31.02

A counterterrorism veteran, Jonathan has experienced some of the world's deadliest attacks over the last twenty...  Read More >>

Hiding in Plain Sight: how a Jewish girl survived Europe’s heart of darkness

Hiding in Plain Sight: how a Jewish girl survived Europe’s...

Author: Pieter van Os ,  David Doherty
ISBN: 9781913348892
Format: Paperback
$28.44

An extraordinary story about a Jewish woman who pretended to be Catholic to survive the Holocaust. Catholics believed...  Read More >>

Pacts With God: My Journey, His Answers

Pacts With God: My Journey, His Answers

Author: Cindy Beach ,  Mary Johansen Madden
ISBN: 9781639619597
Format: Paperback
$36.10

A life-altering diagnosis leads a young woman down a path to fight for her life, a path that would lead her to discover...  Read More >>

Pacts With God: My Journey, His Answers

Pacts With God: My Journey, His Answers

Author: Cindy Beach ,  Mary Johansen Madden
ISBN: 9781685174484
Format: Hardback
$56.80

A life-altering diagnosis leads a young woman down a path to fight for her life, a path that would lead her to discover...  Read More >>

Lighting the Fuse: Stories from Britain’s first female bomb disposal expert

Lighting the Fuse: Stories from Britain’s first female...

Author: Lucy Lewis
ISBN: 9781841883946
Format: Paperback
$26.99

The extraordinary and awe-inspiring stories of Britain's first female bomb disposal expert.  Read More >>

A Gypsy In Auschwitz: How I Survived the Horrors of the ‘Forgotten Holocaust’

A Gypsy In Auschwitz: How I Survived the Horrors of...

Author: Otto Rosenberg
ISBN: 9781800961128
Format: Paperback
$22.99

A unique and deeply affecting memoir of a child's survival in the Roma and Sinti holocaust.  Read More >>

The Shot: The Harrowing Journey of a Marine in the War on Terror

The Shot: The Harrowing Journey of a Marine in the War...

Author: Bill Bee ,  Wills Robinson
ISBN: 9798212269292
Format: Audio
$110.75

Sergeant Bill Bee's brush with death was broadcast on TV screens...  Read More >>

The Pack: Perils and Peace of Nature - Lake of the Woods

The Pack: Perils and Peace of Nature - Lake of the Woods...

Author: C Larson
ISBN: 9781039140189
Format: Paperback
$47.84

The Pack tells the true story of Connie Larson, who, along with her partner Jim and their Alaskan malamute Sekima,...  Read More >>

Sisters in Resistance: how a German spy, a banker's wife, and Mussolini's daughter outwitted the Nazis

Sisters in Resistance: how a German spy, a banker's...

Author: Tilar J. Mazzeo
ISBN: 9781922585639
Format: Paperback
$35.00

In 1944, news of secret diaries kept by Italy's Foreign Minister, Galeazzo Ciano, had permeated public consciousness....  Read More >>

Jaco Van Gass: Unequivocal - My Story

Jaco Van Gass: Unequivocal - My Story

Author: Jaco Van Gass
ISBN: 9781915306104
Format: Hardback
$43.96

Jaco van Gass was 23 when he was hit by a grenade in Afghanistan in 2009. Losing his left arm he sustained life-threatening...  Read More >>

Dialogues of Love against the Silence Memories of Prison, Dreams of Freedom

Dialogues of Love against the Silence Memories of Prison,...

Author: María del Carmen Sillato ,  Chary Sillato
ISBN: 9781952336133
Format: Paperback
$52.80

With wit and courage, the women held as political prisoners during the military dictatorship faced a relentless...  Read More >>

Black Beach: 491 Days in One of Africa’s Most Brutal Prisons

Black Beach: 491 Days in One of Africa’s Most Brutal...

Author: Daniel Janse van Rensburg ,  Tracey Pharoah
ISBN: 9781776096930
Format: Paperback
$52.80

The gripping account of a man wrongly incarcerated in one of Africa's most brutal prisons. A story of faith, love...  Read More >>

Divine Destiny: How God Shaped My Identity

Divine Destiny: How God Shaped My Identity

Author: Sophia Burley
ISBN: 9781399918534
Format: Paperback
$29.01

 Read More >>

Life and Times of Frederick Douglass: Written by Himself

Life and Times of Frederick Douglass: Written by Himself...

Author: Frederick Douglass ,  Celeste-Marie Bernier (University of Edinburgh)
ISBN: 9780198835325
Format: Paperback
$23.95

In his final autobiography, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass Written By Himself, Frederick Douglass shares the...  Read More >>

And the Rest Is History: Tales of Hostages, Arms Dealers, Dirty Tricks, and Spies

And the Rest Is History: Tales of Hostages, Arms Dealers,...

Author: Kenneth R Timmerman ,  John Pruden
ISBN: 9798212266291
Format: Audio
$110.75

Foreword by Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean, Simon Wiesenthal Center A real-life adventure story told by a...  Read More >>

And the Rest Is History: Tales of Hostages, Arms Dealers, Dirty Tricks, and Spies

And the Rest Is History: Tales of Hostages, Arms Dealers,...

Author: Kenneth R Timmerman ,  John Pruden
ISBN: 9798212266284
Format: Audio
$124.05

Foreword by Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean, Simon Wiesenthal Center A real-life adventure story told by a...  Read More >>

The Journey of a Thoroughbred: The True Story of Jamon Michael Davis

The Journey of a Thoroughbred: The True Story of Jamon...

Author: Jamon Michael Davis
ISBN: 9781638817727
Format: Paperback
$49.03

From the struggle...to the victory... For many people, especially for those of us who've been counted out, hope...  Read More >>

Wilderness Memoirs

Wilderness Memoirs

Author: Ken Bernier
ISBN: 9781039147553
Format: Paperback
$45.26

Have you ever wondered what living in and among nature would be like? In this richly detailed memoir, Ken Bernier...  Read More >>

The Shot Lib/E: The Harrowing Journey of a Marine in the War on Terror

The Shot Lib/E: The Harrowing Journey of a Marine in...

Author: Bill Bee ,  Wills Robinson
ISBN: 9781705074091
Format: Audio
$197.34

Sergeant Bill Bee's brush with death was broadcast on TV screens...  Read More >>

Latest Reading Guide

MRG2025CC

 

Shopping Cart
Your cart is empty
Shopping cart
Mailing List