True stories of heroism, endurance & survival books

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What You Should Know About Aliens and Clones

What You Should Know About Aliens and Clones

Author: Gordon Semenuck
ISBN: 9781649617606
Format: Paperback
$15.50

These are Gordon Semenuck's experiences from being abducted. When they took his DNA, they realized he was different...  Read More >>

The Unwanted Wife: Secrets and Lies Exposed An Arranged Marriage Hell

The Unwanted Wife: Secrets and Lies Exposed An Arranged...

Author: Sandy Maeck
ISBN: 9781922597472
Format: Paperback
$55.31

Your wedding day is meant to be one of the happiest days of your life, a time abound with unbridled love and connection....  Read More >>

Blade in the Shadow

Blade in the Shadow

Author: Jillian Halket
ISBN: 9781838471927
Format: Paperback
$36.83

A coming-of-age memoir about Harm OCD. A young Scottish woman struggles as her obsessive compulsive disorder worsens...  Read More >>

melting pot: Breaking bread and sharing food. Cooking with refugees and locals in Lesvos.

melting pot: Breaking bread and sharing food. Cooking...

Author: Sophie Streeting
ISBN: 9783903861671
Format: Paperback
$74.78

'melting pot' is a moving collection of stories and recipes from the migrants and locals on the island of Lesvos...  Read More >>

It's My Life And I Live Here: One Woman's Story - Ten-Year Anniversary Edition

It's My Life And I Live Here: One Woman's Story - Ten-Year...

Author: Michelle Cameron
ISBN: 9780578986746
Format: Paperback
$42.21

""It's My Life and I Live Here: One Woman's Story"" shares poignant memories of the author's childhood, her transition...  Read More >>

I'm Supposed to Make a Difference: A Memoir About Overcoming Trauma and Abuse

I'm Supposed to Make a Difference: A Memoir About Overcoming...

Author: Kevin Vought ,  Mary Watson
ISBN: 9781736523872
Format: Paperback
$34.29

This is what happens when true crime hits close to home. Kevin's mother was emotionally abusive and resented...  Read More >>

Life Lessons From the Amazon: A Guide to Life From One Epic Jungle Adventure

Life Lessons From the Amazon: A Guide to Life From One...

Author: Pip Stewart
ISBN: 9781787839809
Format: Paperback
$24.99

With the help of guides from the Waî Waî indigenous community, Pip Stewart and the team took on the perilous world-first...  Read More >>

Mountain Rescue: A True Story of Unexpected Mercies and Deliverance (Expanded Edition)

Mountain Rescue: A True Story of Unexpected Mercies...

Author: Shelli Owen ,  Mary Grimm
ISBN: 9781737054207
Format: Paperback
$137.25

During spring break in March 2013, Mary Owen, a twenty-three-year-old student at George Fox University, went missing....  Read More >>

Mountain Rescue: A True Story of Unexpected Mercies and Deliverance (Expanded Edition)

Mountain Rescue: A True Story of Unexpected Mercies...

Author: Shelli Owen ,  Mary Grimm
ISBN: 9781737054214
Format: Hardback
$163.65

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A Rebel in Auschwitz

A Rebel in Auschwitz

Author: Jack Fairweather
ISBN: 9780702312311
Format: Paperback
$23.26

An extraordinary, eye-opening account of the Holocaust. A new edition of Jack Fairweather's Costa Book of the Year...  Read More >>

Faces Of Evil: A Memoir

Faces Of Evil: A Memoir

Author: Edwin Kitchen
ISBN: 9780578987606
Format: Hardback
$39.57

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Holocaust Child: Lalechka - An Inspirational Story of Survival

Holocaust Child: Lalechka - An Inspirational Story of...

Author: Amira Keidar
ISBN: 9781913543075
Format: Paperback
$23.26

A little girl is smuggled out of a Jewish ghetto. Two courageous women. And an inspirational story of survival....  Read More >>

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

Author: Charles Dickens
ISBN: 9780008516093
Format: Paperback
$9.99

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.  Read More >>

A Son's Promise

A Son's Promise

Author: J Marsilius Flumo
ISBN: 9781940025537
Format: Paperback
$52.67

A Son's Promise: A Memoir of Perseverance from Liberia to America, is an inspiring true story of a young boy's struggle...  Read More >>

Hope Not Fear: Finding My Way from Refugee to Filmmaker to NHS Hospital Cleaner and Activist

Hope Not Fear: Finding My Way from Refugee to Filmmaker...

Author: Hassan Akkad
ISBN: 9781529059816
Format: Hardback
$39.99

Hope Not Fear details Hassan Akkad's journey to freedom and his hopeful and practical approach to activism.  Read More >>

Letters to Gil

Letters to Gil

Author: Malik Al Nasir
ISBN: 9780008464431
Format: Hardback
$42.99

‘A searing, triumphant story. A testament to the tenacity of the human spirit as well as a beautiful ode to an iconic...  Read More >>

The Nazis Knew My Name: A remarkable story of survival and courage in Auschwitz

The Nazis Knew My Name: A remarkable story of survival...

Author: Magda Hellinger ,  Maya Lee
ISBN: 9781760859299
Format: Paperback
$34.99

Regular print version previously published by Atria Books.  Read More >>

Johnathan

Johnathan

Author: Elise Brooke ,  Richard Brooke
ISBN: 9798223331421
Format: Paperback
$50.13

A memior of my father Richards Brooke's life up until the age of 16. Based in Manchester England, 1940s during the...  Read More >>

Courage Under Fire

Courage Under Fire

Author: Daniel Keighran, VC ,  Tony Park
ISBN: 9781760987732
Format: Paperback
$34.99

A revealing and frank memoir from Daniel Keighran, an unlikely candidate to receive the Victoria Cross.  Read More >>

Weathered: Finding Strength on the John Muir Trail

Weathered: Finding Strength on the John Muir Trail

Author: Christy Teglo
ISBN: 9781737590002
Format: Paperback
$47.49

This book about a woman's experience hiking the John Muir Trail includes more than 75 pictures of the California...  Read More >>

Warrior Sisters: One was a drunk, the other a junkie. To help each other, they had to save themselves first

Warrior Sisters: One was a drunk, the other a junkie....

Author: Kelly Ryan ,  Karen Burd
ISBN: 9781955043465
Format: Paperback
$33.61

Karen was a crack cocaine addict. Her sister Kelly was a high-functioning drunk. Warrior Sisters reveals their raw...  Read More >>

Suffer Quietly

Suffer Quietly

Author: Sari Knock
ISBN: 9781777765309
Format: Paperback
$51.62

"After narrowly escaping injury from a harrowing car accident, Sari found the clarity to complete her memoir. ""When...  Read More >>

Confessions of a Recovering Racist: What White People Must Do to Overcome Racism in America

Confessions of a Recovering Racist: What White People...

Author: Lou Snead
ISBN: 9781956019063
Format: Paperback
$36.93

Moving beyond binary definitions of racism, Rev. Lou Snead's book addresses the subtle unconscious racial biases...  Read More >>

7000 Miles to Freedom: From Refugee to Red Carpet

7000 Miles to Freedom: From Refugee to Red Carpet

Author: Naz Meknat
ISBN: 9781684338078
Format: Paperback
$25.75

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