True stories of heroism, endurance and survival

'It was all so sudden.

When Geraldine ';Gerry' Largay (AT trail name, Inchworm) first went missing on the Appalachian Trail in remote western Maine in 2013, the people of Maine were wrought with concern.

Flight for Life is the heart-stopping account of one of the most gripping rescue missions in African history.

It was a horrific car crash.

In 1910, hoping that the study of penguin eggs would provide an evolutionary link between birds and reptiles, a group of explorers left Cardiff by boat on Robert Falcon Scotts expedition to Antarctica.

A systematic approach to making intelligent use of our lives: forget the self, live more fully for others, and find happiness deep within.

This collection of survival stories recounts the harrowing true experiences of people across the globe who faced certain death-and survived.

When Geraldine ';Gerry' Largay (AT trail name, Inchworm) first went missing on the Appalachian Trail in remote western Maine in 2013, the people of Maine were wrought with concern.

The Best Sex Writing series has has fundamentally changed the way people thinkand what they sayabout sexuality.

Werner Herzog is the undisputed master of extreme cinema: building an opera house in the middle of the jungle; walking from Munich to Paris in the dead of winter; descending into an active volcano; living in the wilderness among grizzly bears - he has always been intrigued by the extremes of human experience.

'Life is too short to waste time on second-class ambitions.

'The Chaos Machine is an essential book for our times' - Ezra KleinThe Chaos Machine is the story of how the world was driven mad by social media.

The instant New York Times bestseller: a hilarious and transformational book about how to tackle fear--now with a brand new bonus chapter!

Bestselling author Bear Grylls has survived a free-fall parachute accident that left him with a broken back, possibly unable to walk again; falling down a mountain in the Rockies, severing a finger in the Vietnam jungle, a broken shoulder in Antarctica.

You know how he died.

'Enthralling' Daily MailIn 1998, Francoise Malby-Anthony founded a game reserve with her late husband, dedicating their lives to the protection of these beautiful, troubled animals.

The Sunday Times top 10 bestseller, with a foreword by King Charles III, as Prince of Wales.

'Deserves to be an instant classic.

Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku made a vow to smile every day and believed he was the 'happiest man on earth'.

The gripping, vividly told story of the largest prisoner of war escape in of the Second World War - organized by an Australian bank clerk, a British jazz pianist and an American spy.

Making It is a memoir about beating the odds and turning things around even when it all seems hopeless.

Moving, honest and inspiring - this is a nurse's true story of life in a busy A&E department during the Covid-19 crisis.

'An extraordinary story that deals with the urgent issues of our era .

'A lyrical, fascinating, important book.

The Book of Tea describes all aspects of the Japanese tea ceremony and explains how its rituals blend seamlessly with traditional Japanese life.

How do you offer safety to a child consistently let down by others?

How do you provide stability to a child rejected by her own family?

From the challenges of travelling when blind to becoming a parent for the first time, Kika & Me is the moving, heart-warming and inspirational story of Dr Amit Patel's sight-loss journey and how one guide dog changed his world.

'The Book Collectors of Daraya celebrates the political and therapeutic power of the written word .

Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild examines the true story of Chris McCandless, a young man who walked deep into the Alaskan wilderness and whose SOS note and emaciated corpse were found four months later.

How do you begin to create a home for a runaway child?

'[A] creative and original book on resilience through crises' DAVID MILIBAND '[A] fascinating book is full of insights .

The international bestseller.

Would you have the strength to fight to change the fortunes of an abandoned child?

Transporting the reader to the heart-wrenching times of World War II, Some Sunny Day is an evocative memoir of love and courage in war-torn Asia by Madge Lambert.

The Sunday Times Bestseller and #1 international bestseller'A moving and bittersweet story' Sun Keeping My Sister's Secrets by Beezy Marsh is the heartwarming true story of three sisters and their fearless fight to survive the hardships of poverty and war - by whatever means necessary.

'In my world, the word inspirational gets bandied around a lot, but Jonny Benjamin is truly deserving of that adjective.

'There is always hope, even when we cannot seem to seek it within ourselves.

When she fell pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952, Philomena Lee was sent to the convent at Roscrea in Co.

How do you begin to help a child combat their demons?

How would you respond when asked to take in a traumatised child?

For Felicity, growing up with her unmarried mother and grandparents in a tiny bungalow in Scarborough, life could be frightening and confusing.

A powerful and intensely moving memoir by an NHS surgeon who volunteered in war zones, operating under the most extreme circumstances.

A splendid book .

Jon Ronson's captivating and brilliant exploration of one of our world's most underappreciated forces: shame.

A genuinely new Second World War story, The 21 Escapes of Lt Alastair Cram by David M.

Warm, funny and moving; the perfect summer read.

How do you begin to rebuild the confidence of a child with no home?

The incredible true survival story of fisherman Salvador Alvarenga - and his record-breaking fourteen months lost at sea.