True stories of heroism, endurance and survival

Del corazón de los Andes al corazón de los niños.

Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction.

The first biography of Airey Neave, Colditz escapee, MI6 officer, mastermind of Margaret Thatcher's leadership campaign and on the verge of being her first Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he was brutally murdered in the palace of Westminster by the INLA.

A hard-hitting memoir about a woman's search to understand the man who raped herJoanna Connors was thirty years old when she was raped at knifepoint by a stranger.

'There is a mad chap come here - whose name is Trelawny.

Mark Dolan meets the world's most extrordinary people.

This edition does not include illustrations.

Robyn Benincasa has made an art form of extreme performance by competing and winning at the highest levels of sport and business.

'A letter is handed to you.

Alan Whicker is quite simply a legend.

In 1930 a sixteen-year-old boy left England to become one of the last of the 'gentlemen adventurers' - the fur traders of the Hudson's Bay Company.

Paulo's writing is a visionary blend of spirituality, magical realism and folklore.

An iconic event in modern Irish history is, for the first time, narrated in directly human terms.

The amazing tale of a resourceful and unscrupulous early-19th-century American adventurer who forges his own kingdom in the wilds of Afghanistan.

A gripping account of the epic hunt for Hitler's most terrifying battleship - the legendary Tirpitz - and the brave men who risked their lives to attack and destroy this most potent symbol of the Nazi's fearsome war machine.

An expert mountaineer cracks Everest's most intriguing mystery - did Mallory and Irvine reach the summit before they perished on its slopes?

Irish Sunday Times BestsellerA true story of war, peace and friendship: a Nazi colonel and an Irish priestThe story begins in Rome at the outbreak of WWII, when ardent Nazi Herbert Kappler, SS Obersturmbanfuhrer, and Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty would become adversaries in a real-life game of 'cat and mouse' of epic proportions.

Winner of the Crossword Prize for non-fiction, '"e;Curfewed Night'"e; is a passionate and important book - a brave and brilliant report from a conflict the world has chosen to ignore.

Patrick Bishop looks at the lives and the extraordinary risks that the painfully young pilots of Bomber Command took during the air-offensive against Germany from 1940-1945.

The hugely popular Gareth Malone recounts the heart-warming stories and transformations behind the award-winning BBC2 series The ChoirFor the first time, Gareth reveals everything he has learned from working with so many groups of memorable people, including the record-breaking Military Wives and latest series of The Choir being shown this Autumn.

The bestselling novel from international literary phenomenon Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist.

This is the incredible true story of a wartime sisterhood of women pilots: a group of courageous pioneers who took exceptional risks to fly Spitfires, Hurricanes and Lancasters to the frontlines of World War II.

The incredible true story revealed by a family notebook, telling of four daughters across two centuries of turbulent history, of a passionate and ill-fated royal love affair, ending in a tragic and cruel death.

A frank and honest memoir by Britain's former ambassador to Kabul which provides a unique, high-level insight into Western policy in Afghanistan.

Over 100,000 miles to cover, one man, one bike and one hungry stomach.

Discover the powerful story of one woman's lifelong dedication to adventure and determination to succeed, as featured in the brand new BBC2 documentary The Last Mountain'I shed a tear as I read this .

We live in a dangerous world.

The crew of the Norland were having a whale of a time in 1982, ferrying passengers between Rotterdam and Hull.

When disaster struck at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, Dennis Smith was among the first to arrive on the scene.

The story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart boat race - the most dramatic in yacht racing historyThe waters between Sydney and Hobart are famously treacherous.

The powerful, refreshingly honest, first-hand account of a childhood spent in the Care system.

Freedom: My Book of Firsts, a memoir by Jaycee Lee Dugard, the bestselling author of A Stolen Life, whose widely acclaimed account of being kidnapped at age 11 and remaining a prisoner for 18 years became an international bestseller in 2011.

Privates on parade.

From the bestselling author of the Thrown Away Children series comes another heartbreaking story of life in foster care.

Chosen by Paul Auster out of the four thousand stories submitted to his radio programme on National Public Radio, these 180 stories provide a wonderful portrait of America in the twentieth century.

With an introduction by Henry Marsh, author of Do No HarmMy brain, which had just let me down so badly, was perhaps never so active.

Courage is sometimes found in the unlikeliest places .

"e;I want to die at a hundred years old after screaming down an Alpine descent on a bicycle at 75 miles per hour.

What would you do if, one glorious September morning, your husband were to die suddenly, when all he had done was go to work, and you didn t even wake up properly to say goodbye?

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

Filled with quizzes, stats and little-known facts, plus illustrated and told with all the fun of a Tom Gates novel, the Football Superstars series is perfect for young readers five and up.

A formally audacious and deeply moving memoir in three timeframes that confronts the defining trauma of the twentieth century, and its effects on a father and son.

Kastur Kapadia was betrothed to the mighty Mahatma Gandhi, father of modern India, when they were both just seven years old.

“Reveals their race across the Atlantic in stunning pictures .

Vor Jahren hätte ich mich nicht getraut, der Patientin zu sagen »Sie erzählen sich die falschen Geschichten!

In 2011, Tina Renton finally saw the man who had abused her for years put behind bars.

THE CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARDS AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR';Tears of sorrow will roll down your face, only to be followed by tears of laughter.

Recommended for viewing on a tablet.

"Reise der Inspiration" ist ein Buch, das tiefer geht – es lädt ein, die Höhen und Tiefen des Lebens aus einer neuen Perspektive zu betrachten.

Originally published in 2000 and now available as an ebook.