True stories of heroism, endurance and survival

A take-no-prisoners approach to life has seen Paul Carter heading to some of the world's most remote, wild and dangerous places as a contractor in the oil business.

Shlomo Lerman nunca le reveló a su familia las circunstancias que lo hicieron escapar de su tierra natal, Polonia.

A Sunday Times top-five bestseller'This is a remarkable book .

DON'T MISS THE MAJOR FILM INSPIRED BY CHASE'S NARRATIVE, IN THE HEART OF THE SEA On 20 November 1820, just south of the equator, the whaling ship Essex, spotted and pursued a shoal of sperm whales.

The incredible story of how one doctor won her own personal battle against cancer through the power of prayer.

June Thomson and Giselle Ross are inextricably linked by two unspeakable acts of evil.

A tale of mystery and healing from the Canadian forests, where Nature can be nasty and men can easily go mad.

In this charming collection of nineteen stories, you can't help but fall in love with the unlucky fawn who is saved by a nursing home, the troublesome rabbit who warms her way into a new family and the good (German) shepherd who comforts the sick.

An extraordinary portrait of one family across the years of Japan's greatest changes; a loving, honest, moving biography of the author's mother.

'Time equals progression.

Today Italy is a land of beauty and prosperity but in 1944-45 it had become a place of nightmares, a land of violence, war, and destruction.

En esta obra Stella Calloni dialoga con la intelectual colombiana Gloria Gaitán, la luchadora comunista argentina Fanny Edelman, la líder comunista chilena Gladys Marín y la ex primera dama francesa Danielle Mitterrand.

Este libro narra la transformación alquímica de las personas de una familia cuando se comprometen ante la llegada de un hijo con capacidades diferentes.

"Sé que puedo superar cualquier dificultad.

Si has llegado hasta aquí no es casualidad.

Las protagonistas de estas historias no se conocen, tal vez solo se han cruzado al pasar, pero todas comparten un mismo dolor: su autoestima está en el subsuelo, frágil, a veces, hasta imperceptible.

¿Pensaste alguna vez en cómo es la dinámica de una familia con un hijo con discapacidad?

Julio de 1976.

The moving and inspirational true story of one little girl's battle against the medical odds and a mother's unwavering love for her daughter.

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURED DIRECTED BY AND STARRING CHIWETEL EJIOFOR - AVAILABLE ON NETFLIXWhen William Kamkwamba was just 14 years old, his family told him that he must leave school and come home to work on the farm - they could no longer afford his fees.

The fifth book from bestselling author and specialist foster carer Casey Watson.

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From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a harrowing and moving memoir about two innocent and frightened 'unfosterable' children who do not know what it means to be loved.

Sometimes the most unlikely of friendships are the ones that save us.

'I've got seven days to come clean to my new dad.

Set in his native Northern Ireland, John Lynch's debut novel is a lyrically told and exquisitely tender story of innocence and loss.

On December 24th 1971, the teenage Juliane boarded the packed flight in Peru to meet her father for Christmas.

The key to a successful homeschool program is to teach a child to study on his/her own.

From Orlando Figes, international bestselling author of A People's Tragedy, Just Send Me Word is the moving true story of two young Russians whose love survived Stalin's Gulag.

The key to a successful homeschool program is to teach a child to study on his/her own.

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

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

The extraordinary true story of Solomon Northup, a free African-American living in New York in 1841, who was kidnapped, sold into slavery, and subjected to unimaginable degradation and abuse until his rescue 12 years later.

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

2006 in Helmand saw British forces engaged in the most ferocious fighting since the Korean War.

Geography is a big subject to study as it encompasses boundaries set by man.

New Year's Day, 2009.

A dyslexic child who cannot keep up with the demands of school will become frustrated, upset and often depressed.

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.

Bestselling author and foster carer Casey Watson tells the shocking and deeply moving true story of two sisters who carry a terrible secret.

A Doctor's Dilemma.

WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZEThe acclaimed bestselling classic of Holocaust literature, adapted into the award-winning film Schindler's List'One of the world's greatest writers' Spectator'Extraordinary' Graham Greene'Powerful' The Times'Marvellous' Sunday TimesIn the shadow of Auschwitz, as thousands faced death in Nazi-occupied Poland, an unlikely saviour emerged.

I read somewhere that the decision to emigrate comes from a need to breathe.

A Girl and Five Brave Horses is the story of Sonora Carver and was the basis for the movie Wild Hearts Can't be Broken.

'It will be seen in these pages that I have lived several lives in one: first, the life of slavery; secondly, the life of a fugitive from slavery; thirdly, the life of comparative freedom; fourthly, the life of conflict and battle; and, fifthly, the life of victory, if not complete, at least assured.

'A deeply humane memoir of immense power - there is nothing more affecting than a first-hand experience finely told' - Philippe Sands, author of The Ratline'A fabulous memoir .

The Rough Riders was the name bestowed on the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry.

 La desgarradora historia real de la vida de un hombre en Corea del Norte y su posterior huida de uno de los regímenes totalitarios más brutales del mundo.

Childhood traumas.