True stories: general

The remarkable, untold story of one Holocaust survivor's resilience against all odds, discovered through a chance encounter with a collection of her wartime poetry.

A remarkable collection of accounts of intrepid American aircrew shot down over enemy lines during World War II and how they got away.

Rosie Garthwaite berichtet seit Jahren aus Krisengebieten und hat nun genaudas Buch geschrieben, das sie zu Beginn ihrer Karriere gern gehabt hätte: eine Sammlung von Geschichten und Ratschlägen erfahrener Kollegen.

Following the collapse of his business and the loss of his home, Frank Kane made a catastrophic decision.

Von der Autorin des internationalen Bestsellers "Der Tätowierer von Auschwitz"In diesem inspirierenden Handbuch für das Leben präsentiert Heather Morris die Geschichten der bemerkenswerten Menschen, denen sie auf ihrem Weg begegnet ist, und die Lektionen, die sie für uns bereithalten.

Sonny Liston was a legend, described by Mike Tyson as "e;the baddest man boxing ever produced"e;.

Thirty real-life accounts of passion gone lethally wrong Celebrated mystery writer Howard Engel traces the history of the crime of passion through France, England, Canada, and the United States in his first nonfiction book.

"e;The story of how [Dennis Priven] got away with murder .

While trying to solve a family mystery, Dave Dyer uncovered a massive stock market scandal that had been forgotten by history.

Paul Broca made the most significant discovery in nineteenth-century human biology when he found that speech resides within the left frontal lobe of the human brain.

Wie fühlt es sich an, als deutscher Soldat in den Straßen von Kabul zu patrouillieren?

Marguerite Yourcenar is best known as the author of the 1951 novel Memoires d'Hadrien, her recreation of the life of the Roman emperor Hadrian.

This title examines the role of political culture and penal populism in the response to the emotive subject of child-on-child homicide.

Winner of the 2000 Texas Review Fiction Prize Set in Galveston during the 1900 storm, the most devastating natural disaster in the history of the United States, this sweeping novel follows the fates of several richly drawn characters.

This true story of greed, corruption, and scandal follows one of the most famous oil families in Texas.

Kindheit und Jugend früher - wie erging es den Großmüttern von heute?

Black smoke drifted about the scene.

Edgar Award Finalist: The true story of a serial killer who terrorized a midwestern town in the era of free love-by the coauthor of The French Connection.

The first couple to climb the world's seven summits tells their remarkable story of adventure, love and courage in the face of overwhelming challenges.

'Part memoir, part true crime, wholly brilliant' - Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train'As gripping as a thriller' - Literary ReviewWhen law student Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich is asked to work on a death-row hearing for convicted murderer and child molester Ricky Langley, she finds herself thrust into the tangled story of his childhood.

This book provides a comprehensive sociological explanation for the emergence and continuation of organized crime in Chicago.

In this memoir of true crime and survival, a woman recounts the remarkable story of her father's murderous rampage and how she was left for dead.

Developing a Comprehensive Security Program answers the question common among security managers, "e;What is a model security program, and how does our program compare to it?

Personal Security: Keeping Yourself and Your Family Safe is a video presentation.

I Dared to Call Him Father is the fascinating true story of Bilquis Sheikh, a prominent Muslim woman.

One of the most famous writers of all time, George Orwell's life played a huge part in his understanding of the world.

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You couldn't make it up: incredible real-life criminal casesA fascinating A-Z of murderous crimes which spans the globe and the centuries in uncovering the extremes of human criminality in all its strangeness.

In the misty dawn of January 31, 1921, a Coast Guardsman on watch at the Cape Hatteras Life-Saving Station sighted a mighty five-masted schooner, all sails set, wrecked on the treacherous Diamond Shoals.

'I was on a train, and a German soldier began shouting at me and poking me in the ribs with his machine gun.

A New Yorker staff writer, investigates his grandfather, a Nazi Party Chief, in this "e;unflinching, gorgeously written, and deeply moving exploration of morality, family, and war"e; (Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of Pain)'The book we need right now' Atul Gawande, author of Being MortalWhat do we owe the past?

Pathway to the Stars takes readers on a remarkable journey spanning one hundred years of the Royal Canadian Air Force.

With its towering mountains, sun-scorched deserts, fierce wildlife, and hard-to-predict weather, the American West ranks among the most forbidding places on Earth.

The tragic death of 13-year-old Danny Croteau in 1972 faded from headlines and memories for 20 years until the Boston abuse scandal--a string of assaults within the Catholic Church--exploded in the early 2000s.

The moving biography of Lt Col William Norman Reed, a World War II fighter ace who fought with the Flying Tigers and died in defence of the two nations he loved.

The spy business often results in a sudden exchange of the dark shadows of the clandestine back room for the bright lights of the open courtroom.

With all that has already been written about President Abraham Lincoln's assassination, one of the little known stories is the case of the only successful conspirator, John Harrison Surratt, the son of Mary Surratt, who was hanged for her part in the crime.

Bear Grylls is one of the world's most famous survivors.

Three powerful men converge on the banks of the Red Cedar River in the early 1900s in southern Minnesota-George Albert Hormel, founder of what will become the $10 billion food conglomerate Hormel Foods; Alpha LaRue Eberhart, the author's paternal grandfather and Hormel's Executive Vice President and Corporate Secretary; and Ransome Josiah Thomson, Hormel's comptroller.

Safeguarding babies and very young children is a highly complex process, involving difficult decisions surrounding their needs, care, and whether they need to be separated from their families.

A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEARWhen everyday life becomes a state of emergency, how can yesterday s words suffice?

For librarians, military history buffs, journalists, speakers, and more, a day-by-day accounting of the most important events, people, and philosophies of U.

Based on hundreds of interviews with CIA officials, national security experts, and legislators, as well as a thorough culling of the archival record, America's Secret Power offers an illuminating and up-to-date picture of the CIA, stressing the difficult balance between the genuine needs of national security and the protection of individual liberties.

General Bernard Law Montgomery, affectionately known as "e;Monty,"e; exerted an influence on the Canadian Army more lasting than that of any other Second World War commander.

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Three exposes of corruption-behind the NFL, the Teamsters and Jimmy Hoffa, and Ronald Reagan-from an investigative reporter who "e;never relents"e; (The Washington Post).