The shocking and inspirational true story of struggle and survival against all odds, from the bestselling author of Don't Tell Mummy and Helpless'Inspiring .
The shocking but ultimately uplifting life story of an Irish woman who endured 13 years of cruelty and injustice in an orphanageMaureen Coppinger's earliest memory is of watching the woman she believed to be her mother walk away and abandon her to the care of the nuns at one of Ireland's notorious industrial schools.
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers is both a remembrance of an intensely spiritual moment in Henry David Thoreau's life and a memoriam to his older brother who accompanied him on the trip shortly before his death.
'Full of fun facts and trivia nuggets, perfect for lovers of all things quintessentially British' My WeeklyA compendium of extremely interesting and slightly strange true storiesDid you know that Hitler wanted to change the rules of cricket?
Bestselling author and foster carer Casey Watson tells the heartbreaking true story of little Paulie, who is just five when he's taken into care, in what looks like a tragic family breakdown.
The Mafia Files presents the rap sheets of key figures in the Italian-American underworld, featuring Lupo the Wolf, the Teflon Don, Joey 'the Clown' Lombardo, Tony 'Joe Batters' Accardo and many more.
The third of 6 eBook-only shorts from star of the Great British Sewing Bee and doyenne of the Women's Institute, May Martin, including three adorable projects, across a range of difficulties - Hand Puppets, Jersey T-shirt and a Smocked Dress - taken from May Martin's Sewing Bible.
An exploration of the Jack the Ripper murders through the eyes of the Londoners who lived through it, including eye-witness accounts and inquest testimonies.
The Confessions of Nat Turner: The Leader of the Late Insurrection in Southampton, Virginia, is a first-hand account of Turner's confessions published by a local lawyer, Thomas Ruffin Gray, in 1831
Wars, raids and rebellions have driven the history of Canada forward from the earliest days of New France, through the two world wars to the present day.
LURED FROM THE SAFETY OF HOME -- INTO THE JAWS OF HELL"e;America's principal chronicler of its greatest psychopathic killers"e; (The Boston Book Review), Harold Schechter shatters the myth that violent crime is a modern phenomenon -- with this seamless true account of unvarnished horror from the early twentieth century.
A British detective superintendent recounts a remarkable ten-year investigation, and other compelling murder cases he worked in his long police career.
From the bestselling authors of The Sugar Girls and GI Brides, this is Jessie's story, one of three true accounts from the book The Girls Who Went to War.
