True stories: general

'Siya's rise from humble beginnings to lifting that World Cup trophy is the stuff of fairytales.

Winner of the 2024 Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval LiteratureThe Neptune Factor is the biography of an idea-the concept of "e;Sea Power,"e; a term first coined by Capt.

In this spellbinding memoir, popular CNN anchor Zain Asher pays tribute to her mother's strength and determination to raise four successful children in the shadow of tragedy.

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'What a story and what an inspirational human.

Arlyne Brickman dated the wiseguys but she was wiser than them all.

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERA Divorced Woman.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, an extraordinary story of redemption in the darkest of places.

An astonishing tale of romance, resistance and bravery'A sad and beautiful book, shining a light on quiet heroism in dark times.

'A gripping new collection from Max Hastings that puts you at the heart of the battle .

Courage is sometimes found in the unlikeliest places .

'Wide-ranging, witty and fresh .

The Dive is a thrilling narrative nonfiction in the tradition of The Perfect Storm and Apollo 13.

'Wow!

TWELVE MOONS follows a year spent caught between the wild sea and the changing moon of the wide Northumberland skies.

She thought she'd left her past behind.

'A necessary book and I can think of no writer better qualified to write it' Cal Flyn What if Chernobyl was just the beginning?

A Father, A Fire, A Question That Refuses to DieIn the burning remains of a small Texas home, three children were lost and a father was condemned.

This book encloses an interdisciplinary examination of Korean music’s evolution, contextual interactions, and global positioning from historical, sociocultural, and aesthetic perspectives.

The Night Innocence Was Taken, And Truth Fought Its Way BackIn the heart of New York City, five boys were swallowed by a storm they did not create, a storm of fear, media frenzy, and a justice system under pressure to find answers at any cost.

Centered on the murder of a freedwoman, this book examines the ensuing investigation of the accused, Temperance Neely, revealing a local struggle over race, power and authority during the early years of emancipation following the Civil War.

Six Innocent Men.

The Declared Monster: Serial Murder, and the Man Who Asked to Be StoppedDavid Edward Maust killed five young men across three decades, two continents, and multiple American jurisdictions.

This book encloses an interdisciplinary examination of Korean music’s evolution, contextual interactions, and global positioning from historical, sociocultural, and aesthetic perspectives.

He Saw the End Before the World Did… and Made It RealIn the shadows of modern Japan, one man rose from obscurity to become a self-proclaimed prophet of apocalypse.

small town in Michigan has story ready to unfold after a local opens a shop and calls it The Butchers cooler .

The Bonecrusher: Murder, Ash, and the Invisible Women of PeoriaBetween July 2003 and October 2004, Larry Dean Bright, known to forensic investigators and the press as "e;The Bonecrusher"e;, murdered eight women in and around Peoria, Illinois, operating undetected for fourteen months in one of the most disturbing serial homicide cases in Midwestern American history.

Despues de varios anos de su migracion a los Estados Unidos junto con su familia, la peor pesadilla de Panchito se hace realidad: la migra los descubre y son deportados de regreso a Mexico.

Er war mittendrin und überlebte.

De la vida, de la muerte, del amor, del sexo, del desanimo, del feminismo, del comunismo, de los judios, del desencanto, de la desolacion y la locura.

Was passiert, wenn winzige Fasern, unsichtbare Blutspuren und mikroskopische Details über Schuld oder Unschuld entscheiden?

A comienzos del siglo XX, dos de los forajidos mas buscados del oeste americano, Butch Cassidy y el Sundance Kid, cruzaron el continente y se refugiaron en la lejana Patagonia.

Was geschah wirklich mit den vermissten Personen?

Marina Hubmann kam mit sieben Jahren in ein SOS-Kinderdorf.

Manche Fälle bleiben jahrzehntelang ungelöst – nicht weil es keine Beweise gibt, sondern weil niemand sie richtig gelesen hat.

Serienmörder folgen erkennbaren psychologischen Mustern.

Die Uberfuhrung von Serienmordern erfordert spezialisierte Ermittlungsmethoden.

Was passiert, wenn man verstehen muss, warum Menschen Grenzen überschreiten, die für andere undenkbar sind?

»Lehrreich und aktuell!

Ein bekannter Musiker hat zur traditionellen Weihnachtsfeier in einem großen Berliner Hotel geladen — doch ein Platz bleibt leer.

Wie wird aus militärischer Ausbildung ein Instrument politischer Herrschaft?

As an FBI agent for over thirty years, Barry Black has witnessed more than his share of history.

Federal Brigadier General William Haines Lytle was a poet, Civil War soldier, lawyer, orator, friend, beloved brother, jilted lover, flirt, drunk, unfocused talent and sometimes genius.

Una noche de noviembre de 2020 el pasado irrumpe sin aviso: mi cedula militar estaba en Inglaterra, subastada en eBay, ofrecida al mejor postor como un trofeo de guerra.

Deutschland steht vor dem Zusammenbruch.

Columbine es el libro definitivo sobre uno de los episodios más traumáticos y, por desgracia, recurrentes de la historia negra de los Estados Unidos.

Wie lebt man weiter, wenn alles, was das eigene Leben ausmachte, plötzlich nicht mehr gültig ist?