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A Different Kind of Seeing: My journey
Marie Younan was born in 1952 into a family of Assyrian refugees living in north-eastern Syria. Accidentally blinded by her grandmother as a baby, Marie was the quiet, ever-present listener...
Woman in the Wilderness: My Story of Love, Survival and Self-Discovery
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'An intriguing and mesmerising book' Ben Fogle My life is free, random and spontaneous. This in itself creates enormous energy and clarity in body and mind - Miriam Lancewood Miriam...
Lebanese Cuisine: Past and Present
**Winner of the Gourmand Cookbook Award** Lebanon offers a unique variety of fragrant and refined dishes, enriched over centuries by new flavours and spices brought by traders from across the...
Left for Dead: The Untold Story of the Tragic 1979 Fastnet Race
The Fastnet Race is the world famous yacht race from the Isle of Wight to the Fastnet Rock off the southwest coast of Ireland and back. The race of 1979...
The Pastor and the Painter: Inside the lives of Andrew Chan and Myuran
A very personal look at Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. Cindy Wockner was a journalist reporting the story of two surly drug smugglers. She was there from the beginning and...
Brave
'My life, as you will read, has taken me from one cult to another. BRAVE is the story of how I fought my way out of these cults and reclaimed...
The Bells of Nagasaki
A harrowing, heart-rending first-hand account of one of the most infamous events in history- the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. 'A book that everyone should read' The Times A harrowing, heart-rending...
Walking with Nomads: One Woman's Adventures Through a Hidden World
'Transports the reader to another world' Sunday Express Adventurer and TV presenter Alice Morrison takes the reader on three remarkable and inspirational journeys across Morocco, from the Sahara to the...
Hildasay to Home: How I Found My Family By Walking the UK Coastline
THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Walking saved his life. Now it will help find him a family. In the follow-up to his Sunday Times bestselling Finding Hildasay, Christian Lewis...
Finding Hildasay: How One Man Walked the UK's Coastline and Found Hope
The Sunday Times Bestseller and featured on Ben Fogle's New Lives in the Wild. Join Christian Lewis as he walks the entire coastline of the UK - his dog Jet...
Just a Little Run Around the World: 5 Years, 3 Packs of Wolves and 53
After her husband died of cancer, 57-year-old Rosie set off to run around the world, raising money in memory of the man she loved. Followed by wolves, knocked down by...
The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature and author of One Hundred Years of Solitude, started his literary career with the publication of The Story of...
102 Minutes
A massive New York Times bestseller- the untold true story of the fight to survive inside the twin towers on 9/11; the blackest day in living memory. ________________________________________ The only...
The Great Divide
'A gorgeous, sweeping epic' ANN NAPOLITANO 'A master of prose' WASHINGTON POST ' One of my favourite writers' ROXANE GAY 'Spectacular' JOANNE SEFTON 'I didn't want it to end' SARA...
Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave
WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE NONFICTION CROWN AWARD 'Gripping ... remarkably wide-ranging' THE TIMES This is an immersive and revelatory history of the survivors of...
Mummy, Please Don't Leave
A heartbreaking true story of a broken family and the foster carer who wants to keep them together... The Watsons are no strangers to sibling placements but when Casey takes...
Across Mountains, Land and Sea: One Boy's Extraordinary Journey
The extraordinary true story of hope, courage and survival and one boy's journey across the world to find safety When Mir was thirteen, he was forced to flee his village...
My Life with George: The Inspirational Story of How a Wilful Dog
The hilarious and moving story of the impossible but adorable George When Judith Summers's husband and father both died within the space of two weeks, she found herself floundering. Life...
Across Mountains, Land and Sea: One Boy's Extraordinary Journey
The extraordinary true story of hope, courage and survival and one boy's journey across the world to find safety When Mir was thirteen, he was forced to flee his village...
Society of the Snow: The Definitive Account of the World's Greatest
It was 13 October 1972. Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, carrying a team of young rugby players, their families and friends, took off for the very last time. A deadly...
KLIM
As one of Australia's most celebrated athletes, Michael Klim's impact extends far beyond the pool. Klim's journey to greatness began behind the Iron Curtain, in communist-era Poland. His family made...
Edith's Story: The true story of how one young girl escaped the
THE EXTRAORDINARY TRUE STORY OF HOW ONE YOUNG GIRL ESCAPED THE HOLOCAUST 'It holds you with the same intensity as The Diary of Anne Frank and leaves you heart-broken, illuminated,...
Vanished: True stories from families of Australian missing persons
"There is surely nobody more qualified to tell the stories of the families of missing people than Nicole Morris, who has dedicated much of her life to the selfless and...
Fire
Forest fires, terrorism, war: thrilling adventure writing, as the bestselling author of THE PERFECT STORM brings his talents for exhilaration to new and overawing life-threatening situations. The millions of readers...
How to Be Bold: The Surprising Science of Everyday Courage
A USA Today Bestseller "I love this book. How to Be Bold is a practical road map filled with real-life stories that will inspire you and help you find courage...
The Girl From Aleppo: Nujeen's Escape From War to Freedom
Previously published as Nujeen The story that is inspiring the world. Read about Nujeen who escaped the hell of war in Aleppo and travelled to Europe in a wheelchair. 'She...
My Own Story (Vintage Feminism Short Edition)
Read the life story of the leader of the women's suffrage movement in an abridged, digestible form. Vintage Feminism- classic feminist texts in short form WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JESS...
The Art of Risk: What we can learn from the world's leading
Diving doctor on the Thai Cave Rescue (now a Netflix series) and former joint Australian of the Year explores the stories of other people who regularly risk their lives and...
The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the
THE NEW BOOK THE TRAITORS CIRCLE COMING SOON FROM JONATHAN FREEDLAND SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE, RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE, WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR AND LONGLISTED FOR THE WINGATE...
A Long Walk Home: One Woman's Story of Kidnap, Hostage, Loss - and
This is the story of how, over a period of one hundred and ninety-two days, I was torn away from the life I knew and loved, and dragged down to...
Parallel Lives: A Love Story from a Lost Continent
This is the simplest tale in the world. Two people meet and fall in love. But the route which brought Larissa Salmina and Francis Haskell to a backstreet Venetian restaurant...
Happiness: The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After
An Amazon Best Memoir of the Month One of Elle Magazine's Best Books of 2017 Goodreads Best of the Month Daily Beast, "Books I Can't Live Without" Good Housekeeping, Best...
Kapp to Cape: Never Look Back: Race to the End of the Earth
Steve and I clutched hands his right in my left and then we simultaneously pushed down with our feet. Cogs clicked, wheels turned, and we were on our way. We...
A Survival Guide for Life
Life in the wild teaches us invaluable lessons. Extreme situations force us to seize opportunities, face up to dangers and rely on our instincts. But living a purpose-driven, impactful life...
Forever Max: The lasting adventures of the world's most loved dog
The heartwarming, inspiring final chapter in the life of Max the Miracle dog A dog can be more than just a best friend. Sometimes they can be our hero. Shortly...
Save Our Souls: The True Story of a Castaway Family, Treachery, and
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER From the bestselling author of The Taking of Jemima Boone , the unbelievable true story of a real-life Swiss Family Robinson (and their dog) who faced sharks, shipwreck,...
Forever Max: The lasting adventures of the world's most loved dog
The heartwarming, inspiring final chapter in the life of Max the Miracle dog A dog can be more than just a best friend. Sometimes they can be our hero. Shortly...
Alone: Lost Overboard in the Indian Ocean
In April 2013 a global breaking-news story surfaced on social media and in the world press, and rapidly gathered momentum. A South African man had fallen overboard in the night...
The Lovers
"She is his Juliet and he is her Romeo, and her family has threatened to kill them both..." This is the heartrending account of Zakia and Mohammad Ali, a couple...
Saving Susie-Belle: Rescued from the Horrors of a Puppy Farm, One
Saving Susie Belle is the story of one miniature schnauzer's horrific ordeal in a puppy farm, and her rescue and redemption in the arms of a loving owner. Susie's owner...
The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience
She couldn't have been more than seven or eight years old. "Go ahead, ask your question," her father urged, nudging her forward. She smiled shyly and said, "You're my hero....
The Cloud Garden
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The book titled The Cloud Garden by the author Tom Hart Dyke. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Lara: The Untold Love Story That Inspired Doctor Zhivago
'Riveting, tragic tale' New Yorker 'Anna Pasternak has produced an irresistible account of joy, suffering and passion' Financial Times The heartbreaking story of the passionate love affair between Boris Pasternak...
Men Without Country: The true story of exploration and rebellion in
'What joy to be at sea again, adrift on the vast Pacific, in the clutches of a gifted storyteller. Harrison Christian and the mutineers of Men Without Country held me...
The Naked Farmer
Ben Brooksby is a fifth-generation farmer from St Helens Plains in western Victoria. When he was younger, he struggled with anxiety and other mental health issues, as do so many...
Throwaway Boy
When Alix Chapel's husband Billy suffered a mental breakdown, he was forced to admit the truth of his tormented childhood. His revelations were to change their lives forever. Unbeknownst to...
The Spy in the Archive: How one man tried to kill the KGB
The compulsively readable new book from The Rest is Classified host Gordon Corera. About how one man - Vasili Mitrokhin - turned first disaffected dissident and then traitor to the...