Survival

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An inspirational true story of a 4 year old girl who fell into the power of a man whose evil knew no bounds. She encountered terrifying mental and physical torture from her psychopathic stepfather for a period of 17 years until she managed to break free,...

Roald Amundsen records his race to be the first man to reach the South Pole. Amundsen's expertise enabled him to succeed where his predecessors, and competitors, did not. His rival Captain Robert F. Scott not only failed to reach the Pole first, but-due...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839012655Author Adam BallingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Lume BooksPublisher Lume BooksWeight(grams) 129g

'Freya Lewis is extraordinary' Katie Piper 'A love letter to the NHS' Lorraine Kelly 'An unflinching story of grief, survival and love' Daily Mail's YOU Magazine, _________ The Manchester Arena attack nearly destroyed her. Love and courage saved her. ...

He was my religious teacher. I should have been able to trust him. But he made me do unspeakable things... At seven years old, Nabila Sharma began her lessons at the mosque as every good Muslim girl does. But from the minute she looked up at...

John Peel first brought Judy's moving childhood story to light on ‘Home Truths’. Abducted by her psychotic spiritualist father and kept like a dog in the backyard, she went on to suffer at the brutal hands of nuns in a Manchester orphanage, before living...

The deepest cave on earth was a prize that had remained unclaimed for centuries, long after every other ultimate discovery had been made. This is the story of the men and women who risked everything to find it, earning their place in history beside the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781957607061Author Charles J DoaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 314Imprint Latah BooksPublisher Latah BooksWeight(grams) 358gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm * 18mm

'A lyrical, fascinating, important book. More than just a family story, it is an essay on belonging, denying, pretending, self-deception and, at least for the main characters, survival.' Literary Review'Simon May's remarkable How to Be a Refugee is a...

Ten courageous women, brought together by The Wellness Community, a program offering free counseling to breast cancer patients and their loved ones, share their personal experiences from shocking diagnosis to surgery and beyond.About the AuthorAnn...

For these men and women, it isn't just a job. It's a calling.PROTECTThey are our eyes. Our ears. Our protectors. Those who wear a badge, doing their best to help people.SERVEThese cops serve their communities. They serve their country. They're in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739809706Author Justin CooperFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Justin CooperPublisher Justin CooperWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Soon to be a major film produced by Steven Spielberg and J. J. Abrams.This is the story of Doaa, an ordinary girl from a village in Syria, who in 2015 became one of five hundred people crammed on to a fishing boat setting sail for Europe. The boat was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781738506804Author Mike SmallmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Consilience MediaPublisher Consilience MediaWeight(grams) 449g

'Fascinating . . . a poignant book . . . an unusual and absolutely authentic view of those convulsive years' OBSERVER 'Each story in Wave Me Goodbye is a relic of the Second World War' SUNDAY TIMES 'This is as stark and acidic a collection of war stories...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916130104Author Josephine CarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Mabel PublishingPublisher Mabel Publishing

On 19 July 1989, while United Airlines flight 232 wallowed drunkenly northwest of the airport at Sioux City, Iowa, hundreds of fire and rescue workers waited. The plane slammed onto the runway, broke into pieces and burst into a fireball. The rescue...

It's a trauma like no other. Being perceived as a threat or, worse, hunted as food makes an animal attack a unique ordeal. Suddenly you're helpless, at its mercy. When an animal strikes it is lightning fast, determined and can't be reasoned with...

'"Escape... escape... escape... by God!"' was his constant exhortation. "Never mind hunger pains, discomfort, or any other agony. Let escape become your passion, your one and only obsession until you finally reach home."'Shot down over Berlin in 1941,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732853102Author Steve CannonFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Expand Your PossiblePublisher Expand Your PossibleWeight(grams) 313g

"Untapped Potential follows George's career in the army, from the age of 16 when he joined the Army Apprentices College, of which he became the Junior Regimental Sergeant Major, to the moment, 27 years later, that he reluctantly decided to leave. The...

Jimmy Holland was born into a family suffering at the hands of their drunk and abusive father. At the age of just two weeks, he was placed into care. The beginning of a life lived in a constantly changing environment of homes, authorities and...

In Unbelievable Underdogs and Rebellious Role Models, James Stafford takes readers on an emotional roller coaster through some of the greatest upsets and shocks in the history of world sport. It features incredible true tales of athletes who have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781960166128Author Sharon Stevens EvansFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Encourage PublishingPublisher Encourage PublishingWeight(grams)...

From the time she was a little girl, Maryam rebelled against the terrible second-class existence that was her destiny as an Afghan woman.She had witnessed the miserable fate of her grandmother and three aunts, and wished she had been born a boy. As a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910997079Format PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Shetland Times LtdPublisher Shetland Times LtdWeight(grams) 571gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 165mm * 18mm

As a survivor of a brutal attack by the Yorkshire Ripper, this book gives fresh insight into the consequences of being labeled a victim of this notorious serial killer. Mo Lea was followed home and attacked by Peter Sutcliffe, who hit her over the head...

On 31 December 1918, His Majesty's Yacht Iolaire sailed from Kyle of Lochalsh for Stornoway, bearing home to the Hebrides nearly 300 naval veterans of the Great War. She never made it. At two in the morning, the ship ran aground by the mouth of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915472182Author Jan FordFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Purple Parrot PublishingPublisher Purple Parrot Publishing

Eunsun Kim was born in North Korea, one of the most secretive and oppressive countries in the modern world. As a child Eunsun loved her country...despite her school field trips to public executions, daily self-criticism sessions, and the increasing gnaw...

Renowned psychic Joan Charles reveals stories from her twenty-five years as a spiritual communicator. Looking in detail at the amazing psychic abilities of children, both passed and on this plane, Joan shares tales of love and loss, and secrets and lies,...

After Sarah's body was found, abducted and murdered by convicted paedophile Roy Whiting, her mother, Sara, spoke of how she had survived those terrible times. Now, seventeen years later, Sara wants to tell the full story of how she coped then, and how...

Discover one family's fascinating story in this beautiful, sweeping, multigenerational memoir, spanning 19th century south China to modern day Singapore'A captivating, compelling story of history, family loyalty, and personal sacrifice. A fascinating and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781586420000Author Lennard BickelFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Steerforth PressPublisher Steerforth PressWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 214mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951019099Author Scott PetersFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Best Day Books for Young ReadersPublisher Best Day Books for Young ReadersWeight(grams)...

A wonderful collection of sailing stories from across centuries and around the world. Journey around gale-whipped headlands, survive mountainous seas - or turn the page to discover the delights of cruising among the islands of a tropical paradise. From...

The gripping, vividly told story of the largest POW escape in the Second World War - organized by an Australian bank clerk, a British jazz pianist and an American spy.In August 1944 the most successful POW escape of the Second World War took place - 106...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951019198Author Scott PetersFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Best Day Books For Young ReadersPublisher Best Day Books For Young ReadersWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578691173Author Tamara MathieuFormat PaperbackPage Count 282Imprint Rootstock PublishingPublisher Rootstock PublishingWeight(grams) 417gDimensions(mm)...