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Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide by Tahir Hamut Izgil 9781787334014
RRP: £18.99£13.61A Uyghur poet's piercing memoir of life under the most coercive surveillance regime in history***LITHUB'S #1 BEST-REVIEWED NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023*****A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023****AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023***WINNER OF THE... -
Walking with Nomads: One Woman's Adventures Through a Hidden World from the Sahara to the Atlas Mountains by Alice Morrison
RRP: £9.99£6.41'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 Atlas mountains, to reveal the growing challenges... -
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me by Joseph Martin Bauer 9781841197265
RRP: £11.99£8.00Originally published in 1955, this must be one of the most dramatic adventures of our time. Clemens Forell, a German soldier, was sentenced to 25 years of forced labour in a Siberian lead mine after the Second World War. Rebelling against the brutality... -
Coronation Everest by Jan Morris
RRP: £10.99£7.32'Exquisite, powerful . . . I can think of no better way of commemorating British exploration's culminating triumph.' Simon Winchester? Coronation Everest offers a breathtakingly intimate evocation of the most famous of all mountaineering exploits - and... -
Killing Zone: A Life in the PARAs, the RECCEs, the SAS and the RUC by Harry McCallion 9781839013614
RRP: £10.99£9.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839013614Author Harry McCallionFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Lume BooksPublisher Lume BooksWeight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 16mm -
The Optician of Lampedusa by Emma-Jane Kirby
RRP: £10.99£7.77'Poetically written, absorbing, harrowing' The Times'The raw and emotional account of an optician whose family fishing trip suddenly placed him amid the human tragedy of hundreds of drowning migrants is a story that needed to be told' Fiona Wilson, The... -
A Dark Secret by Casey Watson 9780008298616
RRP: £9.99£5.46Just when Casey thinks her foster care duties are done, she's asked to look after Sam, a troubled nine-year-old with a violent streak who drove his previous guardians to release him of their care. It soon unfolds, however, that this is no simple case. ... -
Master Slave Husband Wife: An epic journey from slavery to freedom by Ilyon Woo 9781804183632
RRP: £16.99£11.76A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA New York Times bestseller, the incredible true story of a couple that escaped slavery in the South and eventually made their way to the UK, Africa and beyond.The remarkable true story of Ellen and William Craft, who... -
The Little Captive by Lise Kristensen 9781447273561
£15.23'I took hold of the fence and pressed my face into the wire, asking myself what I had done to be made a prisoner?'On the Indonesian island of Java, eight-year-old Lise enjoys a happy childhood, thousands of miles away from the war raging in Europe. Then,... -
Tsunami Kids: Our Journey from Survival to Success by Paul Forkan
RRP: £16.99£12.16On Boxing day 2004, Rob, Paul, Mattie and Rosie Forkan tragically lost their parents in the Boxing Day Tsunami that devastated Sri Lanka. Aged from 8 to 17, they subsequently faced a harrowing and solitary 200km trek across the decimated country to get... -
Darkness Descending by Ken Jones
RRP: £12.99£8.60An astonishing true story of mountaineering survivalOn 5 January 2003, former Special Forces soldier Ken Jones was caught in a devastating avalanche as he climbed in the frozen wilderness of Romania's Transylvanian Alps. Flung from a cliff, he regained... -
Life on a Thread: How my fight for survival made me stronger by Jamie Hull 9781529109672
RRP: £8.99£6.45SAS trooper and trainee pilot Jamie Hull was flying solo when his aircraft caught fire. It should have been the end of his life, but it was the beginning of his story.With flames up to his chin, he brought the plane in, climbed out and jumped from the... -
Seduced by a Sociopath by Chrissy Handy
RRP: £8.99£6.02A devastating true story of love, betrayal, and deceit. Chrissy: attractive, successful 40-year-old divorcee with three amazing children. Alexander Marc d'Ariken de Rothschild-Hatton: international financier, wealthy, charming and... -
The Prince Rupert Hotel for the Homeless: A True Story of Love and Compassion Amid a Pandemic by Christina Lamb
RRP: £20.00£13.34'There will be an avalanche of books about the pandemic. None will be as eye-opening or humane or moving as Lamb's' DAILY TELEGRAPH A story of poverty, generosity and worlds colliding in modern Britain When... -
Lost in Shangri-La: Escape from a Hidden World - A True Story by Mitchell Zuckoff 9780007410958
RRP: £11.99£9.00An utterly gripping nonfiction adventure narrative, Lost in Shangri-La is an untold true story of war, survival, discovery, heroism, and a near-impossible rescue mission. Three months before the end of World War II, a U.S. Army plane flying... -
Thirteen Lessons that Saved Thirteen Lives: Thai Cave Rescue by John Volanthen
RRP: £20.00£13.03READ ABOUT THE HEROIC RESCUE, AS SEEN IN RON HOWARD'S THIRTEEN LIVES, FROM THE MAN AT THE HEART OF THE SEARCH. 'A profound and thrilling read.' COLIN FARRELL 'Riveting...a powerful story written by a hero who lived it.' RON HOWARD, Oscar-winning director... -
Colditz: The Full Story by P R Reid
RRP: £12.99£9.26Daring escapes, ingenious plans and heroic feats are revealed in Major Pat Reid's classic Second World War history of Colditz, the infamous prisoner-of-war camp. The great fortress was supposed to be escape-proof and Reid was one of only a few men who... -
Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Life Lessons from an Extraordinary Man by Louis Zamperini
RRP: £10.99£7.40'IF YOU CAN TAKE IT, YOU CAN MAKE IT'Louis Zamperini lived one of the most amazing lives imaginable. As a young boy he was a troublemaker but his will to succeed drove him on to become an Olympian at the 1936 Games. With the outbreak of war, Louis... -
Any Ordinary Day: Blindsides, Resilience and What Happens After the Worst Day of Your Life by Leigh Sales 9781760893637
RRP: £11.99£8.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760893637Author Leigh SalesFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin Random House Australia -
The Broken Boy by Patrick Cockburn
RRP: £12.99£8.63In this expanded edition of a widely praised book, now available for the first time in North America, the renowned journalist Patrick Cockburn looks at his experience of contracting polio as a child in the context of a new pandemic, that of COVID-19. The... -
The Confession: A Journey to Acceptance by Maike Mullenders 9781915306364
RRP: £9.99£7.11Maike Mullenders was just twenty-one when police broke the devastating news her father had taken his own life. Not only that, but he also left behind a handwritten confession suggesting that he had been 'physically inappropriate with my daughter'. ... -
Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade by Hannah Durkin 9780008446512
RRP: £22.00£14.58GUARDIAN: BOOKS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2024 WATERSTONES: JANUARY'S BEST BOOKS BBC: BOOK HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2024 'GRIPPING' THE TIMES ... -
The Batmaker of Copenhagen: The Story of Cricket's Second World War Hero by Tim Brooks 9781801506977
RRP: £19.99£14.28The Batmaker of Copenhagen is the inspiring story of a cricketing hero who defied the German occupation to keep cricket alive throughout the Nazi occupation of Denmark during the Second World War.With Copenhagen under the iron grip of the Gestapo, and... -
What Makes Us Stronger by Freya Lewis 9781841883489
RRP: £9.99£6.80'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. ... -
The Girl Without a Voice: The true story of a terrified child whose silence spoke volumes by Casey Watson
RRP: £9.99£7.58Bestselling author and foster carer Casey Watson tells the shocking and deeply moving true story of a young girl with severe behavioural problems. This is the first of several stories about 'difficult' children Casey helped during her time as... -
American Cops: True stories from the front line by James Patterson 9781529159547
RRP: £10.99£7.77For 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... -
Peter 2.0: The Human Cyborg by Peter Scott-Morgan 9780241447093
RRP: £16.99£15.11The incredible book behind the primetime Channel 4 documentary, Peter: The Human Cyborg'A remarkable account of what it means to be human and what technology can really achieve' Sunday Telegraph'Peter's story is one of the most extraordinary you will... -
One Child by Torey Hayden
RRP: £8.99£6.02This beautiful and deeply moving tale recounts educational psychologist Torey Hayden's battle to unlock the emotions of a troubled and sexually abused child who, with the help of Hayden, was finally able to overcome her dark past and realise her full... -
README.txt: A memoir from one of the world’s most famous whistleblowers by Chelsea Manning 9781529110623
RRP: £10.99£7.77An extraordinarily brave and moving memoir from one of the world's most famous whistle-blowers, activists and trans women.In 2013, Chelsea Manning was sentenced to thirty-five years in military prison for the largest leak of classified documents in... -
The Boy with Two Hearts: A Story of Hope by Hamed Amiri 9781785787133
RRP: £9.99£6.70** The true story that inspired the stage adaptation of the Amiri family's journey from Afghanistan to the UK **A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 29 JUNE - 3 JULY 2020 READ BY SANJEEV BHASKAR (GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME, THE KUMARS AT NO. 42 AND MORE)... -
Bird: Three extraordinary flights. One extraordinary woman by Tracey Curtis-Taylor
RRP: £16.99£12.28Tracey Curtis-Taylor is renowned as one of Britain's foremost female adventurers - but she had to fight against the odds to make her dreams come true. Paying homage to two historic aviators, Curtis-Taylor made headlines all over the world with three... -
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer 9781035038558
RRP: £10.99£7.51Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air is the true story of a 24-hour period on Everest, when members of three separate expeditions were caught in a storm and faced a battle against hurricane-force winds, exposure, and the effects of altitude, which ended in the... -
The Greatest Escape: A gripping story of wartime courage and adventure by Neil Churches 9781529060355
RRP: £10.99£7.77The gripping, vividly told story of the largest prisoner of war escape in of 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... -
The Stranger on the Bridge: My Journey from Suicidal Despair to Hope by Jonny Benjamin
£17.92'In my world, the word inspirational gets bandied around a lot, but Jonny Benjamin is truly deserving of that adjective.' - HRH The Duke of CambridgeIn 2008, twenty-year-old Jonny Benjamin stood on Waterloo Bridge, about to jump. A stranger saw his... -
A Captain's Duty: The true story that inspired the major film, Captain Phillips by Richard Phillips
RRP: £10.99£7.778th April 2009 was just an ordinary day for 53 -year-old Richard Phillips, captain of the United States-registered cargo vessel, the Maersk Alabama, as it headed towards the port of Mombasa. Ordinary that is until, two hundred or so miles off the east... -
A Solitary Confinement: Always look on the bright side, even though you're paralysed from the neck downwards by Robin Sheppard 9781784521219
RRP: £14.99£11.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784521219Author Robin SheppardFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Panoma PressPublisher Rethink PressWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
The Race of Truth: A Record-Breaking Bike Ride Across Europe by Leigh Timmis 9781837991402
RRP: £10.99£7.00Being the fastest cyclist in the world at the start line means nothing if your mind isn't strong enough to get you to the finish lineIn 2018, Leigh Timmis became the fastest person to cycle across Europe - in just 16 days, 10 hours and 45 minutes -... -
Chelsea Manning Memoir by Chelsea Manning 9781847925619
RRP: £20.00£14.29An extraordinarily brave and moving memoir from one of the world's most famous transparency activists and trans women.In 2010, Chelsea Manning was working as an intelligence analyst for the US Army in Iraq. She disclosed 720,000 classified military... -
Out of Mind: Everest Avalanche and a Barefoot Running Recovery by Joe French 9781914518324
RRP: £19.99£14.28In 2015, climber and documentary maker Joe French was about to fulfil a dream of a lifetime - to climb Everest and film it. Then tragedy struck and Joe found himself at the epicentre of an earthquake which killed nearly 9,000 people. Only a few years... -
Odette by Jerrard Tickell
RRP: £10.99£7.40'I am a very ordinary woman to whom a chance was given to see human beings at their best and at their worst... I completely believe in the potential nobility of the human spirit.'During some of the darkest days of the Second World War, a young...