True stories of heroism, endurance & survival
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Last Stop Auschwitz
£8.99Last Stop Auschwitz
Eddy de Wind, a Dutch doctor and psychiatrist, was shipped to Auschwitz with his wife Friedel, whom he had met and married at the Westerbork labour camp in the Netherlands. At Auschwitz, they made it through the brutal selection process and were put to work. Each day, each hour became a battle for survival. For Friedel, it meant avoiding the Nazis’ barbaric medical experiments. Despite such daily stresses, love prevailed. Passing notes through the fence, sometimes stealing a brief embrace, Friedel and Eddy clung to life. As the end of the war approached and the Russian Army drew closer, the last Nazis fled, taking many prisoners with them, including Friedel. Eddy hid under a pile of old clothes and stayed behind. This book is an extraordinary account of life as a prisoner, a near real-time record of the daily struggle to survive.
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Riding Out
£16.99Riding Out
In March 2020, as Britain went into lockdown, Simon Parker’s life fell apart. With an anxiety disorder starting to rear its head, he turned to two trusted therapies: travel and exercise.
On his epic, poignant and ultimately hopeful adventure around Britain, Simon learns that life’s sharpest corners are best navigated at the pace of a bicycle.
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Roaring Girls
£10.99Roaring Girls
‘Extraordinary’ Woman&Home
A Roaring Girl was loud when she should be quiet, disruptive when she should be submissive, sexual when she should be pure, ‘masculine’ when she should be ‘feminine’.
Meet the unsung heroines of British history who refused to play by the rules.
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Shackleton
£10.99Shackleton
To write about Hell, it helps if you have been there. In 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s attempt to traverse the Antarctic was cut short when his ship, Endurance, became trapped in ice. The disaster left Shackleton and his men alone at the frozen South Pole, fighting for their lives. Their survival and escape is the most famous adventure in history. ‘Shackleton’ is an engaging account of the adventurer, his life and his incredible leadership under the most extreme of circumstances.
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The Best British Travel Writing of the 21St Century
£16.99The Best British Travel Writing of the 21St Century
Travel writing matters
This anthology is a collection of the 30 best travel stories published in British media over the last two decades, as judged by some of the top names in the game today. It is a celebration of the craft of travel writing, and its ability to educate, inspire and build understanding between people and cultures.ÂÂ
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The Book of Hope
£9.99The Book of Hope
A life-affirming and diverse anthology compiled by activist Jonny Benjamin, sharing 101 key figures’ experiences of living with mental health conditions.
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The Greatest Escape
£20.00The Greatest Escape
The incredible story of the largest POW escape in the Second World War – organized by ordinary men who ultimately did something extraordinary.
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The Happiest Man on Earth
£8.99The Happiest Man on Earth
The moving and inspiring story of an Auschwitz survivor who shares what he’s learned about gratitude, tolerance and kindness.
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The Traitor of Colditz
£20.00The Traitor of Colditz
Drawing on unseen National Archives records, this book reveals the betrayal, espionage, and backstabbing within the ranks of the officers imprisoned in Colditz during WW2. How these men, surrounded by enemies, couldn’t even afford to trust each other. And how the Traitor of Colditz almost led them to their deaths.
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The Wild Silence
£9.99The Wild Silence
Nature holds the answers for Raynor and her husband Moth. After walking 630 miles homeless along the Salt Path, the windswept and wild English coastline now feels like their home. And despite Moth’s terminal diagnosis, against all medical odds, he seems revitalised in nature – outside, they discover that anything is possible. Now, life beyond the Salt Path awaits. As they return to four walls, the sense of home is illusive and returning to normality is proving difficult – until an incredible gesture by someone who reads their story changes everything: a chance to breathe life back into a beautiful but neglected farmhouse in the Cornish hills – rewilding the land and returning nature to its hedgerows becomes their new path. Along the way, Raynor and Moth learn more about the land that envelopes them, find friends both new and old, and embark on another windswept adventure when the opportunity arises.
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Tunnel 29
£10.99Tunnel 29
He’s just escaped from one of the world’s most brutal regimes. Now, he decides to tunnel back in. It’s summer, 1962, and Joachim Rudolph, a student, is digging a tunnel under the Berlin Wall. Waiting on the other side in East Berlin – dozens of men, women, and children; all willing to risk everything to escape. From the award-winning creator of the acclaimed BBC Radio 4 podcast, ‘Tunnel 29’ is the true story of the most remarkable escape tunnel dug under the Berlin Wall.
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