True stories of heroism, endurance & survival
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Crossing the Line
£8.99Crossing the Line
As a society, we are captivated by policing; we watch police procedurals and fly-on-the-wall documentaries and absorb the headlines on the rolling news. Yet how much do we really know about the world that policing inhabits and reveals? In his eye-opening new book, John Sutherland invites us to step behind the cordon tape and bear witness to the things that he has seen in his 25 years of service. Tackling ten of the biggest challenges facing society today – from alcohol abuse, drug addiction and domestic violence to knife crime, terrorism and sexual offences – we are introduced to people who have been pushed to the limits. In doing so, we gain a clearer sense of what needs to be done in order to make the cities we live in better places for us all to live. Deeply revealing, courageous and moving, this is a book that will change what you see when you walk down the street.
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Diamonds In The Mud
£20.00Diamonds In The Mud
Something unusual happened in Britain during the spring of 2020. As the nation went into lockdown to fight a killer pandemic our view of what constituted a hero changed. Suddenly celebrity businessmen, actors, sports stars, singers, even royals seemed irrelevant. The people we were truly in awe of were the low-paid lifesavers, so much so that we stood outside our homes every Thursday to applaud them. ‘Diamonds in the Mud’ asks why the British have traditionally been taught to veneate kings and queens, generals and Eton-educated Prime Ministers, while, a few notable exceptions aside, those who changed history from below rarely got a look-in. It does so by telling the stories of a selection of working-class heroes the author has met through life and journalism.
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Endurance
£8.99Endurance
From the SAS to a headline-making solo journey across Antarctica – this is a story of courage, grit and determination.
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Freedom
£12.99Freedom
A profound rumination on the concept of freedom from the bestselling author of The Perfect Storm
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Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls
£25.00Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls
What if the princess did not marry Prince Charming but instead went on to be an astronaut or an activist? What if the jealous step sisters were supportive and kind? And what if the queen was the one really in charge of the kingdom? ‘Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls’ introduces us to 100 remarkable women and their extraordinary lives. From Marie Curie to Malala, Ada Lovelace to Zaha Hadid, it brings together the stories of scientists, artists, politicians, pirates and spies.
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Just A Little Run Around the World
£10.99Just A Little Run Around the World
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 a bus, confronted by bears, chased by a naked man with a gun and stranded with severe frostbite, Rosie’s breathtaking 20,000-mile solo journey is as gripping as it is inspiring.
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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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Mountaineers
£25.00Mountaineers
Celebrating a tradition of bravery, thirst for knowledge, and pursuit of glory, this book tells the stories of the most famous mountaineers in history and explores the climbs that they conquered. It is filled with stirring tales of adventure and intriguing characters, from the Brits who insisted on hauling cases of vintage champagne up to Everest base camp in 1924, to the Italian Duke of the Abruzzi who took 10 iron bedsteads up Alaska’s Malaspina glacier. It chronicles the stories of the pioneers who first conquered the heights of this planet, from Otzi the Iceman to Edmund Hillary, important scientific discoveries that were made along the way, and accounts of great bravery, fellowship, altruism, and humour in the face of adversity.
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Only Fools & White Horses
£12.99Only Fools & White Horses
Colin Skeath needed a partner to accompany him on his next adventure. His nephew, Davis had spent a total of twelve days in a canoe before he joined Colin on an epic journey that would redefine the boundaries of canoeing; they were to become to first people to circumnavigate the UK mainland by open canoe. This daring voyage of over two-thousand miles would see them battling through some of the most notorious stretches of water in the world. Over eighty-six days they would face strong tidal rapids and huge open crossings, never before attempted in an open canoe, and overcome multiple capsizes and damaged equipment. This is the extraordinary story of two ordinary men, with a longing for an adventure.
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Shackleton
£20.00Shackleton
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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Soul Fuel
£10.99Soul Fuel
Bestselling author Bear Grylls is best known for his adventures climbing ice cliffs, running through forest fires, and parachuting from balloons. Nature has taught Bear some important lessons, and behind every feat is a story of grit, determination and strength – found in faith. In ‘Soul Fuel’, Bear shares the backstories behind many of his most daring expeditions and how his faith gave him the purpose and power to carry on. These are set out in 365 daily devotions in which he explores themes of hope, courage, risk, faith, heaven and more.
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Surviving the Storms
£8.99Surviving the Storms
‘There’s water in the engine,’ he said. ‘The engine has stopped.’
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The Girl Who Smiled Beads
£16.99The Girl Who Smiled Beads
Clemantine Wamariya was six years old when her mother and father began to speak in whispers, when neighbours began to disappear, and when she heard the loud, ugly sounds her brother said were ‘thunder’. In 1994, she and her fifteen-year-old sister, Claire, fled the Rwandan massacre and spent the next six years wandering through seven African countries, searching for safety – perpetually hungry, imprisoned and abused, enduring and escaping refugee camps, finding unexpected kindness, witnessing inhuman cruelty. They did not know whether their parents were dead or alive. When Clemantine was twelve, she and her sister were granted asylum in the United States, where she embarked on another journey – to excavate her past and, after years of being made to feel less than human, claim her individuality.
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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 Mercies
£14.99The Mercies
Inspired by real historical events, The Mercies is a breathtaking story of love, fear and obsession, and the strength and courage of women.
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The Mercies
£8.99The Mercies
Inspired by real historical events, The Mercies is a breathtaking story of love, fear and obsession, and the strength and courage of women.
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