True Stories of Heroism, Endurance & Survival

Inspired by seven photographs of WWII refugees in an old album, the author embarked on a quest to uncover the story behind each portrait. Had the r...

It is often from our setbacks, even our weaknesses, that we derive some of our greatest blessings.That Untravelled World is the autobiography of on...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. But it was not only the heart-rending sound tha...

This widely acclaimed book of a true story in the Durham Coalfields will break your heart.At 10.00pm on a tranquil Tuesday evening 231 men and boys...

Darkly funny, shockingly honest, Brothers in Arms is an unforgettable account of a soldier's tour of Afghanistan, the brutal reality of war every ...

Zvi Preigerzon wrote memoirs about his time in the Gulag in 1958, long before Solzhenitsyn and without any knowledge of the other publications on t...

An inspirational and gripping first-person account of determination, adversity and survival against the odds.'What a story; never heard a story lik...

A Lullaby in the Desert tells the story of one womans unrelenting journey to find freedom. Born in Iran, Susan is forced to flee in order to escape...

Life in the wild teaches us invaluable lessons. Extreme situations force us to seize opportunities, face up to dangers and rely on our instinct...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Fear urged him to go back, but growth drove him on ...

A bracing account of abuses of power and corruption in the criminal justice system. The Guardian From the fearless defense a...

And here I am. Totally alone in a cell with a convicted sex offender who is free to do what he wants. There is no officer. No handcuff...

Is any disaster really forgotten?It is never forgotten by the survivors who lived through the trauma. It is never forgotten by the emergency servic...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Fifteen men on the dead man's chest Yo-ho-ho, and a b...

More than 800,000 people entered Treblinka, and fewer than seventy came out. Hershl Sperling was one of them. He escaped. Why then, fifty years lat...

Law and justice are not always one and the same. On the 27 November 1980, Peter Pringle waited in an Irish court to hear the following words: Peter...