True Stories of Heroism, Endurance & Survival
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The Crucible: An Autobiography by Colonel Yay, Filipina American Guerrilla
Yay PanlilioCurrent price €16.59Original price €19.99Current price €16.59Original price €19.99Save 17% -
Survival in Paradise: The true story of surviving a tropical storm and remote deserted island in the middle of the Indian Ocean
Gordon S BraceCurrent price €16.59Original price €19.99Current price €16.59Original price €19.99Save 17% -
Hamilton Hume: Our Greatest Explorer - the critically acclaimed bestselling biography
Robert MacklinCurrent price €16.59Original price €19.99'You almost feel you are taking that trek with the party as Robert Macklin cites the obstacles - torrential river crossings, dense bush, the Snowy ...
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Sex Cult Nun
Faith JonesCurrent price €15.76Original price €18.99Both inspiring and disturbing, Sex Cult Nun unravels Jones complicated upbringing, the trauma she endured as a result and her eventual...
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Error of Judgement: The Birmingham Bombings and the Scandal That Shook Britain
Chris MullinCurrent price €14.53Original price €17.50'Very occasionally a journalist starts an avalanche with a single gunshot... Chris Mullin and his TV colleagues belong in the glorious company.-The...
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Dancing in the Mosque: An Afghan Mothers Letter to her Son
Homeira QaderiCurrent price €14.10Original price €16.99An exquisite and inspiring memoir about one mothers unimaginable choice in the face of oppression and abuse in Taliban-controlled Afgh...
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Recovering
Richie SadlierCurrent price €15.76Original price €18.99Winner of the An Post Irish Sports Book of the Year Award Longlisted for The William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award Not only the sports book ...
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Miss Mary: The Irish woman who saved the lives of hundreds of children during World War II
Bernard S. WilsonCurrent price €13.27Original price €15.99Mary Elmes was a brilliant young woman from Cork who ventured into war zones to rescue children in trouble. When she learned that children in war-...
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No Beast So Fierce: The Champawat Tiger and Her Hunter, the First Tiger Conservationist
Dane HuckelbridgeCurrent price €14.10Original price €16.99The deadliest animal of all time meets the world's most legendary hunter in a classic battle between man and wild. But this pulse-pounding narrativ...
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True Grit
Bear GryllsCurrent price €14.53Original price €17.50Bear Grylls knows what it takes to survive. But he's not the first.Take the American bombardier Louis Zamperini, who survived 47 days stranded ...
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How Now, Butterfly?: A Memoir Of Murder, Survival, and Transformation
Brian WhitneyCurrent price €18.25Original price €21.99Current price €18.25Original price €21.99Save 17% -
Maurice and Maralyn: A Whale, a Shipwreck, a Love Story
Sophie ElmhirstCurrent price €19.91Original price €23.99**A Guardian, Observer & Waterstones Nonfiction Book of 2024**'One of those very special books that makes you put everything on hold so you can...
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The Walnut Tree: Women, Violence and the Law A Hidden History
Kate MorganCurrent price €22.00Original price €26.50'Compulsively readable' Times Literary Supplement 'An outstanding work' Philippa Gregory ...
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The Walnut Tree: Women, Violence and the Law A Hidden History
Kate MorganCurrent price €16.59Original price €19.99'Compulsively readable' Times Literary Supplement 'An outstanding work' Philippa Gregory ...
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In Order To Live: A North Korean Girl''s Journey to Freedom
Yeonmi ParkCurrent price €14.53Original price €17.50'I am most grateful for two things: that I was born in North Korea, and that I escaped from North Korea.'Yeonmi Park was not dreaming of freedom wh...
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Bold: A Story of Survival Through Ireland''s Institutions
Mary Forde O'NeillCurrent price €16.59Original price €19.99An amazing story of survival, after a life spent under the control of some of Irelands most notorious institutions. Born in the Tuam Mother and Ba...
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The Doctor of Hiroshima: His heart-breaking and inspiring true life story
Dr. Michihiko HachiyaCurrent price €13.27Original price €15.99With what this poor woman had been through the sight of her crying tore at my heartstrings. What if something should happen to her; who would care ...
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Agent André: The German Jew at the Heart of the SIS and French Resistance
Diana Mara HenryCurrent price €23.66Original price €28.50As intriguing and compelling as a work of fiction, the memoirs of André Joseph Scheinmann mesmerize and enthral the reader. His true-life story of ...
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Why It''s OK to Talk About Trauma: How to Make Sense of the Past and Grow Through the Pain
Charlie WebsterCurrent price €18.25Original price €21.99THIS IS THE BOOK YOUR BRAIN, BODY AND FUTURE SELF NEED TO READ.More than half of us will have experienced some kind of trauma in our lives - many o...
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Undercover Copper: One Woman on the Track of Dangerous Criminals
Danni BrookeCurrent price €14.53Original price €17.50Fast-paced and eye-opening, Undercover Copper is an exciting account of life as a covert investigator by Danni Brooke.For over a decade, Danni Broo...
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The Survivor Champion: The Remarkable Story of a Refugee Child
Josée Kana BizimanaCurrent price €14.93Original price €17.99Josee's story has put the reality of life out there. You wake up in the morning with a normal life, and in the afternoon, gunshots make you leav...
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The Martyr and the Red Kimono: A Fearless Priests Sacrifice and A New Generation of Hope in Japan
Naoko AbeCurrent price €23.66Original price €28.50The remarkable true story of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, and the two men in war-torn Japan whose lives he changed forever.On the 14th of August 1941, a...
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The Battle of D-Day, 1944
Lauren TarshisCurrent price €13.93Original price €16.99A wartime adventure with extra 'ka-boom'. - The Times Paul Colberts French village has been under Nazi cont...
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The Stars Will Still Be There: What my daughter taught me about love, life and loss
Nicola NuttallCurrent price €22.00Original price €26.50The heartbreaking but life-affirming memoir from Nicola Nuttall about her inspirational daughter Laura When Nicola Nuttall was told that ...
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The Gulag Archipelago: (Abridged edition)
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynCurrent price €16.59Original price €19.99'[The Gulag Archipelago] helped to bring down an empire. Its importance can hardly be exaggerated' Doris Lessing, Sunday Telegraph ...
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The Twins of Auschwitz: The inspiring true story of a young girl surviving Mengele''s hell
Eva Mozes KorCurrent price €13.27Original price €15.99THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The Nazis spared their lives because they were twins.In the summer of 1944, Eva Mozes Kor and her family arrived at Au...
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The Great Divide
Cristina HenriquezCurrent price €17.59Original price €21.99A gorgeous, sweeping epic ANN NAPOLITANO 'A master of prose' WASHINGTON POST O...
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Truth and Repair: How Trauma Survivors Envision Justice
Judith HermanCurrent price €16.59Original price €19.99Part manifesto, part exploration of what justice truly means for survivors of trauma and abuse, Judith Herman forces us to reconsider our perspecti...
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A Very Private School
Charles SpencerCurrent price €26.98Original price €32.50In this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age eight to attend a boarding school. ...
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The Taste of Death and Lizards in Ahwazs Secret Prison
Yousef AziziCurrent price €14.53Original price €17.50Current price €14.53Original price €17.50Save 17% -
Listening to their Voices of Bravery & Heroism: Exploring the Aftermath of Officers Loss & Trauma in the Line of Duty
Nova Science Publishers IncCurrent price €92.12Original price €110.99Police work is challenging. Police officers are sworn to maintain peace and order in our communities. However, police officers often jeopardise the...
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The Traitor of Colditz: The Definitive Untold Account of Colditz Castle: ''Truly revelatory'' Damien Lewis
Robert VerkaikCurrent price €22.00Original price €26.50'A vastly entertaining tale, bursting with astonishing stories and extraordinary characters ... A fascinating read' Sunday Telegraph'Brilliant ... ...
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Shackleton: By Endurance We Conquer
Michael SmithCurrent price €14.10Original price €16.99In 1922 a journalist commented on British tenacity to General Bruce, leader of the British Everest Expedition. Bruce replied with a single word: 'S...
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Shackleton''s Boat Journey
FA WorsleyCurrent price €11.61Original price €13.99'We were twenty-eight men facing winter on a bleak barren beach of Elephant Island - there was a possibility of a fatal shortage of food - there wa...
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