(Paperback)
By: Natalie Queiroz
ISBN: 9781789460650
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2019
Publisher: John Blake Publishing Ltd
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An unputdownable, inspirational memoir of survival and recovery after a truly savage attack.
(Paperback)
By: The RNLI
ISBN: 9780008395407
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2021
UK Publication Date: 10th June 2021
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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Theres water in the engine, he said. The engine has stopped.
This changed everything
(Paperback)
By: Alex Duncan
ISBN: 9781444708004
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jul 2012
UK Publication Date: 24th May 2012
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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The action packed true story of the Chinook helicopter force in Afghanistan.
(Paperback)
By: Matt Gutman
ISBN: 9780062909923
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2019
UK Publication Date: 19th September 2019
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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(Paperback)
By: David Sheff
ISBN: 9780008395476
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2022
UK Publication Date: 26th May 2022
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, an extraordinary story of redemption in the darkest of places.
(Hardback)
By: Charlie Norton
ISBN: 9781905264834
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2009
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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The Bumper Book of Bravery recounts tales of incredible courage the world over, from the mythical to the modern, and from New York to New Zealand:
Take to the seas and marvel at the first voyage around the world.
(Paperback)
By: Anatoli Boukreev
ISBN: 9781509867998
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2018
UK Publication Date: 14th June 2018
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
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A mountaineer's account of the fatal 1996 Everest climb which killed eight people.
(Paperback)
By: Michael Scott Moore
ISBN: 9780062449184
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2019
UK Publication Date: 11th July 2019
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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(Paperback)
By: Clemantine Wamariya
ISBN: 9781786090508
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Feb 2019
UK Publication Date: 10th January 2019
Publisher: Cornerstone
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A riveting story of dislocation, survival, and the power of stories to break or save us
When Clemantine Wamariya was six years old, her world was torn apart.
(Hardback)
By: Joop van Wijk-Voskuijl
ISBN: 9781398518216
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2023
UK Publication Date: 8th June 2023
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
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A riveting historical investigation and family memoir that reveals the untold story of Bep Voskuijl, the young Dutch woman who was Anne Franks closest confidante during the time she spent in the Secret Annex.
(Paperback)
By: Rod Nordland
ISBN: 9781473607026
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2017
UK Publication Date: 26th January 2017
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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A story of forbidden love. Zakia and Mohammad Ali are a modern day Romeo and Juliet. Two young Afghan lovers - he a Shia, she a Sunni - who defied their families risking their lives in order to be together.
(Hardback)
By: Ben Montgomery
ISBN: 9780316438063
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2018
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
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Set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, the story of a Texas man who, in 1931, set out to walk backwards around the world.
(Paperback)
By: Robert Whitaker
ISBN: 9780553815399
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2005
UK Publication Date: 2nd May 2005
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
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In 1735 a team of French scientists set out on a daring expedition into the South American wilderness to resolve one of the great scientific challenges of the time: the precise size and shape of the Earth.
(Paperback)
By: Adrian Levy
ISBN: 9780007368174
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2013
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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The shocking true story of a brutal kidnapping high in the mountains of Kashmir that marked the beginning of modern terrorism.
(Hardback)
By: Sophie Beresiner
ISBN: 9780008456863
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2021
UK Publication Date: 27th May 2021
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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(Paperback)
By: Sebastian Junger
ISBN: 9780007230068
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2006
UK Publication Date: 2nd May 2006
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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The worst storm in history seem from the wheelhouse of a doomed fishing trawler; a mesmerisingly vivid account of a natural hell from a perspective that offers no escape.
(Hardback)
By: Chris Gardner
ISBN: 9780060744861
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2006
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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Gardner goes from the highs of landing an apprenticeship on Wall Street to the nadir of being homeless with a toddler in tow. Persevering even when he and his son slept in public bathrooms, this self-made millionaire never let his dire circumstances define him.
(Paperback)
By: Kate Thompson
ISBN: 9780718189860
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2019
UK Publication Date: 7th February 2019
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Alephonsion Deng
ISBN: 9781610395984
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2015
UK Publication Date: 11th August 2015
Publisher: PublicAffairs,U.S.
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The 10th anniversary edition of the Los Angeles Times bestseller and Christopher Award winner: "One of the most riveting stories ever told of African childhoods-and a stirring tale of courage... Anyone interested in Africa, its children or the human will to survive should read this book. This beautifully told volume...will remain on my desk for years to come."-Washington Post
(Paperback)
By: Tim Maltin
ISBN: 9780143106623
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2012
UK Publication Date: 5th April 2012
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Compiling firsthand accounts, testimonies, and letters by notable Titanic survivors, this work focuses on the disaster.
(Paperback)
By: Britney Fuller
ISBN: 9780753555590
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2014
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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I started throwing bags of trash away every day, just to have my mom freak out when she got home. We didnt eat at home anymore because the fridge was disgusting, and she used the sink as a trash can, so it got clogged.
(Paperback)
By: Beth Macy
ISBN: 9781447278092
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2018
UK Publication Date: 22nd February 2018
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
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An extraordinary and moving story of two brothers from the American South who were stolen away to become circus freaks.
(Paperback)
By: Solomon Northup
ISBN: 9780007580422
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2014
UK Publication Date: 6th February 2014
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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The shocking first-hand account of one mans remarkable fight for freedom; now an award-winning motion picture.
(Paperback)
By: Ferzanna Riley
ISBN: 9780340943496
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2009
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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A fresh, new look for the paperback edition in the genre of Shame and Ugly.
