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A collection of 50
stories about men and
women who have survived
incredible trials of
endurance and achieved
heroic feats in
adversity. It covers
traumatic events such as
9/11 and 7/7, takes the
reader into jungles,
volcanoes and the eyes of
storms, and ranges back
in history through world
wars to the early days of
polar exploration.
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In the summer of 2003, a
perilous helicopter
descent delivers Ross
Donaldson, an American
medical student in his
mid-twenties, into
Sierra Leone. With
abundant schooling but
little practical
experience, Ross wants
to save the world. Little
does he know that by the
end of his journey, it
is he who will need
rescue.
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Do you believe in
miracles? This collection
of tales demonstrates the
strength we all possess
to come through our
life's toughest
challenges, and the
precious wisdom that
results from surviving.
It is an exploration and
a celebration of the
human mind, body and
spirit.
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In May 1996, 23 men and
woman climbers on Mount
Everest were caught in a
ferocious blizzard. Alone
and climbing blind,
Anatoli Boukreev rescued
a number of climbers from
certain death. This
account includes the
transcript of the
Mountain Madness
debriefing and de Walt's
response to Jon Krakauer.
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As an infant, Lynette
Gould's life was torn to
shreds when she was
sexually violated beyond
comprehension. Once
carefree and happy, she
found herself suffering
years of sexual
degradation at the hands
of her wicked father,
turning her world into a
cauldron of hate and
self-loathing.
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In 1997, Alix Chapel's
world was to change
forever when her husband
Billy suffered a mental
breakdown. After ten
years of marriage,
Billy's breakdown forced
him - and Alex - to face
up to the truth of his
tormented
childhood.Unbeknown to
Alix, Billy had been
living with a terrible
burden: he was ruthlessly
and shockingly abused as
a child.
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Arriving in Spain for a
short break, John
Packwood was arrested at
the airport. He discovers
that a boat he had helped
deliver to Morocco 7
years before had been
caught in a drugs bust
and the Spanish
authorities plan to
extradite him to Morocco.
This book presents the
memoirs of the wrongfully
imprisoned and their
loved ones who try to
help.
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Tackles the story of the
Resolute - a vessel in
Queen Victoria's Navy.
This high-seas adventure
book contains the search
for the Northwest Passage
in the early 1800s; 39
rescue missions; and, a
ghost ship that drifts
for more than 1, 200
miles. It includes
photographs, paintings,
engravings and maps.
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Chrissie Daplyn is
diagnosed with a
condition called
Pseudomyxoma Peritonei.
Through her faith in God,
she is able to remain
positive through her
traumatic illness and let
go of her anger for those
whom she feels have
wronged her. This book
tells a story that can
encourage many Christians
to maintain their faith
even when times are hard.
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Through sheer fortitude,
and the astonishing
kindness of strangers,
Deo - a medical student
from Burundi - fled to
New York. But his ordeal
was far from over. He
endured daily
discrimination in his
menial job, and left his
first home - a Harlem
tenement building - for
the greater safety of
sleeping rough in Central
Park.
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Illuminee Nganemariya
existed for 100 days in
the living hell of
Kigali, Rwanda's
capital, after watching
her husband being dragged
away to be killed by
friends who had
celebrated their wedding
with them a month
earlier. Then she
embarked on a horrific
journey through the
Genocide with her son
strapped to her back.
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A collection of
inspirational stories
from various walks of
life. It presents
accounts by the victims
of alcoholism, their
families, and friends.
It tells how this disease
affects everyone - and
not just the alcoholic -
at every level of
society, from the first
drink through the
challenges of achieving a
lasting recovery.
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Following their dreams,
a group of adventurous
young men - and 1
remarkable woman -
travelled west from
Manitoba in 1862. The
Overlanders' destination
was the goldfields of the
Cariboo. Their journey
proved much longer and
tougher than they
imagined, bringing them
unexpected difficulties
and delays, including a
shortage of food. Yet on
they went.
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Eighty miles off the
North African coast, a
tiny fibreglass boat is
sinking. The twenty-seven
men crammed on board are
desperately trying to
bail it out, but the
weather is closing in.
Then one of them spots a
ship on the horizon. They
change course and head
for their only hope of
survival. But when they
arrive, there's an
unexpected reception.
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From the time she was a
little girl, Maryam
rebelled against the
terrible second-class
existence that was her
destiny as an Afghan
woman. She had witnessed
the miserable fate of her
grandmother and three
aunts, and wished she
had been born a boy. As a
feisty teenager in Kabul,
she was outraged when
the Russians invaded her
country.
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Tells the story of the
kidnap in Chechnya and 14
month captivity of two
British aid workers. This
book gives an account
that charts their
struggle not only to
survive physically, but
to emerge from their
ordeal with their faith
in humanity still intact.
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This is an acccount of
Charlie Cook's 1919
adventure in the
Minnesota-Ontario
boundary waters,
learning often the hard
way how to trap game,
hunt, fish, cook and
build shelters. His
adventure climaxed in a
700 mile expedition by
dogsled into Canada,
where he reached the
limits of endurance.
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Missing is packed with
amazing stories of people
who have moved heaven and
earth to find their loved
ones. The powerful
emotions that they have
experienced make for
truly moving tales of
courage and heartbreak
that will make you cry
and smile in equal
measure.
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What begins as a dream
adventure for four
amicable, if hastily
met, muchileros
(backpackers) quickly
becomes a struggle for
survival as they unravel
under the duress of the
jungle. This title tells
the true story of
survival and human
fortitude against the
wildest backdrop on the
planet.
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The history of manned
flight spans just under a
century, but it includes
some of the most glorious
adventures in human
experience. This title
offers a selection of
airborne adventures from
authors such as Charles
Lindbergh, Roald Dahl
and Martin Amis.
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Features tales of
record-setting races,
voyages of exploration,
epic battles with the
weather and shipwreck
survivals. This book
provides accounts of some
of the greatest feats of
human endurance and
intriguing facts about
some of Earth's most
interesting and
unpredictable waters,
enabling you to
experience the majesty
and grandeur of the seas.
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Ernest Shackleton, Frank
Worsley, Tom Crean, Tim
McCarthy and two other
crewmen sailed 800 miles
in the James Caird, a
20-foot open boat, to
bring help from the
whaling station at
Grytviken in South
Georgia. They survived
the horrendous boat
journey and organised the
rescue - not a life was
lost. All of them were
heroes.
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On February 13, 2003, a
plane carrying three
American military
contractors - Marc
Gonsalves, Tom Howes,
and Keith Stansell -
crashed in the
mountainous jungle of
Colombia. This work
presents their tale of
survival, friendship,
and rescue, revealing
the details of their
crash, what they
witnessed, and how they
survived their
experiences.
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First published by
Heinemann, Jilly Cooper
has written a tribute to
the role of animals in
wartime. Many won medals
for gallantry, like Rob,
a mongrel, who made
over 20 parachute jumps
with the SAS. Too many
others died, abandoned,
in agony and alone,
after serving their
country with distinction.
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On 5th February 2000 Sir
Ranulph Fiennes set off
on the most direct - and
most difficult - route to
the North Pole from
Canada in an attempt to
be the first man to reach
the Pole this way. It
involved towing a heavily
laden sledge over 425
nautical miles of broken
ice and open sea
fractures.
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At the age of 18,
Carolyn Jessop was forced
to marry a 50-year-old
stranger and religious
cult member. She became
one of six wives and bore
him eight children in 15
years. When the cult
started preaching death
and destruction, she
knew she and her children
had to escape. This guide
helps overcome adversity
and hardship to achieve
dreams.
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A collection of real life
stories of yachts that
are lost at sea. It
compiles first-hand
accounts of shipwreck and
sinking caused by
collision, gear failure,
stress of weather,
faulty navigation, fire,
crew failure and
exhaustion. It contains
descriptions of
shipwrecked sailors
abandoning their yachts
at sea.
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Sue Martin began life at
a children's home,
behind the doors of which
lay a world steeped in
lies, cover-ups,
victimisation and abuse.
At its heart was Boagey,
whose perverse bullying
was targeted at Sue. Her
attacks quickly
progressed from the
punishment of an innocent
child to gratification of
her sexual whims.
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Murder, human-rights
abuse, drugs, prisoner
and child sex slavery,
violence, medical
maltreatment and
unjustifiable death
penalties feature as
everyday occurrences in
the living hells that are
Bangkwang and Klong Prem
jails. This title
presents a horrifying
chronicle of life as
lived by foreign inmates
in Bangkok's notorious
prison system.
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A Malaysian cargo ship on
its way from Seattle,
Washington to China ran
aground off the coast of
western Alaska's Aleutian
Islands on December 8,
2004 during a brutal
storm, leading to one of
the most incredible Coast
Guard rescue missions.
This title offers an
account of survival and
death in the unforgiving
Alaskan waters.
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An account of the
little-known, tragic
expedition launched by
Ernest Shackleton in 1915
to provide support for
his own Antarctic
expedition which would
follow. The group lost
their ship, and supplies
had to be hauled across
hostile terrain for an
expedition which never
came.
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It's the summit of K2, 1
August 2008. An exhausted
band of climbers pump
their fists into the
clear blue sky - joining
the elite who have
conquered the world's
most lethal mountain. But
as they celebrate, far
below them an ice shelf
collapses and sweeps away
their ropes.
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The deepest cave on earth
was a prize that had
remained unclaimed for
centuries, long after
every other ultimate
discovery had been made.
This is the story of the
men and women who risked
everything to find it,
earning their place in
history beside the likes
of Peary, Amundsen,
Hillary, and Armstrong.
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In the summer of 1969,
as Apollo 11 was blasting
off to the moon, two
teenage twin brothers,
with only three years'
mountaineering
experience, set off to
climb one of the highest
rock faces in Europe.
This title offers a true
account from Gordon
Stainforth of a
near-death experience on
a mountain in Norway in
1969.
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On 12 October 2010 the
world's attention was
fixed on a remote mine in
the Atacama desert in
Chile. Final preparations
were underway for a
daring rescue to bring to
an end the longest
underground entrapment in
human history. This title
tells the story of how 33
trapped men and the
rescuers dedicated to
saving them created a
miracle in the desert.
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A Malaysian cargo ship on
its way from Seattle,
Washington to China ran
aground off the coast of
western Alaska's Aleutian
Islands on December 8,
2004 during a brutal
storm, leading to one of
the most incredible Coast
Guard rescue missions of
all time.
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The author of this title,
a licensed trapper, big
game guide and
riverboater, has
conducted hundreds of
hours of interviews
compiling the memories
and recollections of men
and women who travelled
the river highways living
and working in the
wilderness. Here are
their stories.
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When Chris Townsend
reached the summit of Ben
Hope in Sutherland, he
walked his way into the
record books. This is the
story of that remarkable
walk from the start on
Ben More on the Isle of
Mull through to the
finish, the equivalent
of climbing Mount Everest
18 times.
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Paul Nazaroff was the
ringleader of a desperate
plot to overthrow the
Bolsheviks in Central
Asia in 1918. Betrayed to
Lenin's Secret Police,
he was forced to live
like an animal hunted
across Central Asia, the
Himalayas and the plains
of Hindustan. This is his
tale.
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In The Third Man Factor
John Geiger combines
history, scientific
analysis and great
adventure stories to
explain this secret to
survival, a Third Man
who - in the words of
legendary Italian climber
Reinhold Messner - 'leads
you out of the
impossible.'
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This drama of human
endurance took place in
the least hospitable part
of the globe, the
Antarctic, through some
of the most treacherous
waters in the world.
David Lewis and his 32
foot yacht were twice
capsized and once
dismasted. His survival
was a miracle of
fortitude, skill and
some luck.
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Features true stories
such as - a crab boat off
Newfoundland catches
fire, and a rescue is
undertaken by helicopter;
a child goes missing in a
New Brunswick forest,
and a desperate hunt is
mounted; and, a climber
falls on a British
Columbia mountain, and a
helicopter rescue is
attempted.
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The western Sahara is a
baking hot and desolate
place. On 28 August 1815,
the US brig Commerce was
dashed against
Mauritania's Cape Bojador
and lost, although
through bravery and quick
thinking the ship's
captain, James Riley,
managed to lead all of
his crew to safety. What
followed was an
extraordinary and
desperate battle for
survival.
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Robbed in Iran and
imprisoned for over 100
days for suspected
espionage, this is the
true story of one woman's
shocking ordeal in the
country she called home.
What appeared to be an
ordinary theft was almost
certainly stage-managed
by agents of Iran's
Intelligence Ministry.
Revealing, gripping and
alarming, Haleh
Esfandiari's ordeal
serves as an example of
Iran's difficulties in
dealing with the outside
world and modernity.
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Alfred Nestor, now a
British man, son of a
high-ranking SS officer.
Without literary
elaboration, Alfred
unveils an
extraordinarily moving
account of growing up in
Nazi Germany while living
right next door to Adolf
Hitler and his eventual
evacuation to the UK,
culminating in being
being reunited with the
father he thought was
dead for 53 years.
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It is 1925. The goldrush
town of Nome sits two
degrees below the Arctic
Circle, and there are
few more forbidding
places on earth. When
signs of diptheria broke
out, Dr Curtis knew it
was the biggest crisis of
his life. Supplies of the
serum were dangerously
low and it was winter.
There would be an
epidemic if the medicine
didn't arrive in time.
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When Isobel and Alex came
home from school to find
their abusive father had
brutally murdered their
mother, their world was
thrown into chaos.
Plunged into a care
system that neglected
them, Isobel and Alex
were expected to come to
nothing, and had only
each other to rely on.
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On 12 October 2010 the
world's attention was
fixed on a remote copper
mine in the Atacama
desert in Chile. Final
preparations were
underway for a rescue to
bring to an end the
longest underground
entrapment in human
history. This work takes
us into the collapsed
mine with the men, and
behind the scenes of the
rescue effort to bring
them back.
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Bear Grylls, the
youngest person to ascend
Everest, did so after
many months recovering
from a broken back.
Written by him, this
book is about fear and
doubt. It aims to
encourage you on through
threat of frostbite and
avalanche, until you are
at the summit. It is a
true story of a
remarkable young climber,
who made it to the top
of the world.
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The ultimate account of
the Chilean miners'
dramatic rescue. On 12
October 2010 the world's
attention was fixed on a
remote Chilean mine.
Final preparations were
underway for a daring
rescue to end the longest
underground entrapment in
human history.
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Tells a horrifying,
authentic chronicle of
life as lived by foreign
inmates over the past two
decades in Bangkok's
notorious prison system.
This title graphically
reveals this shocking
reality through the eyes
of a long-term inmate who
has endured at first hand
the unimaginable,
inhuman nightmare that
constitutes the Thai
penal system.
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Presents both legendary
tales of heroism and
startling contemporary
accounts of the impact of
global warming on the
Earth's sole undeveloped
continent, including:
"Dog Days"; "The Loss of
the Endurance"; "Alone";
"The Killer Under the
Water"; "Melting Point";
and, Swimming to
Antarctica.
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When the Gestapo seize
20-year-old Olga Czepf's
fiance she is determined
to find him and sets off
on an extraordinary 2,
000-mile search across
Nazi-occupied Europe
risking betrayal, arrest
and death. As the Second
World War heads towards
its bloody climax, she
refuses to give up.
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All Gina wanted was to
help support her family
and protect them from the
elements with a house
made of stone. This is
the true story of a girl
from the Philippines who
wanted to repay her
family for the trouble
she had caused them and
ended up on trial for
murder in the UK in 2001.
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This account, based
almost entirely on
original sources, tells
the story of an
expedition that has been
largely erased from
public perception by the
drama of Scott's second
expedition a decade
later. Among other
discoveries, this one
effectively located the
"lost" South Magnetic
Pole.
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This is the inspiring
and, ultimately,
uplifting story of a man
who has been to hell and
back. Rather than giving
in to despair, he has
turned his life, and the
lives of many others,
around. Keith is a man
who understands the value
of human life and has
truly earned the nickname
bestowed upon him, The
Angel of Beachy Head.
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Helle Amin seemed to have
the perfect life on the
tropical island of Bali
with her husband and four
children. But one day in
2002, this idyllic
existence was shattered
when she returned home
from a shopping trip to
find her children gone.
It didn't take long to
discover that her Saudi
Arabian husband had taken
them to live in his home
country.
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Every day in UK, a
staggering 600 people go
missing. Most return
within 72 hours of
disapperaing but there
are a large number that
are never seen again.
Some are students who
take off to distant
countries without telling
their parents and then
disappear; some are
husbands who have left
the marital home to come
to terms with their own
problems.
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From the rags-to-riches
story of the man who
founded Pret A Manger and
sold it for a fortune to
the harrowing report of
the woman who lost her
memory after a car
accident, this book
contains first-hand
accounts by ordinary
people who have found
themselves in
extraordinary
circumstances and shows
what can be gained from
life's surprises.
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When James Miles and his
best friend Paul Loseby
were caught smuggling ten
kilos of cocaine out of
Caracas, Venezuela,
they couldn't deny their
guilt. This title tells
the true-life story of
how two men endured
untold savagery in the
most appalling
conditions.
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Contains stories of
people who got lost in
the wild. This book deals
with the realms of pain,
fear, and courage of
these people, as they
suffer dizzying confusion
and unending frustration,
and as they overcome
seemingly insurmountable
hurdles in a race to
survive.
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A powerful and compelling
memoir of growing up with
a schizophrenic father,
who hid his mental
illness behind a
charismatic
larger-than-life,
gluttonous personality
and found logical
explanations for the most
bizarre ways of thinking.
From the international
No.1 bestselling author
of Sickened.
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Jimmy Holland was born
into a family suffering
at the hands of their
drunk and abusive father.
At the age of just two
weeks, he was placed
into care. The beginning
of a life lived in a
constantly changing
environment of homes,
authorities and
institutions began. This
is a tale of a man who
has lost his childhood
and also lost his way.
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In June 1994, a
dangerous "bomb" storm
caught dozens of cruising
sailors by surprise as
they voyaged north from
New Zealand. Boats were
battered by fierce winds
and capsized by seas
towering well over 50
feet high. This book
details the story of the
heroic men and women on
the yachts, in the
planes, and on land who
took part in this sea
drama.
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A true story of death and
survival in the world's
most dangerous sport,
cave diving. Two friends
plunge 900 ft deep into
the water of the Komali
Springs in South Africa,
to raise the body of a
diver who had perished
there a decade before.
Only one returns.
Unquenchable heroism and
complex human
relationships amid the
perils of extreme sport.
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Samuel Hearne was a
superb reporter, from
his anguished description
of the massacre of
helpless Eskimos by his
Indian companions to his
meticulous records of
wildlife, flora and
Indian manners and
customs. This book
features Hearne's story
of his three-year trek to
seek a trade route across
the Barrens in the
Northwest Territories.
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For Schapelle Corby, a
dream holiday became a
nightmare when she was
arrested at Denpasar
Airport in Bali following
the discovery of four
kilograms of marijuana in
her bag. This book tells
her story of being
incarcerated in a
stinking police cell and
of an alien legal system
where her attempts to
prove her innocence were
thwarted at every turn.
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... Not just another
'climber gets stuck on
mountain but survives to
tell the tale' book. The
gripping accounts... are
all there, but the other
half of the book is all
about the journey Nigel
has made since... and his
refusal to disappear into
the crevasses of self
pity and
helplessness.--Carolyn
Budding.
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Eighty miles off the
Libyan coast water is
leaking rapidly into the
bottom of a dilapidated
wooden boat. Twenty-seven
men, crammed in
side-by-side,
desperately attempt to
bail it out, but the
boat is sinking. In the
distance one of their
number spots a ship and,
forcing the last moments
of life from the engine,
they move towards it.
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Combining original
reporting with dramatic
photographs and detailed
illustrations, this
title looks at the
science behind the most
devastating events of the
past 100 years,
including San Francisco's
7.8 earthquake in 1906,
the Gulf oil spill, the
Apollo 13 Space Mission
and Hurricane Katrina's
devastating landfall near
New Orleans.
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In 1972, a Fairchild
plane crashed in the
Andes mountains. The
survivors were hopelessly
lost in one of the most
remote places on earth.
After eight days of heavy
snowfall, the rescue
attempt was abandoned.
Even if the plane could
be found, the likelihood
of the forty-five
passengers and crew being
discovered alive was
remote.
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On Christmas Eve 1971,
the packed LANSA flight
508 from Lima to Pucallpa
was struck by lightning
and went down in dense
jungle hundreds of miles
from civilization. Of its
93 passengers, only one
survived: Juliane Koepcke
- here is her fascinating
story of survival against
all the odds.
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In the late summer of
2005, Hurricane Katrina
ravaged the Gulf Coast,
leveling entire cities
and leaving others under
vast amounts of water.
Thousands of Americans
were stranded on rooftops
and in dangerous
makeshift shelters. This
title details the worst
natural disaster in
American history.
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The RNLI is at the
forefront of saving lives
around Britain's coasts.
Putting to sea in all
weathers, its crews are
on duty 24 hours a day,
365 days a year. This
book describes 16
dramatic rescues spanning
200 years in the RNLI's
distinguished history.
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Nick Schuyler and three
football friends -
Raiders linebacker
Marquis Cooper, Lions
defensive end Corey
Smith, and Will
Bleakley, a teammate
from the University of
South Florida - sailed
away from Tampa Bay for a
day of fun in the Gulf of
Mexico. But 35 miles off
the coast of Florida,
their 21-foot boat
flipped, hurling them
into the rough water.
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A collection of crime and
rescue stories that
highlights the vital role
dogs play in saving
lives, upholding the law
and recovering bodies. It
describes the escapades
of Canadian Rockies park
warden Alfie Burstrom and
his canine partner,
Ginger - the first
certified avalanche
search team in North
America.
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Sally thought she was
bringing up her three
children in a safe place.
But evil was lurking
closer than she
thought... Sally was
unaware that a registered
paedophile was living in
the same apartment block,
until one day he lured
her eight year old son
into his flat, strangled
him and threw his body
down the rubbish chute
into the bins.
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Clemens Forell, a German
soldier, was sentenced
to 25 years of forced
labour in a Siberian lead
mine after the WWII.
Rebelling against the
brutality of the camp,
he staged a daring
escape, enduring an
8000-mile journey across
the trackless wastes of
Siberia. This book evokes
Forell's desperation in
the prison camp, and his
struggle for survival.
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Zahra, aged 3, and
Hawra, just a few months
old were the only
survivors of a missile
strike in Baghdad in
2003. Their parents and
their five siblings all
died. Unable to have
children herself, Hala
Jaber, an award-winning
foreign correspondent,
was determined to do all
she could to help them.
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After being abducted on
the Buntine Highway,
drugged, then left for
dead, Ricky Megee had
walked for ten days in
bare feet through
unforgiving terrain in
blistering heat.
Stumbling upon a dam, he
set up camp there and
survived for almost 3
months on leeches,
grasshoppers, frogs and
plants. This title gives
an account of his
abduction and survival.
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Gives one woman's account
of her experiences in the
new country of Bosnia as
guest conductor of a
remarkable little
orchestra, the Mostar
Sinfonietta, which has
been featured on the BBC.
With photographs, this
work builds a mosaic that
provides a visceral
introduction to an
unfamiliar world where
people simply want to
'live a normal life'.
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To us they seem to be
saints or heroes - people
who selflessly devote
themselves to improving
the lives of others.
Miles Roston has made it
his business to search
them out, talk to them
and discover what it is
that motivates them. In
this book he tells the
surprising stories of
several remarkable people
from different corners of
the globe.
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Related to a group of
refugee children who had
arrived in Johannesburg
without parents, friends
or family from countries
of Africa that had been
torn apart by civil wars
and coups. This book
tells, in the children's
own words and through
their art, their stories
of hardship, longing,
and strength as well as
resilience.
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To symbolise the power of
the 'go the extra mile'
message, Shawn Anderson
pedalled a bicycle from
ocean to ocean - solo.
Along the way, he
interviewed over two
hundred inspirational
Americans who had
demonstrated a remarkable
ability to overcome
personal setback and
accomplish something
extraordinary. This title
contains inspirational
profiles.
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Kind and loyal, Elva was
a shy young girl from a
typical English seaside
town who was swept off
her feet by an older,
handsome Italian
bodybuilder. It was all
she had ever wanted; the
promise of life as a
loving mother and devoted
wife. But a dark secret
from her past left her
vulnerable to Bruno's
brooding, possessive
nature.
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In 1992, a climber was
left to die by other
climbers on Mount
Everest, which horrified
Joe Simpson who was
himself left for dead in
Peru in 1985. In this
book Simpson explores
anecdotally and in heated
debates with his climbing
companions on Pumori,
the moral climate of
mountaineering in the
1990s.
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'We're hungry, ' his
brother kept repeating.
'We're hungry, Justin.
Please find us some
food.' Justin was just
five years old; his
brothers two and three.
Their mother, a
heroin-addict, had left
them hungry and alone,
while she went to get her
next fix. Later that day,
after trying to burn
down the family home,
Justin was taken into
care.
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