True stories of heroism, endurance & survival
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True stories of heroism, endurance & survival
Paperback. 'Moving - at times almost unbearably so - and fascinating' Antonia Fraser A family's story of human tenacity, faith and a race for survival in the face of unspeakable horror and cruelty perpetrated by the Nazi regime against the Jewish people. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BM; BTP; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008158064
- ISBN
- 9780008158064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.87
€ 11.99
€ 9.87
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BM; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008158033
- ISBN
- 9780008158033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.45
€ 23.99
€ 20.45
hardcover. When Jonathan Taylor was eight he began to find his father puzzling. Doctors diagnosed Parkinson's disease, and Jonathan became one of his father's carers, taking it in turn with his family to look after him. This is the story of a son's struggle for recognition from a father who is being transformed mentally and physically by the disease. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BTP; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 137 x 28. Weight in Grams: 372. Good clean copy with light nicks and tears to dust jacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Granta Books London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0001219
- ISBN
- 9781862079557
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSP; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781509800193
- ISBN
- 9781509800193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.16
€ 15.99
€ 11.16
Hardback. In the hands of a historian such as Stilgoe, the lifeboat becomes a symbol of human optimism, of engineering ingenuity, of bureaucratic regulation, of fear and frailty. Woven through "Lifeboat" are old-fashioned yarns, thrilling tales of adventure that quicken the pulse of readers. Num Pages: 336 pages, 21 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BTP; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 178 x 33. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813922218
- ISBN
- 9780813922218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.26
€ 64.26
paperback. Brian Keenan went to Beirut in 1985 for a change of scene from his native Belfast. He became headline news when he was kidnapped by fundamentalist Shi'ite militiamen and held for the next four and a half years. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JJPN; BTP; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 360. Copy with some shelf wear, but overall a good and clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1900
- Edition
- Media tie-in
- SKU
- KIN0031274
- ISBN
- 9780099472148
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Incredible true stories of a life-saving presence experienced in extreme adventuring situations Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218. Surviving the Impossible. Incredible true stories of a life-saving presence experienced in extreme adventuring situations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BTP. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight: 216.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847674203
- ISBN
- 9781847674203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.44
€ 15.99
€ 11.44
Paperback. Joe Simpson has experienced a life filled with adventure but marred by death. In a narrative which takes the reader through extreme experiences from an avalanche in Bolivia, ice-climbing in the Alps and Colorado and paragliding in Spain before his final confrontation with the Eiger, Simpson reveals the inner truth of climbing. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations, (chiefly colour ) colour maps, portraits, (chiefly colour ). BIC Classification: BTP; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099422433
- ISBN
- 9780099422433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Paperback. An account of the ascent of the 21,000ft Siula Grande peak in the Peruvian Andes. Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, had achieved the summit before the first disaster struck. What happened and how they dealt with the psychological traumas that resulted is the subject of this book. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; BTP; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Edition
- 1997 rep
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099771012
- ISBN
- 9780099771012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.77
€ 15.99
€ 11.77
Paperback. Joe knew his mother was cruel and violent, but he trusted his beloved father to protect him from her. When a freak accident saw his father burn to death in front of him, Joe was left at the mercy of his mother. Without the love of his friend and brother, he wouldn't have survived. With them, he went on to spend his life fighting child abuse. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BTP; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007274062
- ISBN
- 9780007274062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.29
€ 14.99
€ 14.29
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Dundurn Group Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550025262
- ISBN
- 9781550025262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.42
€ 15.99
€ 15.42
Paperback. At 8.46 am on September 11, 2001, 14,000 people were inside the Twin Towers in New York - reading emails, making calls, eating croissants.. over the next 102 minutes each would become part of a drama for the ages. This title tells the saga of the men and women - the 12,000 who escaped and the 2,749 who perished - as they made 102 minutes count. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JMC; BTP; HBJK; HBLX; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Edition
- 1st. Edition
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099492566
- ISBN
- 9780099492566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.92
€ 15.99
€ 11.92
Paperback. Most of us never get to test ourselves in combat. As a UH-1 Helicopter pilot flying in the jungle highlands of South Vietnam, Jim Crigler and the men he flew with were tested daily. This true story is a raw, bold, introspective autobiography where the author openly wrestles with his personal moral dilemma to find meaning and purpose in his life. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: BM; BTM; BTP; HBW; HBWS2; VFV; VSZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Panoma Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784521080
- ISBN
- 9781784521080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.91
€ 19.99
€ 19.91
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552990912
- ISBN
- 9780552990912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.78
€ 15.99
€ 11.78
Paperback. When your children lose their mother can you even try to take her place? Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: BM; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 195 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main Market
- Publisher
- Pan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- SKU
- KOC0009510
- ISBN
- 9780330543927
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Nell and the Girls is a remarkable, dramatic and heartwarming true story. France, 1940. The British have evacuated their forces from Dunkirk. Nell and her girls stand on the beach and see the outline of Dover Castle but it will be four and a half long years before they return to Britain. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; BM; BTP; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Myrmidon Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910183113
- ISBN
- 9781910183113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.99
€ 10.99
€ 9.99
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 464 pages, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1FCA; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 116 x 30. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553820201
- ISBN
- 9780553820201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: BM; BTP; HR; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473631335
- ISBN
- 9781473631335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.77
€ 15.99
€ 11.77
paperback. Offers an intimate evocation of the famous of all mountaineering exploits and the old-fashioned Fleet Street scoop. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; 3JJPG; BTP; HBTB; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571219445
- ISBN
- 9780571219445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.42
€ 15.99
€ 11.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 178 x 111 x 11. Weight in Grams: 156. My NHS Summer. 182 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: BTP. Dimension: 178 x 111 x 11. Weight: 156.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Buckingham Press
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908684196
- ISBN
- 9781908684196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.26
€ 18.99
€ 15.26