True Stories

Cyril Meehan / In Dark Blue - Experiences of an Irish Policeman (Large Paperback)

 Cyril Meehan retired as a Garda Detective Sergeant in 2013. He was reared in Westport, Co. Mayo but is now currently living and travelling extensively abroad. Cyril spent 30 years in Policing in just about every area within the organisation and...

Derek Lundy / The Way of a Ship: A Square-Rigger Voyage in the Last Days of Sail (Hardback)

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Hugh Miles / Playing Cards In Cairo: Mint Tea, Tarneeb And Tales Of The City

 PLAYING CARDS IN CAIRO is a fly-on-the-wall account - like THE BOOKSELLER OF KABUL - of life (for western readers) in a strange and exotic environment. Hugh Miles lives in Cairo and is engaged to an Egyptian woman. Twice a week he plays cards with...

Emma McMenamy / The Boy Who Never Came Home: Philip Cairns

 ‘Provides new insights into an unsolved mystery that has loomed over Ireland for 35 years’ – Paul Williams ‘A gripping investigation into a haunting and disturbing story’ – Paul Nolan, Hot Press The...

Ron Powers / Tom and Huck Don't Live Here Anymore - Childhood and Murder in the Heart of America (Hardback)

 Ron Powers' hometown is Hannibal, Missouri, home of Mark Twain, and therefore birthplace of our image of boyhood itself. Powers returns to Hannibal to chronicle the horrific story of two killings, both committed by minors, and the trials that...

Ranulph Fiennes / Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know: The Autobiography (Hardback)

 Ranulph Fiennes has traveled to the most dangerous and inaccessible places on earth. In the process he nearly died on several occasions, lost nearly half his fingers to frostbite, and raised millions for charity. He discovered the lost city of...

Paula Guildea / It's Now We're Friends: A mother's desperate journey, to fulfil her son's dying wish (Large Paperback)

 A heartbreaking tale of a mother's will to grant her dying son's last wish. Aine and Sean had a strained relationship, just like any other mother and her teenage son. But a fatal illness pushes the two together, where they form an unbreakible bond...

Somaly Mam / Road Of Lost Innocence (Large Paperback)

 The Road of Lost Innocence' is a moving account of a traumatic childhood and also the inspirational story of a determined and courageous woman devoted to helping other girls caught up in the illegal sex trade and violent underworld of Cambodia...

Daniel Jones / Modern Love - True Stories of Love & Redemption (Large Paperback)

  A joyful collection of the most popular, provocative, and unforgettable essays from the New York Times 'Modern Love' column, featuring stories from the upcoming anthology series starring Tina Fey, Andy Garcia, Anne Hathaway, Catherine Keener, Dev...

Niamh McAnally / Flares Up: A Story Bigger than the Atlantic (Large Paperback)

 Flares Up is the true story of adventure, tenacity and the capacity of the human spirit to triumph over adversity!Firefighter Paul Hopkins, 55, survives a brain hemorrhage. The experience motivates him to undertake the Talisker Whisky Atlantic...

Sandra Mara / No Job for a Woman - Ireland's First Female Private Investigator (Large Paperback)

 Ireland's first ever female private investigator lifts the lid on the secret life of the nation. Sandra Mara solved her first case at the tender age of nine. That gave her a taste for intrigue, and she went on to become one of the top private...

Howard Wallace / Tribulations of my Life (Large Paperback)

 This a breathtaking emotional real-life story of a young poor African American child with native American genes, growing up in Virginia during the late ’50s, which was not an easy time for African American. His mother passed away when he was...

Duncan Staff / Lost Boy: The Definitive Story of the Moors Murders and the Sear (Hardback)

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Sebastian Junger / A Death in Belmont (Hardback)

 A fatal collision of three lives in the most intriguing and original crime story since In Cold Blood.In the spring of 1963, the quiet suburb of Belmont, Massachusetts, is rocked by a shocking sex murder that exactly fits the pattern of the...

Mark Seal / Wildflower : The Extraordinary Life and Mysterious Murder of Joan Root (Hardback)

 From her passion for animals to her storybook love affair, to her hard-fought crusade to save Kenya's beautiful Lake Naivasha, 'Wildflower' is naturalist, filmmaker and lifelong conservationist Joan Root's gripping life story - a stunning and...

Sebastian Junger / The Perfect Storm - A True Story Of Men Against The Sea (Hardback)

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Yeva Skalietska / You Don't Know What War Is - Diary of a Young Girl From Ukraine

 An important, harrowing, and ultimately hopeful memoir about the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war as told through the diary entries of a young Ukrainian girl.Yeva Skalietska’s story begins on her twelfth birthday in Kharkiv, where she has been...

Walter Kirn / Blood Will Out

 In the summer of 1998, Walter Kirn - then a young novelist struggling with fatherhood and a dissolving marriage - set out on a peculiar, fateful errand: to personally deliver a crippled hunting dog from an animal shelter in Montana to the New York...

Sheila Hocken / Emma Forever

 A touching and unique story of love and courage. This is Sheila Hocken's own story. A story of a young blind girl who sets out to fight for the right to live fully and to see again. Sheila's account of the events and people that transformed her...

Donald H. Wolfe / The Assassination of Marilyn Monroe

 From the opening description of the lifeless body to the moment-by-moment account of her final days and hours, 'The Assassination of Marilyn Monroe' explores every myth concerning the remarkable life and tragic death of the world's most famous...

Ellen de Visser / That One Patient (Large Paperback)

For every doctor there is that one patient, whose story touches them in a way they didn’t expect, changing their entire outlook on life. This inspiring and deeply moving book is the story of those patients.Every weekend, in Holland’s most...

Bear Grylls / Two All-Action Adventures: Facing Up - Facing the Frozen Ocean (Large Paperback)

A collection combining two of Bear Grylls' most exciting adventures – Facing Up and Facing the Frozen Ocean.At extreme altitude youth holds no advantage over experience, and it is generally acknowledged that younger climbers have more difficulty...

Dan Bigley / Beyond the Bear (Hardback)

The unbelievable true story of a man who narrowly survived one of the most brutal grizzly bear attacks, and the love that separated his blindness from the dark.--A 25-year-old backcountry wanderer, a man happiest exploring wild places with his dog, Dan...

S. Jackson & A. Raymond / When Angels Fly (Hardback)

After surviving the cruel rage of tyranny from her mother and ex-husband, Sarah Jackson traveled a new path; a journey of loss, heartbreak, and ultimately strength. How do we survive the unthinkable, our child suffering from a terminal illness? They say...

Toni Maguire / Don’t Tell Mummy : A True Story of the Ultimate Betrayal (Hardback)

This heart-wrenching memoir from Toni Maguire tells the deeply moving story of an idyllic childhood that masked a terrible truth. Underneath her mother's gentility and her father's roguish charm lay horrifying secrets, which eventually led to their only...

Ronan Farrow / Catch and Kill (Hardback)

In a dramatic account of violence and espionage, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Ronan Farrow exposes serial abusers and a cabal of powerful interests hell-bent on covering up the truth, at any cost.In 2017, a routine network television...

Pam Rhodes / Coming Through : True Stories Of Hope And Courage (Hardback)

 As a presenter on Songs of Praise, Pam Rhodes has met hundreds of people whose stories have messages for us all. Now a number of them have felt able to share with Pamand with ustheir touching, sometimes shocking but ultimately inspirational...

Maura Byrne / Birth, Botch and Bag: A True Story of Medical Error and Deception (Large Paperback)

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Maria Dore / One Born Every Minute : Real Stories from the Delivery Room

 ONE BORN EVERY MINUTE, Channel 4's Bafta-winning documentary series has been a critical and popular smash-hit.  In this wonderful book, midwives Maria Dore and Ros Bradbury look back over their careers and reveal the extraordinary...

Lorian Hemingway / A World Turned Over : A Killer Tornado and the Lives It Changed Forever (Hardback)

 Documents the events surrounding the March 1966 Candlestick tornado in Mississippi that claimed fifty-seven lives, presenting portraits of the storm's victims and recounting the devastating changes that it made to the region where the author spent...

Dorine V Reihill / Going Home : A Story of Survival

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Maurice B. Ahern / Dare to Run

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Ishmal Beah / A Long Way Gone : Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Hardback)

 This is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. Children have become soldiers of choice. In the more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael...

Lisa Taddeo / Three Women (Hardback)

   The International No. 1 Bestseller 'Cuts to the heart of who we are' Sunday Times'A book that begs discussion' Vanity FairAll Lina wanted was to be desired. How did she end up in a marriage with two children and a husband who wouldn't...

Robert Hoge / Ugly

 A real-life version of the movie WONDER. Published in multiple countries, including the USA. Robert Hoge was born with a tumour in the middle of his face, and legs that weren't much use. There wasn't another baby like him in the whole of...

Anthony Holden / Big Deal : One Year as a Professional Poker Player

 BIG DEAL is the mesmerising story of a year spent by bestselling biographer Anthony Holden in the tough world of the professional poker player. He spent days and nights in the poker paradise of Las Vegas, in Malta and Morocco, even shipboard,...

Nancy O'Reilly / In This Together : How Successful Women Support Each Other in Work and Life (Hardback)

 Thoughts, advice, and stories from 40 successful women across a variety of careers-from authors to actresses, CEOs and professors-encouraging women to support each other in the workplace and in life-along with action plans on how all women can work...

Rosie Childs / Catch Me Before I Fall (Hardback)

 'By the time I was seven years old, I understood that we were neglected by my mother who was absent from the house most days and most nights. We rarely received a bath or a wash and I presumed that the fact that my skin was several shades darker...

Nigel Cawthorne / Cults : The World's Most Notorious Cults

 The inside story of the world's most notorious cults. The strange and sinister world of cults is a source of endless fascination. Their secrets, rituals and shadowy hierarchies make for some of the most disturbing and shocking revelations in...

Daniel Zuchowski / The New Dubliners (Large Paperback)

 "Bawdy and boisterous, it's an important book by a writer perfectly tuned into the experiences of the new Irish." (The Irish Times)***"The New Dubliners is an exciting new experiment and a fascinating read." (Dublin Book Festival)***"The style is...

Clint Willis / Storm (Large Paperback)

 Adrenaline Books' search for the world's best, most exciting writing has taken readers from the peaks of Everest to the jungles of Papua New Guinea. "Storm" reveals first-hand accounts of battling with the elements: hurricanes, blizzards, tornadoes...

Noreen Mackey / A Secret Ladder : A Spiritual Adventure (Large Paperback)

 The Secret Ladder is an honest, absorbing tru-life spiritual adventure story that hooks the reader from the first page. Noreen Mackay was a busy Irish barrister working at the European Court of Justice In Luxembourge when she became seized by a...

Kathryn Bolkovac / The Whistleblower : Sex Trafficking, Military Contractors, and One Woman's Fight for Justice (Large Paperback)

 When Nebraska police officer and divorced mother of three Kathryn Bolkovac saw a recruiting announcement for private military contractor DynCorp International, she applied and was hired. Good money, world travel, and the chance to help rebuild a...

Kevin Wells / Goodbye, Dearest Holly (Hardback)

 Some tragedies become part of our national history. On August 4, 2002 Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman went missing in Soham. The police searched, the girls' families searched, the local community searched, Kevin Wells, Holly's father, became a...

Amit Patel / Kika & Me : How One Extraordinary Guide Dog Changed My World (Hardback)

 'I live an ordinary life thanks to one extraordinary dog. Kika opened up the world to me again. She's made what once seemed impossible possible.' In 2013 Amit Patel is working as a trauma doctor when a rare condition causes him to lose his sight...

Oliver Graham-Jones / Zoo Tails (Hardback)

 In 1951 Oliver Graham Jones was appointed Curator of mammals at London Zoo, becoming Senior Veterinary Officer in 1960, a post he held until his retirement in 1969. This is a collection of tales from his days at the zoo during the 1950s and 1960s...

P. J. Cunningham / The Lie of the Land (Large Paperback)

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John Cameron / Boy 11963 (Large Paperback)

 'Truth telling and truth recovery have seldom been as heart-breaking or necessary as in this powerful story of human vulnerability and failure - and the ultimate triumph of the human spirit.' JOE DUFFYAt only five months old, John Cameron was...

Jim Lucey / In My Room : The Recovery Journey as Encountered by a Psychiatrist (Large Paperback)

 'The room is a space for the mind, and a metaphor for the mind at the same time. Most of us will never find ourselves on a psychiatrist's couch and yet our lives would be perilous if we did not make space for our mental health. In this space, we...

Stephen Breen / The Hitmen (Large Paperback)

 The No 1 Bestseller!'A triumph' Nicola Tallant, Sunday World Crime World podcast'An incredible catalogue of mayhem ... amazing' Pat Kenny, Newstalk'Riveting' Irish TimesMeet the Wilsons - the deadliest family in crimeBrothers Eric, Keith and John...

Louise Curtis / A Nurse's Story

 Moving, honest and inspiring - this is a nurse's true story of life in a busy A&E department during the Covid-19 crisis.Working in A&E is a challenging job but nurse Louise Curtis loves it. She was newly qualified as an advanced clinical...

Zoe Holohan / As the Smoke Clears (Large Paperback)

 On 23 July 2018, in the seaside town of Mati in Greece, Zoe Holohan and her husband of four days were enjoying the beginning of their honeymoon. Then disaster struck. Unprecedented wildfires swept through the area, killing 102 people. Zoe and Brian...