True Stories

David Wilson / My Life with Murderers

Professor David Wilson has spent his professional life working with violent men - especially men who have committed murder. Aged twenty-nine he became, at that time, the UK's youngest ever prison Governor in charge of a jail and his career since then has...

Emily Hunt / We Need to Talk: The Truth About Sexual Violence and My Fight for Justice

Emily was in a restaurant, having lunch with her father – the next thing she remembers is waking up, naked, in a strange hotel room, next to a man she did not know.She suspected she had been drugged, raped and later found out she had been filmed...

Myrna Grant / Classic Real Life Stories : 3 Books in One

3 books in one: Vanya by Myrna Grant / Blood Brothers by Elias Chacour with David Hazard / Street-wise by John Goodfellow with Andy Butcher         All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact...

Chris Thrall / Eating Smoke

Chris Thrall left the Royal Marines to find fortune in Hong Kong, but following a bizarre series of jobs he ended up homeless and hooked on Crystal Meth. He began working for the 14K, the city's most notorious crime syndicate, as a nightclub doorman...

Robin Barratt / Bouncers and Bodyguards

"Bouncers and Bodyguards" is a collection of astonishing true stories about the tough world of personal protection and nightclub doors from some of Britain's most notorious figures. Read how Charlie Bronson helped his friends out on the doors of his...

Louise Mason / A Mother's Nightmare: My Fight to Get My Children Back

Louise Mason lived through every mother's nightmare. After being falsely accused of harming her four-week-old, her two children were taken away from her. Social services kept the children-and tried to put them up for adoption -even after Louise had...

Donal MacIntyre & Karl Howman / A Million Ways to Stay on the Run

No criminal sparked as much fear and loathing among the public and law enforcement as underworld crime boss, Kenny Noye.A man with a central role in some of the most high-profile crimes of a generation. From the £125 million (current value)...

Toni Maguire / Please Protect Us

From No.1 bestselling author Toni Maguire comes a new true story of shame, silence, abuse and survival.'I have a very clear picture of the day Clive entered our lives. I can see him now as he walked into our living room, a tall man with a loud commanding...

Nic Sheff / Tweak

Nic Sheff was drunk for the first time at age eleven. In the years that followed, he would regularly smoke pot, do cocaine and Ecstasy, and develop addictions to crystal meth and heroin. Even so, he felt like he would always be able to quit and put his...

Emma Campbell / All That Followed ( A Story of Cancer, Kids and the fear of leaving too soon )

"A story of true maternal courage in the face of an onslaught of massive life challenges, Emma Campbell is an extraordinary woman. This is a deeply felt memoir about motherhood, survival and learning to live for whatever life throws at you." CLOVER...

Robin Jarossi & David Howard / Murder by the Sea - True Crime Stories from Sinister Shores

A true-crime companion to the hit CBS Reality television series Murder by the Sea. The book features ten cases from around Britain featured in past series. These include the 1953 case of Blackpool poisoner Louisa Merrifield, the Pembrokeshire serial...

Denise Fergus / I Let Him Go

 On February 12, 1993, Denise Fergus' life changed forever. As she was running errands at New Strand Shopping Centre, she let go of her two-year-old son's hand for a few seconds to take out her purse. Denise never saw her son again. For the first...

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...

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...

Marie Hargreaves / The Convent

 When a fancy car pulls up outside six-year-old Marie's home in 1959, her dad tells her she is going on holiday. But little does she know she will not see her home again for four long years. Her family cannot afford to keep her at home.Marie tells...

Bob Geldof / Geldof in Africa

 Musician Bob Geldof first visited Africa in 1984. The following year, Live Aid inspired a generation to raise millions for the starving in Africa. More than 20 years on, passion undiminished, Geldof returned to what he calls the Luminous Continent...

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...

Rose McGowan / Brave

 ‘My life, as you will read, has taken me from one cult to another. BRAVE is the story of how I fought my way out of these cults and reclaimed my life. I want to help you do the same.’ –Rose McGowan A revealing memoir and...

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...

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...

Dorine V Reihill / Going Home : A Story of Survival

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Maurice B. Ahern / Dare to Run

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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...

Cathy Glass / Where Has Mummy Gone?

 The true story of Melody, aged 8, the last of five siblings to be taken from her drug dependent single mother and brought into care. When Cathy is told about Melody's terrible childhood, she is sure she's heard it all before. But it isn't long...

Catherine Burns / The Moth - All These Wonders : 49 new true stories

 From storytelling phenomenon The Moth: a collection about risk, courage, and facing the unknown, drawn from the best stories ever told on their stages.All These Wonders features The Moth's customary variety of voices. Storytellers range from Suzi...

Ben MacIntyre / Agent Sonya

 THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERDiscover the incredible true story of WW2's most extraordinary spy - from the bestselling author of The Spy and the Traitor.'His best book yet' The Times________________From planning an assassination attempt on...

Sam Butt / A Deadbeat Dad and the Bloody Pandas

 Truth sees no boundaries and sooner or later it comes out and expresses its need to be acknowledged. Relationships are needed and sustained throughout our lifespan and need sustenance through nurture, understanding and support. This incredible...

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...

Michael OToole / Cleared for Disaster : Ireland's Most Horrific Air Crashes

  Explores the mysteries and stories behind the most notorious air crashes in Ireland. In those rare instances when things do go seriously wrong in flight, the results are usually horrific. We in Ireland have had a number of unfortunate and, in...

Catherine Bailey / Fey's War

 **Formerly published as The Lost Boys**'Remarkable. A powerful, engrossing story of a journey into the heart of darkness and final escape from it' Sunday TimesIn September, 1944, the SS march into a remote Italian castle, arrest a mother and seize...

Sarah Turner / The Sober Revolution

 Do you count down the minutes to wine o'clock? You are not alone. When it comes to alcohol, plenty of people find it hard to exercise moderation and become stuck in a vicious cycle of blame, guilt and addiction.If you want to take back control and...

Erik Larson / Dead Wake : The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

 On 1 May 1915, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool. The passengers - including a record number of children and infants - were anxious. Germany had declared the seas around...

Dan Cryan / Introducing Logic : A Graphic Guide

  Logic is the backbone of Western civilization, holding together its systems of philosophy, science and law. Yet despite logic's widely acknowledged importance, it remains an unbroken seal for many, due to its heavy use of jargon and...

Yeonmi Park / In Order To Live

 '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 when she escaped from North Korea. She didn't even know what it meant to be free. All she knew was that...

Monty Roberts / Shy Boy

  From the author of The Man Who Listens to Horses -- a top bestseller -- comes the remarkable story of a wild horse. In The Man Who Listens to Horses, we learned about Monty Roberts' life and his amazing techniques for communicating with horses...

Doreen Virtue / Angel Visions

 Many People have seen angels, apparitions of deceased loved ones, and ascended masters, as you'll read about in this groundbreaking collection of true stories by bestselling author Doreen Virtue, Ph.D.You'll be entertained and amazed by the...

John OKane / Celtic Soccer Crew

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Eva Mozes Kor / The Twins of Auschwitz

 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe Nazis spared their lives because they were twins.In the summer of 1944, Eva Mozes Kor and her family arrived at Auschwitz.Within thirty minutes, they were separated. Her parents and two older sisters were taken to the...

Johnny Mercer / We Were Warriors

 Unflinching, action-packed and laced with wry humour, Johnny Mercer's We Were Warriors is a compelling read.'An adrenalin-fuelled, gritty story of heroism on the frontline in Afghanistan' - Andy McNabThe rounds were single shot from the same two...

Greg Child / Over the Edge

  Greg Child tells the true story of four climbers kidnapped by Islamic guerrillas in the mountains of Central Asia and their daring escape.       All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy...

Mark Urban / Task Force Black

 The book the MoD doesn't want you to read' Daily MailSoon after British and American forces invaded Iraq they faced an insurgency that was almost impossible to understand, let alone reverse.Facing defeat, the Coalition waged a hidden war within a...

Asne Seierstad / Two Sisters

 'Asne Seierstad is the supreme non-fiction writer of her generation ... Two Sisters isn't only the story of how a pair of teenage girls became radicalised but an unsparing portrait of our own society - of its failings and its joys' Luke HardingOn...

Suraya Sadeed / Forbidden Lessons In A Kabul Guesthouse

 Suraya Sadeed grew up in a peaceful Afghanistan. Following the Soviet invasion in 1979, she left America with her family, building a new life. But after a sudden tragedy, Suraya returned to Afghanistan for a visit that changed everything.Shocked by...

Jason Fox / Battle Scars : A Story of War and All That Follows

  ___________ THE EXTRAORDINARY NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER. 'The most important book you'll ever read... Battle Scars will save lives.' TOM MARCUS, author of SOLDIER SPY Battle Scars tells the story of Jason Fox's career as an elite operator, from...

Clare Campbell / Dogs of Courage

 In Bonzo's War, Clare Campbell told the fascinating story of what it was like for Britain's pets when the world was at war. This time, she follows the incredible journey of the dogs who conscripted to fight for their country, with some even...

Stephen Matthews / The Day the Nazis Came Here

 By the time Stephen Matthews was six years old, he had been bombarded by the Luftwaffe and deported from Nazi-occupied Guernsey, along with his family, to a prison camp in the heart of Hitler's Third Reich. He had seen men die in front of him,...

Hugh Leddy / Down A Million On The Dole

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Jeremy Dronfield / The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz

 THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERDAILY MAIL & SUNDAY EXPRESS BOOKS OF THE YEARThe inspiring true story of a father and son's fight to stay together and survive the Holocaust, for anyone captivated by The Cut Out Girl and The Tattooist of...

Anne Wafula-Strike / In My Dreams I Dance

 They said it couldn't be done. But Anne Wafula achieved many remarkable things in her life. This is her incredible story.Struck down with polio at the age of two and a half, Anne overcame the prejudice rife in her native village in Kenya, where...

Paul Aston / True Sea Stories

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Wherever You Are: The Military Wives

 From the moment the Military Wives sang together on BBC Two's The Choir, their lives changed forever. Their journey entranced the nation, and their story moved millions.Here the wives tell their individual stories in full for the first time - true...