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Not all wealth is financial. No matter your age, career, or life experience, true wealth is within reach. Financial investing is a lot like big game hunting. They both come with risk and reward. They both require discipline, research, and excellent timing. They both offer clues to what it means...

FANGET I FAMILIEN er en tankevækkende og gribende familiefortælling om et forspildt liv bag et drab i bandemiljøet, fortalt af en efterladt storesøster, der selv har kæmpet sig fri af den tunge sociale arv i den danske ”indvandrerklasse”. Kun 24 år gammel faldt Ari Hussein i en regn...

Alison Connolly, 49, was stabbed to death by two sisters in May 2015 who were later jailed. Alison had been sexually abused throughout her childhood by her father, and she had never been able to speak out. He later abused and raped Alison’s daughter, Tara. After her mother was murdered, Tara...

There was only one man Sammy could turn to… With his young mother in and out of prison, Sammy has been in care since he was nine years old. Left feeling entirely alone, he has never had a proper safe haven. There is one person looking out for Sammy: his neighbour, ‘Uncle Kenny’. But while...

For the first twenty-seven years of his life, Ben McKelvey didn't spend too much time thinking about his brain, nor much about trauma. He was fit, carefree and happy working as a magazine journalist, writing listicles and doing celebrity junket interviews. Then one day, while boxing, he suffered...

PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THEIR FATHERS. TOO STRICT. TOO INSRUSIVE. TOO MUCH. MINE? HE KILLED PEOPLE. The untold story behind the hit true crime podcast The Clearing, this unforgettable memoir traces one daughter’s moving quest to understand her larger-than-life childhood as she searches for the...

‘Haunting.’ Jonathan Freedland ‘Powerful.’ Daniel Finkelstein The profoundly moving and deeply intimate story of one Jewish family’s fate in the Holocaust, following the thread from Germany to Latvia and to Britain. In November 1941, Peter Bradley's grandparents, Sally and Bertha...

Brought to you by Penguin. Berlin, September 1944. Ulrich von Hassell, former ambassador to Italy and a key member of the German Resistance, is executed for his part in an assassination plot against Hitler. In response to the attack, Himmler, leader of the SS, orders the arrest of all the...

A gripping testament of resilience, family, and faith, this is the incredible and true story of an American traveler who was captured and wrongfully imprisoned in Syria while on a journey to experience every country in the world. What would you do if your son suddenly disappeared in Syria, and...

Monika ist ein echtes Wunschkind. Von Anfang an wird Monikas Leben von sexuellen Übergriffen bestimmt. Was der Großvater an dem Kleinkind begeht, setzt sich in jahrelangen Vergewaltigungen durch den Vater und die älteren Brüder fort. Erst nach dem Freitod ihres jüngeren Bruders Georg, der nicht weiter mit ansehen kann, was mit seiner geliebten Schwester geschieht, gelingt es Monika, sich aus dieser Hölle zu befreien.

‘Asperger’s made me a prisoner in my own home. When I finally entered the real world, evil was waiting.’ A shocking true account of one girl’s harrowing journey to survival. Sophie Crockett spent most of her childhood suffering from crippling anxiety. Diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome...

One man, his piano and their miraculous survival. 'Extraordinary' Baroness Julia Neuberger 'Powerful and gruelling ... an almost unimaginable story of horror and survival' Mail on Sunday 'Stunning. A beautiful blend of action, poetry, thought-provoking comment and music ... just brilliant' James...

Bloomsbury presents Unfinished Woman by Robyn Davidson, read by Kerry Fox. SHORTLISTED FOR THE ABIA 2024 SELECTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN AUSTRALIA 'The zigzagging life of an adventurer' THE TIMES 'An astonishing, wonderful memoir of an extraordinary life' HENRY MARSH, author of Do...

Arlyne Brickman date the wiseguys, but she was wiser than them all… SOON BE A MAJOR FILM Born in 1934, the daughter of a Jewish mobster, Arlyne Brickman (then Weiss) grew up on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. She idolised gangster’s moll Virginia Hill and apsired to the same glamorous life...

'A lyrical, fascinating, important book. More than just a family story, it is an essay on belonging, denying, pretending, self-deception and, at least for the main characters, survival.' Literary Review 'Simon May's remarkable How to Be a Refugee is a memoir of family secrets with a ruminative...

'Freya Lewis is extraordinary' Katie Piper 'A love letter to the NHS' Lorraine Kelly 'An unflinching story of grief, survival and love' Daily Mail's YOU Magazine, _________ The Manchester Arena attack nearly destroyed her. Love and courage saved her. Freya Lewis was just three metres away from...

Full of grit and resilience, the story of K’wasi the lion cub is one of heartbreak and triumph. He was born to Asha at Zoo Miami in late 2013 and captured the heart of the nation as an incredibly cute lion cub. K’wasi was orphaned in March 2014 when his mother tragically died. K’wasi’s remarkable journey takes him from the untimely death of his mother to stardom at Lion Country Safari. K’wasi’s story is told by world-renowned wildlife photographer and Zoo Miami’s “Goodwill Ambassador” Ron Magill, who documented and photographed every stage of K’wasi’s remarkable roller-coaster life.