True stories Books

This book will inspire and educate everybody in the world; the everyday working man, the corporate lawyer, and the college kid struggling to maintain life. The prisoner without the vision and hunger to succeed. I hope this book inspires the neighborhood...

A new thriller from Tom Chorneau, author of A Little Scherzo Plays in Drytown, tackles the mystery of one of California's most prolific criminals...Cole's house had been on the market for only a couple of weeks before the arrest. He'd never heard of the...

When a young woman from Ohio seeks escape from her abusive childhood and a young man from Florida runs away from his dysfunctional home, they find themselves standing on the bloodsoaked soil of Vietnam, in the middle of a war, working side by side to...

Before he became Count Dante, The Deadliest Man Alive . . . Before he began training Blacks and women in mixed martial arts and incited the deadly Dojo War in Chicago. Before he started wearing a cape, carrying a gold cane, and walking his...

The Pope of Pot: And Other True Stories of Marijuana and Related High Jinks is a pocket collection, by the award-winning journalist (and former Rolling Stone drugs correspondent) Mike Sager, highlighting his dispatches from the cannabis underground...

She's a jewel thief, art scammer and turncoat Cuban spy who helps avert a nuclear war. She's smart, beautiful and kills with impunity. Pilar Rivera has more skeletons in her closet than Jack the Ripper: JFK's assassination, the hit on mob boss Lucky...

For most people, the premature death of George Floyd in the United States was yet another example of a racist police force gone wild. But the premature death of a Canadian black Jewish woman provides a revealing new perspective on police brutality and...

As a young child of divorced parents, Annette Pearson's dreams were high in the sky, filled with mansions, corvettes, and diamonds. She lived in the land of sunshine and trendy plastic dolls. She believed, with all her heart, that whatever her...

"...It is evident that there is a possibility that an innocent person has been convicted because the evidence did not establish guilt to the requisite standard of proof."- Chief Justice Susan Kiefel, High Court of Australia quoting from the judgment of...

At 17 years of age, Norah first glimpsed Robert in a less than flattering impression. It took almost a year and all his charm and wit before she agreed to date him. And it was years later before she walked down the aisle with him.Robert became a...

Justin Rollins' acclaimed The Lost Boyz followed his early life on the streets. Ten years on, this new book describes how he served time in adult prisons, triggering paranoia, fears, flashbacks and fixations. Mental Me tells how he overcame his locked-in...

Will the truth ever be exposed?Some people have God, but not Tob. He has the Hells Angels. He lives by rules laid down in California during 1949, anachronistic rules with severe penalties.His mind is in turmoil, his eyes focused on a view from the...

Some thought it stood for 'Military Reconnaissance Force', others 'Mobile Reconnaissance Force'. Many people thought it didn't exist at all...For decades there has been argument in the media and amongst politicians about the possible existence and extent...

'Spud Ely tells it like it was, from first-hand experience. No glory, just guts. You can almost smell the dirt and the blood' - The SunSpud Ely's SAS career has pitched him into some of the most deadly, high-octane, violent battles ever fought.Ranging...

At twenty-six, Adam Ballinger had a good degree, a fiancée, and a well-paid job. So what made him risk it all for the gruelling, year-long SAS Selection course, with a better than ninety per cent chance of failing to win the toughest badge in the British...

Diagnosed with breast cancer while on holiday in Japan, editor, one-time environmental activist and wannabe politician Isla distracts herself with tourist adventures - including snorkelling in the South China Sea, learning about slipper etiquette and...

  Los judíos, a través de los medios de comunicación, se presentan invariablemente como las víctimas de la historia. La idea del judío siempre perseguido sin ningún motivo es tan vieja como el propio judaísmo. Así pues, es casi un axioma...

A true story of survival against impossible odds.1905. My grandfather Karl Jauram, the son of an Estonian peasant farmer, leaves home and travels south to Ukraine in search of work.  1914. It begins. World War One. The Russian...

The three most fundamental works on the nature of war are Sun Tzu's "The Art of War," Machiavelli's "The Prince," and Clausewitz's "On War." This collection is the ultimate guide to military strategy for strategic thinkers, generals, and heads of state...

In the early morning of November 10, 1938, the Nazis dragged Otto Englander from his home in Stuttgart, Germany, and imprisoned him in Dachau Concentration Camp. It was Kristallnacht, a 24-hour reign of terror during which 2100 German-Jewish synagogues,...

Break the cycle by intentionally building a positive future.The story has been told too many times. Make a mistake, land in jail, and end up in a corrections system that doesn't reform offenders-- it develops them. Once they've done their time, they...

Daniel Ray, a serial killer specializing in high-worth older couples, has struck again. His first murder as an adolescent was a way to survive, to keep his own demons away; but now hunting is his way of life. Two detectives connect the dots and discover...

Extraordinary lives are born from journeys filled with significant challenges. Imagine:- ending up in the back seat of the police car bare feet;- living in your car with your partner and pets after becoming homeless;- struggling with your weight for your...

¿Te has preguntado quiénes son los personajes que han causado más estragos o sufrimiento a lo largo de la historia? ¿Te intriga saber qué es lo que los llevó al punto de cometer actos atroces? ¿Qué hay de los retrocesos históricos que han venido de la...

¿Te has preguntado quiénes son los personajes que han causado más estragos o sufrimiento a lo largo de la historia? ¿Te intriga saber qué es lo que los llevó al punto de cometer actos atroces? ¿Qué hay de los retrocesos históricos que han venido de la...

¿Te has preguntado cuáles son los crímenes que han dejado perturbado y confundido al mundo? "Estoy seguro que a cualquiera le gusta un buen crimen, siempre que no sea la víctima." -  Alfred HitchcockCuando se habla de asesinos con frecuencia se...

¿Te has preguntado quienes son los seres humanos más despiadados de toda la historia? ¿Quiénes han cometido los actos más crueles e innombrables hacia otros seres humanos? ¿Qué es lo que los convierte en monstruos capaces de cometer violentos crímenes?...

¿Sabías que el FBI estima que hay entre 25 y 50 asesinos en serie activos solamente en Estados Unidos? ¿Te has preguntado qué sucede con aquellos casos que parecen ser demasiado misteriosos o complejos? Entonces sigue leyendo..."Hombres que cometieron...

This book is a small record of how things were done in a particular time period in the Marine Corps training history. In order to win, you have to put the best team together for that period or era. In the '60s, the techniques and tactics worked for the...

Ron entered the long hospital corridor looking for his brother Roger. After searching the ward unsuccessfully, he approached a doctor standing by the bed of a patient. "I'm Sergeant Helle's brother," he said. "How is he?" The...

December 17, 2021, marks the 40th anniversary of the kidnapping of then Brigadier General James Lee Dozier in Verona, Italy by Red Brigade terrorists. Dozier was held captive for 42 days before being rescued by a special operations team -- a news story...

Experienced child actress Marissa Gould is looking forward to spending the summer before her senior year of high school at UCLA's musical theater program in hopes of entering the drama school there as a college freshman. Instead, she is jolted awake...

The improbable true story of a nine-year-old Polish boy's Holocaust survivalThis biography traces the Holocaust through the eyes of young Nathan Poremba and examines the difficult emotional and physical choices he had to make to survive. His father was...

Little Erzsebet Kertesz was just a child when she and her family of eight were uprooted from their tiny village home in Eastern Transylvania. The onset of World War II would force the family to relocate, suffering through times of fear, poverty, and...

Andreas Gruentzig performed the first coronary artery balloon angioplasty (plasty) in 1977. Shortly after that, Doug completed his medical education and training and determined to contribute to the field Gruentzig's work had spawned. In 1984, just as...

This book is about John Williams's life,and how he faced the many challenges and obstacles throughout his life.Sometimes the choices he made thought out his life, were not always in his best interest, as he would usually find himself in a place where he...

Love Letters from the Marine Wolf is a biography of the World War II hospital and troop transport ship USAT Marine Wolf. The story is told from the perspective of Sergeant Michael Makros Jr., ship's complement surgical technician, and other shipmates...

When George Custer began school at West Point the customary military agenda was becoming outdated by improved  weapons technology which projects into Custer’s professional  future, and then beyond that, his decline.