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Mildred Muhammad shares her story about rising up from the domestic abuse she endured from her ex-husband, John Allen Muhammad, the convicted D.C. Sniper. Mildred witnessed firsthand John’s bizarre behavior after he returned from the Gulf War, but no one—including her family, friends, and local police—took her warnings seriously.

In the dead of night, Tennyson and Kyle Jacobson's world is shattered when a violent home intruder forces them into a fight for their lives. The traumatic ordeal leaves the headlines buzzing with the gripping story of survival, but the true journey—the one most people never see—takes place in the quiet aftermath.

En af de mest flittige og ambitiøse danske ekstremløbere er Jacob Juul Hastrup. I Ekstremløberen tager han os med til isnende kulde på Sydpolen, stegende varme i flere af verdens ørkener og livsfarlige udfordringer i den sydamerikanske jungle. Det er en levende og nærværende fortælling om store mål, dristige eventyr og fantastiske oplevelser i nogle af verdens smukkeste og mest udfordrende egne.

The moving true story of Linda Crosby, an accident survivor who was left permanently and totally disabled, and Roy Crosby, her devoted husband and caregiver, The Day My Life Changed: An Accident Survivor offers a glimpse into the lives of an everyday couple whose love endured and thrived, even in the most impossible odds.

Thomas Kristensen er en af Danmarks mest erfarne jagerpiloter. I "F-16" har han samlet mere end 50 fortællinger fra danske piloters oplevelser med F-16-flyet, der giver et dramatisk indblik i missioner over skyerne – fortalt af piloterne selv. De fedeste, sjoveste, mest uhyggelige, mest faretruende og mest fantastiske fortællinger.

The Man I Have Become: Rising Above the Pain is a deeply personal memoir that chronicles Marvin's journey through hardship, healing, and self-discovery. From the scars of childhood trauma to the intense discipline of military life, Marvin's path has been defined by perseverance in the face of adversity. Throughout his life, he has faced betrayal, struggled with PTSD, and endured the emotional toll of failed marriages.

Mind4Survival is an easy-to-learn system that teaches you to "Be Prepared, Not Scared." Brian Duff's empowering preparedness philosophy teaches you his mindset for surviving any crisis, minimizing unwanted struggle, and living your best possible life.

Discover the remarkable life of Calamity Jane... Calamity Jane was an icon of the Wild West, and she lived her life just as free and wild as the Wild West stage shows she later performed in. Part of this wildness was not by choice but born of necessity. Her parents both passed when she was a young girl, forcing her to find a way to make it on her own. It was during this struggle for survival that she first embraced a free and unfettered lifestyle, learning to ride, shoot, and fend for herself in ways that would have been considered scandalous for women of her era.

An audiobook on what it means to play in a world on fire--of how we move our bodies and brains through the thorny problems life can throw at us. Author Sarah Austin Casson brings us on her adventures around the world and in her backyard, from the high Himalayas of Nepal and the deep seas of Thailand to her backyard dirt trails in Los Angeles and many other places, to explore how we can all play with life's hard questions.

In 1978 Deanna met her hermit husband in Northern BC while she was working as a forestry lookout attendant. For the next thirteen years she led the life of a pioneering mother in the wilderness. Over a hundred miles from the nearest paved road and cut off from most contact with the outside world, Deanna and her husband Jay built a life and raised their children in the stunning beauty and staggering isolation of the Ningunsaw Valley.

Eine unglaubliche Geschichte über extreme Ausdauer, unerschütterlichen Mut, innere Stärke und die Magie des (vermeintlich) Unmöglichen Mit eigener Kraft durch die größten Wüsten der Welt – davon träumt der leidenschaftliche Langstreckenläufer und promovierte Sportpsychologe Michele Ufer, seit er das erste Mal von der wohl härtesten Ultramarathon-Challenge weltweit gehört hat.

What happens when you actually step away from your life? The New York Times bestselling author of To Shake the Sleeping Self finds out in this meditation on the power of sabbatical and return. On the edge of burnout and frustrated with his shrinking attention span, Jedidiah Jenkins did what so...

This true, inspiring story follows a young girl forced to flee her home in Wonsan, North Korea, embarking on a dangerous journey of nearly 350 miles toward the DMZ border in search of freedom. Through years of hardship, fear, and relentless struggle, she survives unimaginable circumstances—driven not only by the desire to free herself, but to secure a better future for the generations to come.

Bruce Bartyzal's story began with a simple, persistent knee pain that rapidly progressed to constant suffering, affecting every part of his life. Desperate for relief, he chose knee replacement surgery, knowing it would restore his mobility and quality of life. However, the treatment that was supposed to provide hope instead triggered a chain reaction of difficulties, resulting in excruciating agony, internal bleeding, and the startling discovery that a major artery had been severed.

Circling the Wagons is a raw, courageous memoir that chronicles one woman’s journey to reclaim her life after surviving intra-familial childhood sexual abuse. After decades of silence, the author breaks that silence to tell the story she once could not, offering truth, validation, and hope to survivors everywhere, without oversharing. Written primarily for fellow survivors of childhood trauma, the book also speaks to friends, family members, and professionals seeking to better understand and support them.

Five and a half decades of adventure travel, mostly by motorcycle, often alone or with his son. Now in his 70's, Tales from the Road: Volume 3 captures interesting and unusual vignettes from the author's adventure travels, starting, perhaps, when he was six-years-old (a solo, unauthorised three-mile journey by tricycle). Then, two epic journeys with his father and brother: walking 375 miles from Durban to Lourenco Marques when he was 12-years-old, and then, two years later, a 1,200-mile bicycle ride to Beira in Mocambique.

Broken Mirrors, Steady Ground is a testament to survival—not as triumph, but as deliberate, daily choice. For anyone carrying unrelenting weight—veterans, chronic pain warriors, parents holding it together on fumes—this is proof that even a cracked reflection can still show the way forward.

Rod Halsted is the classic irrepressible Aussie larrikin. As soon as he could leave school, he headed straight to Kalgoorlie for adventure. Rod drank with Bob Hawke, did business with drug tsars, was rescued from the nick by Charles Waterstreet, hung with one of the Great Train Robbers, and wrote off endless cars. He has long since abandoned the drugs and conquered his alcohol addiction. This is his laugh-out-loud story.

Few disasters have touched Australia as profoundly as the sinking of the hospital ship Centaur – one of the deadliest wartime attacks ever on Australia – killing 268 souls on a mission of mercy. Ellen Savage, a fearless nurse from country New South Wales, was the only woman to survive. For more than 34 hours, she and other heroes fought off sharks and helped the injured until rescuers arrived. She was awarded the George Medal for her bravery.

Die Biographie von Herrn Göbel ist weit mehr als nur der Rückblick auf ein bewegtes Leben – sie ist eine liebevolle Hommage an die Faszination des Fliegens und an jene außergewöhnlichen Fluggefährten, die ihn auf seinem Weg begleitet haben. Besonders eindrucksvoll schildert er jene Momente, in denen Routine und Leidenschaft innerhalb eines Augenblicks zu gefährlichen Ausnahmesituationen wurden.