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“On par with Into the Wild... Fast-paced, yet thoughtful and empathetic, all the way to its devastating conclusion, this psychological thriller will haunt me whenever I step off the pavement into the woods. I couldn’t stop reading it, and I can’t stop thinking about it.” — Bill Gifford...

Cheryl thought she knew her husband. Nine years after marrying her college sweetheart, the middle-class woman wondered if his odd episodes of paranoia were more than just work stress. But when his condition worsened significantly after being laid off, she made a surprising discovery that revealed the depth of his mental deterioration. Stunned when he vanished without a word, Cheryl was left with a pile of guilt and empty bank accounts and being forced to live in her car.

A Child in Berlin is the true story of a mother, a daughter, and their courage in the face of Nazi terror. Käthe is a mother who must choose between her dreams as a rising star in the opera and her conscience. She discovers the truth about her Jewish friends around the time she attends a dinner party presided by Adolf Hitler himself. She realizes she cannot remain among Nazi society and makes the gut-wrenching choice to leave the opera. To support herself and young Heidi, she joins Berlin’s black-market network and ends up dealing with more than just food.

Over half a million copies sold in Japan In this enduring classic, Michio Hoshino shares his reflections on the natural world, and our place within it. Beautifully written, this book is a collection of Hoshino's writing published at the peak of his artistic prowess as a writer and photographer...

From the war-torn streets of Chad to the relentless grind of New York City and the unforgiving realities of war, Bridges of Resilience is the unforgettable true story of a man who refused to surrender to fate.

WALKING WILD is not your typical safari — no game drives, no cool sundowners and definitely no fences. Instead, it's 605 km of dust, sweat and unforgettable moments as an unlikely group of strangers sets out to walk the entire length of Kruger National Park. Over six stages and three years, they walked from Crooks' Corner in the far north to Malelane in the south, averaging 20 km a day with heavy backpacks and only the wild for company.

I met Tony Bourdain in 2001, in Saint Petersburg, Russia, filming an episode of A Cook’s Tour. From that day on, we were comrades in search of new emotions and experiences greater than ourselves. In 2011, he told me to write my story. It took me 14 years to look back, to filter my life through the lens of our 17-year friendship. Tony showed me the way out of my cage, from the weight of being Soviet-born to becoming a citizen of the world. I had the honor of being his travel companion for 10 TV episodes.

The average person can keep a secret for forty-seven hours. Babs Walters held the worst kind of secret for nearly 70 years. Beginning at the age of 11, Babs suffered childhood sexual abuse at the hands of her father. His edict, “Children should be seen and not heard,” defined her childhood and groomed her to silence. Desperate to be loved and seeking approval, the good little girl absorbed both the responsibility and the shame that was not hers to begin with.

Vanessa France had built a life that looked whole — wife, mother of four, hospice liaison — but inside, she was unraveling. Years of anxiety, bulimia, and addiction caught up, and when alcohol stopped working, she was left with the raw truth: something had to change. What she found was not another way to escape, but a way to return. On the yoga mat, in stillness and breath, Vanessa discovered the courage to face her pain, loosen her grip, and step into sobriety. Faith deepened. Motherhood softened. Healing began to weave her back together.

Avril 2021, Olivier Dubois, correspondant au Mali pour le magazine Le Point et le quotidien Libération, est enlevé à Gao, dans le nord du Mali. Il passera 711 jours aux mains d'un groupe terroriste affilié à Al-Qaïda. Libéré en mars 2023, il brise aujourd'hui un an de silence et nous raconte comment, prisonnier dans l'une des régions les plus sensibles du monde, il a survécu à la seule force de son mental. En fuyant l'inactivité qui le ronge et consignant par écrit tout ce qu'il observe. Une façon pour lui de résister à l'effroi de savoir chaque jour sa vie menacée.

A backwoods memoir for anyone who has ever dreamed of escaping to the wild ‘Funny and thoughtful … You feel his desire to be back in the woods, working with his hands. Don’t we all?’ – New York Times We all dream of having a place to escape to – Patrick Hutchison found his at the end...

At seven years old in Newburgh, New York, Lawyer Johnson’s innocence was stolen, and he carried that secret into the housing projects of Goldsboro, North Carolina, where violence and chaos shaped his teenage years. By the time he reached the crack-era streets of Brooklyn, his trauma had twisted into rage, betrayal, and hustling that led straight to a prison cell. But the cages that were supposed to break him became the fire that revealed his strength. From Rikers Island to North Carolina prisons, Johnson wrestled with the scars of abuse and began the long fight toward healing.

This is a testimony of faith, a story of how Jesus found Dawn, steeped in trauma and drug abuse, at the age of sixteen. Her walk of faith was not linear. She gives an honest and unfiltered look into the messy walk of a believer in Christ. Her story is one of hope. Despite all the odds, she became the person that no one would have thought possible. Her life story shows that every promise and word of God does prove true. No matter how far we stray back out into the "wilderness," he will still come for us.

When her horse bucked her off at a rodeo, professional barrel racer Marci Powell shattered her neck and back in two places — injuries so severe doctors warned she might never walk again, let alone ride. But Marci’s story didn’t end in that arena. Through pain, fear, and the silent battles of PTSD, she learned that standing again isn’t about perfection — it’s about persistence. This book is for anyone who’s been broken — by trauma, by loss, by life itself — and is trying to find their way back.

This was my journey, throughout the years of enduring deception by manipulation that contributed to me falling into a brain fog that led me into a downward spiral. My husband was cunning and knew just how to persuade me and alter who God created me to be. For fifty years he led me down a negative pathway, of what could have been the road of no return. Continuing in my cloudy behavior would have killed me, but Jesus intervened, showing me HIS truth that set me free!

"J’ai été un otage, j’ai vécu des heures sombres enfermé dans les geôles d’une Katiba islamiste. Je m’étais fait une promesse : si je survis, je témoignerai de ce que j’ai vécu. Une telle perspective m’a aidé à ne pas sombrer dans le désespoir ou la folie. Je suis un militaire, un homme de terrain, un ancien membre du Service Action de la DGSE.
Toute ma vie, j’ai choisi le danger, les missions périlleuses, le combat. J’ai survécu mais cette épreuve m’a changé à jamais. Quand on a envisagé chaque jour comme le dernier, peut-on s’estimer sauvé d’avoir retrouvé la liberté ?"

This author shares her journey from a childhood shaped by abuse, silence, and shame to the long, difficult path of healing and self-discovery. Through powerful storytelling and emotional honesty, she recounts what it means to survive abuse, raise children in the aftermath, and find strength in vulnerability. This memoir is a story of reclaiming identity, learning to trust again, and the quiet power of rebuilding a life from the ground up. It is a tribute to the resilience of those who’ve endured in silence, and a beacon of hope for anyone ready to begin again.

Andrew’s second book, Travels with Tracy: Tales from a Midlife Gap Year, is not your typical travel memoir. With successful careers behind them, supportive families and a lifetime of hard work up their sleeves, Andrew and Tracy decided to pack up their lives and embark on a richly diverse two-year journey through seventeen countries, across five continents.

Reinhold Messner is one of history's greatest mountaineers, a man who pushed the frontier of what is possible for a whole generation of climbers and beyond. In his new memoir, Against the Wind, Messner looks back on a life of accomplishments and recounts some of the most important episodes after turning eighty in 2024.

Ich habe mich selbst in Ketten gelegt, als ich auf meine Ängste hörte und ihnen jedes Wort abnahm. Bis ich ihnen nicht mehr gehorchte. Ein Auto bringt ein leidendes Herz nach Schweden und von dort auch wieder zurück. Doch es ist eine Reise wie keine andere ... Eine gestandene Frau sucht ihren eigenen mythischen Vogel und entdeckt dabei das geheimnisvolle Leuchten eines beeindruckenden Landes mitsamt dessen urmystischer Energie. ... autobiografisch, unbeschönt, echt in jeder Zeile und dem Raum dazwischen