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Soldier Five: The Real Truth About The Bravo Two Zero Mission
Mike Coburn - Paperback - Mainstream
'Soldier Five' challenges many of the assumptions and assertions of 'Bravo Two Zero'. Mike Coburn, the soldier left for dead on the Syrian border, sets the record straight about that famous mission.
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Trawler: A Journey Through The North Atlantic
Redmond O'Hanlon - Paperback - Penguin
In 'Trawler', Redmond O'Hanlon describes his most dangerous journey yet - on a trawler sailing from Stromness to Greenland. Unable to fish the North Sea or Icelandic waters, captain Jason and his crew have to make ever longer and more dangerous journeys, in search of ever stranger fish.
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Wheel Of Fortune
Archie Morrison; Joe Pieri - Paperback - Mercat
Archie Morrison found his escape route from the slums of Glasgow by starting as a croupier in the Stakis casinos. From here, he was lured to the gambling mecca of Las Vegas, where he dealt the cards, rolled the dice and spun the wheel for the Rat Pack and other legendary gamblers. This is his rags to riches story.
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Soldier Five: The Real Truth About The Bravo Two Zero Mission
Mike Coburn - Hardback - Mainstream
'Soldier Five' challenges many of the assumptions and assertions of Bravo Two Zero. Mike Coburn, the soldier left for dead on the Syrian border, sets the record straight about that famous mission.
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Into The Abyss: Diving To Adventure In The Liquid World
Rod Macdonald - Hardback - Mainstream
'Into the Abyss' charts the dramatic highs and lows of Rod Macdonald's diving career; one that has been packed full of incident, drama and excitement and has taken him to all of the great shipwreck sites of the world.
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The Barnsley Whale: The True Story Of The World's First Inland Whale Hunt
Steve Deput - Hardback - Mainstream
The blue whale is the largest creature to have ever lived on this planet. Remember when one came to your town - on the back os a lorry? Steve Deput does, but why was it never recorded? Along with a handful of others, Deput set sails on the world's first inland whale hunt to uncover the truth.
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Nazi Gold: The Sensational Story Of The World's Greatest Robbery - And The Greatest Criminal Cover-Up
Ian Sayer; Douglas Botting - Paperback - Mainstream
'Nazi Gold' is a real-life story about the theft of the German National Gold which disappeared in transit following the Nazi collapse in 1945. Here the authors discover the truth behind the mystery and cover-up after over 50 years.
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The Munros And Tops: A Record-Setting Walk In The Scottish Highlands
Chris Townsend - Paperback - Mainstream
After 118 days in which he had covered more than 1700 miles and climbed over 575,000 feet, Townsend had completed the first single continuous journey of all 277 Munros and 240 Tops in the Scottish Highlands - and walked his way into the record books.
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A Bunch Of Sweet Peas
Henry Donald - Paperback - Canongate
Based upon a true story, Henry Donald describes how a young parish minister wrote to the Daily Mail for entry forms for its competition to find the finest bunch of sweet peas in Britain in 1911. The top prize was Đ1000! Just two weeks before the deadline a drought threatened the whole country.
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Beyond The Harbour Lights
Chris Mills - Paperback - Whittles
This volume supplements a selection of contemporary newspaper articles, mainly from the 1920s and 1930s, with background information from other sources such as extracts from ships' log books. The stories are all firmly based on true events as reported and recorded at the time.