The Eagles, a team of volunteers from the executive ranks of a US corporation, hand-picked and trained by a retired Green Beret officer, are sent to penetrate a heavily-guarded prison fortress in Iran, and free the Americans imprisoned there - against terrible odds of success and survival.

Since his GBP 10 million lottery win, a string of intense yet failed relationships had hurt Joe Johnson (not to mention his wallet) very badly. So when Joe met and fell in love with Lisa, he was determined not to be made a fool of, so to ensure Lisa would love him for who he was, not his bank balance, Joe hatched a plan to test her love for him.

The true story of a young police officer's imprisonment for a crime he did not commit.

Olga Chekhova was a stunning Russian beauty and a famous Nazi-era film actress who Hitler counted among his friends; she was also the niece of Anton Chekhov. After fleeing Bolshevik Moscow for Berlin in 1920, she was recruited by her composer brother Lev, to work for Soviet intelligence. In return, her family were allowed to join her. The extraordinary story of how the whole family survived the ..

In the early '90's, dozens of elite young American graduates made their fortunes in hedge funds in the Far East, beating the Japanese at their own game, riding the crashing waves of the Asian markets and winning. This title tells the story of these people.

The 'Days Like This' project by the Scottish Book Trust, in conjunction with BBC radio Scotland, asked the Scottish people to tell a story about a day in their lives; from humourous stories to uplifting tales. 'Days Like This' is the collected anthology of the best true stories showcasing the ordinary genius of Scotland's people.

The moving true story of Perth the beagle.

From the author of The Man Who Listens to Horses -- a top bestseller -- comes the remarkable story of a wild horse.

A collection of stories about working horses and the people who make a living riding them in Canada's mountain national parks that suggests how eventful and adventurous life can be on horseback.

If Adrian Mole had a sister ...Hysterically funny, touching real-life teenage diary from 1989 .

The true story of a Suffolk ploughman, Gordon Butcher, who uncovered the greatest treasure ever found in the British Isles. It was Roman silver of unparalleled beauty and value and, not appreciating what he had discovered, Butcher was savagely cheated out of the fortune that should have been his.

An investigation into poverty, corruption, crime and related issues in Britain including drugs and prostitution amongst children. The investigation moves from the slums and ghettos of our cities, to crack houses and brothels, contacts with street gangs and drug dealers uncovering secret rites and a bizarre and cruel world.

Features 50 unsettling tales of unexplained disappearance.

This is an evocation of the woman who married Chairman Mao and fought to succeed him. The unwanted daughter of a concubine, she refused to have her feet bound, ran away to join an opera troupe and eventually met Mao Zedong in the mountains of Yenan.

A collection of true stories about the tough world of personal protection and nightclub doors from some of Britain's notorious figures.

Tells the story of life after death - a year in the author's own life after her sister Ruth's death; and of a search for the afterlife in the age of reason, of scepticism, of science. This book also tells of the yearning for a voice amongst the silence, and of how we fill the space that appears when someone dies; or how the space fills itself.

This title recounts what happened during the six months that documentary film-maker Stephen Walker began a search for four young, untried, untested, obsessive and possibly unhinged film-makers in their quest for fame and glory at the Cannes Film Festival.

How does it feel to live and work in the world's most beautiful and luxurious tropical island resort, surrounded by white sandy beaches and aquamarine seas? This work takes you behind the scenes at a five-star tropical island resort. It also investigates the rivalries and alliances between the staff at a resort.

From the siege of Troy to the present day, historian Jon Lewis analyses letters by ordinary GIs, memoirs by frontline combatants, and memorable reportage by master chroniclers such as Hemingway.

Dannion Brinley was struck by lightening and was clinically dead. On leaving his body he visited a spiritual realm where he was told of events that would shake the world - some have already happened. During a second near-death experience he was told to use his gifts to help the dying.