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A True Story of Survival
by Dean King
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by Lawrence Osborne
Published Jun 2013
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by Mende Nazer, Damien Lewis
Published Jun 2005
Read ReviewsA shocking true story of contemporary slavery: a young girl, snatched from her tribal village in Africa, survives enslavement in Sudan and London before making a courageous escape to freedom.
by David Sinclair
Published Jan 2005
Read ReviewsThe bizarre tale of a 19th century land swindle by 'Sir Gregor MacGregor', who conned hundreds of people into buying land in a country that didn't exist; a fact they didn't discover until they'd traveled half way round the world to Central America to claim their property.
by Robert Whitaker
Published Dec 2004
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