True Life Survival

A short, red-headed and red-faced man with a bold personality, Myles Standish is remembered for his soldierly defense of the Mayflower Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony. But he was just one participant in a legendary struggle for the colony’s survival in a harsh new world. Departing from Holland, the Pilgrims fought off hunger, disease, and terrifying weather to arrive on the northeast coast of North America.

What would you do if you were stranded alone in the Amazon rainforest, trapped beneath a mountain, or fighting to survive in the frozen Antarctic? Every hero in this book was an ordinary person who faced an extraordinary challenge. Some were children. Some were explorers. Some were adventurers. None of them knew they were about to become part of history. Rex Ryder's Epic Survival Stories for Kids takes young readers on ten unforgettable true survival stories that prove courage isn't about being fearless—it's about refusing to give up. Inside you'll discover the incredible real-life ...

First Prize Winner in Published NonFiction, WriterCon 2025. Finalist, 2025 Self-Publishing Review Book Awards The author graduates from an elite university and enters the submarine service in the mid-1980s when rhetoric between the US and USSR threatens to turn the Cold War hot. He encounters an unforgiving world where submarines hunt each other unseen and unheralded in the ocean depths and in which minor mistakes can result in catastrophe. On four classified missions to the Mediterranean Sea, the North Atlantic, the Barents Sea, and the North Pole, he gradually and painfully learns the ...

What Is the Difference Between Having Empathy and Being an Empath? “Having empathy means our heart goes out to another person in joy or pain,” says Dr. Judith Orloff. “But for empaths, it goes much further. We actually feel others’ emotions, energy, and physical symptoms in our own...

Have you ever wondered what truly lies beyond the veil of this life? What if death is not an end, but a profound transformation? This book is not about speculation; it's about testimony. NDE - Near Death Experiences brings you an extraordinary collection of powerful, deeply personal accounts from people who have journeyed to the other side and returned. From a pragmatic engineer who became a being of pure light to a skeptical neurosurgeon whose own experience shattered his scientific worldview, these true stories offer a stunning glimpse into the afterlife. You will travel alongside ...

In no less than seven concentration and extermination camps, the Polish-Jew Noach (Natan) Żelechower was imprisoned during World War II. His first wife and their daughter were transported from the Warsaw Ghetto to Treblinka and perished there during the Great Deportation of the Warsaw Jews in the summer of 1942, and he was left alone to face the threat of Nazi persecution and death. With great resilience, fortitude, and the hope to be reunited with his wife and daughter, Noach was able to withstand and survive the hardships of the camp world, forced labor, and death marches. Throughout the...

EACH OF THE BOOKS CONTAINS A FREE GUIDE Spiritual Insights Prayerful Thoughts Faith Insights Grace Notes What do you do when life shatters around you? When the phone call comes, the abuse begins, the diagnosis is given, or the family you love crumbles before your eyes? From Wounds to Worship is a powerful collection of real-life memoirs from ordinary people who walked through extraordinary pain—and found faith, grace, and resilience on the other side. Inside this bundle, you’ll discover: Grief Was Not the End — A love cut short by tragedy, and the journey of a heartbroken bride-to-be ...

TRUE CRIME! PTA president Kelli Peters had a normal, happy life in Orange County, California, where she volunteered at her daughter's school, carpooled, and took care of her family. When a school parent angrily accused Kelli of keeping her son waiting during the afterschool pick-up, it appeared to be a simple confrontation with an overprotective mother. Kelli soon learned, however, that she was the target of a twisted plot against her that involved drugs, lies, schemes, and a campaign to ruin her life. The vendetta led to reputations tarnished, careers lost, secret lives uncovered, two ...

"Fourteen years." I didn't understand the language the judge was speaking. I understood the number. That was the moment my old life ended. For the next several years, I fought to survive inside Thailand's most notorious prisons. I lived in overcrowded cells where hundreds of prisoners slept shoulder to shoulder. Violence was always a possibility. Disease spread quickly. Corruption touched every aspect of prison life, and even silence had a price. I witnessed things that few people will ever see, and that I will never forget. But this book is about more than prison. It is about resilience ...

Do you parTy? is a raw, unfiltered memoir of survival that rips the mask off methamphetamine addiction and lays bare the harrowing descent into darkness. Dianna Price, once a clean-cut commercial truck driver with no history of drug use, recounts how a single moment in the back of her semi changed everything. What begins as an unexpected encounter quickly spirals into years of chaos, trauma, and loss—marked by haunting hallucinations, dangerous liaisons, human trafficking, and near-death experiences. Her journey spans highways, hotel rooms, jail cells, and the brink of suicide, all while ...

This expansive book chronicles the true story of twelve American sailors who were shipwrecked off the coast of Africa in 1815, captured by desert nomads, sold into slavery, and subjected to a hellish two-month journey through the perilous heart of the Sahara. The western Sahara is a baking hot...

You’re not on top of the food chain. Not out here. Mauled delivers 15 gut-wrenching accounts of humans hunted, cornered, and torn apart by nature’s most savage predators. Bears. Lions. Wolves. Hyenas. These aren’t stories with happy endings—they’re warnings. If you think you're prepared, think again. When it happens, it happens fast.

She packed for three days. She survived twenty-three. On April 11, Maya Calloway rode her electric bike into one of the most remote wilderness areas in the Sierra Nevada with a simple plan: three days alone in the mountains before she turned thirty. A solo adventure. A bucket-list moment. A chance to test herself against real wilderness before the next chapter of her life began. The first storm arrived the next morning. Then the second. Then the third. Over the next twenty-three days, Maya would face thirteen consecutive snowstorms, one avalanche, a serious ankle injury, and forty miles of ...

Based on a true story: In the heart of Haiti, a massive earthquake transforms young Darlene’s world into ruins within seconds. Trapped beneath the debris of her collapsed school, Darlene faces a test of courage that few can imagine. "How We Survived: Buried under the Rubble" is a poignant tale of resilience and hope. This inspiring story follows Darlene as she clings to life and hope in the darkest of times. With every passing moment under the rubble, she draws upon a strength she never knew she had. As she fights against all odds, Darlene teaches us what it truly means to be a survivor ...

This is a new reading of the thrilling account of one of the most astonishing feats of exploration and human courage ever recorded. In August of 1914, the British ship Endurance set sail for the South Atlantic. In October, 1915, still half a continent away from its intended base, the ship was...

The American West was never just a man’s world. In The Forgotten Frontier, bestselling author Richard Fleischman uncovers the extraordinary lives of women who braved the harsh realities of the 19th-century American frontier. Through vivid, deeply researched storytelling, this powerful volume gives voice to the women who crossed mountains, deserts, and boundaries—both physical and social. From midwives who delivered babies on dirt floors to widows who defended their homes with rifles in hand, these women lived at the intersection of grit, grief, resilience, and resolve. Some followed ...

Life on the Edge is a gripping collection of 50 true survival stories drawn from real disasters, extreme environments, and moments where life balanced on the thinnest possible line. These are not tales of adventure tourism—these are accounts of people who faced freezing oceans, collapsing mountains, desert heat, volcanic tsunamis, aircraft wrecks, mine disasters, and violent human conflict, and somehow lived to tell the story. Inside these pages, readers will encounter: • Shipwreck survivors drifting for months at sea • Children lost in scorching deserts • Climbers buried in ...

Plunge into gripping survival stories where ordinary people test human endurance against impossible odds. Perfect for an intense commute or a weekend of immersive listening, these ten harrowing narratives strip away the comforts of modern life. Feel the visceral sting of freezing air and the...

She was declared dead. Minutes later, she opened her eyes—and said she was someone else. In July 1985, in a rural village in northern India, a young mother named Sumitra suddenly collapsed at her home. Her breathing stopped. Her pulse could no longer be detected, and the local healer declared her dead. Her family began preparing her body for cremation. Then something happened that would change two families forever. Sumitra came back. But she did not return as the woman everyone knew. She insisted that her name was Shiva—a woman from another village who had died under suspicious ...

Leslie White knew she wanted more out of life - She found it in an unlikely place. Devastated from the loss of both parents to cancer nine months apart, Leslie vowed to change her life. She bought the neighbor’s old motorhome, found a job as a traveling histologist, and hit the road. But she found she could not trust the one person she was still holding onto.