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Biographies about people triumphing over adversity

Mitch Albom Tuesdays with Morrie

Dying professor gives former student lessons in life

Lance Armstrong with Sally Jenkins It's not about the bike: my journey back to life

Jean-Dominique Bauby The diving bell and the butterfly

Extraordinary story of man only able to communicate by blinking an eyelid

Rick Bragg All over but the shoutin'

Tribute to his mother who kept the family together in times of terrible deprivation

Martin Gilbert The boys: triumph over adversity

The story of 732 young concentration camp survivors

Homer Hickam Jr Rocket boys

Rocket scientist's affectionate memoir of growing up in 1950s' America

Stephen Kuusisto Planet of the blind

Autobiography of man almost totally blind since birth

George Lang Nobody knows the truffles I've seen

Hungarian who escaped the Holocaust and became leading American restaurant owner

Jennifer Lauck Blackbird: a childhood lost and found

The house on Mary Street, Carson City, Nevada is home to five-year-old Jennifer Lauck. Her life should be perfect, but her mother is very ill. In this memoir, Jennifer describes growing up in the 1970s and the extraordinary circumstances of her lost childhood.

Jennifer Lauck Still waters

The sequel to "Blackbird"

James McBride The colour of water

Moving tribute by black musician to his mother, daughter of a Jewish rabbi

Frank Minucci Brother Frank

Drug dealer and mob enforcer who ended up an ordained minister

David Pelzer A Child called "it": one child's courage to survive

David Pelzer The lost boy : a foster child's search for the love of a family

David Pelzer A man named Dave

The journey of Dave Pelzer is completed as he confronts his abusive parents and seeks to create a life filled with love and acceptance.