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Paperback. Jack the Ripper's brutal murders have left an ineradicable stain on the gloomy streets of Whitechapel and surrounding area. This title features cases of Henry Wainwright, tried in 1875 for the murder and dismemberment of his mistress, Harriet Lane; Polish-born Israel Lipski, charged with the murder of fellow lodger Miriam Angel in 1887; and, more. Series: Murder & Crime. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 167 x 6. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752455495
- ISBN
- 9780752455495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.54
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Paperback. From cases as famous as the execution of Andrew Hardie and John Baird for high treason in 1820, to little-known crimes such as that of eighty-four-year old Allan Mair, hung for the murder of his eighty-five-year old wife, Mary, in 1843, this book sheds light on Stirling's criminal history. Series: Murder & Crime. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 174 x 7. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752462721
- ISBN
- 9780752462721
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.64
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€ 18.64
paperback. Lyn worked as a prostitute. Her career ended the night that she watched, her lover, Cullen throw a firebomb through the window of a house, where former prostitute Dolores lived. She denounced him to the police. Cullen was given a life sentence and an 18-year sentence. He has applied for temporary release, but authorities refused it. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: BT; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press Cork
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855942073
- ISBN
- 9781855942073
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.56
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€ 13.56
Paperback. Until the age of five, Loung Ung lived in Phnom Penh, one of seven children of a high-ranking government official. When Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army stormed into Phnom Penh in April 1975, Loung's family fled their home and were eventually forced to disperse to survive. This is a tragic tale of a girl who was determined to survive despite the odds. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1FMC; 3JJP; BTP; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Mainstream Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Film Tie-In
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910948033
- ISBN
- 9781910948033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Inspirational stories and life lessons from the Olympic athlete and war hero Louis Zamperini. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BTP; VSPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 244 x 18. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349406473
- ISBN
- 9780349406473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.92
€ 15.99
€ 11.92
Paperback. Louis Ferrante was a young rogue who made his reputation on the streets of New York and later hooked up with the infamous John Gotti Jr and the Gambino crime family. When the law finally caught up with Louis, he faced a long stretch in some of the most notoriously dangerous penitentiaries. This is his memoir. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BM; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 26. Weight in Grams: 260. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRA0010650
- ISBN
- 9780553819472
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Presents the story of friendship, loyalty and revenge, set against the unmistakable backdrop of New York City. They were four boys who shared everything - the laughter and bruises of an impoverished upbringing in New York's West Side. Then one of their pranks misfired - a man nearly died and they were sent away to a reformatory school. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- V9780099628712
- ISBN
- 9780099628712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
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Paperback. An account of how the author and his mother survived the erratic, violent outbursts of his father, a powerful man who tempered his rage with affection. To a young boy he was a man to both love and fear - until Carcaterra learned something which changed his life for ever: his father was a murderer. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 232. Used paperback in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- SKU
- KRF0038221
- ISBN
- 9780099257073
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Tuttle Classics of Asian Literature S. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3D; BT; FC; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Number of pages
- 992
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804834674
- ISBN
- 9780804834674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.66
€ 33.99
€ 22.66
Paperback. Translator(s): Brewitt-Taylor, C.H. Series: Tuttle Classics of Asian Literature S. Num Pages: 1024 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3D; BT; FC; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135 x 46. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 1024
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804834681
- ISBN
- 9780804834681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.66
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Paperback. Num Pages: 486 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; BTC; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813554112
- ISBN
- 9780813554112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.84
€ 43.99
€ 38.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BT; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manor House Publishing Inc Canada
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897453100
- ISBN
- 9781897453100
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.71
€ 16.99
€ 12.71
Paperback. How one little girl survived a Japanese Prisoner of War camp. A powerful true story. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JJH; BTP; HBJF; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- SKU
- KRA0010678
- ISBN
- 9781447273561
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 265 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 210 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Quagmire Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780978340902
- ISBN
- 9780978340902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.10
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Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 134 x 20. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Quagmire Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780978340957
- ISBN
- 9780978340957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.10
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Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Quagmire Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781926695136
- ISBN
- 9781926695136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.10
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Paperback. Tales from a Dog Catcher is based on the author's experiences in a smallish city in the northern suburbs of NYC. Reminiscent of both All Creatures Great and Small and Marley & Me, it offers the stories of everyday people who, whether by accident or design, come into contact with the sad, funny, and often profound world of an animal control officer. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BT; WNG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781599214986
- ISBN
- 9781599214986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.90
€ 18.99
€ 17.90
Paperback. Those who had not discovered our truth had Satan in their hearts. We lived amongst them, but not with them, 'in the world, but not of the world'. We were special. We were the disciples of the Fellowship. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- SKU
- KEX0248378
- ISBN
- 9780007354344
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Linda Stratmann's carefully researched and enthralling text includes much previously unpublished information and will appeal to everyone interested in the shady side of Middlesex's history. Series: Murders. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 171 x 10. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752451237
- ISBN
- 9780752451237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.64
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€ 18.64
Paperback. The county of Essex has rolling arable farmland, Epping Forest, sleepy villages, busy market towns and secluded backwaters - a wide variety of settings for murder. This work includes accounts that date from as far back as the eighteenth century when the smuggler 'Colchester Jack' shot a confederate in the stomach in a row over stolen goods. Series: Sutton True Crime History. Num Pages: 160 pages, 60 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAX; BTC; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750935548
- ISBN
- 9780750935548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
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Paperback. A compendium that brings together thirty-three murderous tales - one from each of London's boroughs - that not only shocked the City but made headline news across the country. It contains the stories behind these heinous crimes, including George Chapman, who was hanged in 1903 for poisoning three women. Series: Murders. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752451244
- ISBN
- 9780752451244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.81
€ 26.99
€ 23.81
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBR; 1FMT; 3JM; BTP; JKSM; VFDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 144 x 27. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Canbury Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780993040726
- ISBN
- 9780993040726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.63
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€ 14.63
Paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main Market
- Publisher
- Picador
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KLN0018572
- ISBN
- 9780330484466
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The true story of operators from a private military contractor working in Iraq shortly after the Gulf War. Steiner had left the British Army to join the gold rush in war-torn Iraq, but grew disillusioned about the declining situation in the country as he believed that the joint US and UK invasion had made things far worse. Num Pages: 208 pages, 32 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; BTM; JPWL; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 174 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781552209
- ISBN
- 9781781552209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.54
€ 19.99
€ 15.54