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True stories
Paperback. Covers the network of international mobsters and hackers who use the Internet to extort money from businesses, steal from tens of millions of consumers and attack government networks. This title takes readers into the murky hacker underground, travelling the globe from San Francisco to Costa Rica and London to Russia. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781586489076
- ISBN
- 9781586489076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.49
€ 25.99
€ 19.49
Paperback. This is the true story of 450 US soldiers, early in the Vietnam War, who found themselves surrounded by 2000 North Vietnamese regulars in the Ia Dang Valley, in what became the first major battle of the extended conflict. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations, maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1FMV; BTM; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 34. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552150262
- ISBN
- 9780552150262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. The incredible true story of the FBI's most successful undercover agent now reissued as a Great Read Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BTC; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340922651
- ISBN
- 9780340922651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. As a young mum-of-three, the author was determined to get her troubled life back on track. But then she met Gary Heidnik and the next four months became a living nightmare. Along with five women she was held captive in a cellar where she was starved, beaten, and repeatedly raped to fulfil Heidnik's desire of creating a 'family' of ten children. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091955717
- ISBN
- 9780091955717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.35
€ 26.99
€ 20.35
Paperback. The true story of a German soldier's escape from a Siberian prison camp following World War II, and his struggle for survival during an 8000-mile journey to freedom across some of the most treacherous and inhospitable conditions on earth. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FCS; 3JJP; BG; BTP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Robinson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841197265
- ISBN
- 9781841197265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.71
€ 16.99
€ 12.71
Paperback. When Asad was eight years old, his mother was shot in front of him. With his father in hiding, he was swept alone into the great wartime migration that has scattered the Somali people throughout the world. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; BG; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099563778
- ISBN
- 9780099563778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. 'Moving - at times almost unbearably so - and fascinating' Antonia Fraser A family's story of human tenacity, faith and a race for survival in the face of unspeakable horror and cruelty perpetrated by the Nazi regime against the Jewish people. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BM; BTP; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008158064
- ISBN
- 9780008158064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.97
€ 11.99
€ 9.97
Paperback. A collection of short stories that creatively communicate the cancer patient's journey. It includes stories based on real-life accounts. It explores the very human side of cancer as well as providing expert commentary on the clinical aspects of diagnosis and therapy of this disease. Num Pages: 305 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BT; VFJB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 208 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290. 286 pages, black & white illustrations. A collection of short stories that creatively communicate the cancer patient's journey. It includes stories based on real-life accounts. It explores the very human side of cancer as well as providing expert commentary on the clinical aspects of diagnosis and therapy of this disease. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: BT; VFJB. Dimension: 153 x 208 x 13. Weight: 290.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Number of pages
- 305
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857298942
- ISBN
- 9780857298942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.77
€ 35.99
€ 30.77
hardcover. When Jonathan Taylor was eight he began to find his father puzzling. Doctors diagnosed Parkinson's disease, and Jonathan became one of his father's carers, taking it in turn with his family to look after him. This is the story of a son's struggle for recognition from a father who is being transformed mentally and physically by the disease. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BTP; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 137 x 28. Weight in Grams: 372. Good clean copy with light nicks and tears to dust jacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Granta Books London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0001219
- ISBN
- 9781862079557
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Cases of child homicide are rare but they are especially horrific. The author goes behind the sensationalist headlines to investigate why these crimes happen and examines child homicide in our modern violent world. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 179 x 109 x 17. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Virgin Books London
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753507582
- ISBN
- 9780753507582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845630751
- ISBN
- 9781845630751
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.70
€ 35.99
€ 31.70
Paperback. This is a fascinating reinvestigation of the Haigh serial murders of 1944-9 based on fresh primary research into case files and Haigh's family background. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1x16 pages of b&w plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3JJH; 3JJPG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473837935
- ISBN
- 9781473837935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.13
€ 27.99
€ 24.13
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KLN0017091
- ISBN
- 9780751532234
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. On a 6,000-mile train trip across the North American continent from New York City to the West Coast, then back to New York ,Jonathan Goodman visited a number of sites of notorious murders. This is a fusion of true crime and travel writing, with reflections on American manners and morals observed during this serendipitous transcontinental journey. Num Pages: 208 pages, 27 photographs & illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0227609
- ISBN
- 9780873388252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSP; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781509800193
- ISBN
- 9781509800193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.16
€ 15.99
€ 11.16
Paperback. Two spectacular dead bodies-Elizabeth Short, known as the Black Dahlia, found dumped and posed in a vacant lot in January 1947, and Marilyn Monroe, found dead in her home in August 1962-bookend this new history of Hollywood's postwar transition. Num Pages: 248 pages, 41 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJP; APF; BTC; HBJK; HBLW3; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284326
- ISBN
- 9780520284326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardcover. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 166 x 37. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780385538732
- ISBN
- 9780385538732
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.43
€ 32.99
€ 28.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWM; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 132. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804170567
- ISBN
- 9780804170567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.81
€ 19.00
€ 16.81
Paperback. The first real-life story behind HM Customs officer work. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BM; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472109422
- ISBN
- 9781472109422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.31
€ 11.99
€ 10.31
Paperback. In the words of Malcolm Brown 'a rediscovered classic'. Sixty first-hand accounts of what life was really like in the Great War. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BTM; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 31. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781849010672
- ISBN
- 9781849010672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.75
€ 17.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 227 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Monsoon Books Singapore
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814358323
- ISBN
- 9789814358323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.18
€ 10.99
€ 10.18
Paperback. An illustrated collection of stories about the men and women of Essex who have become notorious for their villainy. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAX; 2AB; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 150 x 8. Weight in Grams: 244. 128 pages, illustrations. An illustrated collection of stories about the men and women of Essex who have become notorious for their villainy. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKEAX; 2AB; BTC; WQH. Dimension: 209 x 150 x 8. Weight: 244.
- Publisher
- Countryside Books
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853068829
- ISBN
- 9781853068829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.46
€ 12.46
Paperback. In 1997, Grant Hadwin committed an act of violence - he destroyed the Golden Spruce of the Queen Charlotte Islands. The tree was a scientific marvel, beloved by the Haida people who believed it sacred. This book tells the story of what pushed him to such an act, an environmental protest which acts as a metaphor for the challenge the world faces. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JJPR; BT; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099515791
- ISBN
- 9780099515791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.93
€ 15.99
€ 11.93
Paperback. The gripping true story of the hunt for a man-eating tiger across the forbidding landscape of Russia's Far East.. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 x 8pp colour + maps. BIC Classification: 1FCS; 3JJPR; BT; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340962589
- ISBN
- 9780340962589
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33