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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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