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True stories
Paperback. Charles 'Lucky' Luciano was a vicious mobster who rose to become the multimillionaire king of the New York underworld. This is a biography that tells Luciano's real story, from his early days as a top hit man for the mob to his exploits running sex and narcotics empires and revelations about his transatlantic trip to Nazi Germany. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 x 8pp colour & b/w. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845967376
- ISBN
- 9781845967376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 64 colour photos & 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; 1KBCB; BTP; WSSN5; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888395238
- ISBN
- 9780888395238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 15.75
€ 19.00
€ 15.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; BTM; DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141981086
- ISBN
- 9780141981086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.95
€ 12.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. Compiling firsthand accounts, testimonies, and letters by notable Titanic survivors, this work focuses on the disaster. Editor(s): Maltin, Tim. Series: Penguin Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QSAN; 3JJC; BTP; HBTM; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 209 x 27. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Deluxe
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143106623
- ISBN
- 9780143106623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BTM; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Regnery Publishing Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781621574880
- ISBN
- 9781621574880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.43
€ 32.99
€ 26.43
Paperback. Winner of the Booker Prize and international bestseller Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: BTM; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 28. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780340936290
- ISBN
- 9780340936290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 5.70
€ 16.99
€ 5.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JFSL3; JFSP1; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609807313
- ISBN
- 9781609807313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.87
€ 18.99
€ 16.87
Paperback. Soon after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Republic of Georgia fell prey to a series of power struggles, rampant crime and corruption, secessionist wars, and the spillover of the war in neighboring Chechnya. This book presents the author's experiences in the strife-ridden Republic of Georgia. Num Pages: 344 pages, maps, photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVUG; BM; BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 176 x 32. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Expanded
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765617118
- ISBN
- 9780765617118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
hardcover. New York City has long been a breeding ground for spies, saboteurs, terrorists, and other threats to the nation and its greatest city. Battleground New York City examines the history of domestic security operations and the people and agencies involved in safeguarding "the city that never sleeps". Num Pages: 312 pages, 16 b notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BTC; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597976770
- ISBN
- 9781597976770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.14
€ 32.99
€ 29.14
Paperback. Accounts of physical and emotional healing through heavenly intervention. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BT; VXPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 228. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- SKU
- KRA0010881
- ISBN
- 9781849830102
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 191 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Wood Green The Animals Charity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780992606404
- ISBN
- 9780992606404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.66
€ 13.99
€ 11.66
Paperback. From the moment the Military Wives sang together on BBC Two's The Choir, their lives changed forever. Their journey entranced the nation, and their story moved millions. Num Pages: 336 pages, (2x8pp colour plates). BIC Classification: BT; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 296. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- SKU
- KTG0007671
- ISBN
- 9780007488964
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. From the moment the Military Wives sang together on BBC Two's The Choir, their lives changed forever. Their journey entranced the nation, and their story moved millions. Num Pages: 336 pages, (2x8pp colour plates). BIC Classification: BT; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 296. Like new.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007488964
- ISBN
- 9780007488964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Betrayal: The Crisis in the Catholic Church: The findings of the inves...
The Investigative Staff Of The Boston Globe
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; BTC; HRAM2; HRCC7; JFFE1; JFFE2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781257432
- ISBN
- 9781781257432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.14
€ 11.99
€ 10.14
paperback. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General. Dimension: 209 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Beaufort Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780825305931
- ISBN
- 9780825305931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 15.16
€ 22.99
€ 15.16
Paperback. New edition of Terry Waite's seminal memoir, celebrating 25 years since his release - with a new foreword and final chapter Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; BT; HRCV9; HRCX7; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 39. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 25th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473637115
- ISBN
- 9781473637115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.41
€ 17.99
€ 13.41
Paperback. Horrific, horrendous, unspeakable, the Whitechapel murderer, Jack the Ripper, stalked the streets of East London in 1888, slaughtering prostitutes and bewildering the police who were hunting him. This book looks at the evidence left by the murderer. Series Editor(s): Davies, David Stuart. Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840220773
- ISBN
- 9781840220773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.29
€ 12.29
Hardcover. Series: American South Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; HBJK; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813933849
- ISBN
- 9780813933849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.51
€ 54.51
Paperback. Series: Battleground Europe. Num Pages: 150 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJF; BTM; HBJD1; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Pen and Sword
- Number of pages
- 150
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850529326
- ISBN
- 9780850529326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.17
€ 14.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613747759
- ISBN
- 9781613747759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.33
€ 17.99
€ 17.33
Paperback. Even among the Mob, the Westies were feared. Out of a partnership between two sadistic thugs - James Coonan and Mickey Featherstone - the gang dominated the decaying slice of New York City's West Side known as Hell's Kitchen in the 1970s and '80s. This edition tells the story of the Westies with snapshots of the men and women of the Westies. Num Pages: 544 pages, 8pp B & W photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553819564
- ISBN
- 9780553819564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.57
€ 16.99
€ 12.57
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; BTC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613748640
- ISBN
- 9781613748640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.32
€ 29.99
€ 25.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 13 b/w line drawings. BIC Classification: BT; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590172490
- ISBN
- 9781590172490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.05
€ 19.99
€ 17.05
Paperback. From Wild Bill Hickok to Lame Johnny, Jack McCall to Lee "Curly" Grimes, the most notorious desperadoes and their deeds are featured in this history of the Mount Rushmore State. Through these astonishing true stories, Outlaw Tales of South Dakota introduces you to a state you thought you knew--and a West wilder than you ever imagined. Series: Outlaw Tales. Num Pages: 144 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNS; BTC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 17.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762772643
- ISBN
- 9780762772643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.05
€ 17.99
€ 17.05