True stories
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True stories
Paperback. As the summer of 1914 drew to a close, it was difficult for a 16 year-old schoolboy to realize that the world for which he had been prepared at Clifton College was itself preparing for war. By 1916, he was commissioned in the Royal Field Artillery. This book gives human account of history. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 pp B & W photos; line drawings/maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; BGHA; BTM; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857501950
- ISBN
- 9780857501950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.41
€ 17.99
€ 13.41
Hardcover.
- Edition
- Media tie-in
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780679602989
- ISBN
- 9780679602989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.46
€ 26.99
€ 22.46
Paperback. "Murder in Lancashire" provides a fascinating insight into policing in the north of England in the 1970s Num Pages: 128 pages, 36. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Carnegie Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781874181910
- ISBN
- 9781874181910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.26
€ 8.99
€ 8.26
Paperback. The paperback debut of the bestselling book that tells the no-holds-barred story of Massachusetts' infamous Bulger Brothers, Whitey and Billy, unveiling an unprecedented criminal alliance. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 106 x 29. Weight in Grams: 262. Used paperback in good condition. May have some light shelfwear.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Grand Central Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- KRF2232048
- ISBN
- 9780446618885
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 10.99€ 4.99
€ 10.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. From the bestselling author of Fred & Rose, Heistis the astonishing story of the GBP53 million Tonbridge Securitas robbery. Num Pages: 512 pages, 2 x 16pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; 3JMC; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Pocket Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1851
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847390554
- ISBN
- 9781847390554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.50
€ 15.99
€ 11.50
paperback. He was Britain's most wanted man. He spent seven years in America's toughest penitentiary. You'll like him. During the mid 1980s Howard Marks had forty three aliases, eighty nine phone lines and owned twenty five companies throughout the world. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; BGA; BTC; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784705909
- ISBN
- 9781784705909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 15.16
€ 19.00
€ 15.16
Paperback. In this text, celebrated drug smuggler Howard Marks has collected together all of the unpublished material sent to him over the years from drug users, traffickers, smugglers, and prisoners - people from all walks of life. Also included are selections from Marks' own collection of drug writing. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; DQ; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 394. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002061
- ISBN
- 9780099428558
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BM; BTC; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 265 x 23. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781509809684
- ISBN
- 9781509809684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 6.00
€ 12.99
€ 6.00
Paperback. The most ridiculous emergency calls Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BT; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 84.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472102553
- ISBN
- 9781472102553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. A fascinating insight into one of the most elite special operations units in the world. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16pp B&W Photos. BIC Classification: BTM; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 292. Very good copy with light shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0007328
- ISBN
- 9780751549027
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Appointed to conquer the "crime capital of the world", the first Paris police chief faces an epidemic of murder. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 pages of illustrations; 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; BG; BTC; HBJD; HBLL; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393239782
- ISBN
- 9780393239782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.72
€ 27.99
€ 24.72
Paperback. In 1984, John Thompson was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of a white man in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was sent to Angola prison and confined to his cell twenty-three hours a day. This title is about the eighteen-year quest for John Thompson's freedom from a wrongful murder conviction. Num Pages: 480 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JJPN; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 689.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620876084
- ISBN
- 9781620876084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.47
€ 17.47
Paperback. Editor(s): Higgins, Jeff V.; Brady, Christopher M. Num Pages: 119 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 119
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781621002666
- ISBN
- 9781621002666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.68€ 52.00
€ 73.68
€ 52.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJPK; BTC; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 25. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Publisher
- Barricade Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781569809006
- ISBN
- 9781569809006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.23
€ 20.99
€ 20.23
Paperback. Presents an anthology of true stories, drawn from the author's personal experience as a Registered Docker in the Port of London. This work is an attempt to preserve the memories of day to day life of the docklands in the past. It is of interest to those whose relatives worked as dockers, and to social historians. Num Pages: 146 pages, 50 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BT; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 174 x 9. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750941389
- ISBN
- 9780750941389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; BTC; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486440064
- ISBN
- 9780486440064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 15.50
€ 19.00
€ 15.50
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493008490
- ISBN
- 9781493008490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.32
€ 29.99
€ 22.32
Paperback. Presents a memoir of a Holocaust survivor, who settled in Austria after the war, where he became a successful black market entrepreneur. He took special satisfaction at profiting from the misfortune of his former oppressor and became a compulsive philanderer as well. Eventually, he migrated to America, where he led a quiet family life. Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum Books. Num Pages: 27 illus. BIC Classification: BTP; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295981161
- ISBN
- 9780295981161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.89
€ 31.89
Paperback. Henri de Monfried is inextricably linked to the Red Sea and the raffish ports between Suez and Aden in the early years of the twentieth century. This book is an account of how de Monfried becomes a collector and merchant of the fabled Gulf pearls, and is drawn into the shadowy world of arms trading, slavery, smuggling and drugs. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QSL; BG; BTC; HBTM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141442105
- ISBN
- 9780141442105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.29
€ 17.99
€ 14.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; HBJK; HBLW; JFHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Trine Day
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Updated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634240185
- ISBN
- 9781634240185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.81
€ 26.99
€ 23.81
The story of how three young Polish Jewish women attempt to resurrect their lives in the bitter aftermath of World War II. After years in a concentration camp, their search for freedom bears fruit in the promise of a Jewish homeland. But pioneering Israel means new hardships. Series: Religion, Theology and the Holocaust. Num Pages: 192 pages, 21 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJP; BTP; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607359
- ISBN
- 9780815607359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.67
€ 20.99
€ 20.67
Paperback. A dramatic account of the 33 miners of the San Jose mine in Chile by novelist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hector Tobar, in official collaboration with 'The 33' and with the full cooperation of the Chilean authorities behind the daring rescue operation. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444755411
- ISBN
- 9781444755411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. Gives the inside scoop on how to be the most hated passenger on the plane, whether passionate affairs with pilots are really as frequent as you'd think, and what it's like flying in a post-9/11 world. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BT; KNGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061986468
- ISBN
- 9780061986468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.65
€ 13.99
€ 10.65
Paperback. BIC Classification: BT; DC; HR; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Thin Man Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780993014123
- ISBN
- 9780993014123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.24
€ 12.24