True stories
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True stories
Paperback. Over the centuries, South London has witnessed literally thousands of murders. Based on documents, trial and inquest transcripts, personal stories and contemporary newspaper reports, as well as visits to the crime scenes, this work is a study of cases that have shocked both capital and country. Series: Sutton True Crime History. Num Pages: 134 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 173 x 9. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750944267
- ISBN
- 9780750944267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.54
€ 17.99
€ 16.54
Paperback. This book will appeal to everyone interested in true-crime and the shadier side of London's past. Series: Murder & Crime. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 166 x 7. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752456577
- ISBN
- 9780752456577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; BTC; HBTM; JPA; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 221 x 17. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613736661
- ISBN
- 9781613736661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.07
€ 17.99
€ 17.07
Paperback. The fall of Enron was much more than a business scandal. Not only did the events of October 2001 have a more damaging effect on the markets than 9/11 but, like Watergate, it was an event that sent shivers throughout the whole world. This is an in-depth investigation of the fall of Enron. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BT; KJ; KNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141011455
- ISBN
- 9780141011455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Lenny McLean's life story is an inspirational one. A bare-knuckle fighter by profession, he was one of the most notorious figures ever to emerge from the East End of London. His untimely death in 1998, following a battle against cancer, was a tragic loss for family and friends and left his legions of fans shocked and bereft. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 X 8 page b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; BTC; JKVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 424. 8vo.clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KEX0262409
- ISBN
- 9781844543588
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 164 pages, Black & White photographs. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 3JH; BTC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Canterbury University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877257599
- ISBN
- 9781877257599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.82
€ 22.82
Paperback. Over 100 eyewitness accounts of hauntings, from all around the world and right up to the present day. Editor(s): Haining, Peter. Series: Mammoth Books. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BT; VXQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Robinson Publishing
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845296889
- ISBN
- 9781845296889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Paperback. A riveting courtroom drama worthy of Grisham or Turow that is also a real-life political thriller that captures the moral vertigo of South Africa's violent apartheid years. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPN; BT; JKV; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 237.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846272875
- ISBN
- 9781846272875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 284 pages, 15 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Garrett County Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781891053481
- ISBN
- 9781891053481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.95
€ 20.99
€ 19.95
Paperback. Retitled, revised and repackaged in B-format paperback: 'Marvellous.. Passionate, intelligent and thrillingly written and, above all, it is true. This is what it feels like to live in Britain today' Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; BTC; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258. The Decline of Order and Justice in England. 336 pages. In this volume Peter Hitchens argues that the time has come to re-examine the criminal justice system root and branch - to cope with rising levels of violent crime, and to restore public faith in society's ability to defend itself. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DB; BTC; JPVH. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight: 314.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843541493
- ISBN
- 9781843541493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.44
€ 15.99
€ 11.44
Paperback. Legendary musician Peter Hook tells the whole story - the fun, the music, the vast loss of money, the legacy - of Manchester's most iconic nightclub Num Pages: 368 pages, 16 pp photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; AVGP; BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Pocket Books
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847391773
- ISBN
- 9781847391773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; HBJK; HBLW; JFHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Third
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781510708921
- ISBN
- 9781510708921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00
€ 19.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JH; BT; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Horsdal & Schubart Publishers Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780920663790
- ISBN
- 9780920663790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.54
€ 23.99
€ 16.54
Paperback. Presents the voices of young Americans - former soldiers who have opted out of the war - who draw their power from wrenching honesty about first hand experiences. This book provides a direct account from soldiers that turned their back on what they viewed as an immoral mission, and who refused to sacrifice themselves in the conflict in Iraq. Num Pages: 254 pages, b/w illustrations integrated. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; BGH; BTM; HBJK; HBLW3; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KMK0007987
- ISBN
- 9781844543632
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. On the eve of World War II, the Squalus, America's newest submarine, plunged to the bottom of the North Atlantic. Miraculously, thirty-three crew members still survived in the stricken vessel. This title presents a moment-by-moment account of the disaster and the man at its centre. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BTP; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 112 x 24. Weight in Grams: 246. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0003333
- ISBN
- 9780091879372
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. The brutal murder of the Reverend George Parker in the rural village of Oddingley on Midsummer's Day in 1806 - shot and beaten to death, his body set on fire and left smouldering in his own glebe field - gripped everyone from the Home Secretary in London to newspapermen across the country. It was a strange and stubborn case. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMT; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099554677
- ISBN
- 9780099554677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.65
€ 23.99
€ 17.65
Paperback. On 8th May 1902, Mont Pelee, the island volcano that had remained dormant for so long, had suddenly come alive. Within minutes the city had been destroyed along with its 30,000 inhabitants. This work presents the story of the destruction of a town in Martinique by an erupting volcano, a man who survived it, and a history of the island itself. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJWWM; 3JJC; BT; HBJK; HBLW; JFFC; RNR; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214. Fine copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KNH0011434
- ISBN
- 9780747568438
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. On 8th May 1902, Mont Pelee, the island volcano that had remained dormant for so long, had suddenly come alive. Within minutes the city had been destroyed along with its 30,000 inhabitants. This work presents the story of the destruction of a town in Martinique by an erupting volcano, a man who survived it, and a history of the island itself. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJWWM; 3JJC; BT; HBJK; HBLW; JFFC; RNR; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214. Fine copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KNH0011435
- ISBN
- 9780747568438
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; BTP; JFSL9; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873514392
- ISBN
- 9780873514392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.26
€ 19.99
€ 18.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BT; WSBX; WSJR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Pavilion
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910232958
- ISBN
- 9781910232958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.72
€ 13.99
€ 11.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Trade edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780425196403
- ISBN
- 9780425196403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.38
€ 19.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BTC; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Milo Books
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903854297
- ISBN
- 9781903854297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.82
€ 11.99
€ 10.82
paperback. "Gripping, intense.. Buried in the Sky will satisfy anyone who loved [Into Thin Air]."-Kate Tuttle, Boston Globe Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 pages of illustrations; 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; 3JMC; BTP; WSZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780393345414
- ISBN
- 9780393345414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.00
€ 17.99
€ 15.00
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252078958
- ISBN
- 9780252078958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51