True stories
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True stories
Paperback. An inside look at our first line of defense against terrorists and hostage takers. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BT; JKSW1; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780738202624
- ISBN
- 9780738202624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.83
€ 27.99
€ 19.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSC; BT; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- SKU
- KTG0005887
- ISBN
- 9781574091335
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
hardcover. Murder, Inc. and the Moral Life: Gangsters and Gangbusters in La Guardia's New York tells the story of the notorious 1930s Brooklyn gang nicknamed "Murder, Inc." Murder, Inc. is as well an extended moral reflection on the phenomenon of gangsters in general and the Murder, Inc. gang in particular Num Pages: 288 pages, 17 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJG; BTC; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Hardback
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780823271559
- ISBN
- 9780823271559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.55
€ 83.55
paperback. An 18th-century adventure - a true story of love, murder and survival.. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JF; BGH; BTP; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780553815399
- ISBN
- 9780553815399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 11.64
€ 16.99
€ 11.64
Paperback. An insider's view of Japan's underworld of organized crime. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 199 x 23. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780330679
- ISBN
- 9781780330679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.81
€ 14.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. The incredible true story of the rise and reign of Pablo Escobar, the most wanted criminal in history, told by the one man who was with him every step of the way - his brother Roberto. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2x4 page plate sections. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340951101
- ISBN
- 9780340951101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.32
€ 17.99
€ 13.32
Paperback. An expose of dirty money and the drug trade that reveals how they are at the heart of our lives, our economy, and our world. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JKVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846147708
- ISBN
- 9781846147708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.90
€ 14.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. The truth is always stranger than fiction Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Robinson Publishing
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845297817
- ISBN
- 9781845297817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.48
€ 17.99
€ 13.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 275 pages, b/w photos & maps. BIC Classification: BTC; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Mandrake of Oxford United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New and revised ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781869928308
- ISBN
- 9781869928308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.32
€ 17.99
€ 13.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 284 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Mandrake of Oxford United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781869928926
- ISBN
- 9781869928926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Hardcover. Ripperology - an obsessive interest in studying the crimes of Jack the Ripper - is a subject of interest that has suffered from confusion, exaggeration, and hyperbole. This study presents a sequential history of literary investigations of Jack the Ripper's crimes, and aims to tell the story of the literary efforts directed at solving the mystery. Series: True Crime S. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations, notes, biblio., index. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873388610
- ISBN
- 9780873388610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.78
€ 29.78
Hardback. Marine Lieutenant James N Sutton died on the grounds of the Naval Academy on October 13, 1907, and the Marine Corps would never be the same. This title tells the true story of an Oregon mother's crusade to save her son's soul from the stigma of suicide and confront venerated military institutions in the search for the truth. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 3JJC; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742548497
- ISBN
- 9780742548497
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.77
€ 32.99
€ 29.77
Paperback. A story of forbidden love. Zakia and Mohammad Ali are a modern day Romeo and Juliet. Two young Afghan lovers - he a Shia, she a Sunni - who defied their families risking their lives in order to be together. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; BTP; JFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781473607026
- ISBN
- 9781473607026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.05
€ 11.99
€ 10.05
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780743292047
- ISBN
- 9780743292047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.49
€ 20.99
€ 18.49
Paperback. Based on fact, Historie de Louis Anniaba was first published in 1740 but has never before been reprinted. The story allows a degree of narrative and geographical fantasy, but the legal context of the period, in this volume brought into play for the first time, throws into relief the author's free-thinking stance. Editor(s): Little, Roger. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 92 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDU; BGH; BT; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 126 x 8. Weight in Grams: 175.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 92
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859896702
- ISBN
- 9780859896702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.19
€ 42.19
Paperback. Written by his son-in-law, with unique access to personal records, this is the exciting biography of Karel Kuttelwascher, a Czech who became the scourge of Luftwaffe bombers in 1942, when his destruction of fifteen aircraft while flying with the famed No. 1 Squadron made him the RAF's top night intruder ace. Num Pages: 192 pages, 50 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; BTP; HBWQ; JWG; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 343.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781555910
- ISBN
- 9781781555910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.18
€ 21.99
€ 17.18
Paperback. The latest title in Amberley's new series of Eyewitness Accounts bringing history, warfare, disaster, travel and exploration to life, written by people who could say, 'I was there!' Series: Eyewitness Accounts. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BM; BT; HBWN; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445641973
- ISBN
- 9781445641973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.88
€ 15.88
paperback. The Mail and Guardian bedside book once again selects the best of the paper's features over the last year to bring you an unparalleled snapshot of South Africa (and Africa) in cross-section. Editor(s): de Waal, Shaun. BIC Classification: BT; D; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Jacana Media
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781919931838
- ISBN
- 9781919931838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.58
€ 17.99
€ 16.58
Paperback. True South African Stories. 158 pages. No longer skewed by political agendas, this is collection of true accounts of people, events and incidents that helped to shape the current political situation in South Africa, retold in order to bring history back into balance. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BT; FYB; JFHF. Dimension: 150 x 209 x 11. Weight: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- David Philip, Publishers
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780864864871
- ISBN
- 9780864864871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.55
€ 15.55
Paperback. A collection of hard man accounts, including true stories of men living on the very edge of what is normal to the rest of us - the merciless streets of Mafia, Triads, Yardies, Yakuza, Hell's Angels and Chinese Tongs. This work is useful for those interested in violent true crime, how real criminals think, and the darker elements of society. Editor(s): Wilkes, Roger. Series: Mammoth Books. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Robinson
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845293024
- ISBN
- 9781845293024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
€ 10.99
€ 10.03