True stories
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True stories
Hardback. Recounts the tale of a career UN official caught in the turmoil of international and domestic politics swirling around Cambodia after the fall of the Khmer Rouge. Putting a human face on international operations, this book is suitable for those interested in Southeast Asia, and the role of international peacekeeping. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMC; BT; JPSN1; JWLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742555525
- ISBN
- 9780742555525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.05
€ 174.05
Paperback. This collection of true stories illuminates the experiences of a young Polish boy before World War II, through the gathering storm of Nazism, into the death camps, to poignant reunions many years later. Num Pages: 248 pages, 21, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BT; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- Expanded ed
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801863103
- ISBN
- 9780801863103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.63
€ 37.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 33 photos, b/w maps & 32 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 215.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Hancock House Pub Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888394514
- ISBN
- 9780888394514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.83
€ 27.99
€ 19.83
Paperback. The life and poignant death of one of Britain's bravest women. Eileen Nearne, or Agent Rose, was one of forty women sent into France by the Special Operations Executive (SOE), Churchill's top secret wartime 'spooks' organisation. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BGH; BT; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 268. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0016814
- ISBN
- 9781445641454
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. For 20 years, the Essex Boys firm and their successors, the New Generation, controlled a lucrative drugs empire in Essex and throughout the south east of England by using intimidation, gratuitous violence and murder. This book reveals just how close the author came to being both murderer and murder victim. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 x 8pp colour. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845964993
- ISBN
- 9781845964993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. A new edition of a book formerly known as "So This is Ecstacy?", this is the true story of the rise of one of the most violent and successful criminal gangs of the 90s. The author of the book was a key member of that gang, and this is his inside account of their violent ways. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JJPR; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Mainstream Publishing
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840182859
- ISBN
- 9781840182859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. In December 1995, three key members of the infamous Essex Boys firm were executed in their Range Rover after being lured to a deserted farm track by the promise of a lucrative drug deal. This book tells the true story of the gang that destroyed everything that stood in their way to take control of their fallen predecessors' drug empire. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 x 8pp colour. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAX; BTC; JKVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845963125
- ISBN
- 9781845963125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.79
€ 19.00
€ 16.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894759489
- ISBN
- 9781894759489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 142 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BT; TVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- NeWest Press Canada
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 142
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781896300993
- ISBN
- 9781896300993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 15.75
€ 19.00
€ 15.75
Paperback. This is a modern day Bravo Two Zero meets 3 Para with all the emotion and heartbreak of Midnight Express Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 x 8pp colour. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; BTM; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780755362479
- ISBN
- 9780755362479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 4.99
€ 12.99
€ 4.99
paperback. A true story of capture and incarceration; danger and degradation; hope and survival. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; BM; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 109 x 22. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Sphere
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780751541984
- ISBN
- 9780751541984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 8.25
€ 14.99
€ 8.25
Paperback. How a vicious bombing murder on Main Street shattered the small town of Marshall, Michigan Num Pages: 211 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472035021
- ISBN
- 9780472035021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.19
€ 24.99
€ 22.19
Paperback. A narrative reconstruction and reconsideration of the 1979 murder of Cary Ann Medlin, the author's third grade classmate, and the execution twenty years later of Robert Glen Coe, the man convicted of the crime, the first in Tennessee in forty years. Reminiscent of the best crime writing of Capote, Didion and Baldwin. Num Pages: 173 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of New Orleans Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 173
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608010189
- ISBN
- 9781608010189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.86
€ 17.99
€ 15.86
Paperback. Some of these stories are dire and grim. Others are witty and satirical. Some are political. Others are not. But all are told from the heart and with the authority and sincerity of one who knows his subject. In an era when the customs of the nations of the Middle East are of particular relevance, this book provides a remarkable insight. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 184. My Shocking Journey Through the Savagery of the Modern-Day Middle East. 288 pages. Some of these stories are dire and grim. Others are witty and satirical. Some are political. Others are not. But all are told from the heart and with the authority and sincerity of one who knows his subject. In an era when the customs of the nations of the Middle East are of particular relevance, this book provides a remarkable insight. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BTC. Dimension: 200 x 132 x 19. Weight: 184.
- Publisher
- John Blake
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843583455
- ISBN
- 9781843583455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.33
€ 10.99
€ 9.33
Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, Appx 65-70 4-colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BT; HBTB; KNTP; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- Clarkson Potter
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553459272
- ISBN
- 9780553459272
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.93
€ 25.99
€ 17.93
Paperback. This account gives a vivid picture of the romance and realism of coastal trade, initially in a schooner, then in Thames spiritsail sailing barges before and during the war. The author tells of the havoc wrought by barges caught out in severe gales and the hazards of plying trade in wartime. Num Pages: 176 pages, line drawings, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780953818013
- ISBN
- 9780953818013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.86
€ 17.99
€ 15.86
Paperback. The Sunday Times top-ten bestseller -- a passionate page-turner by a soldier with something to say Num Pages: 352 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Pan Publishing
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330471923
- ISBN
- 9780330471923
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.73
€ 15.99
€ 11.73
Hardcover. 'For years, the illicit love affair between Prime Minister Herbert Asquith and Venetia Stanley was concealed. Shocking events in our family led me to uncover the story of their forbidden love.' Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; BTH; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 166 x 34. Weight in Grams: 642. Very good copy in very good dustwrappers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Metro Books,London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0015930
- ISBN
- 9781843583721
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Tells the true story of how one man ruled his north London manor with an iron fist - and a sawn-off shotgun called Kennedy. This book features an insight into a society where the rules are made by gangland leaders and if anybody dare break them, they have to deal with the consequences. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091960063
- ISBN
- 9780091960063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.04
€ 19.99
€ 15.04
Paperback. Bobby Cummines was only 28 when he passed through the grim gates of Parkhurst, Britain's Alcatraz, as a category - A prisoner with a host of crimes to his name. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785035166
- ISBN
- 9781785035166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39