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True stories

Paperback. Wensley Clarkson explores the dark and sinister side of the multi-billion-pound hash smuggling business: one fuelled by a brutal underworld network of dealers, drug barons, bent cops and even terrorists. Num Pages: 346 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Quercus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9781782061991
ISBN
9781782061991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 10.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BTC; JKV; MBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 294 x 11. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Barricade Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781569808061
ISBN
9781569808061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.21

Paperback. What drives a woman to kill? Obsession? Revenge? Desperation? Or Pure Evil? Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
295
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844548477
ISBN
9781844548477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.24

Paperback. Cocaine Confidential goes inside the lives of the coca farmers, the jungle sweat-shop workers, the smugglers, the suppliers, and, ultimately, the dealers who provide for the world's hundreds of millions of users, to reveal their stories for the first time. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 27. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Quercus
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848663275
ISBN
9781848663275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

hardcover. In the last fifty years, the changing face of British crime has turned the UK into the wild west of Europe. For decades drugs dominated the UK underworld, but in recent years a spate of major robberies - or heists - has grabbed the headlines. This title tells the stories behind the twelve most heinous armed robberies ever staged in these islands. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 614. Good clean copy with light nicks and tears to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Welbeck Publishing London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0001233
ISBN
9781780973630
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. In the shadow of the Holocaust, the Soviet Union's quiet yet brutal campaign against Polish citizens is often overlooked. This book gives voice to the hundreds of thousands of victims of Soviet barbarism. It presents one of the darkest periods of European history and stands as an intimate chronicle of an atrocity yet to receive its historical due. Num Pages: 288 pages, 21 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 1DVUA; 3JJH; BGH; BTM; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226004440
ISBN
9780226004440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.17

Hardback. John Romeiser has woven both the North African diary and Whitehead's memoir of the subsequent landings in Sicily into a vivid, unvarnished, and completely riveting story of eight months during some of the most brutal combat of the war. Series: World War II: The Global, Human and Ethical Dimension. Num Pages: 248 pages, 15 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BTM; HBJD; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823226757
ISBN
9780823226757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BT; VXQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Souvenir Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780285643543
ISBN
9780285643543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.21

Paperback. First account of the most valuable haul in British criminal history, the Brinks-Mat robbery of 1983 Num Pages: 304 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co London
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752878096
ISBN
9780752878096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.06

Paperback. An impossible choice - Jorge Salcedo was trapped. For years, he had climbed the ladder inside the Cali drug cartel, and risen to Head of Security. But he'd kept clean, avoided the dirty work, managed to sleep at night. He'd finally received the order he'd long dreaded, and it meant one thing: kill or be killed. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; BTC; JKVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099557777
ISBN
9780099557777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; BT; HBJK; HBLA; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 32. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062407405
ISBN
9780062407405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.38

Paperback. Helps a detective to tell whether the victim had suffocated, drowned, been shot, stabbed, or struck by lightning, spontaneously combusted, frozen to death or expired due to starvation. This book contains suggestions which include examining the face of the deceased for an 'expression of angry resistance', and a clear indication of murder. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
New ed.
SKU
V9780752455136
ISBN
9780752455136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; BTC; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 204 x 23. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062242198
ISBN
9780062242198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.57

Paperback. Compiled from prison documents, ancient papers, and other authentic sources, this book contains the details of the crimes, trials and executions of various murderers, highwaymen, rogues and rebels to swing from the York Tyburn. Taking you on a tour through the executions of the North, it is suitable for those with an interest in criminal history. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752455372
ISBN
9780752455372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. From the testing laboratories where engineers struggle to build a jet engine that can resist bird attacks, through the creation of the A320 in France, to the political and social forces that have sought to minimize the impact of revolutionary fly-by-wire technology, this work lets us question our assumptions about human beings in modern aviation. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BTP; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 147 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141046747
ISBN
9780141046747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. A terrifying journey to the criminal heart of the Hell's Angels motorcycle club - the most infamous biker group in the world. 'Brilliant and highly readable .. an investigative tour-de-force. This is the first book to lift the lid on the real Hells' Angels.' TONY THOMPSON, author of the bestselling GANGS Num Pages: 480 pages, 2 x 8pp B&W plate sections. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340898338
ISBN
9780340898338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 131 x 38. Weight in Grams: 592.
Edition
Main
Publisher
NYRB Classics
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780940322462
ISBN
9780940322462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.05

Paperback. As a twenty-three-year-old veterinarian, William W. Putney joined the Marine Corps at the height of World War II. He commanded the Third Dog Platoon during the battle for Guam and later served as chief veterinarian and commanding officer of the War Dog Training School, where he helped train former pets for war in the Pacific. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26 illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; BTM; HBG; HBWQ; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Potomac Books
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574887198
ISBN
9781574887198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.55

Paperback. Originally published by Hammond World Atlas in 2009. Num Pages: 192 pages, Color photos throughout, color illustrations throughout, B&W photos throughout,. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629144566
ISBN
9781629144566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Monday Books
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
KNW0008964
ISBN
9780955285479
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

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