True stories
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True stories
Paperback. The first-person account of a 26-year-old who fought in the war in Sierra Leone as a 12-year-old boy. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers London
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007247097
- ISBN
- 9780007247097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.21
€ 14.99
€ 11.21
Paperback. Illustrated with a range of photographs and engravings - showing the criminals and their crimes, and the towns and villages of Yorkshire in days gone by. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100 black and white. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BG; BTC; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 173 x 8. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750947466
- ISBN
- 9780750947466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.13
€ 17.99
€ 16.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 76 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JJH; BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 7. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Aspekt,The Netherlands Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 76
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789059110717
- ISBN
- 9789059110717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.68
€ 13.99
€ 11.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 76 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 2ACD; BTM; E. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 5. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Aspekt,The Netherlands Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 76
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789059110618
- ISBN
- 9789059110618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.62
€ 13.99
€ 11.62
Paperback. Carve Her Name With Pride is the inspiring story of the half-French Violette Szabo. Num Pages: 192 pages, 24 pages of plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BTM; HBJD; HBWQ; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848847422
- ISBN
- 9781848847422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.75
€ 25.99
€ 22.75
Hardback. From the renowned chronicler of law-and-order in Gilded Age New York City, the sensational grave robbery of A. T. Stewart, "The Merchant Prince of Manhattan," one of the wealthiest men in American history Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BTC; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 34.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762778126
- ISBN
- 9780762778126
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.73
€ 25.99
€ 20.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 254 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894759397
- ISBN
- 9781894759397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.82
€ 19.99
€ 14.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 40 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; BTH; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 12. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927575420
- ISBN
- 9781927575420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.27
€ 17.99
€ 13.27
Paperback. A collection of tales that can inspire you to live your dreams. It presents stories that demonstrate the best qualities we share as human beings: compassion, grace, forgiveness, generosity and faith and they share a collected wisdom on love, parenting, teaching, death and the overcoming of obstacles. Num Pages: 320 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DQ; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Vermilion
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091819569
- ISBN
- 9780091819569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.42
€ 21.99
€ 16.42
Paperback. A handbook for surviving and succeeding during the teen years. It contains lessons on the nature of friendship and love, the importance of belief in the future and the value of respect for yourself and others. It also deals with tough issues like death, suicide and the loss of love. Num Pages: 368 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: DQ; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 29. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Vermilion
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091826406
- ISBN
- 9780091826406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, cartoons throughout. BIC Classification: 1DB; BT; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 201 x 19. Weight in Grams: 246. Clean copy, with very light shelfwear. Good to very good
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- John Blake
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- SKU
- KST0017636
- ISBN
- 9781844541805
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A semi-autobiographical account of the Vietnam War, this novel reveals how war can make everything explosive - even love - and how two friends try to put the pieces of their lives together again. Series: Phoenix Fiction S. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BTM; FJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226268866
- ISBN
- 9780226268866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.62
€ 31.99
€ 24.62
Paperback. A catalogue of 365 ghastly tales from around the county dating from the twelfth to the twentieth centuries. It contains diverse tales of highwaymen, murderers, poachers, witches, rioters and rebels, as well as accounts of prisons, punishments and executions. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 172 x 12. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752456843
- ISBN
- 9780752456843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.38
€ 19.99
€ 18.38
Paperback. Millions of people around the world have experienced contact from the other side. In this inspiring and uplifting short story leading expert Jacky Newcomb shares some of the stories she's received about contact and life after death. Series: HarperTrue Fate - A Short Read. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: BT; VXPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 113 x 7. Weight in Grams: 66.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008105082
- ISBN
- 9780008105082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.07
€ 9.99
€ 9.07
Paperback. Story of a woman who converted to Islam to marry Omar. As the marriage turned unsuccessful, she risked her life to get herself and her two little girls out of Cairo and away from an abusive husband. Living in the shadow of a Fatwa, a Muslim death threat, Jacky has to protect herself and her daughters. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 231. Clean copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KEA0000073
- ISBN
- 9780340862421
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Illustrated with more than 60 archive images, this collection of true tales from across the Ribble Valley gives a record of crime and punishment. It begins with the paranoid prisoner of Barnoldswick and passes through an alphabet of place names that ends within the haunted ruins of Whalley Abbey, where the execution of a martyred monk was staged. Series: Murder & Crime. Num Pages: 128 pages, approx 65. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 6. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752444956
- ISBN
- 9780752444956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.29
€ 19.99
€ 18.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations (some col.), col. map, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTP; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Anchor Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780385497671
- ISBN
- 9780385497671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.62
€ 19.99
€ 14.62
Paperback. This is the story of Jacques Lusseyran, a blind French resistance leader who was interned at Buchenwald. Translator(s): Cameron, Elizabeth R. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Floris Books
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863155079
- ISBN
- 9780863155079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.82
€ 19.99
€ 15.82
Paperback. 'If we had held one minute's silence for each of the six million Jews who were murdered, we would have remained silent for twelve years.' Blanche Major. Blanche Major and nine other Jewish women testify about their horrific experiences in Auschwitz, Theresienstadt, Bergen-Belsen and other Nazi camps. Editor(s): Lothe, Jakob. Translator(s): Hagen, Anne Marie. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BK; BTP; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 257 x 20. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Fledgling Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905916900
- ISBN
- 9781905916900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.70
€ 16.99
€ 15.70
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780684865638
- ISBN
- 9780684865638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.13
€ 19.99
€ 18.13
Paperback. In 1995, a film called I D, about an ambitious young copper who was sent undercover to track down the 'generals' of a football hooligan gang, achieved cult status for its sheer brutality and unsettling insight into the dark and often bloody side of the so-called beautiful game. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JKSW1; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091951528
- ISBN
- 9780091951528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
€ 17.99
€ 13.17
Paperback. A first-hand account of the most infamous coup attempt in recent history - and of what it takes to be a friend and survivor Num Pages: 496 pages, two 8 page b&w insets on text paper. BIC Classification: 1HFJQ; 3JMC; BTM; JWXN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 332. illustrations. A first-hand account of the most infamous coup attempt in recent history - and of what it takes to be a friend and survivor. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFJQ; 3JMC; BTM; JWXN. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 35. Weight: 348.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847674418
- ISBN
- 9781847674418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.80
€ 17.99
€ 12.80
Paperback. A memoir that appears to have been written in the 1920s by someone who asserts that he was Jack the Ripper. Given the fact that the author also appear to have knowledge about aspects of the case not in the public arena at the time it could be that this actually is the autobiography of Jack the Ripper. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 pages b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGHA; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552165396
- ISBN
- 9780552165396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Paperback. Behind the bars of Peterhead Prison, you'll find drugs, riots and fighting making the headlines, but there's also humour and stories aplenty as some of the most violent men in British crime do their time. Told by Britain's most wanted man in 1974, this is James Crosbie's insight into the other side of prison life. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; BTC; JKVP1; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Black and White Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845021528
- ISBN
- 9781845021528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.49
€ 13.99
€ 10.49