True stories
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True stories
Paperback. Tells the tale of Nellie May Madison, the first woman on Death Row in California. This story offers a glimpse into law and disorder in 1930s Los Angeles and presents a remarkable character whose plight focuses on the status of women, the workings of the media and the judiciary system, and the stratification of society in her time. Series: Women in the West. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803224506
- ISBN
- 9780803224506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.48
€ 19.48
Paperback. In FBI terms, leaders who pick up their own brass casings at the firing range are more effective than those who expect someone else to do it for them. To those at the bureau, this small action speaks louder than words and is largely indicative of a person's overall management style. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; KJMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 341 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597976831
- ISBN
- 9781597976831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.05
€ 27.05
Paperback. The harrowing true story of a travelling Irish family bonded by love, broken apart by life, and then betrayed by their carers in a cruel convent in Ireland. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BM; BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 210. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- SKU
- KTG0002251
- ISBN
- 9780007532285
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. An account of one of the world's most notorious drug-smuggler jails. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8pp colour plate section. BIC Classification: 1FMNB; BTC; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 209 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857382696
- ISBN
- 9780857382696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.38
€ 14.99
€ 12.38
Paperback. Kathryn Bonella lifts the lid on Bali's narcotics underworld. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMNB; BTC; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782062677
- ISBN
- 9781782062677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
€ 14.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 107 x 173 x 23. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062300492
- ISBN
- 9780062300492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.73
€ 10.73
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BTP; HBWQ; JFSJ1; JWXR. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 152 x 227 x 24. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613731680
- ISBN
- 9781613731680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.72
€ 19.99
€ 19.72
Paperback. In Dateline Purgatory , award-winning journalist Kathy Cruz enlists current-day legal experts to weigh in on the shocking transgressions that resulted in one of the US's most controversial death penalty convictions. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC; LNFX1; LNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875656106
- ISBN
- 9780875656106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.20
€ 23.99
€ 22.20
Hardcover. Num Pages: 136 pages, 200. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJCP; BTP; JFFE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 254. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publisher
- powerHouse Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781576878330
- ISBN
- 9781576878330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.62
€ 40.99
€ 35.62
Paperback. When Katie Piper was 24, her life was near perfect. Young and beautiful, she was well on her way to fulfilling her dream of becoming a model. But then she met Daniel Lynch on Facebook and her world quickly turned into a nightmare. After being held captive and brutally raped by her new boyfriend, Katie was subjected to a vicious acid attack. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; BTP; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 234. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- KIN0036305
- ISBN
- 9780091940768
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. When Katie Piper was 24, her life was near perfect. Young and beautiful, she was well on her way to fulfilling her dream of becoming a model. But then she met Daniel Lynch on Facebook and her world quickly turned into a nightmare. After being held captive and brutally raped by her new boyfriend, Katie was subjected to a vicious acid attack. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; BTP; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 234. Good clean copy showing some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps to cover
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- KSS0014175
- ISBN
- 9780091940768
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Writer and historian Kaye Jones has investigated the case of Christiana Edmunds, a seemingly demure middle-class young lady who suddenly started sending out poisoned chocolates to fellow residents of Brighton in 1871. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8-page plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; 3JH; BTC; HBTB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781593752
- ISBN
- 9781781593752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.15
€ 17.99
€ 14.15
Hardback. Editor(s): Gonzales, Keith H. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JMG; BTC; JKSW1; JKVF; LNFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 265 x 18. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634832441
- ISBN
- 9781634832441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 261.07€ 194.22
€ 261.07
€ 194.22
Paperback. Series: Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Wharncliffe Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903425336
- ISBN
- 9781903425336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.15
€ 17.99
€ 14.15
Paperback. All the files on the greatest unsolved murder case in history, including Scotland Yard reports, witness statements, lost files and rare photographs. Num Pages: 768 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 49. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- Constable and Robinson United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 758
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841194523
- ISBN
- 9781841194523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.27
€ 21.99
€ 16.27
Paperback. "Manx Murders" is a mysterious collection of murder cases committed on the island over the last 150 years, from the brutal murder of a spinster one dark night on a lonely track near Ramsey to an equally savage attack on a widow in her garden in the busy centre of Douglas. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1DBKZ; 3JH; 3JJ; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Mainstream Publishing Edinburgh
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840186925
- ISBN
- 9781840186925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.64
€ 20.99
€ 15.64
Paperback. A gripping account of the University of Washington's 2000 season when many players went afoul of the law (many with serious charges) and were still allowed to play the season Num Pages: 400 pages, 17 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; 3JMC; BTC; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803228108
- ISBN
- 9780803228108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.63
€ 21.63
Paperback. On 5 January 2003, former Special Forces soldier Ken Jones was caught in a devastating avalanche as he climbed in the frozen wilderness of the Transylvanian Alps. Heavily frostbitten and bleeding internally, Ken dragged himself to safety over three agonizing days only to discover that his true ordeal had yet to begin. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; 3JMC; BTP; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782066026
- ISBN
- 9781782066026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753807576
- ISBN
- 9780753807576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.70
€ 4.70
Paperback. A new perspective on the murder that has captured America's imagination for over a half-century-"gripping" (New York Times Book Review). Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPK; BTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393350579
- ISBN
- 9780393350579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.60
€ 16.99
€ 15.60
Hardcover. At last, the true story of a crime that shocked the world. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPK; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393239287
- ISBN
- 9780393239287
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.45
€ 27.99
€ 24.45
Hardcover. This unforgettable narrative follows the astonishing career and epic manhunt for Whitey Bulger--a gangster whose life was more sensational than fiction. Num Pages: 496 pages, 16 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 167 x 40. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Co.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393087727
- ISBN
- 9780393087727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 27.52
€ 27.99
€ 27.52