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True stories
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€ 22.35
€ 23.99
€ 22.35
Hardback. In the hands of a historian such as Stilgoe, the lifeboat becomes a symbol of human optimism, of engineering ingenuity, of bureaucratic regulation, of fear and frailty. Woven through "Lifeboat" are old-fashioned yarns, thrilling tales of adventure that quicken the pulse of readers. Num Pages: 336 pages, 21 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BTP; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 178 x 33. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813922218
- ISBN
- 9780813922218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Paperback. Editor(s): Leche, Christine Dumaine. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; 3JMG; BTM; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 6. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813936611
- ISBN
- 9780813936611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.65
€ 18.99
€ 17.65
An award-winning journalist tells the personal stories of five convicted murderers, offering a new perspective on guilt, forgiveness, and second chances in America Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 38. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610390293
- ISBN
- 9781610390293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.51
€ 43.99
€ 30.51
Paperback. Charlie Bronson has spent 28 of the last 30 years in solitary confinement. When he is unlocked, up to 12 prison officers - sometimes in riot gear and with dogs - are standing by. His story is being turned into a Hollywood film. In this autobiography, he reveals the truth about his extraordinary life behind bars. Num Pages: 351 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 113 x 25. Weight in Grams: 212. 351 pages, illustrations. Charlie Bronson has spent 28 of the last 30 years in solitary confinement. When he is unlocked, up to 12 prison officers - sometimes in riot gear and with dogs - are standing by. His story is being turned into a Hollywood film. In this autobiography, he reveals the truth about his extraordinary life behind bars. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BTC. Dimension: 177 x 113 x 25. Weight: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Edition
- Media tie-in
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844546558
- ISBN
- 9781844546558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.91
€ 13.99
€ 10.91
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€ 10.97
€ 13.99
€ 10.97
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Lion Hudson Plc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854247247
- ISBN
- 9781854247247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
hardcover. Mafia and Outlaw Stories from Italian Life and Literature takes a unique and intriguing approach to the subject of the Mafia, and offers informed judgements about its historical impact on Italian society and culture. Translator(s): Pickering-Iazzi, Robin. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BTC; DQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802098344
- ISBN
- 9780802098344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.41
€ 72.41
Paperback. On February 13, 2003, a plane carrying three American military contractors - Marc Gonsalves, Tom Howes, and Keith Stansell - crashed in the mountainous jungle of Colombia. This work presents their tale of survival, friendship, and rescue, revealing the details of their crash, what they witnessed, and how they survived their experiences. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 3JMC; BTM; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061769535
- ISBN
- 9780061769535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.61
€ 20.99
€ 18.61
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
€ 16.99€ 15.46
€ 16.99
€ 15.46
Paperback. A story of two very different men whose lives catastrophically interweaved over the course of some nine months in the late 1960s: one was a thief and con man called James Earl Ray, the other one of the greatest American figures of the twentieth century, Martin Luther King Jr Hampton Sides follows in Ray's footsteps as he escapes from prison. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; BTC; HBJK; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780718192068
- ISBN
- 9780718192068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.45
€ 16.99
€ 12.45
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€ 22.87
€ 24.99
€ 22.87
Paperback. A classic wartime trilogy originally published in the 1960s, this book is the author's account of his service on HMAS Perth, his account of life as a POW in Burma and coal mining in Nagasaki before the atom bomb freed them. Num Pages: 951 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1M; BTM; HBG; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 145 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 951
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522850673
- ISBN
- 9780522850673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.19
€ 61.19
Paperback. Follows the soldiers of the Fifty-seventh as they push far into Unionist Kentucky, starve at the siege of Vicksburg, guard Union prisoners at the Andersonville stockade, defend Atlanta from Sherman, and more. Num Pages: 336 pages, 17 b&w photos, 1 table, 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JH; BTM; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820329338
- ISBN
- 9780820329338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.12
€ 30.99
€ 27.12
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
€ 29.62
€ 29.62
Hardcover. Created in 1972, Funky Winkerbean was a comic strip that portrayed high schoollfe. It has now evolved into a mature series of real-life stories examining social issues. In 1999, Lisa Moore, one of Funky's friends discovered she had breast cancer. This title features comic strips on Lisa's battle with cancer examining her struggle with the disease. Series: Literature and Medicine Series. Num Pages: 252 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BTP; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 254 x 25. Weight in Grams: 898.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873389242
- ISBN
- 9780873389242
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.40
€ 33.40
Paperback. Ten-year-old Beverly Potts was last seen at 9:00 P.M. the evening of August 24, 1951. James Jessen Badal reexamines the events leading up to Beverly Potts's disappearance and the subsequent police investigation and over-the-top, sensational publicity in the Cleveland press. Num Pages: 208 pages, 40 photographs. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873388368
- ISBN
- 9780873388368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.30
€ 24.30
Paperback. Presents the story of Vince Bell, Texas singer/songwriter. This book chronicles Vince Bell's life and near death on the road. It reveals what it means to live for one's art. Series: North Texas Lives of Musicians Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 b&w illustrations, index. BIC Classification: AVH; BGFA; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of North Texas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574412673
- ISBN
- 9781574412673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.32
€ 19.32
Paperback. Tom Hargrove, communications director in Cali, Colombia, was forced at gunpoint into a vehicle and driven into the mountains by communist narco-terrorists who believed he was a valuable hostage. For almost a year, he was held by them. This work chronicles his spirited determination to hang onto life and faith amid nearly impossible circumstances. Num Pages: 352 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: BG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585446322
- ISBN
- 9781585446322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.80
€ 21.80