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Paperback. An eccentric wager finds Tony Hawks, a man who loves an unusual challenge, bound for the little-known Eastern European state of Moldova. His mission: to track down members of the country's football team and persuade them to play him at tennis. This quest turns into an extraordinary journey involving the Moldovan underworld, gypsies, and others. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DV; BT; WH; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091920357
- ISBN
- 9780091920357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.08
€ 19.99
€ 15.08
Paperback. This is one man's insight into Britain's crime world and the inextricable web of corruption. It is a revealing story of official corruption and unholy alliances. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Mainstream Publishing
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840183887
- ISBN
- 9781840183887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
€ 15.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. Presents an incisive study of the psychology of serial killers and the motives behind their crimes. From childhood traumas to issues of frustration, fear and fantasy, this book helps you to discover what turns an ordinary human being into a compulsive killer. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1x8 b/w illustration section. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 180 x 110 x 26. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753513217
- ISBN
- 9780753513217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Who can forget the image of Sarah Payne? In this haunting memoir, her mother Sara describes the terrible days surrounding the abduction and murder of her daughter by paeodophile, Roy Whiting. A heartrending personal account of every family's worst nightmare. Num Pages: 256 pages, b/w photo sections. BIC Classification: 2AB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196. 231pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KNW0007344
- ISBN
- 9780340862780
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Presents an account of an expedition gone disastrously wrong. This book details scientific discovery and anecdotes of human resilience in a harsh environment, supported by diary excerpts and accounts from explorers. Num Pages: 720 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1MTS; 3JJC; BTP; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099530374
- ISBN
- 9780099530374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. The revised new edition of the searing investigation into the murder of Pope John Paul I that has sold over 6 million copies. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJPL; BTC; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Robinson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845294960
- ISBN
- 9781845294960
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. One man's story of life in The Joy - compulsive, chilling and frank. A no-holds-barred account of a criminal's time in the notorious Dublin prison, as revealed to journalist Paul Howard. New introduction by the author. Num Pages: 200 pages, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BM; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- O´Brien Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847177445
- ISBN
- 9781847177445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.57
€ 13.99
€ 12.57
Paperback. What Belle de Jour did next.. this is the sparkling, witty and titillating follow-up to the bestselling Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BM; BTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753821602
- ISBN
- 9780753821602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Translator(s): Brewitt-Taylor, C.H. Series: Tuttle Classics of Asian Literature S. Num Pages: 1024 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3D; BT; FC; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135 x 46. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 1024
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804834681
- ISBN
- 9780804834681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.66
€ 33.99
€ 22.66
Paperback. Looks into the minds of the top twenty worst killers in criminal history and reveals the awful truth of their abominable acts. This book presents the extreme nature of their violence and their shocking lack of remorse. It examines various types of psychopaths, from obsessive sexual predators and extreme sadists, to cannibals and head hunters. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1x8pp b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 202. 288 pages, 1x8pp b/w illustrations. Looks into the minds of the top twenty worst killers in criminal history and reveals the awful truth of their abominable acts. This book presents the extreme nature of their violence and their shocking lack of remorse. It examines various types of psychopaths, from obsessive sexual predators and extreme sadists, to cannibals and head hunters. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BTC. Dimension: 194 x 131 x 20. Weight: 202.
- Publisher
- John Blake
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844544240
- ISBN
- 9781844544240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.74
€ 15.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. Some died, some went to jail-who holds the key to the missing millions? Num Pages: 296 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Publisher
- University Press of New England
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611688917
- ISBN
- 9781611688917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.45
€ 21.99
€ 18.45
Paperback. A page turning insider's account of reporting on crime in Japan. Does for Tokyo what Homicide did for Baltimore. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 324. 384 pages. From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique, firsthand, revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up. At nineteen, Jake Adelstein went to Japan in search of peace and tranquility. What he got was a life of crime. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BTC. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight: 300.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849014649
- ISBN
- 9781849014649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51
Paperback. A book about homicide detectives by an American writer, which is based on a year on the killing streets of Baltimore. Series: Canons. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 44. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main - Canons Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782116301
- ISBN
- 9781782116301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Features the murder cases which are a mixture of classic narratives of jealousy, elimination and passion. This title also includes the little-known mysteries: 3 unsolved homicides from across the county, including the killing of the 'Barton recluse' and the enigmatic death of a young farmer in Gedney in which the dead man's dog appeared in court. Series: Sutton True Crime History. Num Pages: 160 pages, 70 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAL; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 173 x 11. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750943215
- ISBN
- 9780750943215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. A gripping and heartrending recollection of the harrowing brink-of-death experience that propelled survivor Roberto Canessa to become one of the world's leading paediatric cardiologists. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 pages (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KLSX; 3JJPL; BM; BTP; WGM; WSBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472124173
- ISBN
- 9781472124173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.92
€ 15.99
€ 11.92
Paperback. The inside story of a secret unit that has worked under cover to expose corruption in the Metropolitan Police since the early 1990s. Num Pages: 480 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BTC; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 113 x 30. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752859026
- ISBN
- 9780752859026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.92
€ 15.99
€ 11.92
Paperback. Something strange occurs to guests as soon as they check in. Even if in real life they are perfectly well-mannered, decent people with proper balanced relationships, as soon as they spin through the revolving hotel doors the normal rules of behaviour no longer seem to apply. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BT; TTVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250. Good copy with some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- SKU
- KTG0004015
- ISBN
- 9780552151467
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This title recounts what happened during the six months that documentary film-maker Stephen Walker began a search for four young, untried, untested, obsessive and possibly unhinged film-makers in their quest for fame and glory at the Cannes Film Festival. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747559153
- ISBN
- 9780747559153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.39
€ 10.99
€ 9.39
Paperback. The Girl Who Ran Away is the third book from author Angela Hart. Maria meets foster parents Angela and Jonathan first when she is four and again when she is eight. Can their loving care and attention restore self-confidence in this unloved girl who thinks that she is fundamentally bad? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main Market ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509839049
- ISBN
- 9781509839049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
€ 10.99
€ 10.03
Paperback. The thirty-three cases in this excellent book give a unique and fascinating insight into life in the Victorian period, in Liverpool and beyond. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BTC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 11. Weight in Grams: 212. 128 pages. The thirty-three cases in this excellent book give a unique and fascinating insight into life in the Victorian period, in Liverpool and beyond. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BTC; HBTB. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 11. Weight: 212.
- Publisher
- Carnegie Pub.
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781874181804
- ISBN
- 9781874181804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.99
€ 10.99
€ 9.99
Paperback. On the night of 10-11 May 1996, eight climbers perished in what remains the worst disaster in Everest's history. This title reveals the full, startling facts that led to the tragedy. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; 3JJPR; BTP; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780576411
- ISBN
- 9781780576411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. Presents an expose of the CIA in which the author accuses the organization of using brutal tactics to maintain security during the Cold War, including sabotaging the Eisenhower-Khrushchev talks and assassinating President Kennedy to keep the United States in Vietnam. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BTC; HBJK; HBLW; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 32. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616082840
- ISBN
- 9781616082840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 18.69
€ 27.99
€ 18.69
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: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848663299
- ISBN
- 9781848663299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.92
€ 15.99
€ 11.92
Hardback.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137383440
- ISBN
- 9781137383440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.42
€ 127.42