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True stories
Paperback. The true story of Italy's most infamous murder, and the scandal that rocked the country. Num Pages: 416 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DST; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 195 x 27. Weight in Grams: 304. The Dark Side of Rome in the 1950s. 416 pages, ill. The true story of Italy's most infamous murder, and the scandal that rocked the country. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DST; BTC. Dimension: 128 x 195 x 27. Weight: 304.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847676559
- ISBN
- 9781847676559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.09
€ 17.99
€ 13.09
Paperback. Deals with the secret lives of women across Afghanistan and allows them to tell their stories in their own words: from the child bride given as payment to end a family feud; to a life spent in a dark, dusty room weaving carpets; to a young girl brought up as a boy; to life as a widow shunned by society. Num Pages: 288 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FCA; BT; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 195 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099542186
- ISBN
- 9780099542186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. Editor(s): Kester, Lisa; Gottlieb, Daphne. Num Pages: 352 pages, B&W photos throughout, B&W illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Counterpoint United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781593762902
- ISBN
- 9781593762902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613733752
- ISBN
- 9781613733752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.82
€ 18.99
€ 18.82
Paperback. An evocative retelling ot two sensational crimes that rocked Victorian London. Num Pages: 176 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812217568
- ISBN
- 9780812217568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. An accessible PB edition carrying forward the momentum of this gripping readable true life mystery/tragedy, compellingly solved by the author. Num Pages: 288 pages, approx. 60-70 phototgraphs. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPG; BTH; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781452140032
- ISBN
- 9781452140032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.18
€ 15.99
€ 12.18
Paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main Market
- Publisher
- Picador
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KLN0018572
- ISBN
- 9780330484466
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE 2012. The inside story of one of the most notorious tours of duty of the current Afghan War. Num Pages: 400 pages, col. Illustrations, ports., map. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 1FCA; 3JMC; BTM; HBWS4; JWD; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 198 x 52. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781849164238
- ISBN
- 9781849164238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.99
€ 5.99
Paperback. They'll come after me. I really am a dead man running. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 41. Weight in Grams: 360. 432 pages. They'll come after me. I really am a dead man running. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC. Dimension: 198 x 134 x 41. Weight: 426.
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781742375335
- ISBN
- 9781742375335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.66
€ 33.99
€ 24.66
Hardcover. Unearths the audacious charade which enabled the earl to elude the long arm of the law until he was discovered by freak chance. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 colour 8pl. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 576. Fine clean copy with light shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Blake Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KCW0003451
- ISBN
- 9781844540105
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. The focus of this book is the trial and conviction of Sante and Kenneth Kimes for the bizarre murder of Irene Silverman, whose New York mansion they were attempting to steal. Num Pages: 288 pages, 35. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871319425
- ISBN
- 9780871319425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.77
€ 24.99
€ 23.77
Hardback. Num Pages: black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811707930
- ISBN
- 9780811707930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.39
€ 25.99
€ 20.39
Paperback. In her new top ten bestseller Jasvinder Sanghera tells the harrowing and moving stories of women trapped in forced marriages. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BT; JFFE3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340962077
- ISBN
- 9780340962077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.94
€ 15.99
€ 11.94
Paperback. Agripping and detailed account of the decade's most sensational murder and trial. Num Pages: 464 pages, 8 pp colour plates. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster UK
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847398628
- ISBN
- 9781847398628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.27
€ 10.99
€ 9.27
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€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473861787
- ISBN
- 9781473861787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.36
€ 17.99
€ 14.36
Paperback. Tells the stories of David Sharp, a young British solo climber, who was passed by 40 mountaineers as he lay dying on the slopes of the Everest mountain, and Lincoln Hall who was left for dead yet miraculously survived. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 maps, 1 x 8pp colour section. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; BTP; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- VIRGIN BOOKS
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753515709
- ISBN
- 9780753515709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. In 1992, a climber was left to die by other climbers on Mount Everest, which horrified Joe Simpson who was himself left for dead in Peru in 1985. In this book Simpson explores anecdotally and in heated debates with his climbing companions on Pumori, the moral climate of mountaineering in the 1990s. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8pp colour and 8pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BTP; DNF; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- KKD0001671
- ISBN
- 9780099756118
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Based on extensive first-hand experience, exclusive interviews and shocking documentary evidence, this book offers a startling glimpse of human nature under the conditions of freedom and anonymity, and shines a light on an enigmatic and ever-changing world. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; KNTX1; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Windmill Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099592020
- ISBN
- 9780099592020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. An investigation into poverty, corruption, crime and related issues in Britain including drugs and prostitution amongst children. The investigation moves from the slums and ghettos of our cities, to crack houses and brothels, contacts with street gangs and drug dealers uncovering secret rites and a bizarre and cruel world. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BT; JFMX; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099583011
- ISBN
- 9780099583011
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. This collection of historical profiles chronicles the most mysterious, bizarre and often overlooked homicides in Louisiana history. Drawing on contemporary records and, where available, the recollections of those who provide a coherent version of the facts, these mesmerizing tales detail some of the more gruesome episodes in Louisiana history. Num Pages: 212 pages, 25 photos & illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- McFarland & Co Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781476662954
- ISBN
- 9781476662954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.64
€ 27.64
Hardback. Recounts the tale of a career UN official caught in the turmoil of international and domestic politics swirling around Cambodia after the fall of the Khmer Rouge. Putting a human face on international operations, this book is suitable for those interested in Southeast Asia, and the role of international peacekeeping. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMC; BT; JPSN1; JWLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742555525
- ISBN
- 9780742555525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 177.78
€ 177.78
Paperback. The brutal murder of the Reverend George Parker in the rural village of Oddingley on Midsummer's Day in 1806 - shot and beaten to death, his body set on fire and left smouldering in his own glebe field - gripped everyone from the Home Secretary in London to newspapermen across the country. It was a strange and stubborn case. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMT; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099554677
- ISBN
- 9780099554677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. With all the SEALs' recent successes, we have been getting a level of attention we are not used to. It's been flattering but something important has been missing from the discussion. This book offers an insight into the extreme bravery, borderline lunacy, and touching camaraderie of this elite brotherhood. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTM; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552169868
- ISBN
- 9780552169868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61