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True stories
Paperback. Powerfully detailing the way prisoners are treated on a daily basis, Life in Strangeways is a gripping tale that will change the perception of Alan Lord: convicted murderer and riot leader, unflagging rights campaigner and humanitarian. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784186012
- ISBN
- 9781784186012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
€ 13.99
€ 10.86
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
€ 41.99€ 30.07
€ 41.99
€ 30.07
Paperback. Today, Paddy Armstrong is a husband and father, and it has been over twenty-seven years since his conviction was quashed. But the memory of his experiences lives on. For the first time and with unflinching candour, he lays bare the experiences of those years and their aftermath. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BT; BTP; JKSW1; JKVF; JKVP1; JMK; JMQ; JPWL; LASD; LATC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Gill Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780717172474
- ISBN
- 9780717172474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.44
€ 16.99
€ 16.44
Paperback. A true account of Felicity's search for justice following the murder of her husband, Victor Prazak, in Libya. Victor died on the 22nd of December 1992 when the passenger plane he was travelling on was brought down by a Libyan military MiG. Num Pages: 274 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBL; BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780994451
- ISBN
- 9781780994451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.77
€ 18.99
€ 18.77
Paperback. With more than one million copies in print, the Letters to Penthouse series is a bestselling staple of the Warner backlist. Series: Letters to Penthouse. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BT; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 107 x 25. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Grand Central Publishing
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780446610315
- ISBN
- 9780446610315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.61
€ 16.61
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; BTM; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Granville Island Publishing Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894694483
- ISBN
- 9781894694483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.88
€ 26.99
€ 18.88
Hardback. Rob Driscoll, former sergeant with 42 Commando, Royal Marines, served tours in Iraq, Kuwait and Kosovo. A born leader of fighting men, with the medals to prove it, he also endured three tours in Afghanistan. BIC Classification: BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786062543
- ISBN
- 9781786062543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.56
€ 26.99
€ 18.56
Paperback. Tony Long was the best 'shot' the Met ever had. Under the codename 'Echo 7', he was 'licenced to kill' bringing down scores of targets. From life or death cases and botched operations to political fallouts, this book charts his controversial career from rookie seventies beat cop to Long's command of SO19 - the Met's elite specialist firearms unit. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BGA; BTC; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785033957
- ISBN
- 9781785033957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.94
€ 19.99
€ 14.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 317 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Tyndale House Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842374187
- ISBN
- 9780842374187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.42
€ 19.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 110 x 190 x 23. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berkley
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780425280379
- ISBN
- 9780425280379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.78
€ 10.78
paperback. Among the criminal celebrities of Prohibition-era Chicago, two well-educated Jewish boys from wealthy South Side families were notorious. Revealing secret testimony, this book separates fact from myth as it unravels the crime, the investigation, and the trial, in which they were defended by the era's famous attorney, Clarence Darrow. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 2ABM; 3JJG; BTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252068294
- ISBN
- 9780252068294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.80
€ 21.99
€ 21.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEML; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111 x 9. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- Bradwell Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909914292
- ISBN
- 9781909914292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.43
€ 7.43
Paperback. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781786062536
- ISBN
- 9781786062536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 4.99
€ 10.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 8-page black and white photo inserts. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPL; BTM; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 204 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Broadway Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804139533
- ISBN
- 9780804139533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.56
€ 19.99
€ 15.56
Paperback. Best-selling author's exploration of the lethal and murky world of Legal Highs. The first book on this highly controversial topic. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JFFH1; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848667167
- ISBN
- 9781848667167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.22
€ 11.99
€ 10.22
Paperback. Huntington's Disease (HD) is a hereditary illness passed on via a defective gene. There is a fifty per cent chance of inheriting it from a parent and there is yet no cure. Learning to Live with Huntington's Disease is one family's poignant story of coping with the symptoms, the diagnosis and the effects of HD. Num Pages: 176 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: BT; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843104872
- ISBN
- 9781843104872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.23
€ 28.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 2ABM; BTC; HBTS; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556524479
- ISBN
- 9781556524479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.29
€ 16.29
Hardcover. Some beg for forgiveness. Others claim innocence. At least three cheer for their favorite football teams. This book presents an oral history of American capital punishment, as heard from the gallows, the chair, and the gurney. It explores the cultural value of these final statements and asks what we can learn from them. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 149 x 28. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226202686
- ISBN
- 9780226202686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.02
€ 26.99
€ 22.02
Paperback. Eleven original, moving accounts which celebrate the lives and recount the final voyages of well-known yachtsmen, all friends of or known to the author. Including racers like Eric Tabarly and Rob James, cruisers and adventurers like Peter Tangvald and Bill Tilman and the ill-prepared Donald Crowhurst. An excellent tribute to some great sailors. Series: Making Waves. Num Pages: 240 pages, 22 black & white photos. BIC Classification: BTP; HBTM; WSSN3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Fernhurst Books Limited
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909911550
- ISBN
- 9781909911550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.54
€ 13.99
€ 12.54
Paperback. Born to shell-shocked parents in shell-shocked London shortly after the end of World War II, Paul 'Sailor' Vernon came into his own during the 1960s when spotty teenage herberts with bad haircuts began discovering The Blues. This illustrated autobiography charts the many twists and turns in his roller-coaster adventure of a life. Num Pages: 224 pages, 34 b/w photos. BIC Classification: AVGK; BT; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Music Mentor Books
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780954706845
- ISBN
- 9780954706845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.67
€ 24.99
€ 17.67