×


 x 

Shopping cart

True stories

Results 1009 - 1032 of 1306

True stories

Paperback. August 2014, Farida Khalaf was just a normal Yazidi girl, living in northern Iraq. Then her village was attacked by ISIS fighters who murdered the men and the boys of her village, including her father and brothers, before taking Farida prisoner along with the rest of the women. This is the story of what happened to Farida after she was captured. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; BM; BTP; HRAM2; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784702755
ISBN
9781784702755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BM; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509807116
ISBN
9781509807116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. In 1954, in a remote South American village, a four-year-old girl was abducted and then abandoned deep in the Colombian rainforest. At around ten years old, a completely feral Marina Chapman was returned to civilisation by hunters, who sold her to a brothel. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; BGA; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd Edinburgh
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780576541
ISBN
9781780576541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.71

Paperback. An extraordinary insight into life under one of the world's most ruthless and secretive dictatorships - and the story of one woman's terrifying struggle to avoid capture/repatriation and guide her family to freedom. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007554850
ISBN
9780007554850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. In 1997, Grant Hadwin committed an act of violence - he destroyed the Golden Spruce of the Queen Charlotte Islands. The tree was a scientific marvel, beloved by the Haida people who believed it sacred. This book tells the story of what pushed him to such an act, an environmental protest which acts as a metaphor for the challenge the world faces. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JJPR; BT; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099515791
ISBN
9780099515791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BTM; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751545883
ISBN
9780751545883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 13 b/w line drawings. BIC Classification: BT; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590172490
ISBN
9781590172490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.63

Paperback. Over the Easter weekend in 2015, a gang of criminals robbed a safe depository in London's Hatton Garden. Shortly before, electrical cables under nearby Kingsway had caught on fire, disrupting the emergency services in the area. Coincidence? Nigel Cawthorne digs deep to question the motives and methods behind diamond theft. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JMG; BTC; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784189785
ISBN
9781784189785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. The famous story of mass escape from a WWII German PoW camp that inspired the classic film. Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 maps, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BTM; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Phoenix
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780304356874
ISBN
9780304356874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BM; BTH; HBJF; HBTB; HBWS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447253365
ISBN
9781447253365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Definitive account of the famous 1963 Great Train Robbery - and its aftermath. Updated for the paperback edition with new text and pictures. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPK; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753829264
ISBN
9780753829264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32 black & white illustrations, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKESU; 3JJPK; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 22. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752499819
ISBN
9780752499819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.61

Paperback. Lenny McLean's life story is an inspirational one. A bare-knuckle fighter by profession, he was one of the most notorious figures ever to emerge from the East End of London. His untimely death in 1998, following a battle against cancer, was a tragic loss for family and friends and left his legions of fans shocked and bereft. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 X 8 page b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; BTC; JKVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 424. 8vo.clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KEX0262409
ISBN
9781844543588
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Born in East London in 1949, Lenny McLean grew up in an area that had been ravaged by the Second World War. Although money was scarce and fighting was commonplace, a camaraderie and deep sense of honour and respect remained. 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
V9781786063823
ISBN
9781786063823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. BIC Classification: BGA; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786063816
ISBN
9781786063816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. One of the Remarkable True Stories of WWII series. A tale of a fascinating life of courage, wild escapades and a dark secret Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BTM; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755316120
ISBN
9780755316120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.92

paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, 1 map, ports. BIC Classification: 1DSTC; BTC; HB; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
9780907871484
ISBN
9780907871484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMD; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BTC; JFFE1; MBQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 261 x 2. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Bonnier Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911274636
ISBN
9781911274636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. In this text, celebrated drug smuggler Howard Marks has collected together all of the unpublished material sent to him over the years from drug users, traffickers, smugglers, and prisoners - people from all walks of life. Also included are selections from Marks' own collection of drug writing. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; DQ; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 394. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0002061
ISBN
9780099428558
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Richard 'the Ice Man' Kuklinski led a double life, becoming one of the most notorious professional assassins in American history while hosting neighbourhood barbecues in suburban New Jersey. This work gives an insight into the mind of one of the world's most prolific contract killers. Num Pages: 528 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 113 x 33. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845963392
ISBN
9781845963392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Robert Mazur spent five years undercover infiltrating the criminal hierarchy of Colombia's drug cartels. The dirty bankers and businessmen he befriended knew him as Bob Musella, a wealthy, mob-connected big shot living the good life. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; BTC; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Corgi Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Film Tie-In
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552172110
ISBN
9780552172110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Family rivalry, a bungled murder and the fascinating history of poisoning. THE SUSPICIONS OF MR WHICHER meets Victorian science! 'A well-researched and fascinating account of some of the most gruesome and mysterious murders' P.D. James Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BTC; MBX; MMGT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780222226
ISBN
9781780222226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Offers a tale of a young couple who in the late 1970s, on impulse, became the new landlords of the most remote, bleak and lonely pub - The Tan Hill Inn - located in the desolate landscape of the Yorkshire Dales. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Michael O´Mara Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782431558
ISBN
9781782431558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Tells the story of one of America's most notorious wrongful convictions, that of Steven Avery, a Wisconsin man who spent eighteen years in prison for the violent assault of Penny Beernsten. This book exposes the failings of the justice system and its devastating consequences for both the accused and the victims. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Windmill Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0019387
ISBN
9780099510833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!