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True stories

Paperback. Award-winning journalist Kris Hollington investigates sex trafficking in the UK, in the light of the Rochdale scandal. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471114557
ISBN
9781471114557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.51

Paperback. Covers the author's flying career from the finish of World War II until his final appointment as CO of the Naval Test Squadron at Boscombe Down. Mike Crosley became involved with the introduction of Britain's first carrier-borne jet aircraft. The book explains how modern techniques, such as the angled flight deck, were developed and tested. Num Pages: 224 pages, 32 mono illustrations in plate section. BIC Classification: BT; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844153213
ISBN
9781844153213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.91

paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 50 colour. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; BTM; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Merrion Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781785370878
ISBN
9781785370878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.32

paperback. The mafia murders that stunned Italy - and the thrilling story of how the killers were brought to justice. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 b&w 8 page inset section. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 200 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hodder Paperbacks
Condition
New
SKU
9781444714142
ISBN
9781444714142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Kat Ward was the first victim to speak out about the abuse she suffered at the hands of Jimmy Savile. Her book is a unique, harrowing and immensely moving perspective on one of the biggest news stories of the last decade. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BM; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 310 x 273 x 16. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0014640
ISBN
9781786060297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Hardback. The criminal lives of 100 Victorian convicts based on the official records of the police and prison authorities. Num Pages: 224 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BTC; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473823730
ISBN
9781473823730
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.35

Paperback. Helps a detective to tell whether the victim had suffocated, drowned, been shot, stabbed, or struck by lightning, spontaneously combusted, frozen to death or expired due to starvation. This book contains suggestions which include examining the face of the deceased for an 'expression of angry resistance', and a clear indication of murder. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
New ed.
SKU
V9780752455136
ISBN
9780752455136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.91

Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, 18 b/w illus. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764350900
ISBN
9780764350900
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 21.47

Paperback. The remarkable true story of some of Europe's greatest artists, the house that sheltered them during the Second World War, and the Emergency Rescue Committee who helped them escape from the Nazis Num Pages: 496 pages, integrated. BIC Classification: BGH; BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 200 x 28. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719566943
ISBN
9780719566943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.51

Paperback. The shocking first true account from one of the young girls who lived through and survived the Rotherham sex abuse scandal. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3JMC; BT; JFFE1; JFFE2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008141264
ISBN
9780008141264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardback. On an August evening in 1933, in a quiet, working-class neighborhood in Paris, eighteen-year-old Violette Noziere gave her mother and father glasses of barbiturate-laced 'medication', which she told them had been prescribed by the family doctor; one of her parents died, the other barely survived. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; BTC; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520260702
ISBN
9780520260702
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.41
€ 47.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JH; BT; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Horsdal & Schubart Publishers Canada
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780920663790
ISBN
9780920663790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. Tells the story of John F. Kinney - hero, POW escapee, and aviation pioneer. It contains the first full-length account of a successful escape by a Marine captured in one of the great battles of World War II. Series: Memories of War. Num Pages: 220 pages, 17ill.M. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BTM; HBJK; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574887365
ISBN
9781574887365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. From the author of The Perfect Storm, a gripping book about Sebastian Junger's almost fatal year with the 2nd battalion of the American Army. Num Pages: 300 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; BTM; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780007337712
ISBN
9780007337712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. * A Childhood Stolen. An Innocence Betrayed. A Life Redeemed * A shocking and inspiring true account of addiction and recovery - in the tradition of The Kid and Ugly Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BTP; VFJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751539738
ISBN
9780751539738
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. LulzSec, a sister organisation, broke into and blocked computer systems at VISA, Mastercard and PayPal. The groups have infiltrated the networks of totalitarian governments in Libya and Tunisia. This title is the story of a hive mind, with many hackers across the globe connected to slice through security systems and escape untraced. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 39. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780434022083
ISBN
9780434022083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. A World War Two epic of escape and endurance Num Pages: 256 pages, 16pp B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 3JJH; BTM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 18. Weight in Grams: 186. 256 pages, 16pp B&W photos. A World War Two epic of escape and endurance. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DNN; 3JJH; BTM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Dimension: 197 x 134 x 18. Weight: 210.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847678454
ISBN
9781847678454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. This is the true story of 450 US soldiers, early in the Vietnam War, who found themselves surrounded by 2000 North Vietnamese regulars in the Ia Dang Valley, in what became the first major battle of the extended conflict. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations, maps, portraits. BIC Classification: 1FMV; BTM; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 34. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552150262
ISBN
9780552150262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

paperback. All at once, as it seemed, something we could have only imagined was upon us - and we could still only imagine it. This is what fascinates me most in existence: the peculiar necessity of imagining what is, in fact, real. Series: Picador Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JJPR; BTC; HBJH; HBTZ; JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Picador
Condition
New
SKU
9781447275268
ISBN
9781447275268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.17

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Lanista Partners Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955318504
ISBN
9780955318504
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.35

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