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True stories
Paperback. Gangster Stephen French invented the perfect crime: robbing drug barons of their huge fortunes. In SAS-style swoops, French raided their fortified mansions and tortured them with horrifying violence until they paid up. This work also reveals French's complex relationship with Curtis Warren, the wealthiest criminal in British history. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 x 8pp colour & b/w. BIC Classification: BTC; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845961787
- ISBN
- 9781845961787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.71
€ 20.99
€ 15.71
paperback. In 1634 Urbain Grandier, a handsome and dissolute priest of the parish of Loudun was tried, tortured and burnt at the stake. He had been found guilty of conspiring with the devil to seduce an entire convent of nuns in what was the most sensational case of mass possession and sexual hysteria in history. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; BT; HRQX9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099477761
- ISBN
- 9780099477761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.00
€ 13.99
€ 11.00
Paperback. Few incidents in crime history have been as notorious as the 1927 murder of Queens suburbanite Albert Snyder by his wife and her lover. This book assesses the entire case, from grisly slaying and shabby cover-up to sharp police work and aftermath. It explores the question: what effect does news reportage exert upon high profile cases. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13 black-&-white illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BTC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608240
- ISBN
- 9780815608240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.14
€ 26.99
€ 25.14
paperback. Harry de Leyer first saw the horse he would name Snowman on a truck bound for the slaughterhouse. The recent Dutch immigrant recognized the spark in the eye of the beaten-up nag and bought him for eighty dollars. On Harry's modest farm on Long Island, he ultimately taught Snowman how to fly. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: BT; WNGH; WSNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Constable
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472110916
- ISBN
- 9781472110916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.35
€ 17.99
€ 13.35
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart Inc. Canada
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780771030499
- ISBN
- 9780771030499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.42
€ 26.99
€ 22.42
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Facts On File Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816061969
- ISBN
- 9780816061969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.21
€ 32.21
Hardback. The philosophical genealogy of a remarkable antagonist: the pirate, the key to the contemporary paradigm of the universal foe. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Zone Books
- Number of pages
- 274
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781890951948
- ISBN
- 9781890951948
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.31
€ 34.99
€ 27.31
Paperback. Tells the tale of Nellie May Madison, the first woman on Death Row in California. This story offers a glimpse into law and disorder in 1930s Los Angeles and presents a remarkable character whose plight focuses on the status of women, the workings of the media and the judiciary system, and the stratification of society in her time. Series: Women in the West. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803224506
- ISBN
- 9780803224506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.41
€ 17.99
€ 17.41
Paperback. Since the dawn of time men and women alike have been killing. Many of these murders have been committed in the most brutal and horrific ways imaginable showing no respect for human life. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 199 x 32. Weight in Grams: 320. 288 pages, Illustrations. Since the dawn of time men and women alike have been killing. Many of these murders have been committed in the most brutal and horrific ways imaginable showing no respect for human life. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BTC. Dimension: 133 x 199 x 32. Weight: 320.
- Publisher
- John Blake
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857827989
- ISBN
- 9781857827989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.30
€ 10.99
€ 9.30
Paperback. Previously published as Becky, this is the heartbreaking story behind the murder of 16-year-old Bristol schoolgirl Becky Watts, a crime that shocked the nation and tore a family in two. Num Pages: 304 pages, (1x8pp plates). BIC Classification: 1DBKEWS; 3JMG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008179618
- ISBN
- 9780008179618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.65
€ 13.99
€ 10.65
Paperback. In the summer of 1976 Gary Gilmore robbed two men. Then he shot them in cold blood. For those murders Gilmore was sent to languish on Death Row - and could confidently expect his sentence to be commuted to life imprisonment. In America, no one had been executed for ten years. Num Pages: 1088 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 131 x 50. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 1072
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099688600
- ISBN
- 9780099688600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.06
€ 25.99
€ 18.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BT; VXPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Hampton Roads Publishing Co United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571744296
- ISBN
- 9781571744296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.82
€ 19.99
€ 18.82
Paperback. BIC Classification: BTC; JKVF; JKVF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786062871
- ISBN
- 9781786062871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.83
€ 13.99
€ 10.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; BTC; GBC; GPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781632207036
- ISBN
- 9781632207036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.26
€ 15.99
€ 15.26
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€ 11.80
€ 15.99
€ 11.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 291 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMG; BTM; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press United States
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611855753
- ISBN
- 9781611855753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.90
€ 19.99
€ 15.90
Paperback. The story of one man's struggle to achieve his dream, a fast-paced adventure & paean to the power of self-belief. In May 2010 Cdr Dilip Donde earned his place in India's maritime history by becoming the first Indian to complete a solo circumnavigation under sail. The book chronicles Dilip's progress from building the boat to completing the voyage. Num Pages: 304 pages, 28 colour photos / 1 diagram. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BTP; HBTM; WSSN3; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Fernhurst Books Limited
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909911499
- ISBN
- 9781909911499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.52
€ 15.99
€ 13.52
Paperback. A groundbreaking and very personal insight into modern sexuality. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BT; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848312401
- ISBN
- 9781848312401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.02
€ 16.99
€ 12.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 233 x 20. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780345452030
- ISBN
- 9780345452030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.53
€ 23.99
€ 20.53
Paperback. Powerful real-life stories from survivors and perpetrators of crime and violence worldwide are told here, revealing the very real impact of forgiveness on their lives. They raise the possibility of alternatives to resentment, retaliation and revenge and prompt the question 'how can we define forgiveness?' Num Pages: 224 pages, 40 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BT; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785920004
- ISBN
- 9781785920004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.97
€ 26.97