True stories
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True stories
Paperback. A true detective story tracing the murder investigation of a human rights activist and Guatemalan bishop. It also traces Los Intocables struggle with the Guatemalan authorities, revealing the involvement of youth gangs, political corruption and organised crime. Num Pages: 416 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848871953
- ISBN
- 9781848871953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.70
€ 13.99
€ 10.70
Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; GBC; JFHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 239 x 29. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493000609
- ISBN
- 9781493000609
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.41
€ 25.99
€ 19.41
Paperback. This account of the events which led to Marilyn Monroe's death on 4th August 1962 contends that the Los Angeles Police Department have perpetuated a cover-up generated over 30 years ago. The story behind the conspiracy of silence is revealed. Num Pages: 672 pages, Section: 16, b/w. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 44. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group London
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751526523
- ISBN
- 9780751526523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. A memoir that appears to have been written in the 1920s by someone who asserts that he was Jack the Ripper. Given the fact that the author also appear to have knowledge about aspects of the case not in the public arena at the time it could be that this actually is the autobiography of Jack the Ripper. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 pages b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGHA; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552165396
- ISBN
- 9780552165396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Paperback. Now in paperback, the story of one of our nation's most infamous and horrific crimes: The Saxtown Massacre. The 1874 murder of a family of five near St. Louis grabbed national headlines like no murder had since the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and investigations into the crime exposed the flaws of nineteenth-century law enforcement. Num Pages: 256 pages, 18 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 21.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762788606
- ISBN
- 9780762788606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.20
€ 17.99
€ 15.20
Paperback. For almost three decades, Georgia Tann was nationally lauded for her work at her children's home. In reality she was selling many of her charges - often neglected abused, and stolen from their birth parents - to wealthy clients nationwide. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 237.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782194576
- ISBN
- 9781782194576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BTC; JFFE; JFSL9; JKVM; JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Signal
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780771030246
- ISBN
- 9780771030246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.69
€ 18.99
€ 17.69
Paperback. Joe Simpson has experienced a life filled with adventure but marred by death. In a narrative which takes the reader through extreme experiences from an avalanche in Bolivia, ice-climbing in the Alps and Colorado and paragliding in Spain before his final confrontation with the Eiger, Simpson reveals the inner truth of climbing. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations, (chiefly colour ) colour maps, portraits, (chiefly colour ). BIC Classification: BTP; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099422433
- ISBN
- 9780099422433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Paperback. Some of these stories are dire and grim. Others are witty and satirical. Some are political. Others are not. But all are told from the heart and with the authority and sincerity of one who knows his subject. In an era when the customs of the nations of the Middle East are of particular relevance, this book provides a remarkable insight. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 184. My Shocking Journey Through the Savagery of the Modern-Day Middle East. 288 pages. Some of these stories are dire and grim. Others are witty and satirical. Some are political. Others are not. But all are told from the heart and with the authority and sincerity of one who knows his subject. In an era when the customs of the nations of the Middle East are of particular relevance, this book provides a remarkable insight. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BTC. Dimension: 200 x 132 x 19. Weight: 184.
- Publisher
- John Blake
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843583455
- ISBN
- 9781843583455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.33
€ 10.99
€ 9.33
Paperback. How America fell for financier Bernie Madoff's $65 billion investment scam. Num Pages: 312 pages, col. Illustrations, col. ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753827437
- ISBN
- 9780753827437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 237 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 114 x 18. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Milo Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903854877
- ISBN
- 9781903854877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.11
€ 9.99
€ 9.11
Paperback. Published alongside the 2013 film The Bling Ring, directed by Sofia Coppola and starring Emma Watson, this is the explosive true story of the seven celebrity-obsessed teens who became the most audacious burglary gang in Hollywood history. Num Pages: 288 pages, (16pp colour plates). BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KRA0009148
- ISBN
- 9780007518227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Published alongside the 2013 film The Bling Ring, directed by Sofia Coppola and starring Emma Watson, this is the explosive true story of the seven celebrity-obsessed teens who became the most audacious burglary gang in Hollywood history. Num Pages: 288 pages, (16pp colour plates). BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 218. Very good copy with light shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0007372
- ISBN
- 9780007518227
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A haunting and exquisitely-observed collection of medical vignettes that brilliantly captures the intense drama of the Emergency Room Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BT; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 166 x 15. Weight in Grams: 148. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0001604
- ISBN
- 9781841155494
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Functions as a portrait of small-town America emerging from frontier status into the corruption and violence of the Jazz age. This account of a struggling midwestern coal town profiles small-time bootlegger Kelly Wagle, whose mysterious career, and suspected involvement with two unsolved murder cases, had a lasting impact on his community. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 515.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252068447
- ISBN
- 9780252068447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.39
€ 27.99
€ 26.39
Paperback. The basis of the Sky TV show CORLEONE, this is the life of the real godfather - the infamous Salvatore 'Toto' Riina, dreaded head of the Sicilian mafia. Translator(s): Whiteside, Shaun. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSTC; BTC; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409153801
- ISBN
- 9781409153801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. Explores a little-known story of a young boy's fate in the juvenile justice system during the bloodiest years in Americas penitentiaries Num Pages: 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295992457
- ISBN
- 9780295992457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.95
€ 26.99
€ 22.95
Paperback. An epic true-life journey to the heart of Hitler's Berlin. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGSA; BTP; WSSN7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781447210986
- ISBN
- 9781447210986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
€ 14.99
€ 11.14
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BTM; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Regnery Publishing Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781621574880
- ISBN
- 9781621574880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.43
€ 32.99
€ 26.43
Paperback. The paperback debut of the bestselling book that tells the no-holds-barred story of Massachusetts' infamous Bulger Brothers, Whitey and Billy, unveiling an unprecedented criminal alliance. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 106 x 29. Weight in Grams: 262. Used paperback in good condition. May have some light shelfwear.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Grand Central Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- KRF2232048
- ISBN
- 9780446618885
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 10.99€ 4.99
€ 10.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC; JKVF1; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 345. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- First Trade Paper
- SKU
- KRF0025649
- ISBN
- 9780802139511
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Offers an account of the US Drug Enforcement Administration's four-year hunt to bring down Tommy 'Karate' Pitera, a drug-dealing, murderous capo in the Bonanno crime family. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 199 x 20. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845965884
- ISBN
- 9781845965884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 11.69
€ 17.99
€ 11.69
Paperback. Roy Fontaine, also known as Archie Hall, was infamous as a bisexual butler to Britain's aristocracy, and a rumoured lover of Prince Charles' uncle, Lord Mountbatten. His modus operandi was to gain the confidence of his wealthy employers before taking their jewels and then their lives. This book reveals the secrets of Archie Hall's double life. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 x 8pp colour. BIC Classification: BM; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 134 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Mainstream Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780575612
- ISBN
- 9781780575612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.22
€ 25.99
€ 22.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1HF; 3JF; BTP; HBJH; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571210725
- ISBN
- 9780571210725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.01
€ 17.99
€ 13.01