True stories
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True stories
Paperback. "A richly detailed story that is equal parts heartbreaking, inspiring .. and full of fascinating science .. masterful."-San Francisco Chronicle Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: BTP; WGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 209 x 31. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393351262
- ISBN
- 9780393351262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.46
€ 17.99
€ 16.46
Hardback. Offers an account of one of the most gripping rescue missions in African history, told by a doctor involved in saving the lives of Nigerian workers who became victims of a tragic American chemical company explosion. Num Pages: 188 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 1KBB; 3JJPN; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Publisher
- SKYHORSE PUBLISHING
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616082277
- ISBN
- 9781616082277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.64
€ 26.99
€ 22.64
Paperback. From the testing laboratories where engineers struggle to build a jet engine that can resist bird attacks, through the creation of the A320 in France, to the political and social forces that have sought to minimize the impact of revolutionary fly-by-wire technology, this work lets us question our assumptions about human beings in modern aviation. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BTP; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 147 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141046747
- ISBN
- 9780141046747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.21
€ 17.99
€ 14.21
Paperback. * Inside the financial crisis as the bankers themseves rode the boom and fell with the crash, from the first UK journalist to predict it * Updated for this edition Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BT; JFFX; KFFK; KFFL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 25. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349121895
- ISBN
- 9780349121895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.78
€ 13.00
€ 11.78
Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, Appx 65-70 4-colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BT; HBTB; KNTP; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- Clarkson Potter
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553459272
- ISBN
- 9780553459272
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.93
€ 25.99
€ 17.93
Paperback. From the time she was a little girl, Maryam rebelled against the terrible second-class existence that was her destiny as an Afghan woman. She had witnessed the miserable fate of her grandmother and three aunts, and wished she had been born a boy. As a feisty teenager in Kabul, she was outraged when the Russians invaded her country. Num Pages: 464 pages, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1FCA; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 116 x 30. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553820201
- ISBN
- 9780553820201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Stories of outstanding bravery on the battlefield Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 400 pages, 32, 10 maps. BIC Classification: BTM; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780304366989
- ISBN
- 9780304366989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
€ 13.99
€ 10.97
Paperback. This title, filled with case studies, illustrations and photographs, draws on interviews with police personnel and forensic scientists to uncover the vast and detailed under-workings of criminal investigation. Topics covered include: the stages of a body's decay and criminal science career paths. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations, photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; BTC; JKVF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 188 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Random House
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091897284
- ISBN
- 9780091897284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.94
€ 26.99
€ 18.94
Paperback. Series: Wellcome. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JKVF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781251706
- ISBN
- 9781781251706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.62
€ 13.00
€ 11.62
Hardcover. In July 1967, seven young men-members of Joe Wilcox's twelve-man expedition-died on Mt. McKinley, North America's highest peak. Num Pages: 432 pages, Maps; 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: BT; WSZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 168 x 35. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393061741
- ISBN
- 9780393061741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.55
€ 27.99
€ 26.55
Paperback. Series: Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Wharncliffe Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903425336
- ISBN
- 9781903425336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.21
€ 17.99
€ 14.21
Paperback. A semi-autobiographical account of the Vietnam War, this novel reveals how war can make everything explosive - even love - and how two friends try to put the pieces of their lives together again. Series: Phoenix Fiction S. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BTM; FJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226268866
- ISBN
- 9780226268866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.90
€ 31.99
€ 24.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 656 pages, 30 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; JFHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publisher
- Trine Day United States
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936296071
- ISBN
- 9781936296071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.30
€ 25.30
Hardcover. Featuring sixty-nine handpicked fraud cases, Fraud Casebook: Lessons from the Bad Side of Business reveals the many faces of fraud, how frauds are detected, and how perpetrators are brought to justice. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 183 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1250.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470134689
- ISBN
- 9780470134689
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.53
€ 88.53
Paperback. Series: Eye Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QMP; BTP; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Eye Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Second Edition, Second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903070741
- ISBN
- 9781903070741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.68
€ 13.99
€ 11.68
Num Pages: 320 pages, photographs throughout. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Prometheus Books United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616144470
- ISBN
- 9781616144470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.98
€ 27.99
€ 24.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 14ill. BIC Classification: BG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 178. Copy with minor shelf wear. Minor stain on front cover
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Transform Management Ltd/Xt3
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KOC0007814
- ISBN
- 9780954732134
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. The greatest achievement is to still be alive - and what's more, living with purpose to focus on family and personal growth. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; BTP; MJD; VFV; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 240 x 26. Weight in Grams: 470. 8vo.Like New copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- SKU
- KEX0295177
- ISBN
- 9781786063892
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
mass_market. This is the candid and revealing wartime memoir of the soldier who, at the age of just 32, became South Korea's first four-star general. The book brings an unprecedented perspective to the Korean War. Num Pages: 271 pages, 13 b&w photos, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JJPG; BTM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Potomac Books United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574887433
- ISBN
- 9781574887433
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.42
€ 17.99
€ 17.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 12ill. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BT; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. . 263pp
- Publisher
- Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KCBJ000142
- ISBN
- 9780863223167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95