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True stories
Paperback. From the strength and stamina of well-known runners who achieve the almost impossible to the extraordinary runners who have changed lives and history, this collection of unforgettable stories will inspire anyone who's ever pounded the pavement to keep on running and enjoy every minute of this liberating sport. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BT; WSKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Summersdale Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849538862
- ISBN
- 9781849538862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.69
€ 13.99
€ 10.69
Paperback. A collection of life stories of Russian women in the first half of the twentieth century. It brings together the testimony of Soviet citizens and emigres, intellectuals of aristocratic birth and Soviet milkmaids, housewives and engineers, Bolshevik activists and dedicated opponents of the Soviet regime. Editor(s): Fitzpatrick, Sheila; Slezkine, Yuri. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; 3JJG; 3JJH; BT; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691019499
- ISBN
- 9780691019499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.43€ 46.44
€ 59.43
€ 46.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; BTC; HBJK; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 23.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493009718
- ISBN
- 9781493009718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.26
€ 17.99
€ 15.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 215 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JKVP; LNFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 21. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Black Heron Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936364145
- ISBN
- 9781936364145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.47
€ 16.99
€ 15.47
Paperback. Series: Black Squirrel Booksy. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Edition
- Revised and Expanded
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606352137
- ISBN
- 9781606352137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.53
€ 26.99
€ 24.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; BTM; DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141981086
- ISBN
- 9780141981086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.95
€ 12.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. Illustrated with a range of photographs and engravings - showing the criminals and their crimes, and the towns and villages of Yorkshire in days gone by. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100 black and white. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BG; BTC; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 173 x 8. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750947466
- ISBN
- 9780750947466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.45
€ 17.99
€ 16.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKESU; 3JJPK; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750966955
- ISBN
- 9780750966955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.39
€ 13.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Each day we saw the outside world in all its splendour, and each day that view served as a reminder that we had wasted and ruined our lives. This book tells the true story of life inside America's most notorious prison - from terrifying times in solitary confinement to daily encounters with the Birdman. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784750664
- ISBN
- 9781784750664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.66
€ 16.99
€ 12.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 287 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BTC; HBJD; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Progressive Press United States
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780930852399
- ISBN
- 9780930852399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.22
€ 26.99
€ 21.22
Paperback. From the New York Times Best-Selling Author John Douglas Comes a Story of True Crime That Reads Like Fiction Inside the Mind of BTK tells the incredible true story of how FBI profiler John Douglas tracked and participated in the hunt for one of the most notorious serial killers in U.S. history. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Jossey Bass
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470325155
- ISBN
- 9780470325155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.07
€ 25.99
€ 21.07
Paperback. When John Cuffe entered Mountjoy as a young prison officer in May 1978, he stepped back into Victorian times. He knew nothing about jails, apart from what he had seen in black-and-white films on RTE: 'good' sheriffs and 'bad' hombres. Here, he reveals the raw truth of thirty tough years on the inside. Join him on a vivid, eye-opening journey . Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BM; BTC; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- The Collins Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848892996
- ISBN
- 9781848892996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.51
€ 16.99
€ 14.51
Paperback. A hung Parliament, terrorist bombs, sex trafficking and tabloid war .. Welcome to London, 1885. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BTC; HBJD1; HBLL; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Picador
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330544658
- ISBN
- 9780330544658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.94
€ 13.99
€ 10.94
Paperback. Following a bad breakup, the author resolves not to commit to one man until she has found The One. Instead she starts to explore the world of internet dating, sex clubs, one-night stands and booty calls. She is just an ordinary girl from the office with an extraordinary private life. This book describes her intimate adventures. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218. Previously read copy. Some shelfwear and/or soiling. Good overall
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- KST0029686
- ISBN
- 9780091928827
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Deals with a murder trial in the insular Bukharan-Jewish community of Forest Hills, Queens, that captured national attention. The defendant, Mozoltuv Barukhova, a beautiful young physician, is accused of hiring an assassin to kill her estranged husband, Daniel Malakov, a respected orthodontist, in the presence of their four-year old child. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BTC; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 195 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300181708
- ISBN
- 9780300181708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.81
€ 13.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 35 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BTM; HBWN; JWTY; WS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 225 x 26. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Merrion Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785370182
- ISBN
- 9781785370182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.22
€ 19.99
€ 17.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BT; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Frederick Fell United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780883910108
- ISBN
- 9780883910108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.72
€ 16.99
€ 15.72
Paperback. In a horrific car crash, eighteen-year old Brian Boyle was placed in a medically-induced coma. When Brian finally emerged from the coma two months later, doctors predicted he might not be able to walk again, and certainly not swim. Then, miraculously, Brian clawed his way back to the living. This title offers an account of his miraculous comeback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BTP; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616083601
- ISBN
- 9781616083601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.39
€ 17.99
€ 16.39
Paperback. On August 23, 1907, Sister Janina waved good-bye to her priest, who was headed out for an afternoon of fishing, and retired to her convent cell to take a nap. She was never seen again. Her fellow nuns listed her as 'lost' in their book of records, and so she remained until an ambitious priest launched a campaign to build a new church at Isadore. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472050796
- ISBN
- 9780472050796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.67
€ 24.99
€ 22.67
Paperback. Featuring criminals such as Michael Morey, who butchered his grandson, and thirteen-year-old John Leigh, who strangled his father and, caught in the act by his sister, threw her from a window, Isle of Wight Villains details the darker side of this island paradise. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESW; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 12. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752462196
- ISBN
- 9780752462196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.51
€ 17.99
€ 16.51
Paperback. This is the incredible true story of the unbreakable bond forged between Treo, the world's most highly decorated dog, and his handler Sgt. Dave Heyhoe, whilst doing the most dangerous job on earth - sniffing out bombs in Afghanistan. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780873992
- ISBN
- 9781780873992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. Shows how the veterans were treated with ingratitude and brutality by Stalin, and later exploited as icons of the Great Patriotic War before being sidelined once more in Putin's new capitalist Russia. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BTM; HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571218097
- ISBN
- 9780571218097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Paperback. Horrific, horrendous, unspeakable, the Whitechapel murderer, Jack the Ripper, stalked the streets of East London in 1888, slaughtering prostitutes and bewildering the police who were hunting him. This book looks at the evidence left by the murderer. Series Editor(s): Davies, David Stuart. Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840220773
- ISBN
- 9781840220773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.29
€ 12.29
hardcover. The story of Fleet Street's construction of the "Jack the Ripper" murders. It examines how 14 daily and weekly newspapers - including two East End "weeklies" - featured news of Jack the Ripper, in the process revealing the social, political and sexual anxieties of late Victorian Britain. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; 3JH; BTC; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300088724
- ISBN
- 9780300088724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.20
€ 80.20