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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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