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True stories

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 164 x 11. Weight in Grams: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Beaufort Books
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780825307270
ISBN
9780825307270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.05

Paperback. These essays from a diverse group of distinguished contributors deepen our understanding of the new security threats posed by terrorism, by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and by the spread of Islamic extremism. They examine the obstacles to making U.S. intelligence more capable and offer recommendations for effective reform. Num Pages: 185 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817946623
ISBN
9780817946623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.91

Series: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; JFD; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813145365
ISBN
9780813145365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.59

Num Pages: 754 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 866.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
754
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813136080
ISBN
9780813136080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.21

Paperback. Cases of Murder, Treason, Counterfeiting, Massacre, Plunder, and Misuse of Power. 304 pages, illustrations. True Crime in the Civil War delves into the conflict's criminal history, profiling 16 cases of misdeeds committed by men and women on both sides of the fight. Very little has been written about the war behind the lines - a war carried out by merciless guerrillas, bloodthirsty mobs, murderous vigilantes, and sinister secret agents. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BTC; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 23. Weight: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Edition
Stated First Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811710190
ISBN
9780811710190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.85

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Grove Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802140210
ISBN
9780802140210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.20

Paperback. This collection of true stories illuminates the experiences of a young Polish boy before World War II, through the gathering storm of Nazism, into the death camps, to poignant reunions many years later. Num Pages: 248 pages, 21, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BT; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
Expanded ed
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801863103
ISBN
9780801863103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.63

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
€ 21.99

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

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 87 color & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; 3JJ; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372. 52 Crimes That Shocked Early California 1849-1949. 192 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; 3JJ; BTC. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764339684
ISBN
9780764339684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.06

Paperback. The story you thought you knew was only the beginning Num Pages: 336 pages, with photo insert illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Running Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762432288
ISBN
9780762432288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.54

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Scribner
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780743244381
ISBN
9780743244381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.83

Paperback. Anthony Waterlow left his decrepit, rubbish-filled room in a run-down boarding house at 4.45 pm on Monday 11 November 2009. By 6 pm, the 42-year-old was seen leaving another home: his sister Chloe's in Randwick .He left behind her slaughtered body and that of their father; celebrated art curator Nick Waterlow. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 391.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Melbourne University Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780522862317
ISBN
9780522862317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.19

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

€ 29.99
€ 27.21

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Ballantine Books Inc.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780345524478
ISBN
9780345524478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.07

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
€ 20.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 133 x 31. Weight in Grams: 383.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Broadway Books
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307986559
ISBN
9780307986559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.54

Hardback. The inspiring story of the Japanese American "Go for Broke" unit that rescued--against all odds--a trapped American battalion and went on to become the most decorated unit of its size in World War II Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 pages black-&-white photos. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; 3JJH; BTP; HBWQ; JFSL3; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306824456
ISBN
9780306824456
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.82

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

Paperback. Sharon Tate was a promising young actress who received a Golden Globe nomination for her performance in "Valley of the Dolls"; the beautiful wife of famous film director Roman Polanski; an expectant mother eight and a half months pregnant at the time of her murder; and a loving daughter and sister. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16 Page Colour Insert. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062008053
ISBN
9780062008053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.46

Paperback. What is it like to kill? What is it like to be under fire? How do you know what's right? What can you never forget? The author asks the difficult questions of these combatants, many of whom he first met while in Afghanistan and Iraq and others he sought out from different wars. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061990526
ISBN
9780061990526
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.99

Paperback. Rene Enriquez, aka 'Boxer', was a mob enforcer among the upper echelons of the Mafia. He worked for the La Familia Mexicana, also knowns as La Eme, a powerful mob organization that used a base army of approximately 60,000 armed, loyal Latino gang members - the Surenos - to control California's crime world. This book tells the story of La Eme. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16-page black and white photo insert. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061944185
ISBN
9780061944185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.00

Paperback. John "Red" Shea was a top lieutenant to South Boston's top Irish mobster, Whitey Bulger, and was the only guy to walk the walk and take the rap when the mob boss and his fellow rats turned and ran. Shea did 12 years of hard time to maintain his personal dignity and sense of integrity. This book provides an account of mob life and Red Shea. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 pages of black and white photo inserts. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061232893
ISBN
9780061232893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.96

paperback. Offers an intimate evocation of the famous of all mountaineering exploits and the old-fashioned Fleet Street scoop. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; 3JJPG; BTP; HBTB; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 148.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571219445
ISBN
9780571219445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.59

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