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Paperback. Charles 'Lucky' Luciano was a vicious mobster who rose to become the multimillionaire king of the New York underworld. This is a biography that tells Luciano's real story, from his early days as a top hit man for the mob to his exploits running sex and narcotics empires and revelations about his transatlantic trip to Nazi Germany. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 x 8pp colour & b/w. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845967376
- ISBN
- 9781845967376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Introducing the incredible story of Shin Dong-hyuk - the only person born in a North Korean gulag ever to escape .. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Pan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprints
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330519540
- ISBN
- 9780330519540
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. The compelling story of Britain's best-ever cyclist - one of the most enigmatic, complex and contradictory athletes in any sport - and the unravelling of the puzzle surrounding his sudden and dramatic disappearance. Fully updated with new material on the enigmatic Millar. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 b/w, 30 col plates (16pp), With index. BIC Classification: BT; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007235025
- ISBN
- 9780007235025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.48
€ 15.99
€ 11.48
Paperback. *Third volume of Ann Rule's bestselling Crime Files anthologies - a benchmark in true crime writing. Series: True Crime Files Series. Num Pages: 448 pages, Section: 24. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 109 x 33. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751515732
- ISBN
- 9780751515732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.53
€ 17.99
€ 13.53
Paperback. On 18 January 2012, Elise Schwarz received a phone call that threatened to tear her world to pieces: 'There's something wrong with Evan. He's turning blue,' her babysitter screamed down the line. This moving and compelling account, told in diary form, is a testament to a mother's unbending love and above all unflinching belief in her child. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784189808
- ISBN
- 9781784189808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.39
€ 10.99
€ 9.39
Paperback. A memoir of former KPMG CEO Eugene O'Kelly, completed in the three and a half months between his diagnosis with brain cancer and his death in September 2005. It offers a glimpse of the strategies Gene embraced to accept and live the final stages of his life with vibrancy and calm - and what his preparations for death taught him about life. Num Pages: 201 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BT; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Education - Europe United States
- Number of pages
- 201
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- UK Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780077118471
- ISBN
- 9780077118471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 104 pages, 25 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 142 x 7. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 104
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888396273
- ISBN
- 9780888396273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51
Paperback. New edition of Terry Waite's seminal memoir, celebrating 25 years since his release - with a new foreword and final chapter Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; BT; HRCV9; HRCX7; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 39. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 25th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473637115
- ISBN
- 9781473637115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 50 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; 3JF; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750960199
- ISBN
- 9780750960199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.71
€ 19.71
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
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.51
€ 25.99
€ 19.51
Paperback. Life in the largely rural county of Dorset has not always been idyllic, for over the years it has experienced numerous murders, some of which are little known outside the county borders, others that have shocked the nation. Series: Murders. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWT; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 177 x 11. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750951074
- ISBN
- 9780750951074
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.68
€ 19.99
€ 18.68
Paperback. The brutal murder of the Reverend George Parker in the rural village of Oddingley on Midsummer's Day in 1806 - shot and beaten to death, his body set on fire and left smouldering in his own glebe field - gripped everyone from the Home Secretary in London to newspapermen across the country. It was a strange and stubborn case. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMT; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099554677
- ISBN
- 9780099554677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752468136
- ISBN
- 9780752468136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
€ 10.99
€ 10.03
Paperback. The true story of an SAS veteran who led a team during the 1980 assault on the Iranian Embassy and served in the Falklands, Northern Ireland, and elsewhere over his career with the Regiment. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BTM; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472817372
- ISBN
- 9781472817372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.73
€ 15.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. The classic autobiography of the Kray twins, Britain's most notorious gangsters. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJP; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509811427
- ISBN
- 9781509811427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.82
€ 15.99
€ 11.82
Paperback. Series: Serpent's Tail Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Serpent's Tail
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846689628
- ISBN
- 9781846689628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. A frank, funny and shocking memoir of one woman's struggle to free her family from debt - by becoming an escort. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BT; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New Ed
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KLN0017616
- ISBN
- 9780751536980
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 14 b+w photos. BIC Classification: AVGR; BTC; JFCA; YNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 211 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Plexus Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859654371
- ISBN
- 9780859654371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. In 2008, a YouTube clip became an internet phenomenon. It showed the emotional reunion of two young men and their pet lion, Christian, after they had left him in Africa to be introduced into his rightful home in the wild. This title tells their story, accompanied by photographs. Num Pages: 208 pages, Over 50 b&w / colour photos in 5 x 8-page sections. BIC Classification: BT; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Broadway Boks,2010
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553820607
- ISBN
- 9780553820607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
€ 15.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. Writer and historian Kaye Jones has investigated the case of Christiana Edmunds, a seemingly demure middle-class young lady who suddenly started sending out poisoned chocolates to fellow residents of Brighton in 1871. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8-page plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; 3JH; BTC; HBTB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781593752
- ISBN
- 9781781593752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.25
€ 17.99
€ 14.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 45 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750960250
- ISBN
- 9780750960250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61
Paperback. When James Miles and his best friend Paul Loseby were caught smuggling ten kilos of cocaine out of Caracas, Venezuela, they couldn't deny their guilt. This title tells the true-life story of how two men endured untold savagery in the most appalling conditions. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; BTP; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091946791
- ISBN
- 9780091946791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
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Paperback. Michael Crichton (the creator of TV's "ER") writes about true stories of life in the emergency rooms of Massachusetts General Hospital: a construction worker is seriously injured in a scaffolding collapse; a young man nearly severs his hand; and three other true-life stories. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BT; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 112 x 18. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099601111
- ISBN
- 9780099601111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Paperback. The impossibly moving story of how Judy, World War Two's only animal POW, brought hope in the midst of hell. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JJH; BTP; HBWQ; JWXR; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848665385
- ISBN
- 9781848665385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.92
€ 15.99
€ 11.92