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True stories

Paperback. Paddy Monaghan has an extraordinary story to tell. This remarkable autobiography gives a unique insight into Paddy's world of violence - a world he only ever entered in order to provide for his beloved wife and children. With Foreword by Muhammad Ali Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782194255
ISBN
9781782194255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. In suburban Croydon over a period of ten months during 1928-9, three members of the same family died suddenly. A complex police investigation followed, but no charges were ever brought and the mystery remains officially unsolved. The author meticulously reconstructs these events and offers a new solution to an old murder mystery. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752453378
ISBN
9780752453378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.71

Paperback. Tells the stories of David Sharp, a young British solo climber, who was passed by 40 mountaineers as he lay dying on the slopes of the Everest mountain, and Lincoln Hall who was left for dead yet miraculously survived. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 maps, 1 x 8pp colour section. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; BTP; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
VIRGIN BOOKS
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753515709
ISBN
9780753515709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. 'Gripping and inspiring - like the man himself!' Bear Grylls Num Pages: 256 pages, same plate section as HB - no LS help required. BIC Classification: BGSA; BTP; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472113047
ISBN
9781472113047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 287 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BT; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Linden Publishing Co Inc United States
Number of pages
287
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780941936859
ISBN
9780941936859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.49

Paperback. It comes in all forms, all shapes and sizes, from the unconditional love of a parent to a child, to the passionate, all-embracing love felt for a partner. The rich, famous and the funny have joined together to create this treasury of tales about the things they have done for love. Num Pages: 255 pages, cartoons. BIC Classification: BT; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 120 x 20. Weight in Grams: 146.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Blake Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KLN0014040
ISBN
9781857825329
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. An insider's view of Japan's underworld of organized crime. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 199 x 23. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780330679
ISBN
9781780330679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; GBC; JFHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 239 x 29. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493000609
ISBN
9781493000609
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.49

Paperback. This volume throws new light on a century-old British murder mystery. Samuel Herbert Dougal was a career criminal whose appetite for sex and money propelled him through scandal after scandal; through the courts, prisons and asylums; and from woman to vulnerable woman. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAX; 3JJC; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 25. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752466293
ISBN
9780752466293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; BTC; JFSS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Milo Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908479860
ISBN
9781908479860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Whitechapel, 1988: a spate of brutal murders becomes the most notorious criminal episode in London's history. The killer, chillingly nicknamed 'The Whitechapel Murderer', 'Leather Apron' and, most famously, 'Jack the Ripper', is never brought to justice for the slaughter and mutilation of at least five women in the slums of East London. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718178246
ISBN
9780718178246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Monday Books
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
KNW0008964
ISBN
9780955285479
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. In this fascinating crime book journalist and longtime Japan resident Paul Murphy provides a glimpse of Japanese society through a year's worth of criminal court cases in Matsumoto, a city 140 miles to the west of Tokyo Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BTC; JKVG; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9784805313428
ISBN
9784805313428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

Paperback. Editor(s): Blezard, Paul; Maden-Schiannini, Nikki. Num Pages: 380 pages, 79 line drawings, 40 colour photos. BIC Classification: BTP; WGCK; WTLC; WTLP; YNTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 210 x 147 x 31. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
Sam Manicom United Kingdom
Number of pages
380
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955657320
ISBN
9780955657320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 12ill. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BT; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. . Clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KEX0220221
ISBN
9780863223167
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

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

Paperback. He has played an East End hardman, an SAS soldier and investigated vicious world gangs. Now Ross Kemp is taking on perhaps his hardest assignment of all - the Taliban. In order to prepare for this ordeal, Ross Kemp trains with the First Battalion Royal Anglians in England's subzero temperatures. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; BTM; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS4; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260. Clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KTM0000760
ISBN
9780141040882
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Contains the stories behind some of the most heinous crimes ever committed in Wiltshire that include the murder of Eliza Jones, stabbed to death by her common-law husband in 1836; the shooting of a policeman in 1892; and, Mary Ann Nash, who disposed of her illegitimate son in 1907 by dropping him into a disused well. Series: Murders. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWW; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 171 x 10. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
3rd Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752448961
ISBN
9780752448961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. In 1995, a film called I D, about an ambitious young copper who was sent undercover to track down the 'generals' of a football hooligan gang, achieved cult status for its sheer brutality and unsettling insight into the dark and often bloody side of the so-called beautiful game. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JKSW1; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091951528
ISBN
9780091951528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Foster carer Rosie Lewis faces a battle to uncover the dark family secret that is tearing a family apart. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Harper Element
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008112974
ISBN
9780008112974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. There cannot be many cities where crime could mean anything from stealing a ship to singing a seditious song, but nineteenth century Glasgow was a unique place with an amazing dynamism. This book chronicles the century long struggle of the forces of law and order to bring peace to a troubled city. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
B & W Pub
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845025366
ISBN
9781845025366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. The story of one man's evolution from naive and ambitious young intern to world-class neurosurgeon. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BT; MNN; VFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393330496
ISBN
9780393330496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. Hayley was just 12 when she met Mr Willson, the new drama teacher at her school. Good looking and charismatic, he was classic schoolgirl-crush material. Hayley was flattered by the attention he gave her, and he soon befriended her parents. Little did they know they were all being groomed. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 126. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Ebury Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785035531
ISBN
9781785035531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Growing up in war-torn Sierra Leone, she witnesses atrocities that no child ever should. Her father is killed by rebels and her mother dies of famine. Sent to an orphanage, Michaela is mistreated and she sees the brutal murder of her favourite teacher. Michaela and her best friend are adopted by an American couple.. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; 1KBB; ASDL; BGFA; BTP; YFY; YNDB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 215.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571314478
ISBN
9780571314478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

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