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Paperback. Lenny McLean's life story is an inspirational one. A bare-knuckle fighter by profession, he was one of the most notorious figures ever to emerge from the East End of London. His untimely death in 1998, following a battle against cancer, was a tragic loss for family and friends and left his legions of fans shocked and bereft. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 X 8 page b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; BTC; JKVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 424. 8vo.clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KEX0262409
ISBN
9781844543588
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Great white sharks are enigmas. They ruled the oceans long before dinosaurs inhabited the earth, yet we know surprisingly little about them. Scientists speculate they can live for 60 years and grow to a massive 20 feet long. This title deals with great white sharks and the power they have over us. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations (some col.), 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; BTH; WNCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099555247
ISBN
9780099555247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.85

Paperback. As the summer of 1914 drew to a close, it was difficult for a 16 year-old schoolboy to realize that the world for which he had been prepared at Clifton College was itself preparing for war. By 1916, he was commissioned in the Royal Field Artillery. This book gives human account of history. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 pp B & W photos; line drawings/maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; BGHA; BTM; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857501950
ISBN
9780857501950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. Harry Markopolos and his team of financial sleuths discuss first-hand how they cracked the Madoff Ponzi scheme

No One Would Listen is the exclusive story of the Harry Markopolos-led investigation into Bernie Madoff and his $65 billion Ponzi scheme. Num Pages: 354 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BTC; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 510.

Publisher
Wiley
Number of pages
354
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470919002
ISBN
9780470919002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.12

Paperback. Ex Library. Usual markings.Complete with plastic dustwrapper.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
BBC Books London
Number of pages
95
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New
SKU
KEX0205108
ISBN
9780563534365
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations; maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552124195
ISBN
9780552124195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1HF; 3JF; BTP; HBJH; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571210725
ISBN
9780571210725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.01

Paperback. .
Publisher
Ebury Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785036279
ISBN
9781785036279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.95

Paperback. Murder, human-rights abuse, drugs, blackmail, extortion, extreme violence, medical maltreatment and unjustifiable death penalties feature as everyday occurrences in the living hells that are Bangkwang and Klong Prem jails. The author has graphically revealed this shocking reality through the eyes of a long-term inmate from the West. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1FMT; BTP; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845965815
ISBN
9781845965815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Hardback. Rob Driscoll, former sergeant with 42 Commando, Royal Marines, served tours in Iraq, Kuwait and Kosovo. A born leader of fighting men, with the medals to prove it, he also endured three tours in Afghanistan. BIC Classification: BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786062543
ISBN
9781786062543
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.58

Paperback. From the award-winning, critically acclaimed Charles Bowden, a stunning work of reportage on Ciudad Juarez--the blood-soaked town caught in the crosshairs of Mexico's escalating drug wars Num Pages: 352 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; BTC; HBJK; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 372. Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields. 352 pages, b/w photos. Presents a devastating chronicle of a city in collapse. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KLCM; BTC; HBJK; JKVG. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 24. Weight: 382.
Publisher
Nation Books
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568586458
ISBN
9781568586458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.12

Paperback. Drawing on primary sources wherever possible, a myth-busting and thought-provoking examination of 33 intriguing serial killers from Australia, Great Britain, South Africa, Iran, the United States and elsewhere. Num Pages: 416 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472136749
ISBN
9781472136749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. The inside story of the 20th century's most lucrative armed robbery. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPN; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 27. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
346
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849163071
ISBN
9781849163071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Aiming to be brutal and moving in equal measure, this book explores pressing global issues, while not losing a sense of the personal. Critical of the West's indifference to developing countries, and the UN's repeated failure to intervene decisively, it provokes controversy. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BT; JPSN1; JWLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Ebury Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
and Other Desperate Measures
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091908867
ISBN
9780091908867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. In 1955, former nightclub manageress Ruth Ellis shot dead her lover, David Blakely. Following a trial that lasted less than two days, she was found guilty and sentenced to death. This title sets Ruth's story firmly in its historical context in order to tell the truth about both her timeless crime and a punishment that was very much of its time. Num Pages: 448 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; BTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780576237
ISBN
9781780576237
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.15

Paperback. .
Publisher
NAL
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780451475633
ISBN
9780451475633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. The funny, touching and entertaining story of how Jo Hardy, the star of BBC2's Young Vets, gets to grips with animals big and small, friendly and not-at-all-happy, on the road to becoming a fully qualified vet. Num Pages: 304 pages, (1x8pp plates). BIC Classification: BT; MZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008142483
ISBN
9780008142483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. Takes the reader as close as possible to experience life in Sing Sing, one of America's most notorious high security jails. This title offers an account of how the gruelling world of the prison system brutalizes all who enter it - prison guards and prisoners alike. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BM; BTC; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091940959
ISBN
9780091940959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.81

Paperback. Over the Easter weekend in 2015, a gang of criminals robbed a safe depository in London's Hatton Garden. Shortly before, electrical cables under nearby Kingsway had caught on fire, disrupting the emergency services in the area. Coincidence? Nigel Cawthorne digs deep to question the motives and methods behind diamond theft. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JMG; BTC; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784189785
ISBN
9781784189785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.30

Paperback. 'Moving - at times almost unbearably so - and fascinating' Antonia Fraser A family's story of human tenacity, faith and a race for survival in the face of unspeakable horror and cruelty perpetrated by the Nazi regime against the Jewish people. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BM; BTP; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008158064
ISBN
9780008158064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.87

Paperback. Tells the story of six of the country's most notorious jails - Durham, Wandsworth, Pentonville, Wormwood Scrubs, Dartmoor and Holloway - and of the men and women who entered their gates, sometimes stood on their scaffolds and occasionally vanished before their time. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Black and White Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845028480
ISBN
9781845028480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.63

Paperback. .
Publisher
HarperBusiness
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060747701
ISBN
9780060747701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.20

Paperback. Most of us never get to test ourselves in combat. As a UH-1 Helicopter pilot flying in the jungle highlands of South Vietnam, Jim Crigler and the men he flew with were tested daily. This true story is a raw, bold, introspective autobiography where the author openly wrestles with his personal moral dilemma to find meaning and purpose in his life. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: BM; BTM; BTP; HBW; HBWS2; VFV; VSZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Panoma Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784521080
ISBN
9781784521080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.73

Paperback. A spell-binding account of an appalling miscarriage of justice. Num Pages: 507 pages, Illustrations, map, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJPG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 746.
Publisher
Waterside Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
490
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904380801
ISBN
9781904380801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.30

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