True stories
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True stories
Paperback. Covers the author's flying career from the finish of World War II until his final appointment as CO of the Naval Test Squadron at Boscombe Down. Mike Crosley became involved with the introduction of Britain's first carrier-borne jet aircraft. The book explains how modern techniques, such as the angled flight deck, were developed and tested. Num Pages: 224 pages, 32 mono illustrations in plate section. BIC Classification: BT; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844153213
- ISBN
- 9781844153213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.69
€ 20.99
€ 16.69
paperback. .
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006531203
- ISBN
- 9780006531203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.32
€ 14.99
€ 11.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Random House Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307358950
- ISBN
- 9780307358950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.33
€ 18.99
€ 16.33
Paperback. You're from Glasgow. You're in a notorious Texas prison. You're on your own. The true story of the man who became a .. Gang of One. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444737929
- ISBN
- 9781444737929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.20
€ 17.99
€ 13.20
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, over 200 b&w photos, 35 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; BTH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; HBWS; JWG; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 303 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1418. Flying German Aircraft of World War II. 288 pages, over 200 b&w photos, 35 colour illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGHA; BTH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; HBWS; JWG; JWMV3. Dimension: 303 x 216 x 25. Weight: 1404.
- Publisher
- Hikoki Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902109152
- ISBN
- 9781902109152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.73
€ 46.99
€ 32.73
Paperback. Mandy Thomas was just 18 when she met the man who would change her life forever. She was soon under his spell - and then her real nightmare began. Mandy found herself part of a cruel and violent relationship that she couldn't escape. Until one day he went too far.. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BM; BT; JFFE3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785030185
- ISBN
- 9781785030185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.00
€ 17.99
€ 14.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPK; AVGP; AVH; BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062444264
- ISBN
- 9780062444264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.50
€ 13.99
€ 10.50
Paperback. When the Englishman learned that someone was asking about him, he introduced himself to Pearson, who persuaded him to write his story - a story even more extraordinary than that of the Krays. Because the Englishman is the only man of non-Italian blood to be admitted to the heart of the Mafia. Num Pages: 416 pages, ports. BIC Classification: BTC; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099457787
- ISBN
- 9780099457787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.64
€ 14.99
€ 11.64
Paperback. A search for the truth about a distant unsolved murder. Num Pages: 205 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846945366
- ISBN
- 9781846945366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.15
€ 16.99
€ 15.15
Paperback. In August 2005, as Hurricane Katrina blew in the city of New Orleans has been abandoned by most citizens. But resident Abdulrahman Zeitoun, though his wife and family had gone, refused to leave. For days he traversed an apocalyptic landscape of flooded streets by canoe. But eventually he came to the attention of those 'guarding' this drowned city. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JMC; BTP; JPVH; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141046815
- ISBN
- 9780141046815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. Jamie embarks on the biggest challenge of his life: running 5,000 miles across Canada, solo and unsupported, through -40 degree weather, surviving injuries and wearing through 13 pairs of trainers. And he does it all dressed as the superhero, the Flash, when he realises that everyone who helps him towards his goal is a superhero too. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BTP; WSKC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Summersdale Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849539692
- ISBN
- 9781849539692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.12
€ 14.12
Paperback. How one little girl survived a Japanese Prisoner of War camp. A powerful true story. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JJH; BTP; HBJF; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- SKU
- KRA0010678
- ISBN
- 9781447273561
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. MANUEL - Portrait of a Serial Killer tells the full story from start to finish, from his birth in the USA and his love of gangster movies to his life of crime that would ultimately end on the gallows after one of the most sensational trials in legal history. Num Pages: 382 pages, 8pp Colour Plate Section. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Bonnier Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785300790
- ISBN
- 9781785300790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.57
€ 13.99
€ 10.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32 black & white illustrations, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKESU; 3JJPK; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 22. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752499819
- ISBN
- 9780752499819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.27
€ 17.99
€ 16.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, 25 photographs, engravings & maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; 3JH; BT; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 141 x 4. Weight in Grams: 108.
- Publisher
- Steve Savage Publishers Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 2Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904246008
- ISBN
- 9781904246008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.99€ 6.96
€ 6.99
€ 6.96
Paperback. An accessible PB edition carrying forward the momentum of this gripping readable true life mystery/tragedy, compellingly solved by the author. Num Pages: 288 pages, approx. 60-70 phototgraphs. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPG; BTH; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781452140032
- ISBN
- 9781452140032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.08
€ 14.99
€ 12.08
Paperback. Despite standing as chief prosecution witness in the Moors Murders trial, David Smith was vilified by the public due to the accusations thrown at him by Myra Hindley and Ian Brady about his involvement in their crimes. In this title, the chief prosecution witness in the Moors Murders trial gives his account of the case. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JJPK; BM; BTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780575391
- ISBN
- 9781780575391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.76
€ 14.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. In the depths of Antarctic winter, hundreds of miles from land or rescue, a small fishing boat is swallowed by waves as high as houses. Only the actions of Matt Lewis, a 23-year-old British marine biologist and one of the most inexperienced men aboard, will save the lives of the South African crew. Lewis is the last man off the sinking boat.. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTS; 3JJPR; BTP; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241967447
- ISBN
- 9780241967447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. An engaging and informative first-hand account of the last 'grain race' of maritime history, from respected travel writer Eric Newby. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJG; BT; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- William Collins
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007597833
- ISBN
- 9780007597833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.32
€ 14.99
€ 11.32
Paperback. Offers a tale of a young couple who in the late 1970s, on impulse, became the new landlords of the most remote, bleak and lonely pub - The Tan Hill Inn - located in the desolate landscape of the Yorkshire Dales. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Michael O´Mara Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782431558
- ISBN
- 9781782431558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.74
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€ 10.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 41. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Citadel
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780806538419
- ISBN
- 9780806538419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.49
€ 20.99
€ 16.49
Paperback. Explores the dealings and manoeuvring on both sides of the case, and how a combination of the prosecution's over-confidence, the defence's shrewdness, and the Los Angeles Police Department's incendiary history with the city's African-American community, gave a jury what it needed: reasonable doubt. This is an account of the O J Simpson trial. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; LNFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 37. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784755867
- ISBN
- 9781784755867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. When Manny McDonnell was twelve he awoke to discover British troops surrounding his home in the toughest area of trouble-torn Belfast. This book presents a colourful account of one man's nightmare journey through blood, bombs, bullets and smuggling that offers fresh insight into the world of major crime. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Black & White Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845027513
- ISBN
- 9781845027513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.49
€ 13.99
€ 10.49
Paperback. LulzSec, a sister organisation, broke into and blocked computer systems at VISA, Mastercard and PayPal. The groups have infiltrated the networks of totalitarian governments in Libya and Tunisia. This title is the story of a hive mind, with many hackers across the globe connected to slice through security systems and escape untraced. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 39. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780434022083
- ISBN
- 9780434022083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.53
€ 21.99
€ 17.53