True stories
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True stories
Paperback. Editor(s): Hazen, Jennifer M.; Rodgers, Dennis. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: BTC; JFSG; JHMC; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816691494
- ISBN
- 9780816691494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.73
€ 37.73
Paperback. In the shadow of the Holocaust, the Soviet Union's quiet yet brutal campaign against Polish citizens is often overlooked. This book gives voice to the hundreds of thousands of victims of Soviet barbarism. It presents one of the darkest periods of European history and stands as an intimate chronicle of an atrocity yet to receive its historical due. Num Pages: 288 pages, 21 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 1DVUA; 3JJH; BGH; BTM; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226004440
- ISBN
- 9780226004440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.18
€ 23.99
€ 19.18
Hardcover. Some beg for forgiveness. Others claim innocence. At least three cheer for their favorite football teams. This book presents an oral history of American capital punishment, as heard from the gallows, the chair, and the gurney. It explores the cultural value of these final statements and asks what we can learn from them. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 149 x 28. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226202686
- ISBN
- 9780226202686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.02
€ 25.99
€ 22.02
Hardcover. On July 31, 1997, a six-man Emergency Service team from the NYPD raided a terrorist cell in Brooklyn - and thus narrowly prevented a devastating suicide bombing of the New York subway. This book tells the dramatic story of that raid, the painstaking police work that went into it, and its unexpected aftermath. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BTC; JKSW1; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226360904
- ISBN
- 9780226360904
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.14
€ 44.14
Paperback. Presents diaries and correspondence left by kamikaze pilots and other Japanese student soldiers who perished during the war. These kamikaze pilots were considered unbridled fanatics who willingly sacrificed their lives for the emperor. This work is useful for those interested in the history of Japan and World War II. Num Pages: 246 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; BTM; HBJF; HBWQ; JWG; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226619514
- ISBN
- 9780226619514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.18
€ 23.99
€ 19.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; JFCA; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Paperback edition 2006
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226738697
- ISBN
- 9780226738697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.33
€ 40.33
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252078958
- ISBN
- 9780252078958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.55
€ 32.99
€ 29.55
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Anniversary Edition
- Number of pages
- 468
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221100
- ISBN
- 9780253221100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.14
€ 26.99
€ 25.14
Hardcover. At last, the true story of a crime that shocked the world. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPK; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393239287
- ISBN
- 9780393239287
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.76
€ 27.99
€ 24.76
Paperback. "[Makes] history, with all its messiness, ugliness, and even humanity, come vividly alive."-Chicago Tribune Num Pages: 448 pages, 27 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393326062
- ISBN
- 9780393326062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.61
€ 32.99
€ 27.61
Paperback. "This engaging biography exactly and vividly catches the tone of a region, a time, and a man."-Larry McMurtry Num Pages: 544 pages, 62 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 3JJG; BG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393338188
- ISBN
- 9780393338188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.18
€ 37.99
€ 32.18
Paperback. Detectives work the streets - an arena of action, vice, lust, greed, aggression, and violence - to gather shards of information about who did what to whom. This work examines the moral ambiguities of the detectives' world as they shuttle between the streets and a bureaucratic behemoth. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032323
- ISBN
- 9780674032323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.69
€ 35.99
€ 30.69
Paperback. A collection of life stories of Russian women in the first half of the twentieth century. It brings together the testimony of Soviet citizens and emigres, intellectuals of aristocratic birth and Soviet milkmaids, housewives and engineers, Bolshevik activists and dedicated opponents of the Soviet regime. Editor(s): Fitzpatrick, Sheila; Slezkine, Yuri. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; 3JJG; 3JJH; BT; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691019499
- ISBN
- 9780691019499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.96
€ 81.96
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801442117
- ISBN
- 9780801442117
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.79
€ 69.79
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16, 14 black & white halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPK; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801452789
- ISBN
- 9780801452789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.96
€ 143.96
Paperback. A gripping account of the University of Washington's 2000 season when many players went afoul of the law (many with serious charges) and were still allowed to play the season Num Pages: 400 pages, 17 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; 3JMC; BTC; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803228108
- ISBN
- 9780803228108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.73
€ 20.99
€ 20.73
Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTP; HRCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816678082
- ISBN
- 9780816678082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.32
€ 33.32
Hardback. Built on Kraybill's deep knowledge of Amish life and his contacts within many Amish communities, Renegade Amish highlights one of the strangest and most publicized sagas in contemporary Amish history. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12, 9 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; HRCX8; JFS; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415673
- ISBN
- 9781421415673
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.11
€ 26.99
€ 24.11
Hardback. Based on extensive sources, including newspapers, trial documents, and local histories, this gripping account of a seemingly typical woman who achieved extraordinary notoriety will appeal to true crime lovers and historians alike. Num Pages: 320 pages, 19, 7 black & white halftones, 12 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BTC; HBJK; JFSJ1; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421420202
- ISBN
- 9781421420202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.32
€ 38.99
€ 34.32
Hardback. A Pittsburgh doctor's brutal poisoning of his physician wife, and his riveting trial for first-degree murder Num Pages: 248 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Press of New England
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611689037
- ISBN
- 9781611689037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.65
€ 20.99
€ 20.65