True stories
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True stories
Hardback. Working as a prison guard in St Petersburgs notorious Kresty Prison, the author diligently recorded over 3,000 criminal tattoos, documenting their meanings within this closed society. This title explores the extremes of this collection. Illustrator(s): Vasiliev, Sergei. Editor(s): Murray, Damon; Sorrell, Stephen. Translator(s): Bromfield, Andrew. Num Pages: 400 pages, 300 illustrations, 75 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; AFY; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- FUEL Publishing
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780955006128
- ISBN
- 9780955006128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.54
€ 32.99
€ 23.54
Paperback. The inside story from the journalists who set the investigation in motion Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 28. .
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786070708
- ISBN
- 9781786070708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.14
€ 12.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; BTC; HBJK; JKSW1; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 227 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613736838
- ISBN
- 9781613736838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.92
€ 20.99
€ 20.92
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Dundurn Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550022971
- ISBN
- 9781550022971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.61
€ 26.99
€ 24.61
Paperback. The Vietnamese hill tribes made him a demi-god. The CIA wanted to kill him. This is the remarkable true story of Australian war hero Barry Petersen. Frank Walker's critically acclaimed bestseller is now part of the HACHETTE MILITARY COLLECTION. Series: Hachette Military Collection. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 269 x 33. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Import Aus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780733636615
- ISBN
- 9780733636615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.95
€ 11.99
€ 9.95
Paperback. The facts are shocking. The treachery is chilling. The fallout ongoing. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BT; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 39. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Hachette Australia
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780733635939
- ISBN
- 9780733635939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.99
€ 16.99
€ 12.99
paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMT; BM; BTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 12. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Monsoon Books Singapore
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789810589738
- ISBN
- 9789810589738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.27
€ 15.27
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
€ 16.99€ 15.87
€ 16.99
€ 15.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 30 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894384766
- ISBN
- 9781894384766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.44
€ 14.99
€ 11.44
Paperback. The schooner Integrity was built in a famous boatyard in the 1960's in Massachusetts, and she was the dream boat of her owner, Waldo Howland. She cruised in the West Indies and crossed the Atlantic to visit Ireland and England. Then she was sold, and there began a chain of events which led to adventure, chicanery and eventually tragedy. Series: Seafarer S. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BTP; WSSN3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850364255
- ISBN
- 9780850364255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.77
€ 16.99
€ 16.77
Paperback. The six-six-Sixties were the Devil's decade. Following the rise of Satanism through from the Sixties onwards, this work examines the key cases and delves into the lives of the perpetrators, searching for the events that could have driven them to commit such horrific acts. Num Pages: 478 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 112 x 31. Weight in Grams: 248. Used paperback in good condition. Some light shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Allison & Busby
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- KRF0015797
- ISBN
- 9780749081720
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A haunting and exquisitely-observed collection of medical vignettes that brilliantly captures the intense drama of the Emergency Room Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BT; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 166 x 15. Weight in Grams: 148. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0001604
- ISBN
- 9781841155494
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 209 x 16. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Barricade Books
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781569804438
- ISBN
- 9781569804438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.20
€ 20.99
€ 19.20
Paperback. An omnibus edition of Mad Frank Fraser's two books. In the first, he tells his own extraordinary story as a key figure in London's criminal underworld. In the second, he reveals the criminal code which dictated behaviour and the alliances this fostered. Num Pages: 352 pages, Section: 16, B&W. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 109 x 26. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751511376
- ISBN
- 9780751511376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.61
€ 14.99
€ 11.61
Paperback. Covers Frank Dye's intrepid voyages in his open 16ft Wayfarer dinghy to Iceland and Norway that ranks among the most hazardous sea adventures of our time. Encountering the whole gamut of weather, such is Frank Dye's seamanship that he and his crew survived gales up to Force 9, capsizing and a broken mast, arriving to a Scandinavian welcome. Num Pages: 184 pages, 8pp section - clr photos. BIC Classification: 1DNC; 1DNN; BTP; WSSN3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713675689
- ISBN
- 9780713675689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.66
€ 20.99
€ 16.66
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Kensington Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781496705471
- ISBN
- 9781496705471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.40
€ 19.99
€ 15.40
Paperback. A true detective story tracing the murder investigation of a human rights activist and Guatemalan bishop. It also traces Los Intocables struggle with the Guatemalan authorities, revealing the involvement of youth gangs, political corruption and organised crime. Num Pages: 416 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848871953
- ISBN
- 9781848871953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.41
€ 13.99
€ 10.41
Paperback. Editor(s): Day, Francis Martin; et al. Num Pages: 382 pages, Illustrations, facsims., 1 map, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BTM; HBJD; HBWQ; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Ronsdale Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780921870616
- ISBN
- 9780921870616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.95
€ 21.99
€ 15.95
Paperback. Aged seven, Scannella's world turns upside down when he is uprooted from his English home, and sent to the heartland of the Cosa Nostra. He forgets that he ever spoke English and survives by the his wit and his fists, adopting the machismo ways of his elders. Every day is a fight for survival, gang violence is the norm, and the Mafia rules. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSTC; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Medina Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909339279
- ISBN
- 9781909339279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.92
€ 14.99
€ 13.92
Paperback. The explosive biography of a Sicilian Mafia Don by his whistle-blowing son. Translator(s): Thompson, N. S. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857382153
- ISBN
- 9780857382153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.95
€ 16.99
€ 12.95