True stories
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True stories
Paperback. A wartime romance, survival saga and murder mystery set in rural France during the First World War, from the bestselling author of 'Operation Mincemeat' and 'Agent Zig-Zag'. Num Pages: 320 pages, 35 b/w plates (16pp), With index. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; BTM; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Harper Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007395262
- ISBN
- 9780007395262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.30
€ 13.99
€ 10.30
Paperback. The rumbustious true story of the Victorian master thief who was the model for Conan Doyle's Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes' arch-rival. From the bestselling author of 'Operation Mincemeat' and 'Agent Zigzag'. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; BGH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006550624
- ISBN
- 9780006550624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.00
€ 14.99
€ 11.00
Paperback. Cheating in casinos is illegal: card-counting - making a record of what cards have so far been dealt to enable the player to make some prediction of what cards remain in the deck - is not. This book tells the true story a successful scam, in which teams of young mathematicians and physicists won millions of dollars from the casinos of Las Vegas. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230. Clean copy
- Edition
- New edition
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0231140
- ISBN
- 9780099468233
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. In the early '90's, dozens of elite young American graduates made their fortunes in hedge funds in the Far East, beating the Japanese at their own game, riding the crashing waves of the Asian markets and winning. This title tells the story of these people. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Arrow Books London
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099455059
- ISBN
- 9780099455059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.67
€ 13.99
€ 10.67
Paperback. Tells the story of a group of University of Montana frat brothers who turned a weekly poker game in the basement of a local bar into one of the largest online poker companies in the world. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: BTC; UDBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099559146
- ISBN
- 9780099559146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.91
€ 11.99
€ 9.91
Paperback. For nearly five years, he was known as the 'Darling Of Las Vegas'. Some said he was a Russian arms dealer, others a pop star from Eastern Europe. But the truth was even more unlikely: he was a twenty-one year old graduate student who had a plan that would one day make him richer than anyone could possibly imagine. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; BG; BTC; WDMC; WDP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256. Good, clean copy. Showing minor shelfwear to covers and page edges
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Arrow London
- Edition
- New Ed
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KSG0007805
- ISBN
- 9780099490999
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Cheating in casinos is illegal: card-counting - making a record of what cards have so far been dealt to enable the player to make some prediction of what cards remain in the deck - is not. This book tells the true story a successful scam, in which teams of young mathematicians and physicists won millions of dollars from the casinos of Las Vegas. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Edition
- New edition
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KTJ0005409
- ISBN
- 9780099468233
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. For nearly five years, he was known as the 'Darling Of Las Vegas'. Some said he was a Russian arms dealer, others a pop star from Eastern Europe. But the truth was even more unlikely: he was a twenty-one year old graduate student who had a plan that would one day make him richer than anyone could possibly imagine. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; BG; BTC; WDMC; WDP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256. Good copy with some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Arrow London
- Edition
- New Ed
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KTG0007136
- ISBN
- 9780099490999
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. For nearly five years, he was known as the 'Darling Of Las Vegas'. Some said he was a Russian arms dealer, others a pop star from Eastern Europe. But the truth was even more unlikely: he was a twenty-one year old graduate student who had a plan that would one day make him richer than anyone could possibly imagine. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; BG; BTC; WDMC; WDP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256. Good, clean copy. Showing minor shelfwear to covers and page edges
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Arrow London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KSG0007884
- ISBN
- 9780099490999
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The former head of Lockheed's SKUNK WORKS reveals the amazing story of the secret aircraft that changed the course of history - from the U-2 to the Stealth Fighter Num Pages: 416 pages, Section: 8, b&w. BIC Classification: BT; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110 x 28. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Warner
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751515039
- ISBN
- 9780751515039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.41
€ 14.99
€ 11.41
Hardcover. Series: The Ladybird Expert Series. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTS; 3JH; BGH; BTH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 170 x 112. .
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718187279
- ISBN
- 9780718187279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.65
€ 9.99
€ 9.65
Paperback. The plan was to attach a Greenpeace pod to Gazprom's platform and launch a peaceful protest against oil being pumped from the icy waters of the Arctic. However, heavily armed commandos flooded the deck of the Arctic Sunrise and the Arctic Thirty began their ordeal at the hands of Putin's regime. This book tells their story. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1MTN; BTC; JKVP1; JPW; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 132 x 260 x 29. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Guardian Faber Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783350780
- ISBN
- 9781783350780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.84
€ 16.99
€ 15.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 33 photos, b/w maps & 32 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 215.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Hancock House Pub Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888394514
- ISBN
- 9780888394514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.07
€ 26.99
€ 22.07
Paperback. A new edition of a book formerly known as "So This is Ecstacy?", this is the true story of the rise of one of the most violent and successful criminal gangs of the 90s. The author of the book was a key member of that gang, and this is his inside account of their violent ways. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JJPR; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Mainstream Publishing
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840182859
- ISBN
- 9781840182859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.67
€ 13.99
€ 10.67
Paperback. In December 1995, three key members of the infamous Essex Boys firm were executed in their Range Rover after being lured to a deserted farm track by the promise of a lucrative drug deal. This book tells the true story of the gang that destroyed everything that stood in their way to take control of their fallen predecessors' drug empire. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 x 8pp colour. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAX; BTC; JKVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Mainstream Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845963125
- ISBN
- 9781845963125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.10
€ 19.99
€ 16.10
Paperback. A horrifying story rapidly unfolded. Ariel Castro, a local school bus driver, had separately lured Berry and two other young women, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, to his home, where he trapped them and kept them chained. This book describes the unimaginable torment they suffered and the strength and resourcefulness that enabled them to survive. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; 3JM; BM; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552171601
- ISBN
- 9780552171601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.41
€ 14.99
€ 11.41
Paperback. Moving and at times horrific, The Horse Girl is an extraordinary story of hate redeemed by love, as well as a testament to the triumph of the human spirit over the most terrible adversity. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BTP; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- John Blake
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782199182
- ISBN
- 9781782199182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.78
€ 11.99
€ 9.78
Hardcover. The Official autobiography and the true story from Ronnie Biggs himself. Having been released from prison on compassionate grounds in August 2009, this is considered by Ronnie Biggs to be the final chapter of his life story. Covers events in the Author's life following the Great Train Robbery in August 1963, the Trial, his escape from HMP Num Pages: 464 pages, 92. BIC Classification: BM; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 172 x 41. Weight in Grams: 934.
- Publisher
- M Press (Media) Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780957039827
- ISBN
- 9780957039827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.37
€ 25.99
€ 19.37
Paperback. This is a modern day Bravo Two Zero meets 3 Para with all the emotion and heartbreak of Midnight Express Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 x 8pp colour. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; BTM; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Headline
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780755362479
- ISBN
- 9780755362479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 7.24
€ 12.99
€ 7.24
Paperback. Stories of high-profile assassinations and murders, along with wartime heroes and sniper attacks that have shocked the world. Num Pages: 448 pages, Section: 8, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 125 x 33. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Futura
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780708866986
- ISBN
- 9780708866986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.91
€ 11.99
€ 9.91