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True stories
Among Heroes: A U.S. Navy SEAL's True Story of Friendship, Heroism, an...
Webb, Brandon, Mann, John David
Paperback. Num Pages: 260 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTP; HBW; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- NAL
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780451475633
- ISBN
- 9780451475633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.03
€ 21.99
€ 17.03
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
- Harper Element
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008142483
- ISBN
- 9780008142483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.34
€ 13.99
€ 10.34
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 Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091940959
- ISBN
- 9780091940959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.22
€ 20.99
€ 16.22
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
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784189785
- ISBN
- 9781784189785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.08
€ 10.99
€ 9.08
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€ 10.33
€ 13.99
€ 10.33
Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst: A True Story of Inside Informati...
Reingold, Daniel, Reingold, Jennifer
Paperback. Presents a story of a top Wall Street player who chronicles his own transformation from a straight arrow believer in the markets, to a jaded critic who reveals how the insiders game is really played. This work looks at the investing business that is extremely relevant in post-scandal world. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BT; JFFX; KFFM; KNST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- HarperBusiness
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060747701
- ISBN
- 9780060747701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.13
€ 14.99
€ 12.13
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
€ 18.14
€ 18.14
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
€ 27.29
€ 27.29
Hardcover. Going decade by decade through the 20th century and telling the true stories of crime on Scotland's mean streets, 'Killers, Crooks and Cons' is an exploration of the dark side of the country's past. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4X8 pp. b/w & colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Black and White Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845021450
- ISBN
- 9781845021450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.05
€ 14.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. BIC Classification: BTC; JKVJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786062581
- ISBN
- 9781786062581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.82
€ 11.99
€ 9.82
Paperback. Marisa Merico, the daughter of one of Italy's most notorious Mafia Godfathers, was dazzled by her father, Emilio DiGiovine. To her he was all powerful, sophisticated and loving; to the rest of the world he was staggeringly ruthless. Marisa knew her father would do anything for her, but she hadn't expected just how much he would ask in return. Num Pages: 336 pages, (2x8pp plates). BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Harper
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007332038
- ISBN
- 9780007332038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.50
€ 11.99
€ 10.50
Paperback. Barlinnie is one of the most notorious prisons in the world and for a hundred years it has held Glasgow's toughest and most violent men, swept up from the city streets. It has sparked rooftop protests and cell block riots, and been home to godfathers of crime. This title deals with riots, death, retribution and redemption in this prison. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; BTC; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384. 256 pages, illustrations. Barlinnie is one of the most notorious prisons in the world and for a hundred years it has held Glasgow's toughest and most violent men, swept up from the city streets. It has sparked rooftop protests and cell block riots, and been home to godfathers of crime. This title deals with riots, death, retribution and redemption in this prison. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; BTC; JKVP1. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight: 378.
- Publisher
- Black and White pub.
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845022679
- ISBN
- 9781845022679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.33
€ 13.99
€ 10.33
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€ 12.97
€ 16.99
€ 12.97
Hope in a Ballet Shoe: Orphaned by War, Saved by Ballet: An Extraordin...
Deprince, Michaela, Deprince, Elaine
Paperback. Growing up in war-torn Sierra Leone, she witnesses atrocities that no child ever should. Her father is killed by rebels and her mother dies of famine. Sent to an orphanage, Michaela is mistreated and she sees the brutal murder of her favourite teacher. Michaela and her best friend are adopted by an American couple.. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; 1KBB; ASDL; BGFA; BTP; YFY; YNDB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 215.
- Publisher
- Faber Children's Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571314478
- ISBN
- 9780571314478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.69
€ 11.99
€ 9.69
Paperback. Hayley was just 12 when she met Mr Willson, the new drama teacher at her school. Good looking and charismatic, he was classic schoolgirl-crush material. Hayley was flattered by the attention he gave her, and he soon befriended her parents. Little did they know they were all being groomed. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 126. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785035531
- ISBN
- 9781785035531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.97
€ 16.99
€ 12.97
Hardcover. Rediscovered, re-translated, and with a new foreword by award-winning historian Mark Thompson, A Soldier on the Southern Front, is an Italian WWI classic Num Pages: 256 pages, Text Throughout. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJF; BM; BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Rizzoli Ex Libris
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847842780
- ISBN
- 9780847842780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.99
€ 21.99
€ 16.99
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€ 16.90
€ 16.99
€ 16.90
Paperback. There cannot be many cities where crime could mean anything from stealing a ship to singing a seditious song, but nineteenth century Glasgow was a unique place with an amazing dynamism. This book chronicles the century long struggle of the forces of law and order to bring peace to a troubled city. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- B & W Pub
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845025366
- ISBN
- 9781845025366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.33
€ 13.99
€ 10.33
Paperback. Foster carer Rosie Lewis faces a battle to uncover the dark family secret that is tearing a family apart. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Harper Element
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008112974
- ISBN
- 9780008112974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.34
€ 13.99
€ 10.34
Paperback. In 1995, a film called I D, about an ambitious young copper who was sent undercover to track down the 'generals' of a football hooligan gang, achieved cult status for its sheer brutality and unsettling insight into the dark and often bloody side of the so-called beautiful game. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JKSW1; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091951528
- ISBN
- 9780091951528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.46
€ 14.99
€ 11.46