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Paperback. Mexico, April 2009. The bodies of a pair of undercover military intelligence agents, disguised as campesinos (farmers), are dumped by the side of the road. Beside the corpses is a message on a scrap of paper: 'You'll never get El Chapo.' Such is the fate of many who have dared to try to catch El Chapo, or oppose him. Num Pages: 304 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC; DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141048390
- ISBN
- 9780141048390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.57
€ 14.99
€ 11.57
Hardback. First full-length book about the life and work of Alfred Swaine Taylor Num Pages: 224 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473883413
- ISBN
- 9781473883413
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.28
€ 42.99
€ 35.28
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552165716
- ISBN
- 9780552165716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.17
€ 20.99
€ 16.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BG; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509842650
- ISBN
- 9781509842650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.32
€ 13.99
€ 11.32
Paperback. In the 19th century Scotland was depicted as a land of misty glens, engineering innovation and inventive genius. But Scotland was also the home of brutal murder, terrifying riots, child cruelty, bank robbery and acid attack. This book exposes some of the crimes, remembered and forgotten, that rocked the Scotland of our ancestors. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; BTC; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Black and White Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845027896
- ISBN
- 9781845027896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.33
€ 13.99
€ 10.33
Paperback. Maureen Flanagan, a then 20 year old hairdresser started visiting the Kray family home each week to give the twins mother, Violet, her weekly shampoo and set. Over the cups of tea and the rollers and hairpins, Violet began to confide in 'Flan' about her life, her incredible pride in her twins - and her troubled relationship with her husband. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJP; BGHA; BTC; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784750763
- ISBN
- 9781784750763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.46
€ 14.99
€ 11.46
Paperback. Reveals the horrific tale as seen through the eyes of the killer, Denis Radar, his victims, the investigators, and the reporters who covered it all. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 107 x 22. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harper
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9780061373954
- ISBN
- 9780061373954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.41
€ 10.41
Paperback. Gavin Griffiths was a fairly straight-laced, newlywed shipping executive when he bought a magazine called The Erotic Review for GBP1 - not just one copy, the whole business! Little did he know it would soon become the darling of the chattering classes, and a case study in heroic failure. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: BT; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 312. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Capstone
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KRF0024469
- ISBN
- 9781906465254
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; BTC; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486440064
- ISBN
- 9780486440064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 14.96
€ 20.99
€ 14.96
Paperback. Joanne Dennehy is unique, for she now ranks alongside Myra Hindley and Rosemary West as one of the most heinous female serial killers in British criminal history. This book, by a leading criminologist and expert on serial killers, is a chilling insight into the mind of a deadly female serial killer. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784182625
- ISBN
- 9781784182625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.08
€ 10.99
€ 9.08
Paperback. Charlie Bronson has spent decades in solitary confinement, and yet has stayed as fit as a fiddle, gaining several world strength and fitness records in the process. This book, a guide to getting fit and staying fit, reveals just how he's done it. It shows you the best way to burn those calories, tone your abs, and build your stamina. Num Pages: 262 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC; WSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 218. 262 pages, illustrations. Charlie Bronson has spent decades in solitary confinement, and yet has stayed as fit as a fiddle, gaining several world strength and fitness records in the process. This book, a guide to getting fit and staying fit, reveals just how he's done it. It shows you the best way to burn those calories, tone your abs, and build your stamina. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BTC; WSD. Dimension: 196 x 133 x 21. Weight: 212.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 262
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Edition
- 2nd Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844543090
- ISBN
- 9781844543090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.85
€ 11.99
€ 9.85
Paperback. Ed Macy is an elite pilot, one of the few men qualified to fly Apache helicopters, the world's deadliest fighting machines. This is his account of a fearless mission behind enemy lines in Afghanistan. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; BTM; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007288175
- ISBN
- 9780007288175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.49
€ 16.99
€ 12.49
Paperback. A first-person account of the violent downfall of the traditional American Mafia in the final heyday of the 1980s. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Running Press,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762454310
- ISBN
- 9780762454310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.57
€ 16.57
Paperback. Dave Courtney has been a legend in criminal circles in South London since the days of the Krays. This autobiography details his shady and immoral past, his time in jail, and why he's decided it's time to get out of the business. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 pages b/w. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 110 x 26. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753504628
- ISBN
- 9780753504628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.17
€ 21.99
€ 16.17
Paperback. 252 pages, Illustrations, maps. The riveting true account of a young WW2 pilot's heroic journey, illustrated with photographs, maps and excerpts from his log books. Cateogry: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. BIC Classification: BTM. Dimension: 193 x 132 x 21. Weight: 398.
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Number of pages
- 324
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781741751611
- ISBN
- 9781741751611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.24
€ 9.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Milo Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908479846
- ISBN
- 9781908479846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.47
€ 11.99
€ 10.47
Paperback. Meet the inspirational dogs who went from being rescued to becoming rescuer, in these incredible true stories. You'll read all about the canine heroes who came to their owner's aid - whether it was saving them from physical threats, or helping them to recover from mental illness, PTSD and bereavement. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BT; JFFZ; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Octopus Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849539500
- ISBN
- 9781849539500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.63
€ 11.99
€ 9.63
Hardcover. When Sara was only five years old, her violent father began to sexually abuse her. She suffered in silence for many years, as her father took advantage of her innocence and her mother turned a blind eye to the horrors. In an attempt to rebuild her life, as a teenager, she became a model but even this choice was to lead to more misery. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BTP; JFFE1; JFFE2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd London
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KNW0008158
- ISBN
- 9781844542840
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Davey Sommers' shocking, raw, real and violent story as told to Ronnie Thompson Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Headline Review
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755319879
- ISBN
- 9780755319879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.44
€ 14.99
€ 11.44
Paperback. Even among the Mob, the Westies were feared. Out of a partnership between two sadistic thugs - James Coonan and Mickey Featherstone - the gang dominated the decaying slice of New York City's West Side known as Hell's Kitchen in the 1970s and '80s. This edition tells the story of the Westies with snapshots of the men and women of the Westies. Num Pages: 544 pages, 8pp B & W photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553819564
- ISBN
- 9780553819564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.22
€ 15.99
€ 12.22