True stories
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True stories
Paperback. The shocking, powerful true story of the lives of 7 young kids, marred by guns, gangs and violence on one of Britain's toughest estates. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0007086
- ISBN
- 9780007267064
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Paddy Monaghan has an extraordinary story to tell. This remarkable autobiography gives a unique insight into Paddy's world of violence - a world he only ever entered in order to provide for his beloved wife and children. With Foreword by Muhammad Ali Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782194255
- ISBN
- 9781782194255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.27
€ 10.99
€ 9.27
Paperback. John Peel first brought Judy's moving childhood story to light on 'Home Truths'. Abducted by her psychotic spiritualist father and kept like a dog in the backyard, she went on to suffer at the brutal hands of nuns in a Manchester orphanage, before living wild on the streets. An incredible, heart-wrenching story of a child who refused to give up. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BTP; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230. Good, clean copy. Showing minor shelfwear to covers and some stains on page edges
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KSG0007641
- ISBN
- 9780007222018
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
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€ 30.27
€ 35.99
€ 30.27
Paperback. The lap dancing industry has long argued that it offers an everyday service within free market guidelines, but in 2010 the UK government legislated that lap dancing venues in the UK should be classed as sex establishments. This title tells the author's story as she has worked as a lap dancer herself. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: BTX; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 224. The Bare Reality of Lap Dancing. 152 pages. The lap dancing industry has long argued that it offers an everyday service within free market guidelines, but in 2010 the UK government legislated that lap dancing venues in the UK should be classed as sex establishments. This title tells the author's story as she has worked as a lap dancer herself. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BTX; JFFK. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 14. Weight: 224.
- Publisher
- Clairview Books
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905570324
- ISBN
- 9781905570324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.77
€ 11.99
€ 10.77
Paperback. A fascinating insight into life aboard a British Naval submarine. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8pp of colour pix. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BTM; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751545937
- ISBN
- 9780751545937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. Contains the stories behind some of the most heinous crimes ever committed in Suffolk. This book unveils a catalogue of true crime stories from the county's history. It also contains accounts of the circumstances surrounding each murder case and provides an insight into the minds and methods of the killers concerned. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAS; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 169 x 11. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752449050
- ISBN
- 9780752449050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.37
€ 19.99
€ 18.37
Paperback. Gripping, real life stories of yachts lost at sea from the author of the bestselling Total Loss. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BTP; WSSN3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408112007
- ISBN
- 9781408112007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.74
€ 11.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. An examination of some of Surrey's most notorious and shocking cases. It includes such cases as: the 'Wigwam Girl', Joan Wolfe, who lived in a tent built by a Cree Indian Soldier before being brutally slaughtered; the infamous stagging of Frederick Gold by 'the Serpent', Percy Lefroy Mapleton; and, the poisoning of the entire Beck family. Series: Murders. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESR; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 171 x 9. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750951302
- ISBN
- 9780750951302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.38
€ 19.99
€ 18.38
Paperback. Contains important tips, helpful resources and insights for you and your family to safeguard againist identity theft, online fraud, predators, and other potential threat in an increasingly risky world. Num Pages: 108 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 158 x 10. Weight in Grams: 213.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Longstreet Press United States
- Number of pages
- 108
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563527371
- ISBN
- 9781563527371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.41
€ 11.41
Paperback. The Voice of Witness book series takes a humanizing, literary approach to oral history to illuminate the stories of people impacted by injustice across the world. Series: Voice of Witness. Num Pages: 367 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; JPV; LNFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786632241
- ISBN
- 9781786632241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.28
€ 20.28
Paperback. New edition of Terry Waite's seminal memoir, celebrating 25 years since his release - with a new foreword and final chapter Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; BT; HRCV9; HRCX7; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 39. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 25th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473637115
- ISBN
- 9781473637115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
€ 17.99
€ 13.17
Paperback. Tales from a Dog Catcher is based on the author's experiences in a smallish city in the northern suburbs of NYC. Reminiscent of both All Creatures Great and Small and Marley & Me, it offers the stories of everyday people who, whether by accident or design, come into contact with the sad, funny, and often profound world of an animal control officer. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BT; WNG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781599214986
- ISBN
- 9781599214986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.93
€ 17.99
€ 16.93
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
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008142483
- ISBN
- 9780008142483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.50
€ 13.99
€ 10.50
Paperback. A badman is not necessarily a bad man, but he is not a man to mess with. A bad woman might be a criminal too, or she might just be one who didn't conform to accepted notions of womanly conduct in her time and place. This tells the stories about Texas outlaws. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896724204
- ISBN
- 9780896724204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.03
€ 20.03
Paperback. Classic stories about the adventurers who explored and settled the West. Editor(s): Underwood, Lamar. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 26.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592284238
- ISBN
- 9781592284238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.16
€ 18.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 260 pages, 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; BTC; HBJK; WSJM; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 28. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Strategic Media Books United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781939521224
- ISBN
- 9781939521224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.70
€ 26.99
€ 18.70
Paperback. * The real story of Britain's war in Iraq has never been told - until now .. Num Pages: 320 pages, Section: 16, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; BTM; HBWS5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Abacus Software
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349123554
- ISBN
- 9780349123554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
€ 14.99
€ 11.65
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
€ 17.99€ 13.19
€ 17.99
€ 13.19
Paperback. Featuring the flamboyant swimming teacher who spent his spare time fighting bears, the story of how a fight with his teacher paved the way for Al Capone s infamous crime empire, and the bizarre tale of the American teacher who sued her own pupils for not paying attention in her lesson, this book is a real education." Num Pages: 240 pages, black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BT; JNB; JNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Pavilion
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910232989
- ISBN
- 9781910232989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.04
€ 10.99
€ 9.04