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True stories
Paperback. Presents the story of one of the Second World War's most unusual animal heroes - a 14-stone St Bernard dog who became global mascot for the Royal Norwegian Forces and a symbol of freedom and inspiration for Allied troops throughout Europe. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1DNN; 3JJH; BTM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 218. World War II Canine Hero. 224 pages, 16pp b&w illustrations. Presents the story of one of the Second World War's most unusual animal heroes - a 14-stone St Bernard dog who became global mascot for the Royal Norwegian Forces and a symbol of freedom and inspiration for Allied troops throughout Europe. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1DNN; 3JJH; BTM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight: 226.
- Publisher
- Birlinn
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841588490
- ISBN
- 9781841588490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.66
€ 14.66
Paperback. Contains more than twenty real-life accounts of sea kayaking accidents that offers you potentially life-saving lessons. This book contains selected articles drawn from "Sea Kayaker" magazine. It answers the questions: What did the paddlers do wrong? What did they do right? And, how might the accident have been prevented? Num Pages: 192 pages, maps. BIC Classification: BT; VFDF; WSSN5. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Education - Europe United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780070084995
- ISBN
- 9780070084995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.00€ 17.86
€ 23.00
€ 17.86
Paperback. From the author of Unbroken - a major motion picture releasing in 2015 - this is the bestselling true story of three men and their dreams for a racehorse, Seabiscuit. Num Pages: 496 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; BT; WSNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Edition
- 2nd Impression
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841150925
- ISBN
- 9781841150925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.48
€ 16.99
€ 12.48
Paperback. The inside account of the Bin Laden Mission, told by the men who were there to the only author they trusted, a former SEAL commander. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; BTM; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780874647
- ISBN
- 9781780874647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.95
€ 16.99
€ 12.95
Paperback. A fascinating insight into one of the most elite special operations units in the world. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16pp B&W Photos. BIC Classification: BTM; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 292. Very good copy with light shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0007328
- ISBN
- 9780751549027
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; HBJK; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873519045
- ISBN
- 9780873519045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.44
€ 24.99
€ 22.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; BTP; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 270 x 32. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Bonnier Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911274100
- ISBN
- 9781911274100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.08
€ 10.99
€ 9.08
Paperback. Murder, human-rights abuse, drugs, blackmail, extortion, extreme violence, medical maltreatment and unjustifiable death penalties feature as everyday occurrences in the living hells that are Bangkwang and Klong Prem jails. The author has graphically revealed this shocking reality through the eyes of a long-term inmate from the West. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1FMT; BTP; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845965815
- ISBN
- 9781845965815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.99
€ 16.99
€ 12.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Trade edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780425196403
- ISBN
- 9780425196403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.10
€ 18.99
€ 18.10
Paperback. She is a glamorous model, actress, filmmaker and investigative journalist who has spent years visiting high security prisons, getting to know sadistic killers like Gary Ray Bowles and Keith Hunter Jesperson, 'The Happy Faced Killer'. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198. My Death Row Interviews with the Most Dangerous Men on the Planet. 288 pages. She is a glamorous model, actress, filmmaker and investigative journalist who has spent years visiting high security prisons, getting to know sadistic killers like Gary Ray Bowles and Keith Hunter Jesperson, 'The Happy Faced Killer'. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BTC. Dimension: 196 x 137 x 18. Weight: 198.
- Publisher
- John Blake
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843583998
- ISBN
- 9781843583998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.07
€ 10.99
€ 9.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BT; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Milo Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903854846
- ISBN
- 9781903854846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.50
€ 11.99
€ 10.50
Paperback. Some died, some went to jail-who holds the key to the missing millions? Num Pages: 296 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Publisher
- University Press of New England
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611688917
- ISBN
- 9781611688917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.66
€ 20.99
€ 17.66
Hardcover. On July 31, 1997, a six-man Emergency Service team from the NYPD raided a terrorist cell in Brooklyn - and thus narrowly prevented a devastating suicide bombing of the New York subway. This book tells the dramatic story of that raid, the painstaking police work that went into it, and its unexpected aftermath. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BTC; JKSW1; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226360904
- ISBN
- 9780226360904
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 23.10
€ 29.99
€ 23.10
Paperback. This text looks at the cyclical movement of Europe from implicit sexual tolerance to repression to sexual liberalisation and open toleration. Num Pages: 256 pages, 36 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; BTC; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 124 x 22. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752429779
- ISBN
- 9780752429779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.38
€ 16.38
Paperback. The definitive account of the old-school robbery that gripped Britain and the hunt for the gangsters behind it. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JMG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 25. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784298166
- ISBN
- 9781784298166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.48
€ 14.99
€ 11.48
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- First Edition First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712668071
- ISBN
- 9780712668071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.98
€ 21.99
€ 16.98
Paperback. A compelling and dramatic account of the sinking of the Titanic as seen through the eyes of those who survived Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 x 8pp b-w plates. BIC Classification: 1QSAN; 3JJC; BTP; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847398826
- ISBN
- 9781847398826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.16
€ 14.99
€ 11.16
Paperback. Details the secrets of one of history's greatest criminal conspiracies, and of how world-champion boxer Freddie Mills really died. This title tells the tale that moves from London to New York and Las Vegas, down to Miami, into Havana, then on to the Bahamas and back to an unexpected denouement in London. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: BTC; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 136 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Mainstream
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845967796
- ISBN
- 9781845967796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.68
€ 20.99
€ 19.68
Paperback. Journalist Maximilian Potter uncovers a fascinating plot to destroy the vines of La Romanee-Conti, Burgundy's finest and most expensive wine. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BTC; WBXD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 134 x 26. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781455516094
- ISBN
- 9781455516094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.59
€ 17.99
€ 15.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: BM; BTP; HR; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473631335
- ISBN
- 9781473631335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.48
€ 14.99
€ 11.48