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True stories

Paperback. * 'Vivid, engrossing, superb..the best description of world-class poker we've been given' - Salman Rushdie Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BT; WDMC2; WDP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349115191
ISBN
9780349115191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.92

Paperback. The follow-up to the hugely successful cult-classic BIG DEAL, with all the poker wit and wisdom of the original. (Martin Amis on Tony Holden: 'The top writer in pokerdom'.) Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BT; WDMC2; WDP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349119038
ISBN
9780349119038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BT; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509821419
ISBN
9781509821419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.90

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

€ 10.31

Paperback. Derek Niemann draws on original diaries, letters and drawings, to show how Conder, Barrett, Waterston and Buxton were forged by their wartime experience into the giants of postwar wildlife conservation. Their legacy lives on. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: BTP; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Short Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780721361
ISBN
9781780721361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.01

Paperback. The inside story of Birmingham CID's fight against crime in the '70s and '80s. Num Pages: 264 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; BTC; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445657875
ISBN
9781445657875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.86

Paperback. "Ekirch out-kidnaps Stevenson in this thrilling, thoroughly documented story." -Booklist, starred review Num Pages: 288 pages, 26 black-and-white illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: BTC; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393340013
ISBN
9780393340013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.96

Paperback. Located in central England, the Black Country is a distinctive industrial region encompassing numerous ancient towns and villages in a unique and diverse landscape, formed by centuries of mining and iron forging. This book contains stories behind some of the most heinous crimes ever committed in the Black Country. Series: Murders. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEM; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 173 x 10. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750950534
ISBN
9780750950534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.44

Paperback. Rene Enriquez, aka 'Boxer', was a mob enforcer among the upper echelons of the Mafia. He worked for the La Familia Mexicana, also knowns as La Eme, a powerful mob organization that used a base army of approximately 60,000 armed, loyal Latino gang members - the Surenos - to control California's crime world. This book tells the story of La Eme. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16-page black and white photo insert. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061944185
ISBN
9780061944185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 11.26

Paperback. NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING JOHNNY DEPP AND BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH, DAKOTA JOHNSON AND KEVIN BACON Num Pages: 448 pages, 8pp b&w inset. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; BTC; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 43. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Edition
Tie-In - Film Tie-In
Condition
New
SKU
9781782116240
ISBN
9781782116240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 5.70

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Edition
Updated
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781610391092
ISBN
9781610391092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 10.93

Paperback. Vietnam veteran Don Yost explores the pain and rage of his experience as a correspondent near Mai Laid in 1968, transforming it through writing to a elegaic and powerful memoir, imbued with a significant message for our time. Num Pages: 174 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; BTM; HBJF; HBWS2; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Sheed & Ward
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556128042
ISBN
9781556128042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.16

Paperback. The New York Times bestselling account of a thrilling real-life journey into deepest cave on earth. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BTP; WSZN; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 288. The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth. 320 pages. The deepest cave on earth was a prize that had remained unclaimed for centuries, long after every other ultimate discovery had been made. This is the story of the men and women who risked everything to find it, earning their place in history beside the likes of Peary, Amundsen, Hillary, and Armstrong. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BTP; WSZN; WTLP. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 24. Weight: 282.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849018562
ISBN
9781849018562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.49

Paperback. Explosive true-crime paperback original from the publishers of FRED AND ROSE (112,000 copies in print). Testimony of the most important supergrass in British crime for 30 years. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEA; 2AB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751522419
ISBN
9780751522419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613736500
ISBN
9781613736500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.09

Paperback. One Sunday morning in 1993 a 16-year-old girl named Eliza Claps goes missing from a church in the centre of Potenza, Italy. Shortly before her disappearance, Elisa had met Danilo Restivo, a strange local boy with a fetish for cutting women's hair on the back of buses. This book deals with this true crime case. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJPR; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571274963
ISBN
9780571274963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.16

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801442117
ISBN
9780801442117
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.64

Paperback. This fascinating history covers all varieties of crime on the railways and how it has changed over the years, from assaults and robberies, to theft, murder, vandalism, football and crowd activity, suicide on the line, fraud and white collar crime, and also looks at the use of railway crime in film and literature. Num Pages: 192 pages, 65 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BTC; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750982696
ISBN
9780750982696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.35

Paperback.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Arrow Books Ltd
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KNW0008786
ISBN
9780099499541
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Hardcover. On May 26, 1889, four thousand mourners proceeded down Michigan Avenue, followed by a crowd forty thousand strong, in a howl of protest at what commentators called one of the ghastliest and most curious crimes in civilized history. Num Pages: 320 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226248950
ISBN
9780226248950
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.20
€ 75.68

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