True stories
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True stories
Paperback. Presents a story of the charismatic Chris Gardner - a once homeless father who raised and cared for his son on the mean streets of San Francisco and went on to become a crown prince of Wall Street. At the age of twenty, Milwaukee native Chris Gardner, just out of the Navy, arrived in San Francisco to pursue a promising career in medicine. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 pages colour photos. BIC Classification: BGBA; BTP; KNST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Amistad
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Media tie-in
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060744878
- ISBN
- 9780060744878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.46
€ 13.99
€ 10.46
Hardcover. No one could have imagined that when Rachel Nickell went for a walk on Wimbledon Common with her son, it would have resulted in such an appalling crime. This is the inside story of the case, including letters between the police and the chief suspect. Num Pages: 416 pages, 16pp colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162. Weight in Grams: 763. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on dustwrapper but otherwise clean
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Blake Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSS0005137
- ISBN
- 9781903402511
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Stylish and dark, the BBC series the 'Peaky Blinders' is set in the backstreets of Birmingham after the First World War and tells of the rise to power of Thomas Shelby and his criminal gang. Yet the real stories behind these fictional characters are just as dramatic, bloody and compelling as the TV series. This book tells their story. Num Pages: 112 pages, 47 - mono illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: BTC. Dimension: 171 x 241 x 6. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Brewin Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781858585307
- ISBN
- 9781858585307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.09
€ 19.09
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 black and white photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JMC; BTP; JKSW2; JPWL2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 220 x 24. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Penguin Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594206771
- ISBN
- 9781594206771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.99
€ 26.99
€ 21.99
Paperback. Mixing fiction and nonfiction, Skinner breathes new imaginative life into the story of a twentieth century icon. Bewitched by the beauty of a troupe of native dancers and the strange music of the gamelan, Margaretha changes her name to Mata Hari and goes to Paris, where she is drawn into a web of espionage resulting in her death by firing squad. Num Pages: 240 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; BTM; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001295
- ISBN
- 9780571209347
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Mixing fiction and nonfiction, Skinner breathes new imaginative life into the story of a twentieth century icon. Bewitched by the beauty of a troupe of native dancers and the strange music of the gamelan, Margaretha changes her name to Mata Hari and goes to Paris, where she is drawn into a web of espionage resulting in her death by firing squad. Num Pages: 240 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; BTM; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001310
- ISBN
- 9780571209347
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. Journey through the macabre underworld of the global body bazaar, with contributing "Wired" editor and award-winning journalist Carney, where organs, bones, and live people are bought and sold on the red market. Num Pages: 272 pages, 23 Black and White Illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061936463
- ISBN
- 9780061936463
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.54
€ 21.99
€ 15.54
Paperback. Late in 2004, Maggie Nelson was looking forward to the publication of her book Jane: A Murder, a narrative in verse about the life and death of her aunt, who had been murdered thirty-five years before. The case remained unsolved, but Jane was assumed to have been the victim of an infamous serial killer in Michigan in 1969. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784705794
- ISBN
- 9781784705794
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.46
€ 14.99
€ 11.46
Paperback. The true story of an SAS veteran who led a team during the 1980 assault on the Iranian Embassy and served in the Falklands, Northern Ireland, and elsewhere over his career with the Regiment. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BTM; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472817372
- ISBN
- 9781472817372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.81
€ 10.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1KBB; BTM; HBJD; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Turner Publishing Company United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471423515
- ISBN
- 9780471423515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.49
€ 20.99
€ 20.49
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BT; JM; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447263647
- ISBN
- 9781447263647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.82
€ 20.99
€ 17.82
Num Pages: 32 pages, 41 color illustrations. BIC Classification: BTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 223 x 12. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 32
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764326844
- ISBN
- 9780764326844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.42
€ 17.42
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, over 300 colour photographs & profiles. BIC Classification: BGH; BTH; BTM; HBLW; HBTM; HBWQ; KNDV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 303 x 218 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1310. A History of the Marine & Armament Experimental Establishment, 1920-1924, and the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment, 1924-1956. 272 pages, over 300 colour photographs & profiles. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGH; BTH; BTM; HBLW; HBTM; HBWQ; KNDV. Dimension: 303 x 218 x 23. Weight: 1310.
- Publisher
- Hikoki Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902109138
- ISBN
- 9781902109138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.46€ 52.21
€ 53.46
€ 52.21
hardcover. Thoroughly researched and engagingly written, this text provides a unique insight into counterinsurgency and Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War. Series: Australian Army History Series. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BTM; HBJF; HBJM; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781107098442
- ISBN
- 9781107098442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.35€ 51.19
€ 51.35
€ 51.19
Paperback. The slippery online ecosystem is the perfect breeding ground for identities: true, false, and in between. We no longer question the reality of online experiences but the reality of selfhood in the digital age. This book features three bulletins from the porous border between cyberspace and the 'real world'. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JKVF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571335855
- ISBN
- 9780571335855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 6.23
€ 17.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. Presents an expose of the CIA in which the author accuses the organization of using brutal tactics to maintain security during the Cold War, including sabotaging the Eisenhower-Khrushchev talks and assassinating President Kennedy to keep the United States in Vietnam. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BTC; HBJK; HBLW; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 32. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616082840
- ISBN
- 9781616082840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.92
€ 18.92
Paperback. Drawing on primary sources wherever possible, a myth-busting and thought-provoking examination of 33 intriguing serial killers from Australia, Great Britain, South Africa, Iran, the United States and elsewhere. Num Pages: 416 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472136749
- ISBN
- 9781472136749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.12
€ 16.99
€ 13.12
Paperback. Presents an incisive study of the psychology of serial killers and the motives behind their crimes. From childhood traumas to issues of frustration, fear and fantasy, this book helps you to discover what turns an ordinary human being into a compulsive killer. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1x8 b/w illustration section. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 180 x 110 x 26. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753513217
- ISBN
- 9780753513217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.99
€ 16.99
€ 12.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BT; JFSJ1; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781254615
- ISBN
- 9781781254615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.79
€ 19.79
Paperback. Series: Serpent's Tail Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Serpent's Tail
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846689628
- ISBN
- 9781846689628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.45
€ 13.99
€ 11.45