True stories
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True stories
Paperback. Nick's parents purchased an old Thames sailing barge. It was an unusual choice of a home in a time when new houses were in demand after Second World War. Nick was lucky to be brought up on board, moving school as the barge moved from port to port on the Medway and Thames. The barge was overhauled by Nick's parents, but the children helped too. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPG; BT; HBTB; WGGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 173 x 17. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752442259
- ISBN
- 9780752442259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.43
€ 20.43
Paperback. Archibald Hall was one of Scotland's most enigmatic criminals. A man of multiple personae, Hall was more widely known as Roy Fontaine, the Monster Butler who murdered five people, including his own brother. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 pp. plates. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- B & W Pub
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845023362
- ISBN
- 9781845023362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.35
€ 13.99
€ 10.35
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
€ 16.35
Paperback. The Sunday Times top-ten bestseller -- a passionate page-turner by a soldier with something to say Num Pages: 352 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Pan Publishing
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330471923
- ISBN
- 9780330471923
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.64
€ 11.99
€ 11.64
Paperback. Agripping and detailed account of the decade's most sensational murder and trial. Num Pages: 464 pages, 8 pp colour plates. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster UK
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847398628
- ISBN
- 9781847398628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 8.98
€ 10.99
€ 8.98
Paperback. For decades the walls of Durham Gaol have contained some of the country's most infamous criminals. Until hanging was abolished in the 1960s it was also the main centre of execution for convicted killers from all over the north east. A total of 76 people took the short walk to the gallows here. This book features each of the 76 cases. Num Pages: 128 pages, 50 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYD; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 174 x 3. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 07th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750947503
- ISBN
- 9780750947503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.31
€ 16.31
Paperback. Previously published as Becky, this is the heartbreaking story behind the murder of 16-year-old Bristol schoolgirl Becky Watts, a crime that shocked the nation and tore a family in two. Num Pages: 304 pages, (1x8pp plates). BIC Classification: 1DBKEWS; 3JMG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008179618
- ISBN
- 9780008179618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.34
€ 13.99
€ 10.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 pages b&w photograph section. BIC Classification: BTM; HBJD1; HBTM; HBWQ; JWF; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Crecy Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907579731
- ISBN
- 9780907579731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.66
€ 10.99
€ 9.66
Paperback. When Anne Darwin faced the world and said that her husband had disappeared while canoeing in the North Sea, her life changed forever. She had just lied to the police, the press, her friends, insurance companies and her sons. Anne opens up about her husband's hideaway scheme and the runaway train of deceit and guilt that followed. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 27. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Mirror Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910335468
- ISBN
- 9781910335468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.47
€ 11.99
€ 10.47
Paperback. The story of how a Belfast schoolgirl was expelled from St Dominics on the Falls Road in Belfast in 1959, and how that event went on to shape the rest of her life. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPG; BT; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Blackstaff Pr
- Number of pages
- 230
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856408083
- ISBN
- 9780856408083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.76
€ 12.76
Paperback. Trapped was a Sunday Times bestseller and the first memoir from foster carer Rosie Lewis. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BM; BT; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 208. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- SKU
- KTG0011015
- ISBN
- 9780007541782
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. One of the most investigated serial killers in history (1953, 1983 and 2015) Num Pages: 160 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 273 x 18. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781473872257
- ISBN
- 9781473872257
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 4.99
€ 17.99
€ 4.99
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€ 14.78
€ 18.99
€ 14.78
Paperback. Carstairs, the State Hospital in Lanarkshire, Scotland, is a hospital like no other. Effectively a prison for some of the most violent and insane criminals in our society, it houses men who have committed the most horrific and frightening crimes imaginable. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 266 x 23. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Black and White Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845029982
- ISBN
- 9781845029982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.45
€ 16.99
€ 12.45
Paperback. The murder of popular vaudeville actor Thomas Weldon Atherstone in 1910 remains one of Britain's great unsolved mysteries. Expert Ripperologist Richard Whittington-Egan investigates. Num Pages: 224 pages, 36. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 125 x 23. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445645445
- ISBN
- 9781445645445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.30
€ 18.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJH; 3JJPG; BT; HBTB; KNS; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509822423
- ISBN
- 9781509822423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.89
€ 10.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Tells the story of those who ended up on the end of the hangman's rope at Norwich Castle Prison, Norwich City Prison on Earlham Road and the later Victorian Norwich Prison on Knox Road. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAN; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752458656
- ISBN
- 9780752458656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.42
€ 21.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BT; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Ronsdale Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 228
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780921870876
- ISBN
- 9780921870876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.69
€ 13.99
€ 10.69
Paperback. A collection of short stories that creatively communicate the cancer patient's journey. It includes stories based on real-life accounts. It explores the very human side of cancer as well as providing expert commentary on the clinical aspects of diagnosis and therapy of this disease. Num Pages: 305 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BT; VFJB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 208 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290. 286 pages, black & white illustrations. A collection of short stories that creatively communicate the cancer patient's journey. It includes stories based on real-life accounts. It explores the very human side of cancer as well as providing expert commentary on the clinical aspects of diagnosis and therapy of this disease. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: BT; VFJB. Dimension: 153 x 208 x 13. Weight: 290.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Number of pages
- 305
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857298942
- ISBN
- 9780857298942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.38
€ 32.99
€ 30.38
Paperback. An expert mountaineer cracks Everest's most intriguing mystery - did Mallory and Irvine reach the summit before they perished on its slopes? Num Pages: 320 pages, (1x16pp colour plate section). BIC Classification: 1FKAH; 1FKN; BTP; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007455744
- ISBN
- 9780007455744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.13
€ 14.99
€ 14.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 238 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 407.
- Publisher
- Cune Press,US United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781885942241
- ISBN
- 9781885942241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.46
€ 24.99
€ 17.46
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493009596
- ISBN
- 9781493009596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.85
€ 19.99
€ 16.85
Paperback. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- SKU
- KTM0006723
- ISBN
- 9780753500941
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Amok Books,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781878923141
- ISBN
- 9781878923141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 21.95
€ 30.99
€ 21.95