True stories
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True stories
Paperback. A first-hand account of the most infamous coup attempt in recent history - and of what it takes to be a friend and survivor Num Pages: 496 pages, two 8 page b&w insets on text paper. BIC Classification: 1HFJQ; 3JMC; BTM; JWXN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 332. illustrations. A first-hand account of the most infamous coup attempt in recent history - and of what it takes to be a friend and survivor. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFJQ; 3JMC; BTM; JWXN. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 35. Weight: 348.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847674418
- ISBN
- 9781847674418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.58
€ 16.99
€ 12.58
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752468136
- ISBN
- 9780752468136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.16
€ 11.16
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
- Osprey Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472817372
- ISBN
- 9781472817372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.45
€ 11.99
€ 11.45
Paperback. The classic autobiography of the Kray twins, Britain's most notorious gangsters. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJP; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Pan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509811427
- ISBN
- 9781509811427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.53
€ 11.99
€ 11.53
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€ 11.32
€ 13.99
€ 11.32
Paperback. Visceral, affecting fictionalised report of a bombing mission, from a former tailgunner shot down over Germany. Introduced by Richard Overy. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; BTM; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848318380
- ISBN
- 9781848318380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 8.95
€ 10.99
€ 8.95
Paperback. A frank, funny and shocking memoir of one woman's struggle to free her family from debt - by becoming an escort. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BT; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New Ed
- Publisher
- Sphere
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KLN0017616
- ISBN
- 9780751536980
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 14 b+w photos. BIC Classification: AVGR; BTC; JFCA; YNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 211 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Plexus Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859654371
- ISBN
- 9780859654371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.32
€ 13.99
€ 11.32
Paperback. In spite of its small size and rural character Hertfordshire has been the location for some of the most infamous and fiendish murders in the history of England. Spanning four centuries, this title contains accounts of many of these crimes. It re-examines famous cases with the help of archive material. It includes several other major cases. Series: Sutton True Crime History. Num Pages: 160 pages, 70 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKEST; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 172 x 11. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750933308
- ISBN
- 9780750933308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.17
€ 16.17
Paperback. In 2008, a YouTube clip became an internet phenomenon. It showed the emotional reunion of two young men and their pet lion, Christian, after they had left him in Africa to be introduced into his rightful home in the wild. This title tells their story, accompanied by photographs. Num Pages: 208 pages, Over 50 b&w / colour photos in 5 x 8-page sections. BIC Classification: BT; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Broadway Boks,2010
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553820607
- ISBN
- 9780553820607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.46
€ 14.99
€ 11.46
Paperback. Writer and historian Kaye Jones has investigated the case of Christiana Edmunds, a seemingly demure middle-class young lady who suddenly started sending out poisoned chocolates to fellow residents of Brighton in 1871. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8-page plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; 3JH; BTC; HBTB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Pen and Sword
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781593752
- ISBN
- 9781781593752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.76
€ 16.99
€ 13.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 45 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750960250
- ISBN
- 9780750960250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.16
€ 13.16
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BM; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- William Collins
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008158033
- ISBN
- 9780008158033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 5.73
€ 21.99
€ 5.73
Paperback. When James Miles and his best friend Paul Loseby were caught smuggling ten kilos of cocaine out of Caracas, Venezuela, they couldn't deny their guilt. This title tells the true-life story of how two men endured untold savagery in the most appalling conditions. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; BTP; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091946791
- ISBN
- 9780091946791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.48
€ 18.99
€ 14.48
Paperback. Michael Crichton (the creator of TV's "ER") writes about true stories of life in the emergency rooms of Massachusetts General Hospital: a construction worker is seriously injured in a scaffolding collapse; a young man nearly severs his hand; and three other true-life stories. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BT; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 112 x 18. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099601111
- ISBN
- 9780099601111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71
Paperback. To start: it was just me and my mom. I am an only child, and she is a single parent. My mother is a trash hoarder. Ever since I can remember the house was always messy and stunk. At around age 9ish I noticed that something was wrong. This title tells his story of growing up in the house of a hoarder. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753555590
- ISBN
- 9780753555590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71
Paperback. The impossibly moving story of how Judy, World War Two's only animal POW, brought hope in the midst of hell. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JJH; BTP; HBWQ; JWXR; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848665385
- ISBN
- 9781848665385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.46
€ 14.99
€ 11.46
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
€ 11.99€ 9.69
€ 11.99
€ 9.69
Disco's Out...Murder's In!: The True Story of Frank the Shank and L.A....
Mattioli, Heath, Spacone, David
Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: AVGU; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 244 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Feral House
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781627310185
- ISBN
- 9781627310185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.11
€ 27.99
€ 21.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc) United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307592217
- ISBN
- 9780307592217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.58
€ 17.99
€ 14.58