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Paperback. Number 1 Bestseller Gangland! investigates who is pulling the strings behind the scenes - the families that form the Irish mafia - and examines the way in which their net has spread across Ireland and beyond. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
O'Brien Press
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KOG0004288
ISBN
9780862785765
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Conning Harvard tells the story of Adam Wheeler's lie-filled path into Harvard, his compulsive conning of grant and scholarship boards after enrolling, and the eventual discovery of his fraudulent past. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BTC; JFHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 16.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762786763
ISBN
9780762786763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.96

Paperback. Take readers to the autopsy table in the morgue and practically place the scalpel in their hands to show how advances in forensic science are solving crimes as never before. In this book, the authors visit cases both famous and ordinary to explain why the first hour at a crime scene is crucial. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 178 x 32. Weight in Grams: 202. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0001186
ISBN
9780099439790
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. The extraordinary life and crimes of Martin Cahill, gangster, criminal mastermind, MOST WANTED MAN. Now a major film from John Boorman Num Pages: 264 pages, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208. Clean copy with minor shelf wear and some yellowing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
O'Brien Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOG0005087
ISBN
9780862784331
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.99
€ 10.98

paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 x 8pp b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTJ8038464
ISBN
9780340831533
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.00

Paperback. Presents the voices of young Americans - former soldiers who have opted out of the war - who draw their power from wrenching honesty about first hand experiences. This book provides a direct account from soldiers that turned their back on what they viewed as an immoral mission, and who refused to sacrifice themselves in the conflict in Iraq. Num Pages: 254 pages, b/w illustrations integrated. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; BGH; BTM; HBJK; HBLW3; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KMK0007987
ISBN
9781844543632
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Brian Keenan's fascination with Alaska began as a small boy. With a head full of questions about its landscape and a heart informed by his love of desolate and barren places, he sets out for Alaska, to discover its four geographical quarters, from snowmelt to snowfall. He ultimately finds that to make Alaska a home, one must surrender to the land. Num Pages: 448 pages, col. Illustrations, 1 map, col. ports. BIC Classification: 1MTN; BTP; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 300. Some shelf wear,
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTK0096910
ISBN
9780552999731
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 11.96

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

Paperback. This is the Film Tie-In edition of Martin Sixsmith's moving book. The film stars Dame Judi Dench, and is currently scheduled for Boxing Day release. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: BTP; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 358. Very good copy with light shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0007331
ISBN
9781447245223
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Published alongside the 2013 film The Bling Ring, directed by Sofia Coppola and starring Emma Watson, this is the explosive true story of the seven celebrity-obsessed teens who became the most audacious burglary gang in Hollywood history. Num Pages: 288 pages, (16pp colour plates). BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 218. Very good copy with light shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0007372
ISBN
9780007518227
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In FBI terms, leaders who pick up their own brass casings at the firing range are more effective than those who expect someone else to do it for them. To those at the bureau, this small action speaks louder than words and is largely indicative of a person's overall management style. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; KJMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 341 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597976831
ISBN
9781597976831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.35

Paperback. Suitable for those who have read the American Sniper, this title takes you right into the heart of the Iraq war. Num Pages: 384 pages, 2x8 page colour inset. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; BTM; HBJF1; HBLX; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141029016
ISBN
9780141029016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.45

Paperback. In August 1979, 303 yachts began the 600-mile Fastnet Race from the Isle of Wight off the southwest coast of England to Fastnet Rock off the Irish coast and back. Num Pages: 304 pages, colour photographs. BIC Classification: BT; WSB; WSSN3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Condition
New
SKU
9780393308655
ISBN
9780393308655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 11.50

Paperback. Joe Simpson has experienced a life filled with adventure but marred by death. In a narrative which takes the reader through extreme experiences from an avalanche in Bolivia, ice-climbing in the Alps and Colorado and paragliding in Spain before his final confrontation with the Eiger, Simpson reveals the inner truth of climbing. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations, (chiefly colour ) colour maps, portraits, (chiefly colour ). BIC Classification: BTP; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099422433
ISBN
9780099422433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.44

Hardcover. Num Pages: 106 pages. BIC Classification: BTP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 7. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Spokesman Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
106
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851244471
ISBN
9780851244471
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.92

Hardback. More than a century's worth of atrocities culled from the city's police blotter, told through startling, rarely seen images and incisive text written by two NYPD officers and a NYC crime reporter. Num Pages: 320 pages, 500 b&w and colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJ; BTC; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 268 x 318 x 32. Weight in Grams: 2180. Fine copy in fine dustwrappers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0014254
ISBN
9780316391238
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 11.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 100 pages, illustrations (some colour). BIC Classification: BGH; BT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 250 x 180 x 10. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Spokesman Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
100
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780851248332
ISBN
9780851248332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.88

Paperback. Helps a detective to tell whether the victim had suffocated, drowned, been shot, stabbed, or struck by lightning, spontaneously combusted, frozen to death or expired due to starvation. This book contains suggestions which include examining the face of the deceased for an 'expression of angry resistance', and a clear indication of murder. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
New ed.
SKU
V9780752455136
ISBN
9780752455136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.38

Paperback. Treason Num Pages: 244 pages, Illustrations, 1 map, ports.,. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BTC; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 196 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750939188
ISBN
9780750939188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.37

Paperback. When John Cuffe entered Mountjoy as a young prison officer in May 1978, he stepped back into Victorian times. He knew nothing about jails, apart from what he had seen in black-and-white films on RTE: 'good' sheriffs and 'bad' hombres. Here, he reveals the raw truth of thirty tough years on the inside. Join him on a vivid, eye-opening journey . Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BM; BTC; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
The Collins Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848892996
ISBN
9781848892996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.51

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