True stories
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True stories
Paperback. A no-holds-barred account of an Irishman's life as a detective in the Homicide division of one of the toughest places in the world - New York's The Bronx. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BM; BTC; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 418. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0004098
- ISBN
- 9781473610606
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Tells the story of one of America's most notorious wrongful convictions, that of Steven Avery, a Wisconsin man who spent eighteen years in prison for the violent assault of Penny Beernsten. This book exposes the failings of the justice system and its devastating consequences for both the accused and the victims. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 218. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Windmill Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0004099
- ISBN
- 9780099510833
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The news story of the year: an explosive expose of how British military intelligence really works, from the inside. Num Pages: 280 pages, 16 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; BT; JPSH; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218. Nice copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- O'Brien Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0002676
- ISBN
- 9780862788438
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 9.39
€ 9.39
Paperback. A semi-autobiographical account of the Vietnam War, this novel reveals how war can make everything explosive - even love - and how two friends try to put the pieces of their lives together again. Series: Phoenix Fiction S. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BTM; FJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226268866
- ISBN
- 9780226268866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 23.94
€ 30.99
€ 23.94
Hardcover. Presents diaries and correspondence left by members of the tokkotai and other Japanese student soldiers who perished during the World War II. Outside of Japan, these kamikaze pilots were considered unbridled fanatics who willingly sacrificed their lives for the emperor. This book explores writings, which speak otherwise. Num Pages: 232 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; BTM; HBJF; HBWQ; JWG; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 181 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226619507
- ISBN
- 9780226619507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 37.63
€ 48.99
€ 37.63
paperback. Among the criminal celebrities of Prohibition-era Chicago, two well-educated Jewish boys from wealthy South Side families were notorious. Revealing secret testimony, this book separates fact from myth as it unravels the crime, the investigation, and the trial, in which they were defended by the era's famous attorney, Clarence Darrow. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 2ABM; 3JJG; BTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252068294
- ISBN
- 9780252068294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.59
€ 24.99
€ 23.59
Paperback. Functions as a portrait of small-town America emerging from frontier status into the corruption and violence of the Jazz age. This account of a struggling midwestern coal town profiles small-time bootlegger Kelly Wagle, whose mysterious career, and suspected involvement with two unsolved murder cases, had a lasting impact on his community. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 515.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252068447
- ISBN
- 9780252068447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.83
€ 29.99
€ 26.83
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€ 16.14
€ 16.99
€ 16.14
Hardback. A remarkable portrait of what it means to be a mother in a time of war. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; BTM; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745328294
- ISBN
- 9780745328294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 22.04
€ 32.99
€ 22.04
Hardback. By looking curiously on the criminal addict as an artefact of criminal justice, this book asks us to question why the criminalized drug user has become such a focus of contemporary criminal justice practices. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774813860
- ISBN
- 9780774813860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.43
€ 116.43
Paperback. Tells the tale of Nellie May Madison, the first woman on Death Row in California. This story offers a glimpse into law and disorder in 1930s Los Angeles and presents a remarkable character whose plight focuses on the status of women, the workings of the media and the judiciary system, and the stratification of society in her time. Series: Women in the West. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803224506
- ISBN
- 9780803224506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.96
€ 19.99
€ 18.96
Hardcover. Narrates author's experience of becoming a parent as part of a lesbian couple - from meeting her partner and the questions they ask about their readiness to become parents, to the practical considerations of choosing a sperm donor. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BT; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 4862 x 3895 x 585. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804010795
- ISBN
- 9780804010795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.29
€ 39.29
Paperback. Provides an introduction to the use of crime and punishment as a way to manage undocumented immigration in the United States. Editor(s): Dowling, Julie A.; Inda, Jonathan Xavier. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 15. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804778817
- ISBN
- 9780804778817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.19
€ 36.99
€ 33.19
Paperback. An evocative retelling ot two sensational crimes that rocked Victorian London. Num Pages: 176 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812217568
- ISBN
- 9780812217568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.55
€ 33.99
€ 30.55
Hardback. Series: Perspectives on Political Violence. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC; JFFE2; JFSJ1; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814729274
- ISBN
- 9780814729274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.00
€ 100.00
Paperback. Provides an account of life behind bars in a controversial new type of prison facility: the private prison. These for-profit prisons are becoming increasingly popular as state budgets get tighter. This book provides a look inside one of these private prisons as told through the eyes of an inmate, K.C. Carceral, who has been in the prison system. Editor(s): Bernard, Thomas J. Series: Alternative Criminology. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BT; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814799550
- ISBN
- 9780814799550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.55
€ 33.99
€ 30.55
Paperback. In 1811 John Williams was buried with a stake in his heart. Was he the notorious East End killer or his eighth victim in the bizarre and shocking Ratcliffe Highway Murders? In this reconstruction, the authors draw on forensics, public records, and newspaper clippings to shed new light on this infamous Wapping mystery. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 300. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0003386
- ISBN
- 9780571258086
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESX; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Edition
- Main Market
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509810482
- ISBN
- 9781509810482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.89
€ 10.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Translator(s): Stump, Jordan. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JJPR; 3JM; BT; HBTZ; JFSL1; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 259 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Archipelago Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780914671534
- ISBN
- 9780914671534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 12.03
€ 12.99
€ 12.03
Hardback. On an August evening in 1933, in a quiet, working-class neighborhood in Paris, eighteen-year-old Violette Noziere gave her mother and father glasses of barbiturate-laced 'medication', which she told them had been prescribed by the family doctor; one of her parents died, the other barely survived. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; BTC; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520260702
- ISBN
- 9780520260702
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.48€ 44.77
€ 57.48
€ 44.77