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True crime
Paperback. Cheating in casinos is illegal: card-counting - making a record of what cards have so far been dealt to enable the player to make some prediction of what cards remain in the deck - is not. This book tells the true story a successful scam, in which teams of young mathematicians and physicists won millions of dollars from the casinos of Las Vegas. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Edition
- New edition
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KTJ0005409
- ISBN
- 9780099468233
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. For nearly five years, he was known as the 'Darling Of Las Vegas'. Some said he was a Russian arms dealer, others a pop star from Eastern Europe. But the truth was even more unlikely: he was a twenty-one year old graduate student who had a plan that would one day make him richer than anyone could possibly imagine. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; BG; BTC; WDMC; WDP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256. Good copy with some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Arrow London
- Edition
- New Ed
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KTG0007136
- ISBN
- 9780099490999
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. For nearly five years, he was known as the 'Darling Of Las Vegas'. Some said he was a Russian arms dealer, others a pop star from Eastern Europe. But the truth was even more unlikely: he was a twenty-one year old graduate student who had a plan that would one day make him richer than anyone could possibly imagine. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; BG; BTC; WDMC; WDP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Arrow London
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAK0006914
- ISBN
- 9780099490999
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The plan was to attach a Greenpeace pod to Gazprom's platform and launch a peaceful protest against oil being pumped from the icy waters of the Arctic. However, heavily armed commandos flooded the deck of the Arctic Sunrise and the Arctic Thirty began their ordeal at the hands of Putin's regime. This book tells their story. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1MTN; BTC; JKVP1; JPW; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 132 x 260 x 29. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Guardian Faber Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783350780
- ISBN
- 9781783350780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.83
€ 17.99
€ 12.83
Paperback. For 20 years, the Essex Boys firm and their successors, the New Generation, controlled a lucrative drugs empire in Essex and throughout the south east of England by using intimidation, gratuitous violence and murder. This book reveals just how close the author came to being both murderer and murder victim. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 x 8pp colour. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845964993
- ISBN
- 9781845964993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.11
€ 17.99
€ 13.11
Paperback. A new edition of a book formerly known as "So This is Ecstacy?", this is the true story of the rise of one of the most violent and successful criminal gangs of the 90s. The author of the book was a key member of that gang, and this is his inside account of their violent ways. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JJPR; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Mainstream Publishing
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840182859
- ISBN
- 9781840182859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
€ 13.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. In December 1995, three key members of the infamous Essex Boys firm were executed in their Range Rover after being lured to a deserted farm track by the promise of a lucrative drug deal. This book tells the true story of the gang that destroyed everything that stood in their way to take control of their fallen predecessors' drug empire. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 x 8pp colour. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAX; BTC; JKVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845963125
- ISBN
- 9781845963125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.38
€ 20.99
€ 16.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894759489
- ISBN
- 9781894759489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.62
€ 14.99
€ 11.62
paperback. A true story of capture and incarceration; danger and degradation; hope and survival. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; BM; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 109 x 22. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Sphere
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780751541984
- ISBN
- 9780751541984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 7.97
€ 14.99
€ 7.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 202 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BTC; HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 167 x 13. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Zardoz Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781874113096
- ISBN
- 9781874113096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.67
€ 19.99
€ 14.67
Paperback. A narrative reconstruction and reconsideration of the 1979 murder of Cary Ann Medlin, the author's third grade classmate, and the execution twenty years later of Robert Glen Coe, the man convicted of the crime, the first in Tennessee in forty years. Reminiscent of the best crime writing of Capote, Didion and Baldwin. Num Pages: 173 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of New Orleans Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 173
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608010189
- ISBN
- 9781608010189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.02
€ 16.99
€ 16.02
Paperback. Some of these stories are dire and grim. Others are witty and satirical. Some are political. Others are not. But all are told from the heart and with the authority and sincerity of one who knows his subject. In an era when the customs of the nations of the Middle East are of particular relevance, this book provides a remarkable insight. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 184. My Shocking Journey Through the Savagery of the Modern-Day Middle East. 288 pages. Some of these stories are dire and grim. Others are witty and satirical. Some are political. Others are not. But all are told from the heart and with the authority and sincerity of one who knows his subject. In an era when the customs of the nations of the Middle East are of particular relevance, this book provides a remarkable insight. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BTC. Dimension: 200 x 132 x 19. Weight: 184.
- Publisher
- John Blake
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843583455
- ISBN
- 9781843583455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.22
€ 10.99
€ 9.22
Paperback. Tells the true story of how one man ruled his north London manor with an iron fist - and a sawn-off shotgun called Kennedy. This book features an insight into a society where the rules are made by gangland leaders and if anybody dare break them, they have to deal with the consequences. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091960063
- ISBN
- 9780091960063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.64
€ 19.99
€ 14.64
Paperback. Bobby Cummines was only 28 when he passed through the grim gates of Parkhurst, Britain's Alcatraz, as a category - A prisoner with a host of crimes to his name. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785035166
- ISBN
- 9781785035166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.11
€ 17.99
€ 13.11
Paperback. Bobby Teale and his brothers, David and Alfie, were the three men the Kray twins trusted most. They weren't in the Firm, they were closer than that. They were old family friends, confidants, companions.. But then things changed. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091946630
- ISBN
- 9780091946630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.67
€ 19.99
€ 14.67
Hardback. In 1970s Las Vegas-a heyday of Mafia misdeed in Sin City-a fearless young man launched a crusade to eradicate organized crime in the casinos. In the process, he revolutionized gaming lawenforcement, came within a hair's breadth of death, and wasbetrayed by a system that was dirty to its core. Hit Me! is his story. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; BTC; JKV; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 34.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762780723
- ISBN
- 9780762780723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.52
€ 29.99
€ 22.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black and white photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307886118
- ISBN
- 9780307886118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.67
€ 18.99
€ 13.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 338 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Milo Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 338
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903854914
- ISBN
- 9781903854914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.62
€ 11.99
€ 10.62
Paperback. Fully updated since Shipman's suicide, this is the in-depth and authoritative investigation of the UK's most prolific mass murderer. Num Pages: 448 pages, Section: 16, b/w. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 143 x 28. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751529982
- ISBN
- 9780751529982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.12
€ 17.99
€ 13.12
Paperback. A hung Parliament, terrorist bombs, sex trafficking and tabloid war .. Welcome to London, 1885. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BTC; HBJD1; HBLL; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Picador
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330544658
- ISBN
- 9780330544658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
€ 13.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Lantern Books,US United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590560310
- ISBN
- 9781590560310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.28
€ 19.99
€ 19.28
paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KLN0017049
- ISBN
- 9780751532234
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. LONGLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION A book like no other - the tale of a gripping quest to discover the identity of history's most notorious murderer and a literary high-wire act from the legendary writer and director of Withnail and I. Num Pages: 864 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 55. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007548903
- ISBN
- 9780007548903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.21
€ 20.99
€ 15.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816643387
- ISBN
- 9780816643387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.18
€ 18.99
€ 18.18