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Paperback. A tale of a boy reared in the poverty of the Gorbals who became one of the world's most extraordinary safe blowers. He spent more than 40 years in jail. A daring escaper, he broke out of Scotland's grim prison fortress of Peterhead five times - three times in one year! A likeable rogue, he was a gentle man who in peacetime shrank from violence. Num Pages: 212 pages, 8 pp. plate section. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 226. The Extraordinary True Story of the Safe Blower Who Became a War Hero. 212 pages, 8 pp. plate section. A tale of a boy reared in the poverty of the Gorbals who became one of the world's most extraordinary safe blowers. He spent more than 40 years in jail. A daring escaper, he broke out of Scotland's grim prison fortress of Peterhead five times - three times in one year! A likeable rogue, he was a gentle man who in peacetime shrank from violence. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BTC. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 17. Weight: 234.
Publisher
Black & White Publishing
Number of pages
212
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845023461
ISBN
9781845023461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 8.90

Paperback. Barlinnie is one of the most notorious prisons in the world and for a hundred years it has held Glasgow's toughest and most violent men, swept up from the city streets. It has sparked rooftop protests and cell block riots, and been home to godfathers of crime. This title deals with riots, death, retribution and redemption in this prison. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; BTC; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384. 256 pages, illustrations. Barlinnie is one of the most notorious prisons in the world and for a hundred years it has held Glasgow's toughest and most violent men, swept up from the city streets. It has sparked rooftop protests and cell block riots, and been home to godfathers of crime. This title deals with riots, death, retribution and redemption in this prison. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; BTC; JKVP1. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight: 378.
Publisher
Black and White pub.
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845022679
ISBN
9781845022679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.31

Paperback. Detectives work the streets - an arena of action, vice, lust, greed, aggression, and violence - to gather shards of information about who did what to whom. This work examines the moral ambiguities of the detectives' world as they shuttle between the streets and a bureaucratic behemoth. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674032323
ISBN
9780674032323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.63

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Dundurn Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550026726
ISBN
9781550026726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.91

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Dundurn Group Ltd Canada
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554887392
ISBN
9781554887392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.35

Paperback. The story of a mother, her son, a locked room and the outside world. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010. Soon to be a major motion picture, directed by Lenny Abrahamson and starring William H. Macy and Brie Larson. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 206 x 28. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Film tie-in
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509803156
ISBN
9781509803156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.90

Paperback.
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848567368
ISBN
9781848567368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.83

Paperback. A sexual sadist, the Zodiac's pleasure was torture and murder. He taunted the authorities with mocking notes telling where he would strike next. The official tally of his victims was six. He claimed 37 dead. He was never caught. This book tells the inside story of the hunt for the hooded killer, and finally reveals his possible true identity. Num Pages: 384 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; BG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 113 x 25. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Media tie-in
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845765316
ISBN
9781845765316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.82

hardcover. As the first chief of the Special Intelligence Unit at the Treasury Department, Elmer L. Irey accomplished what J. Edgar Hoover wouldn't and Eliot Ness couldn't. From the 1920s through the 1940s, he headed the investigations that led to the prosecution of the ruthless, murderous bosses who ruled American cities without fear of the law. Num Pages: 372 pages, 11 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 35. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Potomac Books United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597974882
ISBN
9781597974882
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 36.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 260 pages, 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; BTC; HBJK; WSJM; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 28. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Strategic Media Books United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781939521224
ISBN
9781939521224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.00
€ 18.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 50 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; 3JF; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750960199
ISBN
9780750960199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.41

Num Pages: 240 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publication date
2017
Publisher
NBM Publishing Company United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781681120638
ISBN
9781681120638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.84

Paperback. The definitive work on Jack the Ripper and the various theories from the time of the murders to the present day Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 238 x 40. Weight in Grams: 678.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445649610
ISBN
9781445649610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.89

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

€ 18.52

Paperback. Series: True Crime History. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606351932
ISBN
9781606351932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.29

Paperback. Goodfellas meets Catch Me If You Can in this true tale of high-stakes smuggling from pot's outlaw years. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781760293802
ISBN
9781760293802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.61

Hardcover. Standing in an ID parade of incompetence, waiting to be picked out as Britain's stupidest criminal, we've assembled a line-up of bungling burglars, asinine assailants and thick thieves. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 125 x 19. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752487205
ISBN
9780752487205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.31

paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Pan Macmillan London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
SKU
KAK0011416
ISBN
9780230711303
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Pan Macmillan London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
SKU
KEX0218480
ISBN
9780230711303
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In the summer of 2000, Jane Steare received the phone call every mother dreads. Her daughter Lucie Blackman - tall, blonde, and twenty-one years old - had stepped into the vastness of a Tokyo summer and disappeared forever. That winter, her dismembered remains were found buried in a seaside cave. Had Lucie been abducted by a religious cult? Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099502555
ISBN
9780099502555
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.60

hardcover. The sudden disappearance of Judge Joseph Crater nearly 75 years ago led to perhaps the most famous missing persons case of the 20th century. "Vanishing Point" is a revealing look at New York as the Jazz Age gave way to the Depression, and one of the most intriguing stories in the annals of urban America. Num Pages: 236 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BTC; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Ivan R. Dee United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781566636056
ISBN
9781566636056
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.82

Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Sphere
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New edition
SKU
KKD0001845
ISBN
9780722129395
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

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

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BTC; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781632203199
ISBN
9781632203199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.17

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