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Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Barricade Books
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781569804940
ISBN
9781569804940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.63

paperback. In 1634 Urbain Grandier, a handsome and dissolute priest of the parish of Loudun was tried, tortured and burnt at the stake. He had been found guilty of conspiring with the devil to seduce an entire convent of nuns in what was the most sensational case of mass possession and sexual hysteria in history. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; BT; HRQX9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099477761
ISBN
9780099477761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.33

Num Pages: 754 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 866.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
754
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813136080
ISBN
9780813136080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.02

Paperback. The gripping true story of bomb disposal work that won Ivison a George Medal - and started a living nightmare.. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; BTM; HBJF1; HBWS5; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Phoenix
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753828304
ISBN
9780753828304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. Heart-pounding real-life tales from the military's most experienced snipers, the best of the best snipers in action today. Gunfights, long distance shots, stalking, and more. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 21.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Lyons Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781599218557
ISBN
9781599218557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.40

Paperback. Editor(s): Reeve, N. H. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854113733
ISBN
9781854113733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.74

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
AK Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849350211
ISBN
9781849350211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.76

Paperback. Editor(s): Kester, Lisa; Gottlieb, Daphne. Num Pages: 352 pages, B&W photos throughout, B&W illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Counterpoint United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781593762902
ISBN
9781593762902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.92

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBW; BTC; HBJK; HBLW; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 30.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762793037
ISBN
9780762793037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 22.67

Paperback. In December 1884, Austin was terrorised by someone equally as vicious and, in some ways, far more diabolical than London's infamous Jack the Ripper. With vivid historical detail and novelistic flair, Texas Monthly journalist Skip Hollandsworth brings this terrifying saga to life. Num Pages: 37 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; BTC; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 14. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
St Martin´s Press
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0019829
ISBN
9781250118493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A young father spent twenty-five years in prison for a crime he did not commit..and his eventual exoneration and return to life as a free man. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; BM; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Simon & Schuster United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781476756837
ISBN
9781476756837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp of b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; BTC; JFFE; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Milo Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903854525
ISBN
9781903854525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Beacon Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807061220
ISBN
9780807061220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.59

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. The fascinating story of a famous Victorian murder case - and the notorious detective who solved it Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWW; 3JH; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 308. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRA0011466
ISBN
9780747596486
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Reconstructs the murder in 1959 of a Kansas farmer, his wife and both their children. In this title, the author's study of the killings and subsequent investigation explores the circumstances surrounding this terrible crime and the effect it had on those involved. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BTC; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260. First British edition. Fine in original dust wrapper. DW showing age, sellotaped to spine, nicked and with small tears to edges. Sellotaped inside flaps taped front and back. Internally pages v. lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a fine copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0028277
ISBN
9780141182575
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 98.00

Paperback. Aged seven, Scannella's world turns upside down when he is uprooted from his English home, and sent to the heartland of the Cosa Nostra. He forgets that he ever spoke English and survives by the his wit and his fists, adopting the machismo ways of his elders. Every day is a fight for survival, gang violence is the norm, and the Mafia rules. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSTC; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Medina Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909339279
ISBN
9781909339279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.92

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

€ 35.99
€ 29.63

Paperback. Editor(s): Day, Francis Martin; et al. Num Pages: 382 pages, Illustrations, facsims., 1 map, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BTM; HBJD; HBWQ; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 598.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Ronsdale Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780921870616
ISBN
9780921870616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.95

Paperback. Something strange occurs to guests as soon as they check in. Even if in real life they are perfectly well-mannered, decent people with proper balanced relationships, as soon as they spin through the revolving hotel doors the normal rules of behaviour no longer seem to apply. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BT; TTVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0010883
ISBN
9780552151467
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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

€ 16.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. Sharon Tate was a promising young actress who received a Golden Globe nomination for her performance in "Valley of the Dolls"; the beautiful wife of famous film director Roman Polanski; an expectant mother eight and a half months pregnant at the time of her murder; and a loving daughter and sister. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16 Page Colour Insert. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062008053
ISBN
9780062008053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 302 pages, 20 b/w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: BTP; WSZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873515894
ISBN
9780873515894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.14

Paperback. A true story of obsession and possession that will leave you breathless for more Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 197.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444763270
ISBN
9781444763270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

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