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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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 13.99
€ 10.69