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Hardback. Built on Kraybill's deep knowledge of Amish life and his contacts within many Amish communities, Renegade Amish highlights one of the strangest and most publicized sagas in contemporary Amish history. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12, 9 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; HRCX8; JFS; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415673
- ISBN
- 9781421415673
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.63
€ 26.99
€ 23.63
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; BTM; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Granville Island Publishing Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894694483
- ISBN
- 9781894694483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.21
€ 26.99
€ 18.21
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€ 13.12
€ 16.99
€ 13.12
Paperback. The extraordinary wreck of a ship, a missing crew, a message in a bottle, the lost captain's determined daughter - these are all elements of a great sea yarn. The fate of the Carroll A. Deering has remained one of the mysteries of maritime history. Simpson's chronicle keeps the story alive, a memorial to the ghost ship and its lost crew. Num Pages: 256 pages, 38ill.2M. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 1QSAN; 3JJG; BTP; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807856178
- ISBN
- 9780807856178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.77
€ 30.99
€ 25.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMT; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Monsoon Books Pte. Ltd. Singapore
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789810548322
- ISBN
- 9789810548322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.40
€ 15.40
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 6th
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061924712
- ISBN
- 9780061924712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.92
€ 19.99
€ 17.92
Paperback. "The Color of Night" will appeal to true crime aficionados, and to anyone interested in the history of race and labor relations, working conditions, community priorities, and attitudes toward the death penalty in the first half of the 20th century." Num Pages: 384 pages, 15 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oregon State University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870718205
- ISBN
- 9780870718205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; BTP; JFSL9; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873514392
- ISBN
- 9780873514392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.61
€ 19.99
€ 18.61
Paperback. This account gives a vivid picture of the romance and realism of coastal trade, initially in a schooner, then in Thames spiritsail sailing barges before and during the war. The author tells of the havoc wrought by barges caught out in severe gales and the hazards of plying trade in wartime. Num Pages: 176 pages, line drawings, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780953818013
- ISBN
- 9780953818013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.31
€ 16.99
€ 16.31
Paperback. A USA Today Top 10 Best Book of Winter 2014 "Equals Truman Capote s In Cold Blood as a nonfiction novel of crime. Gerald Bartell, San Francisco Chronicle" Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- W W Norton & Co Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631490224
- ISBN
- 9781631490224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.11
€ 16.99
€ 16.11
Paperback. Examines the stories and subsequent trials behind some of the most infamous cases of British female killers between the early part of the nineteenth century and the 1950s. This book analyses each of these prominent British cases. It includes post-trial material as well as the executions of the offenders. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- V9780750950817
- ISBN
- 9780750950817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.18
€ 19.99
€ 18.18
Paperback. A biography of two Chinese sisters who took very different paths in their quest to be independent women. The journeys of these extraordinary women spanned the twentieth century and three continents in a saga of East-West cultural exchange and personal struggle. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BG; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742553149
- ISBN
- 9780742553149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.78
€ 28.78
Paperback. An outstandingly written, action-packed memoir of a decorated British soldier's experience of fighting Taliban forces in Afghanistan in summer 2006. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 pages colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JMC; BTM; HBJF1; HBLX; HBWS4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Pocket Books London
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847393999
- ISBN
- 9781847393999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.39
€ 13.99
€ 10.39
Hardback. In Bed with the Badge is this generation's Burning Bed. Ms. Joyce and her brother, Raymond, tell the bloodcurdling story of how their father, Ray Sheehan, a retired NYPD detective, turned wife-beating into an art form by utilizing the very tactics he was taught in the police force. Num Pages: 288 pages, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Changing Lives Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780984304714
- ISBN
- 9780984304714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.35
€ 26.99
€ 24.35
Hardcover. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: BT; VXA; WNG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. Weight in Grams: 397.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- New World Library United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608683345
- ISBN
- 9781608683345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.70
€ 23.99
€ 21.70
Paperback. The paperback debut of the bestselling book that tells the no-holds-barred story of Massachusetts' infamous Bulger Brothers, Whitey and Billy, unveiling an unprecedented criminal alliance. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 106 x 29. Weight in Grams: 262. Used paperback in good condition. May have some light shelfwear.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Grand Central Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- KRF2232048
- ISBN
- 9780446618885
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 10.99€ 4.99
€ 10.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Tales from a Dog Catcher is based on the author's experiences in a smallish city in the northern suburbs of NYC. Reminiscent of both All Creatures Great and Small and Marley & Me, it offers the stories of everyday people who, whether by accident or design, come into contact with the sad, funny, and often profound world of an animal control officer. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BT; WNG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781599214986
- ISBN
- 9781599214986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.54
€ 17.99
€ 17.54
Paperback. If you lived on the notorious Canterbury Estate in the '40s and '50s, then you knew there was one man you did not want to cross: Charlie Hudson. A solitary man, feared and respected by the gangsters of the time, Charlie was a boxer who never lost a fight, in or out of the ring - the most infamous of The Canterbury Warriors. Series: Tales of the Notorious Hudson Family. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KRA0009183
- ISBN
- 9780007542260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Forty crimes of betrayal, greed, and desperation. Forty crimes that shed light on our shared past, and our lives today. Award-winning writer Paul Willcocks takes a sharp, fresh look at legendary crimes and criminals and the way they reflect our history. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 161 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Regina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889773486
- ISBN
- 9780889773486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.17
€ 19.99
€ 18.17
Paperback. A moving story of Marine Operators doing what they do best, Level Zero Heroes brings to life the mission of the US. Marine Special Operations Team 8222 that fought side by side in Afghanistan, in a narrative as action packed and emotional as anything to emerge from the Special Operations community contribution to the Afghan War. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 map, 16 page colour photograph inserts. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; BTM; HBJF1; HBWS4; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 33. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Griffin Publishing
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781250070296
- ISBN
- 9781250070296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.04
€ 19.99
€ 18.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, B/W photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; BG; BTC; HBJK; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 471.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610396325
- ISBN
- 9781610396325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.02
€ 19.99
€ 17.02
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. Num Pages: 176 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781922059222
- ISBN
- 9781922059222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.03
€ 31.99
€ 23.03
Paperback. Today, Paddy Armstrong is a husband and father, and it has been over twenty-seven years since his conviction was quashed. But the memory of his experiences lives on. For the first time and with unflinching candour, he lays bare the experiences of those years and their aftermath. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BT; BTP; JKSW1; JKVF; JKVP1; JMK; JMQ; JPWL; LASD; LATC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Gill Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780717172474
- ISBN
- 9780717172474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 12.98
€ 18.99
€ 12.98