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Published by Bloomsbury Press, London, England, 2016
ISBN 10: 1620409143ISBN 13: 9781620409145
Seller: Terry Blowfield, Norwich, NORFO, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Published by Bloomsbury Press of London in 2016. Soft cover, so no Dust Jacket. 1st edition, 1st impression in this format. See inside number sequence "2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1." Book condition: Very Good. Both pictorial cover and inside pages are in good order. See photograph. Dims: 205mm x 140mm x 27mm. 352 pages.
Published by Bloomsbury Press, London England, 2008
ISBN 10: 0747597286ISBN 13: 9780747597285
Seller: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Paperback The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: or the Murder at Road Hill House by Kate Summerscale. light wear to cover.It is a summer's night in 1860. In an elegant detached Georgian house in the village of Road, Wiltshire, all is quiet. Behind shuttered windows the Kent family lies sound asleep. At some point after midnight a dog barks. The family wakes the next morning to a horrific discovery: an unimaginably gruesome murder has taken place in their home. The household reverberates with shock, not least because the guilty party is surely still among them. Jack Whicher of Scotland Yard, the most celebrated detective of his day, reaches Road Hill House a fortnight later. He faces an unenviable task: to solve a case in which the grieving family are the suspects. The murder provokes national hysteria. The thought of what might be festering behind the closed doors of respectable middle-class homes - scheming servants, rebellious children, insanity, jealousy, loneliness and loathing - arouses fear and a kind of excitement. But when Whicher reaches his shocking conclusion there is uproar and bewilderment.A true story that inspired a generation of writers such as Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens and Arthur Conan Doyle, this has all the hallmarks of the classic murder mystery - a body; a detective; a country house steeped in secrets. In The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Kate Summerscale untangles the facts behind this notorious case, bringing it back to vivid, extraordinary life.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).
Published by Adlard Coles Nautical Bloomsbury Press, London England, 2014
ISBN 10: 1472903641ISBN 13: 9781472903648
Seller: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Paperback Edition. Pasperback Hunting the Hunters: At war with the whaler.Laurens de Groot was a detective for the Dutch police, specializing in organized crime and environmental pollution. He was rapidly promoted through the ranks, but became increasingly disillusioned with failed prosecutions and minimal prison sentences. But although as a detective there was little he could do to stop the truly big criminals, there was a more radical option direct action, not necessarily within the law. Laurens leaves his job, sells up, travels to Australia and joins Sea Shepherd, an international organization protecting marine wildlife. He soon finds himself in the middle of the war against the Japanese whaling fleet operating in the Antarctic whale sanctuary. As the Japanese hunt whales, Laurens and the Sea Shepherd crews hunt them. Their boats are tiny for the wild Southern Ocean, and as well as dealing with the extreme weather they are repeatedly attacked by the Japanese crews and nearly shipwrecked by ice. On one mission, their boat is rammed, cut in two and sunk by a whaling ship. This is war, with no quarter given. Hunting the Hunters is an action-packed and timely account of one man s extraordinary life, as well as an ongoing battle against a powerful nation determined to get its way no matter the cost. It s an important subject, one that a lot of people care about, and as Laurens tells the story in his own words this is a compelling and insightful book.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).
Published by Bloomsbury Press, London England, 2004
ISBN 10: 0747574022ISBN 13: 9780747574026
Seller: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. includes spotting infestations .Cleaning a chimney .Draught proofing a door .Tricky stain removal technique .Escaping A fire.Building shelves.Cleaning.
Published by Adlard Coles Nautical Bloomsbury Press, London England, 2014
ISBN 10: 1472903641ISBN 13: 9781472903648
Seller: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Paperback Edition. Paperback Hunting the Hunters: At war with the whaler.Laurens de Groot was a detective for the Dutch police, specializing in organized crime and environmental pollution. He was rapidly promoted through the ranks, but became increasingly disillusioned with failed prosecutions and minimal prison sentences. But although as a detective there was little he could do to stop the truly big criminals, there was a more radical option direct action, not necessarily within the law. Laurens leaves his job, sells up, travels to Australia and joins Sea Shepherd, an international organization protecting marine wildlife. He soon finds himself in the middle of the war against the Japanese whaling fleet operating in the Antarctic whale sanctuary. As the Japanese hunt whales, Laurens and the Sea Shepherd crews hunt them. Their boats are tiny for the wild Southern Ocean, and as well as dealing with the extreme weather they are repeatedly attacked by the Japanese crews and nearly shipwrecked by ice. On one mission, their boat is rammed, cut in two and sunk by a whaling ship. This is war, with no quarter given. Hunting the Hunters is an action-packed and timely account of one man s extraordinary life, as well as an ongoing battle against a powerful nation determined to get its way no matter the cost. It s an important subject, one that a lot of people care about, and as Laurens tells the story in his own words this is a compelling and insightful book.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).