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Product Description: The lure of true crime stories is irresistible—and this popular book, now updated to include today's headline-making felonies, delivers hundreds of them in hard-hitting tabloid style. Dating from the 19th century to the present, the list of perps includes the most notorious villains of modern history, right up to Josef Fritzl, who imprisoned and raped his daughter for 24 years, and Armin Meiwes, the cannibal who found a willing victim...read more

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9780307689078, titled "Smiley Lion Book" | Golden Pr, June 1, 1964, cover price $5.38 | also contains Smiley Lion Book

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9781780974101 | Reprint edition (Carlton Books Ltd, October 1, 2013), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: The lure of true crime stories is irresistible—and this popular book, now updated to include today's headline-making felonies, delivers hundreds of them in hard-hitting tabloid style.

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Product Description: The main concern of this volume is Dickens’ role as "entertainer". It examines the results of this role: Dickens’ important contribution to the techniques of comedy and irony in prose. The social commentary and criticism which arise from a primarily comic art is emphasized and exemplified...read more

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9780415482417 | Routledge, March 3, 2009, cover price $170.00 | About this edition: The main concern of this volume is Dickens’ role as "entertainer".

Paperback:

9780415846387 | Reprint edition (Routledge, February 13, 2013), cover price $48.95 | About this edition: The main concern of this volume is Dickens’ role as "entertainer".

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Product Description: The year 1921 saw the publication of The Mysterious Affair at Styles, a murder mystery with a protagonist by the name of Hercule Poirot. It was the first of more than 60 crime novels by Agatha Christie. Christie was a private person, yet her life had its share of mysteries--including a 1926 disappearance that made headlines around the world...read more

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9781780971810 | Reprint edition (Carlton Books Ltd, November 6, 2012), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: The year 1921 saw the publication of The Mysterious Affair at Styles, a murder mystery with a protagonist by the name of Hercule Poirot.
9780256136753, titled "Selling: Building Partnerships" | 2nd edition (Richard d Irwin, August 1, 1995), cover price $80.40 | also contains Selling: Building Partnerships

Book by Fido, Martin

Hardcover:

9781580621601, titled "The World of Agatha Christie: The Facts and Fiction Behind the World's Greatest Crime Writer" | Adams Media Corp, November 1, 1999, cover price $20.00
9781858687421 | Motorbooks Intl, May 1, 1999, cover price $55.01 | About this edition: Book by Fido, Martin

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This study of Lowry's fiction attempts to show a continuity in his work and that Under the Volcano cannot be seen as an unrelated success

Hardcover:

9781847329431 | Carlton Books Ltd, March 6, 2012, cover price $24.95
9780226121253, titled "Malcolm Lowry: A Preface to His Fiction" | Univ of Chicago Pr, February 1, 1980, cover price $12.50 | also contains Malcolm Lowry: A Preface to His Fiction | About this edition: This study of Lowry's fiction attempts to show a continuity in his work and that Under the Volcano cannot be seen as an unrelated success

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Product Description: This is the first English translation of Le Roman social en Angleterre by Louis Cazamian, which is widely recognized as the classic survey of Victorian social fiction. Starting from the eighteenth century, Cazamian traces the ways in which rationalism and romanticism intertwined and competed, particularly in relation to radical political philosophy...read more

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9780415482387 | Reprint edition (Routledge, March 3, 2009), cover price $170.00 | About this edition: This is the first English translation of Le Roman social en Angleterre by Louis Cazamian, which is widely recognized as the classic survey of Victorian social fiction.

Paperback:

9781138868793 | Routledge, February 27, 2015, cover price $49.95 | About this edition: This is the first English translation of Le Roman social en Angleterre by Louis Cazamian, which is widely recognized as the classic survey of Victorian social fiction.

CD/Spoken Word:

9780976275718 | Unabridged edition (Two Camels, October 30, 2004), cover price $14.99

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9780976275725 | Unabridged edition (Two Camels, October 30, 2004), cover price $14.99

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9780976275701 | Unabridged edition (Two Camels, October 30, 2004), cover price $14.99

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9780976275732 | Unabridged edition (Two Camels, October 30, 2004), cover price $14.99

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This is the history of serial killers in England, including the breakthroughs in forensic and psychological techniques that are used to track them down.

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9780756763251, titled "History of British Serial Killing: How Britain's Most Famous Serial Killers Were Identified, Caught and Convicted" | Diane Pub Co, January 1, 2003, cover price $28.00
9781842222041 | Carlton Books Ltd, June 1, 2001, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: This is the history of serial killers in England, including the breakthroughs in forensic and psychological techniques that are used to track them down.

An illustrated study of the British criminal underworld of the 1960s, including the Kray brothers and their gang. It includes eyewitness accounts and ties in with a Carlton Television documentary on the subject.

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9781842221419 | New edition (Gardners Books, July 1, 2002), cover price $10.80 | About this edition: An illustrated study of the British criminal underworld of the 1960s, including the Kray brothers and their gang.

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Product Description: Published with the co-operation of the Metropolitan Police, these entries cover a range of subjects, from the infamous criminals who have featured large in the Yard's history through the strikes, riots, sieges and disasters that have tested the force over the years to the activities, techniques and structures of the modern Scotland Yard...read more

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9780753505151 | Virgin Pub, December 1, 2001, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: Published with the co-operation of the Metropolitan Police, these entries cover a range of subjects, from the infamous criminals who have featured large in the Yard's history through the strikes, riots, sieges and disasters that have tested the force over the years to the activities, techniques and structures of the modern Scotland Yard.
9781852277123 | Virgin Pub, December 1, 1999, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: For over 170 years, Scotland Yard has been the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service.

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Recounts the most infamous crimes and criminals of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in chronologically ordered, newspaper-style reports.

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9781858688534 | Carlton Books Ltd, January 1, 2000, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Recounts the most infamous crimes and criminals of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in chronologically ordered, newspaper-style reports.

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Reveals first-hand accounts of medical blunders such as advanced pregnancy mistaken for constipation, meningitis misdiagnosed as the flu, and people mistakingly pronounced dead.

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9781858688541 | Carlton Books Ltd, January 1, 2000, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Reveals first-hand accounts of medical blunders such as advanced pregnancy mistaken for constipation, meningitis misdiagnosed as the flu, and people mistakingly pronounced dead.

Looks at the life and works of Dickens, describes what life was like during the times in which he lived, and surveys the stage and screen adaptations of his works (view table of contents)

Hardcover:

9781858683423 | Carlton Books Ltd, June 1, 1999, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Looks at the life and works of Dickens, describes what life was like during the times in which he lived, and surveys the stage and screen adaptations of his works

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Explores the myths and reality of Sherlock Holmes and his creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (view table of contents)

Hardcover:

9781580620468 | Adams Media Corp, August 1, 1998, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Explores the myths and reality of Sherlock Holmes and his creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Enhanced by more than two hundred black-and-white photographs, this intriguing study of twentieth-century crime looks at twenty-eight of the world's most infamous cases, from the Boston Strangler and the Lindbergh kidnapping to Charles Manson and Ted Bundy.

Hardcover:

9780517120170 | Crescent Books, July 1, 1994, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Tells the stories of murders, kidnappings, serial killings, poisonings, organized crime, mass murders, and robberies

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Product Description: An examination of the mystery of Jack the Ripper. It is in encyclopaedic format and describes all the theories - including the suspect Joseph Barnett, the story of the "Ripper diaries" and the theory of "The Lodger". It also details the policemen, politicians and bystanders caught up in the case...read more

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9780747244455, titled "Jack the Ripper A to Z" | Revised edition (Trafalgar Square, July 1, 1994), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: An examination of the mystery of Jack the Ripper.
9780747255222, titled "Jack the Ripper A to Z" | Updated edition (Headline Book Pub Ltd, April 1, 1994), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Collects alphabetically the people, places, and theories connected to the lingering mystery of Jack the Ripper; presents newly discovered information; and evaluates conflicting theories
9780747236764 | Trafalgar Square, August 1, 1992, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Compiled in encyclopaedic format, this book provides a comprehensive guide to the Jack the Ripper mystery.

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A list of one hundred of the best rock and roll singles from 1937 to the present includes commentary that blends the author's perceptive critique, solid knowledge, and deep appreciation of music. Original.

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9780881848205 | Carroll & Graf Pub, November 1, 1993, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Recounts the most infamous crimes and criminals of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in chronologically ordered, newspaper-style reports

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Product Description: District by district, this "Guide" shows how the character of a London borough is reflected in the murders taking place there -- servant-related murder in Belgravia, gangland homicide in the East End, domestic killings under the guise of middle class respectability in Holloway...read more

Hardcover:

9780897333412 | Academy Chicago Pub, February 1, 1990, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Offers a district-by-district description of infamous murders committed in London

Paperback:

9780897334006 | Academy Chicago Pub, October 1, 1993, cover price $12.00 | About this edition: District by district, this "Guide" shows how the character of a London borough is reflected in the murders taking place there -- servant-related murder in Belgravia, gangland homicide in the East End, domestic killings under the guise of middle class respectability in Holloway.

Hardcover:

9780897333702 | Reissue edition (Academy Chicago Pub, December 1, 1992), cover price $20.00

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Traces the life and career of the Nobel Prize-winning writer, identifies the individuals and events which influenced his writing, and discusses his views on the political issues of the times

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9780872260498 | Reprint edition (Book Sales, May 1, 1988), cover price $5.98 | About this edition: Traces the life and career of the Nobel Prize-winning writer, identifies the individuals and events which influenced his writing, and discusses his views on the political issues of the times

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