wyszukanych pozycji: 14
Death at the Presidents Church: A Dupree Sisters Mystery
ISBN: 9781946063045 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. They have met many presidents. They are politically well connected. They were born and raised in the social circles of Washington D.C. So why have Charlotte and Ruth Dupree taken such an interest in the death of a homeless man? Is it because he died at St. John's Episcopal Church, often called "the Presidents Church" since every president since James Madison has worshiped there. Using their observations about the presidents they've met, along with their usual charm, the Dupree Sisters find themselves navigating through a labyrinth of Washington luncheons, social events and gossip to uncover...
They have met many presidents. They are politically well connected. They were born and raised in the social circles of Washington D.C. So why have Cha...
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70,55 zł |
Discreet in the Heat: A Bess Bullock Retirement Home Mystery
ISBN: 9781946063731 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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70,55 zł |
Sir Edward Coke and the Elizabethan Age
ISBN: 9780804776592 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634), the first judge to strike down a law, gave us modern common law by turning medieval common law inside-out. Through his resisting strong-minded kings, he bore witness for judicial independence. Coke is the earliest judge still cited routinely by practicing lawyers. This book breaks new ground as the first scholarly biography of Coke, whose most recent general biography appeared in 1957, and draws revealingly on Coke's own papers and notebooks. The book covers Coke's early life and career, to the end of the reign of Elizabeth I in 1603 (a second volume will cover...
Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634), the first judge to strike down a law, gave us modern common law by turning medieval common law inside-out. Through his re...
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126,12 zł |
Blair House Cat Mystery: A Dupree Sisters Mystery
ISBN: 9781946063496 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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70,55 zł |
Corpse at the National Gallery: A Dupree Sisters Mystery
ISBN: 9781946063908 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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70,55 zł |
Law, Liberty, & Parliament: Selected Essays on the Writings of Sir Edward Coke
ISBN: 9780865974258 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 406 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634) remains one of the most important figures in the history of the common law. The essays collected in this volume provide a broad context for understanding and appreciating the scope of Coke's achievement: his theory of law, his work as a lawyer and judge, his role in pioneering judicial review, his leadership of the Commons, and his place in the broader culture of Elizabethan and Jacobean England. Sir Edward Coke claimed for judges the power to strike down statutes, created the modern common law by reshaping medieval precedents, and, in the House of Commons, led the...
Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634) remains one of the most important figures in the history of the common law. The essays collected in this volume provide a ...
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128,19 zł |
Gumshoe Granny Investigates: A Bess Bullock Retirement Home Mystery
ISBN: 9780984840205 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Is it possible to put aside years of investigative instincts and habits to live quietly in a retirement home? Is it possible to redefine who you are at the age of eighty? These are the questions that Bess seeks to answer in GUMSHOE GRANNY INVESTIGATES. When she arrives at the Honey Hills Retirement Center, Bess Bullock has every intention of occupying her days with simple activities like reading and idle conversation. However, Bess begins to notice that even at a retirement home, her instincts for noticing the "little mysteries in life" won't allow her to live as quietly as her fellow...
Is it possible to put aside years of investigative instincts and habits to live quietly in a retirement home? Is it possible to redefine who you are a...
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70,55 zł |
Married to Mysteries: A Bess Bullock Retirement Home Mystery
ISBN: 9780988194380 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. You are cordially invited to a wedding. But before retirement home detective Bess Bullock can walk down the aisle, she has a few loose ends to tie up. Like the case of a mysterious bird cage where two birds have died on the same day for two consecutive weeks. Then there's the secret behind a resident's obsession with finding a stuffed fox at the Honey Hills' Community Yard Sale. Even a bus trip to the beautiful Rockwell Gardens leads Bess to a mystery involving an ages old infidelity and the yearly revenge carried out by a bitter widow. With the big day drawing near, Bess finds her wedding...
You are cordially invited to a wedding. But before retirement home detective Bess Bullock can walk down the aisle, she has a few loose ends to tie up....
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70,55 zł |
Law, Liberty, & Parliament: Selected Essays on the Writings of Sir Edward Coke
ISBN: 9780865974265 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 406 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634) remains one of the most important figures in the history of the common law. The essays collected in this volume provide a broad context for understanding and appreciating the scope of Coke's achievement: his theory of law, his work as a lawyer and judge, his role in pioneering judicial review, his leadership of the Commons, and his place in the broader culture of Elizabethan and Jacobean England. Sir Edward Coke claimed for judges the power to strike down statutes, created the modern common law by reshaping medieval precedents, and, in the House of Commons, led the...
Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634) remains one of the most important figures in the history of the common law. The essays collected in this volume provide a ...
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64,10 zł |
Suspicions at Sunset: A Bess Bullock Retirement Home Mystery
ISBN: 9781939816702 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A train trip to California for her brother's funeral leaves retired police woman Bess Bullock overcome with grief. Even returning to her husband and her friends at the Honey Hills Retirement Center doesn't seem to help. The only thing that seems to sooth her heart is finding a good mystery to solve. Whether it's an energetic priest who has suddenly slowed down, a resident who prefers to live as a shut-in when her daughter is around, or a case of missing narcotics that has baffled the police, Bess finds that her instinct for investigation may be the best medicine for coping with her mourning.
A train trip to California for her brother's funeral leaves retired police woman Bess Bullock overcome with grief. Even returning to her husband and h...
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70,55 zł |
Clues Over Croissants: A Bess Bullock Retirement Home Mystery
ISBN: 9780984840250 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Bess Bullock knows about clues. After all, her career as a policewoman has made her more than qualified to help her fellow residents at the Honey Hills Retirement Center solve their various personal mysteries. But when one morning a tray of delicious, buttery croissants heralds the arrival of a fantastic new chef at Honey Hills, Bess is immediately curious as to why such a talented cook would lavish his amazing skills at a senior citizen home rather than a fancy four-star restaurant. She decides to investigate and stumbles upon a decades old mystery of family pride, stolen jewels, and...
Bess Bullock knows about clues. After all, her career as a policewoman has made her more than qualified to help her fellow residents at the Honey Hill...
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70,55 zł |
Sir Edward Coke and the Elizabethan Age
ISBN: 9780804748094 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 325 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634), the first judge to strike down a law, gave us modern common law by turning medieval common law inside-out. Through his resisting strong-minded kings, he bore witness for judicial independence. Coke is the earliest judge still cited routinely by practicing lawyers. This book breaks new ground as the first scholarly biography of Coke, whose most recent general biography appeared in 1957, and draws revealingly on Coke's own papers and notebooks. The book covers Coke's early life and career, to the end of the reign of Elizabeth I in 1603 (a second volume will cover...
Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634), the first judge to strike down a law, gave us modern common law by turning medieval common law inside-out. Through his re...
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520,42 zł |
Whispers in Winter: A Bess Bullock Retirement Home Mystery
ISBN: 9781939816290 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Everywhere she looks in her retirement home, Bess Bullock finds that winter is a season for secrets. First, there is the secret of The Cross Stitch Six, a group of talented sewers who conspire to keep a secret about one of their deceased members. Then there is Donna Gilmore, who breaks her silence to Bess about a long held belief that she is being stalked by someone in the Honey Hills Retirement Center. Even Bess's friend, Alma Crisp, is not immune from a secret that she harbors. A secret that inadvertently puts Alma's moral reputation at risk. Yet, the most unsettling secret that Bess...
Everywhere she looks in her retirement home, Bess Bullock finds that winter is a season for secrets. First, there is the secret of The Cross Stitch Si...
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70,55 zł |
Exile to Paradise: Savagery and Civilization in Paris and the South Pacific, 1790-1900
ISBN: 9780804738781 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. According to the poet Victor Hugo, the year 1870/71 was France's annee terrible. The country suffered a humiliating defeat by the Prussian military, and Parisians endured a cruel siege. In the wake of the siege, Paris exploded and revolutionaries proclaimed the birth of the Paris Commune. The conservative government of the young Third Republic portrayed the Communards as savage destroyers of civilization. The Communards were depicted as plagued by original sin, the evil nature of fallen man, and atavistic degeneration. These alleged traits aligned them with tribal peoples who were...
According to the poet Victor Hugo, the year 1870/71 was France's annee terrible. The country suffered a humiliating defeat by the Prussian mili...
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367,98 zł |