wyszukanych pozycji: 45
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Carrots and Miggle: A Novel of East Texas
ISBN: 9781434403261 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. After the Ramsdens lose their father, Charlotte ("Carrots"), her brother, her young sister, and her mother continue to operate their East Texas dairy farm. Then their cousin from Eastern Europe, Emiglia ("Miggle") is orphaned, and is forced to come live with them. When she arrives, she's shocked to find her relatives engaging in manual labor, which her late parents considered fit only for peasants. But as the two girls begin to find some common ground, they discover that they're becoming a real family after all. "Filled with well-drawn, sympathetic characters facing real-life...
After the Ramsdens lose their father, Charlotte ("Carrots"), her brother, her young sister, and her mother continue to operate their East Texas dairy ...
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A Road of Stars: A Fantasy of Life, Death, Love, and Art
ISBN: 9781434402875 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The greatest dancer of her generation, slowly dying from cancer, finds herself transported into the worlds displayed on paintings of the roads, paths, and streets that she never had time to explore throughout her demanding career. This helps her reconcile with her hostile relatives, and helps her to find peace before her own passing.
The greatest dancer of her generation, slowly dying from cancer, finds herself transported into the worlds displayed on paintings of the roads, paths,...
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Strange View from a Skewed Orbit: An Oddball Memoir
ISBN: 9781434457219 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A delightful memoir of the fantasy, science fiction, mystery, western, and young adult writer, Ardath Mayhar, whose seventy books and hundreds of short stories have charmed readers throughout the world.
A delightful memoir of the fantasy, science fiction, mystery, western, and young adult writer, Ardath Mayhar, whose seventy books and hundreds of shor...
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The Loquat Eyes: More Tall Tales from Cotton County, Texas
ISBN: 9781434457851 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Solomon Peat, the wry narrator of Slewfoot Sally and the Flying Mule, returns with 17 more tall tales of Cotton County, Texas, including "The Day of the Boomers," "Fierce as a Banty Hen," "The Ring-Tailed Sidewinder," "The Skunk Works," "The Crooked-Tail Cow," and "The Loquat Eyes." Also featured are two original children's fantasies, "The Jeweled Mouse" and "The Kingdom of Yip."
Solomon Peat, the wry narrator of Slewfoot Sally and the Flying Mule, returns with 17 more tall tales of Cotton County, Texas, including "The Day of t...
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Medicine Dream: Being the Further Adventures of Burr Henderson: A Sequel to Medicine Walk
ISBN: 9781434402752 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Young Burr Henderson, who survived an airplane crash in the Arizona desert in Medicine Walk, returns to fight for the ranch that he inherited from his father, and must survive another encounter with death in the unforgiving wasteland.
Young Burr Henderson, who survived an airplane crash in the Arizona desert in Medicine Walk, returns to fight for the ranch that he inherited from his...
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Deadly Memoir: A Novel of Suspense
ISBN: 9781434403179 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. When Margaret Thackrey, ex-government agent and writer, decides to pen her memoirs, she unwittingly gets the attention of a vicious assassin--a man whose nefarious deeds she'd nearly uncovered during her service. Now he must stop the publication of her book before his true character is revealed. He murders her husband, and stalks her from Oregon to Texas. There she must finally confront her past--and a determined, stone-cold killer! "A first-rate thriller--the almost unbearable suspense just ratchets up, chapter by chapter"--Robert Reginald.
When Margaret Thackrey, ex-government agent and writer, decides to pen her memoirs, she unwittingly gets the attention of a vicious assassin--a man wh...
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The Door in the Hill: A Tale of the Turnipins
ISBN: 9781434402912 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. When twins Bud and Lindy discover that the Little People--the Turnipins--are real, they must fight to preserve their wee friends' tree home from the ravages of modern developers.
When twins Bud and Lindy discover that the Little People--the Turnipins--are real, they must fight to preserve their wee friends' tree home from the r...
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The Absolutely Perfect Horse: A Novel of East Texas
ISBN: 9781434403193 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. When Annie is forced to resettle from Los Angeles to an East Texan farm, she saves her money to buy the "Absolutely Perfect Horse." But the nag she actually gets is a 35-year-old Appaloosa nicknamed "Dogmeat." In the end, though, this worn-out old steed proves his valor when a pack of wild dogs attacks the farm.
"I defy anyone to read this story without a tear springing to one's eye "--Robert Reginald.
When Annie is forced to resettle from Los Angeles to an East Texan farm, she saves her money to buy the "Absolutely Perfect Horse." But the nag she ac...
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The Tulpa: A Novel of Fantasy
ISBN: 9781434402899 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Araminta Palomer, the oversheltered child of a wealthy family, enlivens her life by imagining a near-invisible animal playmate-Willbe. But "Minta" possesses an unsuspected psychic talent, and so she unwittingly creates a tulpa, an envisioned being that gradually becomes tangible, first to herself and then to others. Willbe seems a loving companion at first, but as Minta matures, he changes into an increasingly perilous and unreliable friend. Learning to un-create Willbe becomes Araminta's lifelong ambition, as he threatens her governess, her family -- and even herself!
"Mayhar is a master... Araminta Palomer, the oversheltered child of a wealthy family, enlivens her life by imagining a near-invisible animal playmate-Willbe. But "Minta" pos...
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The Lintons of Skillet Bend: A Novel of East Texas
ISBN: 9781434403247 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. As the Civil War lurches to a close, the Lintons of East Texas are waiting anxiously for their menfolk to return. But the stranger Finis Krim is attempting to extort land from the local women by claiming fraudulent commitments from their absent husbands. Krim's agent, Joshua Birdsong, is sent to the Linton home to search for relevant documents to wrest their farm away. Then Fate, in the person of five-year-old Julia, intervenes.
"A wonderful story "--Robert Reginald.
As the Civil War lurches to a close, the Lintons of East Texas are waiting anxiously for their menfolk to return. But the stranger Finis Krim is attem...
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The Clarrington Heritage: A Gothic Tale of Terror
ISBN: 9781434457165 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. When Marise Dering marries Ben Clarrington, and moves into the old mansion where the rest of the Clarringtons live, she's ordered to keep out of the closed-off sections of the third floor--but never told why! As the family members begin perishing in odd circumstances, Marise must try to uncover the secret of...The Clarrington Heritage.
When Marise Dering marries Ben Clarrington, and moves into the old mansion where the rest of the Clarringtons live, she's ordered to keep out of the c...
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The Dropouts: A Tale of Growing Up in East Texas
ISBN: 9781434403155 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. When their parents are killed, Nick and Nita find themselves destitute. Only an uncle they've never known offers them a refuge on his East Texas farm. The culture shock is intense for Nita, but Nick takes to farming, learning how to plow with a mule, bale hale, milk cows, and tend gardens.
"Mayhar's roots in East Texas are never more evident than in this lovely tale of teenagers forced to re-evaluate their lives. Poignant and moving."--Robert Reginald.
When their parents are killed, Nick and Nita find themselves destitute. Only an uncle they've never known offers them a refuge on his East Texas farm....
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Soul-Singer of Tyrnos
ISBN: 9781434402585 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Yeleeve, a young woman who can sing the image of a soul onto the wall behind her, to commend or condemn the owner, discovers that a powerful evil is overcoming her country and only she can help.
Yeleeve, a young woman who can sing the image of a soul onto the wall behind her, to commend or condemn the owner, discovers that a powerful evil is o...
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The Seekers of Shar-Nuhn: A Novel of Fantasy [Tales of the Triple Moons]
ISBN: 9781434403018 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The mage Kla-Noh and his foster son, Si-Lun, are "Seekers After Secrets." In their fantasy adventures, they aid a woman from another dimension, calm a Weatherwitch, and heal the Beast in the Barrens, among others. Classic fantasy in the tradition of Lord Dunsany and Jack Vance, part of the Tales of the Triple Moons series.
The mage Kla-Noh and his foster son, Si-Lun, are "Seekers After Secrets." In their fantasy adventures, they aid a woman from another dimension, calm a...
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Makra Choria: A Novel of High Fantasy
ISBN: 9781434403117 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The hereditary rulers of Sherath have psychic powers that can bring great good or evil to their people. When the Makra Theora murders her father and seizes his throne, her sister, the Makra Choria, raises an army, captures her sibling, and removes the "Gift" from both of them. Then Choria tries to undo the damage that her sister has done to Sherath and the surrounding states--and to fix Theora herself, if that's possible. "A fantasy world of great beauty, beautifully realized by a master writer"--Robert Reginald.
The hereditary rulers of Sherath have psychic powers that can bring great good or evil to their people. When the Makra Theora murders her father and s...
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Closely Knit in Scarlatt: A Novel of Suspense
ISBN: 9781434403582 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Olive is the most unlikely of secret agents, a professional assassin in her sixties who's known only as "The Knit Lady." When Islamic terrorists take control of the cruise ship on which she's traveling, Olive decides to fight back, with knitting needle, scalpel--and plastic explosives. Don't underestimate Little Old Ladies!
Olive is the most unlikely of secret agents, a professional assassin in her sixties who's known only as "The Knit Lady." When Islamic terrorists take ...
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Feud at Sweetwater Creek
ISBN: 9781434401151 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. THE GREED OF THE RAILROAD BARONS
George Fitch, an ex-Civil War soldier, is summoned to his parents' New Mexico homestead. He arrives accompanied by an ancient Indian medicine man and two trappers, to find that his mother's cousin, on a neighboring homestead, is methodically depopulating the valley. The great railroad barons are stealing huge tracts of land, using imported gunslingers to run off or murder the legitimate homesteaders. Only George, his three friends, his mother, his father (lamed by a previous attack), and a very old and determined black lady remain to defend the Fitch... THE GREED OF THE RAILROAD BARONS
George Fitch, an ex-Civil War soldier, is summoned to his parents' New Mexico homestead. He arrives accompanied ... |
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Shock Treatment: An Account of Granary's War: A Science Fiction Novel
ISBN: 9781434457301 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Granary--the breadbasket of the United Worlds--becomes enmeshed in civil war when its Commander, Theron Standish, attempts to impose his will over the independent granges. Only Theron's elderly grandmother and predecessor, Seleva Karmann, can stop the Commander from destroying his own world!
Granary--the breadbasket of the United Worlds--becomes enmeshed in civil war when its Commander, Theron Standish, attempts to impose his will over the...
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Messengers in White: A Science Fantasy Novel
ISBN: 9781434403094 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Colonized and left to its own devices, the planet on which Lehnik the horsemaster lives has, over a thousand years, reached a medieval level. Sent with an orphaned child to the hold of the Sisters of Silence, the soldier learns that their order exists to guard the very sophisticated -- and perilous -- weapons left to them by their Terran ancestors.
When Garrouche invades Trans-Kell, after its ruler has overcome the Order in his own country and stolen its weapons, Lehnik joins the Order in Trans-Kell. and undertakes a hazardous journey to find and destroy the devices that could wreak havoc... Colonized and left to its own devices, the planet on which Lehnik the horsemaster lives has, over a thousand years, reached a medieval level. Sent wit...
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Hunters of the Plains
ISBN: 9781434401984 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Badger Clan and the Terrapin Clan have peacefully co-existed on the eastern plains for generations, living in harmony with nature and the spirits who guide them. When a herd of mammoths stampede, crushing the clans' dwellings, Don-a-ti and his wife, E-lo-ni, embark on a sacred hunt to keep the beasts from striking again.
The Badger Clan and the Terrapin Clan have peacefully co-existed on the eastern plains for generations, living in harmony with nature and the spirits ...
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