wyszukanych pozycji: 12
Call Home the Child
ISBN: 9781500387907 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Call Home the Child Penny Wilson, a four year old black girl, is up for adoption in Virginia, 1988. Nancy Dean, the young social worker in charge, must save Penny's mother, ill, poor, and burdened with too many children. Jo Nolan Putney, a stunning white riding instructor, applies. But Jo's intolerant husband and Nancy's attentive boss, attentive to her, then to Jo, soon prove disruptive. Jo shows more heart than sense in trying to rush the adoption. And Nancy strives, at great personal cost, to resolve the mounting turmoil for Penny's sake. In a climate of prejudice and social tension, Penny...
Call Home the Child Penny Wilson, a four year old black girl, is up for adoption in Virginia, 1988. Nancy Dean, the young social worker in charge, mus...
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59,29 zł |
Seldom Go By
ISBN: 9781502478702 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Roger Kent, a recent college student, accepts an invitation to join his aunt Esterleen's little colony of displaced persons at her mansion in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. She believes that her guests, if true to themselves, find their 'true destiny' at Seldom Go By. Roger is drawn to Valerie Wilson, who tips him to his aunt's eccentricities. These include harboring an old beau, Dr. Clyde Oppian, a disgraced obstetrician. Oppian's wife evicted him for cheating with Linda Schneider, a gorgeous, affected troublemaker. Esterleen tolerates Linda to keep Doctor Clyde around. But Linda won't leave...
Roger Kent, a recent college student, accepts an invitation to join his aunt Esterleen's little colony of displaced persons at her mansion in Georgeto...
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45,41 zł |
The Burden of Matter
ISBN: 9781420831863 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Alan and Donna, in their early twenties, fall in love in Washington, D.C., as World War II draws to a close. Alan is intent upon writing a novel that will expose his stepfather as his father's murderer. Donna hopes to marry him and escape her dysfunctional home. Despite Alan's slow recovery from a war wound and conflicts arising from prior involvements, they pursue an intense affair. Social changes and Alan's meager income as a musician strain the relationship. Donna's longing to marry him intensifies, but he cannot yet consider wedlock. She reaches a critical decision. Then Alan takes a more...
Alan and Donna, in their early twenties, fall in love in Washington, D.C., as World War II draws to a close. Alan is intent upon writing a novel that ...
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77,33 zł |
Annabella and Other Stories
ISBN: 9781500651305 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 330 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. ANNABELLA AND OTHER STORIES contains forty-two short stories, including several prize winners. Widely varied in subject matter, they are entered alphabetically, "Annabella" first, "Windmill Hill" last. Annabella is a ghost. A playwright-director visits his little theater, long dark because of an accident that killed several players. They materialize on the stage, and Annabella, who was to become his love, reminds him that they have a date . . . "Annie" concerns a remarkable cat, an orphan (of course) whose mischievous behavior brings together her mistress and the man of their dreams. (Cat...
ANNABELLA AND OTHER STORIES contains forty-two short stories, including several prize winners. Widely varied in subject matter, they are entered alpha...
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57,06 zł |
The Burden of Matter
ISBN: 9781503030824 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. About The Burden of Matter Donna and Alan, in their early twenties, fall in love in Washington, D.C., as World War II draws to a close. Alan is compelled to write a novel that will expose his stepfather as his father's murderer. Donna hopes to marry him and escape her dysfunctional home. They pursue an intense affair. Prior involvements, family strife, and Alan's meager income as a jazz musician strain the relationship. Donna's longing to marry intensifies, but he cannot yet consider wedlock. They part. Then Alan takes a more direct approach to avenging his father's death. Unforeseen events...
About The Burden of Matter Donna and Alan, in their early twenties, fall in love in Washington, D.C., as World War II draws to a close. Alan is compel...
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50,16 zł |
The Doctor of Summitville
ISBN: 9781500241216 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. April 1927. A passenger train wrecks as it nears a mideastern U.S. farm town. Young Dr. Jim Martin, treating the injured, meets Annette, a French girl trained as a midwife, recently orphaned, and sent there to live with her uncle. When the uncle dominates and abuses her, Jim intervenes but is blocked in his efforts. Meanwhile, conflict with the county medical society drives him to practice in isolation, fully a 'country' doctor. Jim's failing but inescapable marriage stands in the way of freeing Annette from bondage. He contrives to send her to nursing school, where her studies are...
April 1927. A passenger train wrecks as it nears a mideastern U.S. farm town. Young Dr. Jim Martin, treating the injured, meets Annette, a French girl...
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55,91 zł |
The Runaway Clock
ISBN: 9781502429551 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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49,98 zł |
Seldom Go by
ISBN: 9780759633568 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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95,70 zł |
The Parachute Plant
ISBN: 9781503220652 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Doc Martin, the sole physician in a depressed Oregon mill town, looks after women making parachutes in a local factory. One, under threat of losing her job, becomes pregnant and turns to the doctor for help. He knows that the father, a foreman, has a contagious disease. When more young women are menaced, Doc and his wife, Charlotte, attempt to intervene. Sheriff Walker cooperates and seeks their aid in a sadistic murder case. Other murders, grizzly, baffling, also engage the couple. Suspects include the foreman's wife, her lover, and a colorful drifter. Doc and Charlotte are distressed when...
Doc Martin, the sole physician in a depressed Oregon mill town, looks after women making parachutes in a local factory. One, under threat of losing he...
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49,98 zł |
Manic
ISBN: 9781500425784 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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45,41 zł |
The Runaway Clock
ISBN: 9780759633544 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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108,37 zł |
The Parachute Plant
ISBN: 9781403305688 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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69,84 zł |