wyszukanych pozycji: 15
Nagasaki Spring, Keiko and Charlie
ISBN: 9781519176189 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 442 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. It is March and Spring has arrived at the Nagasaki Peninsula. Keiko and Charlie are settling into their three month old marriage after a 23 year interruption of their original plan to marry when they were attending college. It is now 1978. They had planned to marry in 1956 but fate had separated them. Reconnected and given a second chance, they are working together. Charlie is a gifted artist, a former high school art teacher. Keiko is a reknown musician and teacher of the okoto. As the novel opens, she has retired from teaching so that she can devote full time to composing and planning a...
It is March and Spring has arrived at the Nagasaki Peninsula. Keiko and Charlie are settling into their three month old marriage after a 23 year inter...
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Gaijin! Gaijin! Third Edition: An American Family in Japan
ISBN: 9781456531195 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 442 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Volume One of the series, An American Family in Japan. First released in 1985, this is the third edition with additional photos and updated introduction, and fresh layout. In 1977 Kenneth and Lora Fenter resigned from their teaching jobs in Springfield, Oregon to take teaching positions at a small junior college in Isahaya, Japan about 15 miles from Nagasaki in southern Kyushu, Japan. Their children, Philip and Janelle were 12 and 9 respectively and were enrolled in the public schools of Isahaya. The book Gaijin Gaijin which means Foreigner Foreigner chronicles the first year of what...
Volume One of the series, An American Family in Japan. First released in 1985, this is the third edition with additional photos and updated introducti...
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90,62 zł |
Gifted Hands: Sainoo no aru te
ISBN: 9781479168804 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 362 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. After the loss of his wife, Charlie Kelly departs on a world tour to assuage his grief. He is convinced to start his tour in Japan, a place he hasn't seen in two decades, since he was stationed there while in the Army. Many old memories return, not the least of which, is the memory of the young Japanese teacher he once loved and lost. This romantic novel is filled with suspense, intrigue and tragic comedy. It involves romances discovered in the wake of sacrifices. Will the long lost prince and princess find each other and reunite? This book contains the elements of a spy novel. There is the...
After the loss of his wife, Charlie Kelly departs on a world tour to assuage his grief. He is convinced to start his tour in Japan, a place he hasn't ...
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Zane
ISBN: 9781542734066 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This novel is about working off the left and right side of the brain. It is also about Platonic Love. It employs an ancient literary device, the Greek Chorus. The chorus in this case are the ravens and crows that proliferate both the Northwest as well as well as the lower 48 states. The Corvid family of birds are known to have the highest intelligence of all non-human life with the ability to replicate human speech and use human phrases appropriately. They have an extensive vocabulary, assist each other, have a complex social order, mate for life, and have been observed to destroy unfaithful...
This novel is about working off the left and right side of the brain. It is also about Platonic Love. It employs an ancient literary device, the Greek...
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Suteindo Garasu: Stained Glass
ISBN: 9781482085211 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Suteindo Garasu: Stained Glass the third of Kenneth Fenter's books about Japan, continues the stories begun In the first two, (Gaijn Gaijin and Mo Ichido: Once More) but adds a new dimension. The Fenter family re-enters life in the United States, but life has changed. Although their readjustment seems smooth, Fenter himself has some unfinished business in Japan, both practical and emotional. During the next three years he attempts to set up a business, making stained glass windows and lamps, which would allow him to move back and forth between two cultures. The book is an examination of the...
Suteindo Garasu: Stained Glass the third of Kenneth Fenter's books about Japan, continues the stories begun In the first two, (Gaijn Gaijin and Mo I...
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163,30 zł |
Coronado's Gold
ISBN: 9781482365542 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Like the four preceding books in this series, Coronado's Gold delves into friendships, adventure, and meeting the challenges of growing to adulthood. The setting is the southwestern corner of Colorado, specifically the LaPlata Mountain Range. The time is the mid 1950s. Four boys, Bruce, Carl, Tim and Cliff set out on a weeklong fishing/camping trip in the La Plata Mountain Range of Southwestern Colorado. Bruce and Carl have just graduated from high school. It is a last opportunity for the four to bond before the Bruce and Carl leave for college. Although Cliff is the youngest he has the most...
Like the four preceding books in this series, Coronado's Gold delves into friendships, adventure, and meeting the challenges of growing to adulthood. ...
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Pivotal Times: The Freshman Class
ISBN: 9781475123487 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 444 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Pivotal Times is the third novel in the series begun with The Ruin and The Bee Tree. Cliff Kelly, Angelina Martinez and Hector Rodriguez are in high school. Cliff and Hector are freshmen at Montezuma County High School in Cortez. Angelina, now a sophomore, joins them as a transfer from Mancos in order to take advantage of the offerings of the much larger school. Cliff and his new friends in the freshman class immediately encounter freshman initiation, which Cliff sees as school sanctioned bullying. He sets about to rally the class to stand up to the upperclassmen and fight for its...
Pivotal Times is the third novel in the series begun with The Ruin and The Bee Tree. Cliff Kelly, Angelina Martinez and Hector Rodriguez are in high s...
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The Ruin: Homecoming
ISBN: 9781479182657 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Ruin: Homecoming is the fall, winter, spring and homecoming portion of what was originally published in 2010 as The Ruin, which in Five Parts encompassed a year. This new edition is re-designed with larger type for easier reading and focuses on the critical area of the book Cliff Kelly? survival of the eight month long severe winter at the over 7,000 foot elevation location of the cliff dwelling. He is isolated in the cave with no one for company but the skunk and magpie. During that time of creativity and contemplation he has time to think about the directions that will determine the...
The Ruin: Homecoming is the fall, winter, spring and homecoming portion of what was originally published in 2010 as The Ruin, which in Five Parts enco...
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67,90 zł |
Pee Up A Tree: : A Mental Health Memoir
ISBN: 9781453713884 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. With an early 1970s setting in Oregon's Umpqua River valley, this book shares the courage, wisdom, humor and folly of ordinary people through the extraordinary lens of a youthful mental health professional. Author Jim Henson draws upon 40 years of professional experience as a clinical social worker in the process of illuminating the lives of clinic employees and the individuals and families they served. The readers of this book will enjoy this unique opportunity to be observers inside the community, inside the clinic and inside the personal connections between client and clinician. Think...
With an early 1970s setting in Oregon's Umpqua River valley, this book shares the courage, wisdom, humor and folly of ordinary people through the extr...
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Mother Nature's Little Critters
ISBN: 9781512348972 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Some of the first stories in this anthology sent as Christmas cards or published as little chapbooks for the family and close friends. Early stories were inspired by letters from my mother while she and Dad were in Texas building a house. Other stories were inspired by calls in the night to come rescue opossums from a friend's backyard or a ferret from her woodpile. One was based on a cat that showed up in our garage one day and disappeared on the exact same day a year later. During that year, she never once ventured outside the house, even though she had every opportunity to do so. Through...
Some of the first stories in this anthology sent as Christmas cards or published as little chapbooks for the family and close friends. Early stories w...
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Mo Ichido: Once More
ISBN: 9781475106923 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 386 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In 1977 through 1979 the Fenter Family, Kenneth, Lora, Philip and Janelle travelled from Springfield, Oregon to Isahaya, Japan. Located near Nagasaki on Kyushu, the southern Island of Japan, Isahaya was a small town with very little contact with Americans. Ken and Lora were there to teach in Chinzei Gakuin a private junior college and high school. Philip 12 and Janelle 9 entered the local public schools. Almost immediately the children attracted attention and families invited them and their parents into their homes. The Fenters established an open house once a week for anyone in the community...
In 1977 through 1979 the Fenter Family, Kenneth, Lora, Philip and Janelle travelled from Springfield, Oregon to Isahaya, Japan. Located near Nagasaki ...
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The Ruin: Rage
ISBN: 9781479163984 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Ruin: Rage... is about a boy driven to the brink of deadly force by school bullys by Kenneth Fenter. A 14 year old must decide whether to murder his tormentors or choose another way to deal with the rage that is taking control of him. He finds himself sitting by the road with a rifle in hand waiting with images playing in his mind waiting for school to be out... The Ruin: Rage is a re-release of Book One of The Ruin published in 2010 by Kenneth Fenter. The original edition encompassed five books covering a year in the life of Cliff Kelly. Because of it's length and complexity, the target...
The Ruin: Rage... is about a boy driven to the brink of deadly force by school bullys by Kenneth Fenter. A 14 year old must decide whether to murder h...
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The Ruin: Survival
ISBN: 9781479182589 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Ruin: Survival is the summer of Cliff Kelly's sojourn to regain his self-worth after years of persistent bullying by students, a teacher and severe punishment at home. It focuses on the summer after Cliff Kelly decides to remain in the ruin after running away from home. He has nothing with him except his .22 single shot rifle and a box of shells, a change of clothing and a journal. The rifle he can't use without being discovered in his hideout a mile and a half from home. To make the clothes last he has to learn how to clean them. The journal has valuable information on the edible plants...
The Ruin: Survival is the summer of Cliff Kelly's sojourn to regain his self-worth after years of persistent bullying by students, a teacher and sever...
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The Bee Tree
ISBN: 9781461093473 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. About The Bee Tree by Kenneth Fenter Novel suitable for all ages Target audience, young adult The sequel to The Ruin begins a week after Cliff emerges from the Anasazi cliff dwelling with a sense of purpose and dignity to resume his place on the family farm. He resumes his duties on the family farm with a new sense of ownership and purpose. Cliff is approached by his former foe, Hector Rodriguez, who admits that he can't read. He blames part of his antagonism in the past on that and envy on Cliff's ability. He asks if Cliff will tutor him in exchange for Hector's help on the farm. After a...
About The Bee Tree by Kenneth Fenter Novel suitable for all ages Target audience, young adult The sequel to The Ruin begins a week after Cliff emerges...
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Incessant Expectations
ISBN: 9781500923310 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 428 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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85,85 zł |