wyszukanych pozycji: 25
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A Penny A Day
ISBN: 9780752882963 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 339 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) April Grove and Burracombe characters are linked in this touching Lilian Harry novel.
It is December 1952. A wedding is being planned in April Grove, Portsmouth, and Jess and Frank Budd want to bring together all their friends and neighbours. They even invite Stella Simmons and her sister Maddy, who now live in the Devonshire village of Burracombe. Dan and Ruth Hodges attend, together with Dan's son Sammy, who immediately falls in love with his childhood playmate Maddy. But Stephen Napier, son of the Squire of Burracombe, proves a strong rival and Maddy is not yet ready to make... April Grove and Burracombe characters are linked in this touching Lilian Harry novel.
It is December 1952. A wedding is being planned in Ap... |
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97,50 |
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An Heir for Burracombe
ISBN: 9781409120124 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) It's a summer's day in 1953 that turns Hilary Napier's life upside-down. When Marianne, a beautiful French woman, knocks on her door, Hilary can't help but be struck by Robert, the young boy with her. He has the same eyes as the brother she lost in the war.
It's a summer's day in 1953 that turns Hilary Napier's life upside-down. When Marianne, a beautiful French woman, knocks on her door, Hilary can't hel...
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55,44 |
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Goodbye Sweetheart
ISBN: 9781857978124 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 1995 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Set in Portsmouth during World War 2, this novel portrays the occupants of a working class street as they cope with the war. Lilian Harry also writes under the name Donna Baker.
Set in Portsmouth during World War 2, this novel portrays the occupants of a working class street as they cope with the war. Lilian Harry also writes ...
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97,50 |
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Corner House Girls
ISBN: 9780752842967 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The first in the Corner House series, set in a Lyons Corner House in London on the brink of the Second World War.
When cousins Jo and Phyl decide to become Lyons Corner House waitresses, or 'Nippies', as they are known for their speedy service, they have no idea how their lives are about to change. They are whisked from family life in Woolwich to digs in London; they are transported from a factory and a grocer's shop to the wonderful dining rooms of Lyons, Marble Arch, and they swap their old overalls for the smart uniforms of the Corner House girls. Jo and Phyl settle in and... The first in the Corner House series, set in a Lyons Corner House in London on the brink of the Second World War.
When cousins Jo and Phyl ... |
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55,44 |
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Surprises in Burracombe
ISBN: 9781409153177 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) April 1955, and spring is in the air in Burracombe ...
April 1955, and spring is in the air in Burracombe ...
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45,36 |
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Keep Smiling Through
ISBN: 9780752834429 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 470 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Continuing the powerful Second World War saga about the lives, hopes and fears of the families in April Grove.
May 1941 - and the people of April Grove, Portsmouth are beginning to feel the war will never end. Families are being torn apart, not only by the separations and loss of war, but by more unexpected frictions, as wives and daughters play new and independent roles and children are forced to grow up too fast. Betty faces conflict at home over the man that she loves; Carol is desperate to escape her carping mother; and Micky nearly brings tragedy to them all. Yet as... Continuing the powerful Second World War saga about the lives, hopes and fears of the families in April Grove.
May 1941 - and the people of... |
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112,96 |
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Snowfall in Burracombe: Curl up this winter with this gorgeously festive read!
ISBN: 9781409136323 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) December 1953. As Burracombe prepares for the festivities, for many people a happy Christmas is by no means certain. For Stella Simmons, recovering from a car-crash, the winter wedding she and her sweetheart had planned seems impossible.
December 1953. As Burracombe prepares for the festivities, for many people a happy Christmas is by no means certain. For Stella Simmons, recovering fr...
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55,44 |
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Celebrations in Burracombe
ISBN: 9781409128236 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Through the hard times and the good, true friends stand side by side. Set in Devon, the terrific new novel in the feel-good Burracombe series. The latest book in the Burracombe series, CELEBRATIONS IN BURRACOMBE draws together many threads of life in the little Devonshire village where triumph and tragedy have always rubbed shoulders.
It's the late 1950s, and change is in the air. For the Napier family, up at the big house, the old ways are shifting. Hilary must discover if reaching out for a chance of happiness must mean breaking away from the life expected of her, while Patsy,... Through the hard times and the good, true friends stand side by side. Set in Devon, the terrific new novel in the feel-good Burracombe series. ...
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55,44 |
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Wives & Sweethearts
ISBN: 9780752833965 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 2000 / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) A novel of love, separation, infidelity and indecision set in the 1950s and 1960s Clare and Kathy are young, inexperienced and very much in love with their men. But being 'married to the Navy' is harder than either of them imagined. With a husband at sea and a new baby to consider, Clare finds herself coping with motherhood alone, and when Martyn returns he is unsure how to deal with his wife's new-found independence. As for Kathy, newly engaged to Brian, temptations come her way which are impossible to ignore. Even when all their lives seem to be settling into some sort of...
A novel of love, separation, infidelity and indecision set in the 1950s and 1960s Clare and Kathy are young, inexperienced and very much in...
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123,23 |
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A Child in Burracombe
ISBN: 9781409167327 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Return to Burracombe in this warm and charming prequel to Lilian Harry's bestselling and much-loved Burracombe series to discover where the story began . . .
Return to Burracombe in this warm and charming prequel to Lilian Harry's bestselling and much-loved Burracombe series to discover where the story bega...
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45,36 |
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Secrets in Burracombe
ISBN: 9781409120674 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 327 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Sometimes we all want to get away, and Burracombe is the perfect place to escape to. A seemingly sleepy Devonshire village, in fact it's full of intrigue and drama. Family secrets, budding romance, cruel twists of fate, and amazing friendships all play out against the backdrop of the beautiful countryside. It's autumn 1953. The village is delighted when Joe Tozer who left Burracombe as a young man in 1919 returns to visit his family. His life since emigrating to the States has been a world away from rural Devon, but coming home, he falls in love with the place (and one particular person) all...
Sometimes we all want to get away, and Burracombe is the perfect place to escape to. A seemingly sleepy Devonshire village, in fact it's full of intri...
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55,44 |
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Tuppence To Spend
ISBN: 9780752842646 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Dan Hodges is devastated when his wife Nora dies during the early days of the war. Working long hours in a Portsmouth shipyard, how is he to look after his two sons, Gordon and Sammy? Gordon is sent to an approved school, which leaves young Sammy alone in the house, until neighbors in April Grove intervene and Sammy is evacuated to a village near Southampton. Ruth Purslow, a young childless widow, takes him in, her compassion aroused by his plight. Slowly, as they grow closer, Ruth begins to dread the time when Sammy must return to Portsmouth. But Dan, enduring the struggle of a man living...
Dan Hodges is devastated when his wife Nora dies during the early days of the war. Working long hours in a Portsmouth shipyard, how is he to look afte...
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112,96 |
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Farewell to Burracombe
ISBN: 9781409153207 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The day that Hilary and David have been waiting for has finally arrived and as the church bells ring out for the arrival of the bride, everyone's fingers are crossed for the day to go without a hitch. The festivities set the tone for the year ahead and there's more love in the air in Burracombe as planning continues for both Dottie and Joe's and Frances and James's nuptials. There's nothing like a wedding to bring the village together.
Times are changing in Burracombe and as young and old embark on new adventures it's time to say goodbye. But with friends like these, a goodbye is rarely... The day that Hilary and David have been waiting for has finally arrived and as the church bells ring out for the arrival of the bride, everyone's fing...
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Under the Apple Tree
ISBN: 9780752859293 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Another wonderful wartime saga from this much-loved author.
Portsmouth, January 1941. When the Luftwaffe unleashes its full fury on the city in the first of three major blitzes, the Taylor family are bombed out. Judy finds her job relocated from the gutted Guildhall to a hotel in Southsea, and home is now a small terraced house in April Grove, with one fewer bedroom and no bathroom or inside lavatory. And then there is the news she has been dreading: her sailor fiancA(c) has been killed. Judy and her young, recently widowed aunt Polly decide to turn their grief to good account... Another wonderful wartime saga from this much-loved author.
Portsmouth, January 1941. When the Luftwaffe unleashes its full fury on the cit... |
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112,96 |
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Three Little Ships
ISBN: 9780752877075 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Lilian Harry's engrossing wartime saga about the heroes and heroines of Dunkirk.
During just nine days in the early summer of 1940, nearly eight hundred 'little ships', from lifeboats and passenger steamers to small private yachts and dinghies, set off across the English Channel to rescue almost half a million men trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk. Among them were three very different craft - a London fireboat from the docklands of the East End, manned by skipper Olly Mears and his crew; a small pleasure steamer from the River Dart in Devon, commanded by twenty-one-year-old Robby... Lilian Harry's engrossing wartime saga about the heroes and heroines of Dunkirk.
During just nine days in the early summer of 1940, nearly ... |
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112,96 |
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The Girls They Left Behind
ISBN: 9780752803333 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 1996 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The second novel in the April Grove series, following the lives of working-class families during the Second World War.
It is 1940, and the neighbours in April Grove are close knit, patriotic and proud - but the onset of the Blitz tests their loyalties and courage as never before. Betty Chapman meets a devastatingly attractive man in the Land Army, who upsets all her settled ideas; Olive Harker, just married, must now decide whether to risk motherhood; and Nancy Baxter offers comfort to lonely serviceman while her son runs wild... Their stories are played out against the... The second novel in the April Grove series, following the lives of working-class families during the Second World War.
It is 1940, and the ... |
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112,96 |
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A Stranger In Burracombe
ISBN: 9780752882772 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) A beautiful tale in the bestselling series set in a Devon village in the 1950s.
Like the rest of the nation, the Burracombe villagers are shocked when King George the Sixth dies suddenly in 1952. But in the midst of their grief, the arrival of a stranger in the village on the very same day goes almost unnoticed, as the villagers have their own concerns... Farmer's daughter Val needs to find a home before she can marry her sweetheart; Hilary is struggling to come to terms with her new responsibilities, and Stella is still getting to know the sister she thought she had lost... A beautiful tale in the bestselling series set in a Devon village in the 1950s.
Like the rest of the nation, the Burracombe villagers are s... |
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55,44 |
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Springtime In Burracombe
ISBN: 9781409118046 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The village of Burracombe is looking forward to the Coronation, but 1953 is to prove a year of heartbreak as well as celebration. While Stella begins to plan her wedding, her sister Maddy is only just coming to terms with the loss of her own fiance; Val and Luke are wondering if they will ever become parents, and Hilary's chances of marriage seem first to come closer, then to recede. The Tozer family also face anxiety. As grandmother Minnie fights for her life, Tom and Joanna's premature twins battle with their own crisis and Jackie, working and living in Plymouth, is determined to live her...
The village of Burracombe is looking forward to the Coronation, but 1953 is to prove a year of heartbreak as well as celebration. While Stella begins ...
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55,44 |
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A Promise to Keep
ISBN: 9780752858890 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 2004 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) A powerful and evocative saga - the sequel to A GIRL CALLED THURSDAY.
When Thursday Tilford returns to Haslar Hospital after two years serving as a VAD in Egypt, she finds many changes. With the town packed with troops waiting to leave for the Normandy beaches, and Haslar on standby for the wounded, Thursday's thoughts go to the two men who are vying for her heart: Connor Kirkpatrick, the naval doctor she met at Haslar in 1940, and army doctor Mark Sangster, who travelled with her on the troopship to Egypt. Although she longs to keep her promise to Connor, Thursday's feelings... A powerful and evocative saga - the sequel to A GIRL CALLED THURSDAY.
When Thursday Tilford returns to Haslar Hospital after two years serv... |
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102,69 |
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A Farthing Will Do
ISBN: 9780752864921 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) A heart-rending wartime saga, bringing the reality of the end of war to the people of April Grove and Bridge End.
Ruth, Lizzie and Heather each have their own reasons for greeting the end of the war with mixed feelings. For Ruth, it means she must face the possibility of losing Sammy, the evacuee boy she has come to love as her own - not to mention the uncertain relationship she has with his father, Dan. For Heather, who has been enjoying working the farm since her husband Ian went away, there is the difficult process of adjusting to a man who believes that his wife's place will... A heart-rending wartime saga, bringing the reality of the end of war to the people of April Grove and Bridge End.
Ruth, Lizzie and Heather ... |
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97,50 |