wyszukanych pozycji: 23
Chasing the Dream
ISBN: 9781908359315 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. 1920: Millie escapes the bleak pit village of Craston and eviction when her mother poses as a widow to start a new life running the station hotel in Ashborough. Haunted by childhood poverty Millie sees security and happiness in the form of handsome but wayward Dan Nixon. Dan pursues his own dream of playing professional football as a means of escaping the hardship and dangers of the mines and for a while it seems their dreams will come true. But as tragedy strikes, Millie's dreams begin to unravel and when a terrible, long-kept secret is exposed, her endurance is tested to the limit....
1920: Millie escapes the bleak pit village of Craston and eviction when her mother poses as a widow to start a new life running the station hotel in A...
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68,75 zł |
Die Sehnsucht nach Assam
ISBN: 9782496705577 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Starke Gefühle, exotische Schönheit, turbulente Zeiten: Eine neue Generation kämpft in der erfolgreichen Familiensaga »Die Frauen der Teeplantage« von Janet MacLeod Trotter um ihren Weg und um ihre Liebe. Indien, 1933: Die Anglo-Inderin Adela wächst auf einer Teeplantage in Assam zu einer blühenden Schönheit heran und träumt von einer glänzenden Karriere auf der Bühne. Umschwärmt gibt sie in der Sommerresidenz der Kronkolonie ihr Debüt. Doch gerade als es scheint, dass sich ihre Ambitionen erfüllen, zeigt sich hinter der üppigen Pracht der herrschenden Radschas... Starke Gefühle, exotische Schönheit, turbulente Zeiten: Eine neue Generation kämpft in der erfolgreichen Familiensaga »Die Frauen der Teepla... |
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68,79 zł |
Return to Jarrow: A deeply moving and uplifting story from the author of the bestselling A CHILD OF JARROW
ISBN: 9781908359056 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Catherine (Kitty) McMullen, is seventeen, restless and rebellious. Resentful of her mother Kate's new husband, she yearns for stories of the father she never knew and when her gossipy aunt divulges that he was a wealthy gentleman, Catherine's discontent with grimy, impoverished Jarrow grows. Taking a job at the workhouse laundry, her young eyes are further confronted with the horrors and indignities of poverty, and she becomes even more determined to rise above her wretched surroundings by educating herself. Braving the ridicule of fellow staff, Catherine embarks on a quest for knowledge....
Catherine (Kitty) McMullen, is seventeen, restless and rebellious. Resentful of her mother Kate's new husband, she yearns for stories of the father sh...
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65,48 zł |
Saphirblaue Sehnsucht
ISBN: 9782496709933 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 619 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Im zweiten Band ihrer farbenprächtigen Saga »Neubeginn in Indien« erzählt Bestsellerautorin Janet MacLeod Trotter über die Umwege der Liebe. Ich kannte dich mein Leben lang und war doch immer auf der Suche nach dir. Stella und Andrew sind gemeinsam im Raj Hotel in Punjab groß geworden. Als ein Skandal Andrews Leben auf den Kopf stellt, wird er mit Stella als Begleitung zu seiner Mutter nach Schottland geschickt. Auf dem Schiff verliebt sich Stella Hals über Kopf in den attraktiven Hugh, doch dieser spielt nur mit ihren Träumen. Allein kehrt Stella in... Im zweiten Band ihrer farbenprächtigen Saga »Neubeginn in Indien« erzählt Bestsellerautorin Janet MacLeod Trotter über die Umwege der Liebe... |
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77,96 zł |
The Diamond Daughter: The Raj Hotel Series: Book 3
ISBN: 9781908359612 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 358 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In this emotional story set in 1946 post-war India, can a woman’s quest for love survive shocking secrets and betrayal? Filled with excitement and a little trepidation, Jeanie Munro is returning to India and her husband Mungo, having been forced apart from him by the long years of the Second World War. She has high hopes of helping him with his new role as headmaster of the prestigious Nicholson’s School in the idyllic setting of Murree in the foothills of the Himalayas. Together, they can start their longed-for family. But post-war India is in a ferment of change and the undercurrents...
In this emotional story set in 1946 post-war India, can a woman’s quest for love survive shocking secrets and betrayal? Filled with excitement and ...
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68,44 zł |
No Greater Love: A heart-rending story of one woman's fight for justice and love (The Suffragette novel with a new ending)
ISBN: 9781908359247 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Raised in the slums of Edwardian Tyneside, spirited and out-spoken Maggie Beaton joins the ranks of the suffragettes but is soon a fugitive, spurned by family and friends. Only passionate trade unionist George Gordon stands by her but as the 1st World War looms, Maggie's endurance will be tested to the limit. A moving family drama.
Raised in the slums of Edwardian Tyneside, spirited and out-spoken Maggie Beaton joins the ranks of the suffragettes but is soon a fugitive, spurned b...
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73,33 zł |
The Darkening Skies
ISBN: 9781908359100 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A heartbreakingly moving story of loyalty and passion: second in the Durham Trilogy. When pretty Sara Pallister's father dies leaving his farm bankrupt, she is begrudgingly taken in by her narrow-minded uncle and aunt in the mining village of Whitton Grange. Made to pay her way, Sara is hired out to Dolly Sergeant's grocer's shop where she meets funny, bashful Raymond Kirkup and his warm-hearted aunt Louie. It is through Raymond that she meets the family that is to change her life: the exotic and extrovert Italian Dimarcos who own the popular ice-cream parlour, and finds herself irresistibly...
A heartbreakingly moving story of loyalty and passion: second in the Durham Trilogy. When pretty Sara Pallister's father dies leaving his farm bankrup...
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65,48 zł |
The Vanishing of Ruth
ISBN: 9780956642615 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. An enthralling story of dark secrets and lost love on the hippy trail by a best-selling British author. 1976: friends, Marcus and Ruth, go missing in Afghanistan during an overland bus trip to Kathmandu. A generation later, Ruth's niece Amber, haunted by the disintegration of her family, determines to get at the truth of their disappearance. Was it murder, as her father suspected, or a suicide pact as the police believed? Tracking down the trip's bus driver, Cassidy, Amber starts to piece together a lost world - the mystical vibrant hippy trail to India - and colourful characters like Juliet,...
An enthralling story of dark secrets and lost love on the hippy trail by a best-selling British author. 1976: friends, Marcus and Ruth, go missing in ...
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78,23 zł |
Der Traum von Assam
ISBN: 9782496706765 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 719 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Eine entschlossene junge Frau, eine Ära, die zu Ende geht, und der Mut zur großen Liebe: das ergreifende Finale der epischen Familiensaga von Bestsellerautorin Janet MacLeod Trotter! Assam, Indien 1947: Viele Jahre hat Libby vom Wiedersehen mit ihrem Vater und der Rückkehr auf die Teeplantage ihrer Kindheit geträumt. Doch nun, am Ende der Tage britischer Herrschaft, erlebt Libby das Land ganz anders, als sie es in Erinnerung hatte. Alte Gewissheiten zerbrechen und im Sturm der Veränderung kommen sorgsam gehütete Familiengeheimnisse ans Licht. Als ihr Herz dem... Eine entschlossene junge Frau, eine Ära, die zu Ende geht, und der Mut zur großen Liebe: das ergreifende Finale der epischen Familiensaga von ... |
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77,96 zł |
The Jacobite Lass: A stirring and passionate story inspired by the Scottish heroine, Flora MacDonald
ISBN: 9781908359414 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Scotland, 1722: on a remote and windswept Scottish island an enigmatic poetess foretells tragedy for the proud Macdonalds of Clanranald and the birth of an extraordinary child. That child is the passionate and free-spirited Flora, daughter of Marion. Flora's early years are spent roaming around her father's cattle farm, running wild and free with her brother and his friends. From early on she adores fair Neil MacEachen. But when her father dies suddenly, Flora and her mother are plunged into poverty and it seems beautiful Flora is destined to skivvy in the kitchen and dairy for her harsh...
Scotland, 1722: on a remote and windswept Scottish island an enigmatic poetess foretells tragedy for the proud Macdonalds of Clanranald and the birth ...
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73,33 zł |
A Handful of Stars: An Enthralling Story of Poverty, Passion and Survival - One of the Tyneside Sagas
ISBN: 9781908359193 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. It's 1931 and the Depression has brought Tyneside to its knees. Young, pretty Clara Magee is devastated when her father commits suicide leaving secrets behind him and the family is forced to sell their fancy-goods shop to a German couple. Despite her mother Patience's disapproval, Clara befriends their daughter Rennie and hot-headed son Benny, but her heart lies with their dashing elder brother Frank. Patience thinks businessman Vinnie Craven, who runs the local boxing hall, a far better catch for Clara. When Frank leaves abruptly for Germany, Vinnie single-mindedly pursues the vivacious...
It's 1931 and the Depression has brought Tyneside to its knees. Young, pretty Clara Magee is devastated when her father commits suicide leaving secret...
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65,48 zł |
A Child of Jarrow: A compelling and heartrending sequel to the bestselling THE JARROW LASS
ISBN: 9781908359032 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. To escape her possessive and drunken step-father, Kate is sent away from teaming Jarrow to work on the Ravensworth Estate. She is soon attracting the attention of charming, headstrong Alexander and dares to dream of a future with him. But when Kate discovers herself pregnant and alone she must return to face the wrath of her step-father.
To escape her possessive and drunken step-father, Kate is sent away from teaming Jarrow to work on the Ravensworth Estate. She is soon attracting the ...
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65,48 zł |
Smaragdgrüne Hoffnung
ISBN: 9782496709919 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 700 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Der erste Band der farbenprächtigen Indien-Saga von #1-Kindle-Bestsellerautorin Janet MacLeod Trotter. Ein bewegender Roman über zwei starke Frauen, die ihrem Herzen folgen. Schottland 1919: Die junge Krankenschwester Esmie McBride verliebt sich in den charismatischen Kriegsveteran Tom Lomax. Doch es ist Lydia, ihre beste Freundin, für die er sich entscheidet und mit der er ein glanzvolles Leben in Indien beginnt. Mit gebrochenem Herzen greift Esmie nach der Gelegenheit, dem Paar zu folgen, und heiratet Toms Freund Harold. Das Leben der beiden Frauen könnte... Der erste Band der farbenprächtigen Indien-Saga von #1-Kindle-Bestsellerautorin Janet MacLeod Trotter. Ein bewegender Roman über ... |
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77,96 zł |
The Hungry Hills
ISBN: 9781908359070 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. With the Great War still raw in the memory and life in the 1920s mining village of Whitton Grange hard and dangerous, Louie Kirkup dreams of a better future. But with a sick mother and a large family of pitman brothers and father, the daily burdens fall heavily on her young shoulders. She fears becoming a spinster drudge until she sets eyes on 'Red' Sam Ritson - hard, muscled and a natural leader - climb into the boxing ring at the Durham Miners' Gala and determines to marry him. But Sam, wedded to his battle for his fellow miners against the ruthless mine owner Seward-Scott, is no ideal...
With the Great War still raw in the memory and life in the 1920s mining village of Whitton Grange hard and dangerous, Louie Kirkup dreams of a better ...
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65,48 zł |
Beatles & Chiefs
ISBN: 9780956642653 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 138 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Featured on BBC Home Truths, this is the delightful memoir of a Beatle-mad, ex-pat Scot growing up in the north-east of England in the 1960s. The only girl in a family of boys, Janet was brought up in the 'Land of Boy' - a boarding school in Durham where her father Norman was housemaster. Every year, these seven MacLeods would cram into a Ford Zephyr for the two day journey back to the ancestral home on the Isle of Skye. Beatlemania, the Girls from U.N.C.L.E, suffragette great-aunts, real chiefs, Donovan-spotting, a pastry scandal and a dash of blood-thirsty clan history - Janet's tales are...
Featured on BBC Home Truths, this is the delightful memoir of a Beatle-mad, ex-pat Scot growing up in the north-east of England in the 1960s. The only...
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43,64 zł |
Diamanthelle Träume
ISBN: 9782496714876 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Das emotionale Finale der farbenprächtigen Indien-Saga von Bestsellerautorin Janet MacLeod Trotter Indien 1945: Nach den Kriegsjahren kehrt die lebhafte Jeanie voller Hoffnung zu ihrem Mann Mungo zurück. Endlich können sie eine Familie gründen. Doch Jeanie ist nicht mehr die naive junge Ehefrau, die Indien 1939 verlassen hat. Im idyllischen Murree, wo Mungo Schulleiter ist, fühlt sie sich eingeengt. Nur im Haus der Lomax' fühlt sie sich frei und verstanden, aber Mungo missbilligt den Umgang mit der skandalumwitterten Familie. Bei einer anglo-indischen Hochzeit... Das emotionale Finale der farbenprächtigen Indien-Saga von Bestsellerautorin Janet MacLeod Trotter Indien 1945: Nach den Kriegsjahren... |
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55,02 zł |
Das Wagnis in der Ferne
ISBN: 9782496709896 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 701 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Der neue bewegende Roman von #1-Kindle-Bestsellerautorin Janet MacLeod Trotter über eine junge Frau, die in Indien den Weg ihres Herzens sucht. England 1818: Während eines Sturms geboren und von der Mutter verlassen, wächst Alice Fairchild in einem Leuchtturm an der wilden Küste Northumberlands auf. Beim Blick über das Meer spürt sie ihre Sehnsucht nach der weiten Welt. Als ein Schiff an einer nahe gelegenen Klippe zerschellt, riskiert Alice alles, um zu helfen. An Bord des Schiffes ist John Sinclair, ein schottischer Soldat, auf seinem Weg nach Indien. Schon bei der... Der neue bewegende Roman von #1-Kindle-Bestsellerautorin Janet MacLeod Trotter über eine junge Frau, die in Indien den Weg ihres Herzens sucht.... |
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77,96 zł |
A Crimson Dawn: A Powerful Story of Love and War: One of the Tyneside Sagas
ISBN: 9781908359162 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Emmie Kelso is only nine years old when she is rescued from a dingy Gateshead tenement and sent to Crawdene for her health; taken in to the vibrant, loving household of the MacRaes, a radical mining family. Blossoming into a pretty, spirited young woman, Emmie is swept off her feet by handsome miner Tom Curran, but learns too late of his possessive, violent nature. As war engulfs Europe in 1914, Tom enlists but Emmie joins the MacRaes and others in their cries for peace. Working alongside Rab, the MacRaes eldest son, their childhood devotion to each other sparks into a love too strong to...
Emmie Kelso is only nine years old when she is rescued from a dingy Gateshead tenement and sent to Crawdene for her health; taken in to the vibrant, l...
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65,48 zł |
For Love & Glory
ISBN: 9781908359285 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Warm-hearted, fun-loving Jo Elliot grows up on Tyneside in the 1960's with her widowed father and older brother Colin and his friends. She has a special bond with the lively but rebellious Mark Duggan who is rejected by his violent father and ignored by his hostile brother Gordon, to whom he can never measure up. Mark longs for acceptance, but it is mature and masculine Gordon for whom Jo falls dangerously in love. Tragedy unfolds that leaves Jo outcast from her old friends. As she forges an acting career and tries to rebuild her life, war breaks out in the Falklands and both Colin and Mark...
Warm-hearted, fun-loving Jo Elliot grows up on Tyneside in the 1960's with her widowed father and older brother Colin and his friends. She has a speci...
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65,48 zł |
The Jarrow Lass: A powerful novel of passion and heartache
ISBN: 9781908359018 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Brought up on her parents' smallholding in Jarrow in the harsh years of the 1870s, selling vegetables to poverty-struck Irish labourers such as the unruly McMullens, Rose dreams of the world beyond the grime of the town, a world she glimpsed at a fairytale wedding on the Ravensworth Estate as a child. Capturing the heart of handsome and respectable steelworker William Fawcett, it seems her wish for a better life is finally within reach. But tragedy strikes, and to save her young family from destitution, Rose must turn to wild John McMullen. A powerful tale of passion and heartache, and a...
Brought up on her parents' smallholding in Jarrow in the harsh years of the 1870s, selling vegetables to poverty-struck Irish labourers such as the un...
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65,48 zł |