wyszukanych pozycji: 32
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Beneath the Cypress Tree
ISBN: 9781447248675 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A sweeping saga of friends and lovers, set in Crete during the Second World War.
A sweeping saga of friends and lovers, set in Crete during the Second World War.
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87,95 |
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The Flower Garden
ISBN: 9781447230038 / Angielski / Miękka / 434 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. To tell a patient they are about to die is never the easiest of tasks. When the patient is thirty-five, a woman and exceptionally beautiful, the task is even harder.
In the winter of 1934 Nancy Leigh Cameron learns that she has only one more year to live. She is famous, sought-after, and living a life of deep inner loneliness. Her husband, Senator Jack Cameron, is cold and self-seeking. He needs Nancy because she can help him to become President. Her father, Chips O'Shaughnessy, ebullient Irish mayor of Boston, loves Nancy, but also needs her socially desirable marriage to last so that he... To tell a patient they are about to die is never the easiest of tasks. When the patient is thirty-five, a woman and exceptionally beautiful, the task ...
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98,30 |
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A Season of Secrets
ISBN: 9781447248569 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A magnificent tale of romance and war sweeping through the first half of the twentieth century
A magnificent tale of romance and war sweeping through the first half of the twentieth century
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cena:
103,53 |
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Vengeance in the Sun
ISBN: 9781447244639 / Angielski / Miękka / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A broken love affair takes Lucy Matthews to the Villa d'Este as governess to the six-year-old Danielle Van de Naude. But instead of a refuge Lucy finds she has entered a world of intrigue and fear. Why did Danielle's previous governess die? Is someone trying to kill her too? Determined to find out, Lucy encounters death and murder as Danielle is kidnapped to thwart her father's political ambitions, and only Lucy can save her life. But who can she trust to help her? Ian Lyall, who watches her so disturbingly? Steve Patterson who wishes to marry her? The suave Bradley Van de Naude, Danielle's...
A broken love affair takes Lucy Matthews to the Villa d'Este as governess to the six-year-old Danielle Van de Naude. But instead of a refuge Lucy find...
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cena:
87,95 |
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Lion of Languedoc
ISBN: 9781447244707 / Angielski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Accused of witchcraft and hunted by Louis XIV's fanatical Inquisitor, Marietta Riccardi is only rescued from being burned alive by the intervention of Leon de Villeneuve - the Lion of Languedoc. Small wonder that she falls in love with him Yet Leon is on his way to marry his childhood sweetheart, Elise, and to him Marietta is nothing but a tiresome peasant girl . . . beautiful and seductive perhaps, but an unwelcome distraction from his forthcoming wedding. Marietta knows that she should leave France - escape her persecutors and her hopeless love - yet she cannot tear herself away from...
Accused of witchcraft and hunted by Louis XIV's fanatical Inquisitor, Marietta Riccardi is only rescued from being burned alive by the intervention of...
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cena:
87,95 |
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Silver Shadows, Golden Dreams
ISBN: 9781447230052 / Angielski / Miękka / 394 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. It's not every child who is named after a motor car, and when little Daisy Ford discovers she's been abandoned by her mother, she resolves to put the name - and her unhappy years at the convent orphanage - behind her for ever.
Quite unaware of her haunting beauty, frighteningly innocent of the harsh ways of the outside world, Daisy makes her way to Hollywood, determined to become an actress in the great tradition of the stars she admired as a child. Taking the name Valentina, and refusing to reveal any details of her past, she is discovered by the brilliant Hungarian director Vidal... It's not every child who is named after a motor car, and when little Daisy Ford discovers she's been abandoned by her mother, she resolves to put the ...
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cena:
98,30 |
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African Enchantment
ISBN: 9781447244769 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. 'The Nile, the white fountains of the Nile. . .'
Her father's last words haunt Harriet Latimer long after she has been rescued from the Nubian desert which they had been attempting to cross. Her rescuer, the insolent and devastatingly handsome Raoul Beauvais, is a French explorer and geographer with the same objective - to find the source of the Nile in Africa. Despite Harriet's requests, Raoul swears that women have no place on his expedition, but he makes an exception for the beautiful Circassian Narinda. Can Harriet realise her father's dream and make the journey that no European woman... 'The Nile, the white fountains of the Nile. . .'
Her father's last words haunt Harriet Latimer long after she has been rescued from the Nubian des... |
cena:
77,60 |
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White Christmas In Saigon
ISBN: 9781447230113 / Angielski / Miękka / 674 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. They were girls of the 60s - as unlike each other as it was possible to be. Abbra - the quiet, lovely, Californian college girl - reared to a life of good behaviour and doing the right thing. She was swept off her feet into a whirlwind marriage before she had time to grow up. She never really got to know her husband before he was shipped out to fight the Vietcong.
Serena was an English debutante, a spoilt brat who had everything. She married her equally irresponsible playboy husband because it seemed like fun. But the fun backfired and she found herself abandoned right after the wedding.... They were girls of the 60s - as unlike each other as it was possible to be. Abbra - the quiet, lovely, Californian college girl - reared to a life of ...
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cena:
103,53 |
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The Londoners
ISBN: 9781447262312 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Magnolia Square in South London was a friendly and vibrant place to live, not least for Kate Voigt and her father. Carl Voigt had been a WWI prisoner of war who had married a cockney girl and never gone back. Now widowed, he and Kate were part of the London life of the square with all its rumbustious and colourful characters. Then came the war.
Suddenly it seemed the Voigts were outcasts because of their German blood. When Carl was interned, Kate's only support was her best friend Carrie, and Toby, the R.A.F. pilot whom she loved. Finally, when Toby was killed, and even Carrie turned... Magnolia Square in South London was a friendly and vibrant place to live, not least for Kate Voigt and her father. Carl Voigt had been a WWI prisoner ...
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cena:
98,30 |
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Moonflower Madness
ISBN: 9781447230175 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. 'But I don't hate Chung King ' Gianetta cried passionately. 'I love it. I love the temples and pagodas and the plum blossom and the junks on the river. What I hate is only being able to see these things from a distance. I want to visit the temples. I want to walk out on the hills beneath the plum trees. I want to enjoy China, not be protected from it '
Beneath the light of the moon the Chinese Moonflower blooms only one night of the year. No European has seen it blossom, and Zachary Cartwright is determined to do so. Giannetta Hollis, niece of the British Envoy, becomes an uninvited... 'But I don't hate Chung King ' Gianetta cried passionately. 'I love it. I love the temples and pagodas and the plum blossom and the junks on the river...
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cena:
87,95 |
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A Many-Splendoured Thing
ISBN: 9781447230588 / Angielski / Miękka / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. What is holding together this peculiar band of pioneers? Polly Kirkham is an orphan who was brought up by the Mormons. Now, in the bitter winter of 1846, she is part of their small band of pioneers struggling westward to the Rocky Mountains. It is here that they meet Major Dart Richards of the US Cavalry. The Major intrigues her - he's a misfit like Polly, who has never been able to accept the Mormon faith. But Dart has vowed never again to become involved with a woman. So why, instead of enjoying the pleasures of St Louis, does he find himself shepherding a small company of women, children,...
What is holding together this peculiar band of pioneers? Polly Kirkham is an orphan who was brought up by the Mormons. Now, in the bitter winter of 18...
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cena:
77,60 |
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The Mystery of Saligo Bay
ISBN: 9781447244615 / Angielski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Miranda Taylor drowns in Saligo Bay. Was it an accident - or suicide - or murder?
Who is the mysterious Pete Mackay and why did Miranda say he would be able to explain everything? Sally Craig, her friend, determines to find out, and her quest leads her into a mesh of intrigue and danger, love and hate. Miranda Taylor drowns in Saligo Bay. Was it an accident - or suicide - or murder?
Who is the mysterious Pete Mackay and why did Miranda say he wou... |
cena:
87,95 |
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Tapestry of Fear
ISBN: 9781447244684 / Angielski / Miękka / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Alison Russell's holiday is rudely shattered by gunfire when Basque separatists try to smuggle arms into the quiet fishing village in which she is staying.
Accompanied only by Miss Daventry, a tough old English eccentric who fought in the Spanish Civil war, Alison reluctantly goes to the aid of Jose and Luis Villada. It is a mission of mercy that turns into a nightmare. Miss Daventry and Luis disappear and Jose and Alison are hunted not only by the police but by the psychopathic killer, Angel Garmendia. They flee on horseback across the Pyrenees and into France, only to find... Alison Russell's holiday is rudely shattered by gunfire when Basque separatists try to smuggle arms into the quiet fishing village in which she is sta...
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cena:
77,60 |
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Devil's Palace
ISBN: 9781447244745 / Angielski / Miękka / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In 1880 the meeting place of international royalty and the twilight world of the demi-monde is the dazzling casino at Monte Carlo.
To the young and beautiful Charlotte Grainger, humble companion to Princess Natalya, one figure stands out above Sarah Bernhardt, the Prince of Wales and the crowned heads of Europe - Count Sandor Karolyi, the man referred to as the Devil's Spawn. Can she ever hope to understand the enigmatic Hungarian - a man of wealth and title, of notorious reputation, a man who regards her as mildly amusing? Will she learn the cause of the anguish he is so careful... In 1880 the meeting place of international royalty and the twilight world of the demi-monde is the dazzling casino at Monte Carlo.
To the young an... |
cena:
98,30 |
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A Multitude of Sins
ISBN: 9781447230090 / Angielski / Miękka / 554 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A huge saga - of a world destroyed by war - and a woman made triumphant by love.
Since she was ten Elizabeth had been forced to give way to the men in her life. First her father, a lonely, selfish widower who needed his daughter as his companion, then Adam, her middle-aged husband, who carried her off to the brittle world of Hong Kong society, ignoring the burning musical talent that she constantly had to repress. And then she met Raefe Elliot, womaniser, soldier of fortune, who repeatedly rocked Hong Kong with his scandals, and between the two of them flared a wild release of love... A huge saga - of a world destroyed by war - and a woman made triumphant by love.
Since she was ten Elizabeth had been forced to give way to the me... |
cena:
103,53 |
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Zadruga
ISBN: 9781447230151 / Angielski / Miękka / 474 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In the stormy turmoil of old Sarajevo, their passionate story began . . .
In Belgrade, in the balmy spring of 1914, neither of the royally related Karageorgevich sisters had the slightest presentiment of disaster. Seventeen-year-old Natalie was enjoying the danger and secrecy of friendship with young nationalists, eager to free their lands from Habsburg domination. Katerina, her less volatile sister, was deeply and secretly in love with Julian Fielding, a young English diplomat. Then, when accompanying their father on an official visit to Sarajevo, Natalie inadvertently plunged their... In the stormy turmoil of old Sarajevo, their passionate story began . . .
In Belgrade, in the balmy spring of 1914, neither of the royally related... |
cena:
98,30 |
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Coronation Summer
ISBN: 9781447262343 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. It is early summer in 1953, and the friends and neighbours of Magnolia Square are looking forward to celebrating the Coronation. The war has become a memory; the future seems rosy. Kate Emmerson looks on with pride at her growing family, including Matthew, whose father was killed during the war. But Matthew's wealthy relations have never really forgiven Kate for marrying Leon, a West Indian who works as a Thames lighterman, and when Matthew runs away from his smart boarding school in Somerset the tensions which exist between the two families come to a head. Meanwhile Zac, the wonderfully...
It is early summer in 1953, and the friends and neighbours of Magnolia Square are looking forward to celebrating the Coronation. The war has become a ...
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cena:
72,42 |
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Yorkshire Rose
ISBN: 9781447230540 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Rose Sugden is a Yorkshire girl through and through. In pre-First World War Bradford, Rose's maternal grandfather, Caleb Rimmington, is one of Bradford's wealthiest mill owners and her father is a highly talented tapestry designer. Laurence Sugden's artistic talent is not put to use at Rimmington's Mill, however, for Caleb, disappointed in his daughter's marriage to a mere working-man, has disowned her and refuses all contact with her three children.
To Rose, and her brother Noel and sister Nina, their grandfather Caleb is a myth they long to meet; even more so, they long to meet their... Rose Sugden is a Yorkshire girl through and through. In pre-First World War Bradford, Rose's maternal grandfather, Caleb Rimmington, is one of Bradfor...
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cena:
98,30 |
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Rendezvous With Danger
ISBN: 9781447244592 / Angielski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Susan Carter's idyllic Bavarian holiday was rudely shattered while picnicking on the hillside by the sound of a speeding car, followed by a crash. Looking through her binoculars she saw the occupants leave their wrecked car and then take off in her own small Morris. If only Susan hadn't read the newspaper account of the murder of a German minister If only she hadn't recognized the photograph of the car-said to have been used by the assassins For Susan life gradually takes on the horror of a nightmare. Nor does she know which of her 'rescuers' to trust -Stephen Maitland or Gunther Cliburn.
Susan Carter's idyllic Bavarian holiday was rudely shattered while picnicking on the hillside by the sound of a speeding car, followed by a crash. Loo...
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cena:
87,95 |
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The Oyster Girl
ISBN: 9781509841813 / Angielski / Miękka / 2025 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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45,47 |