wyszukanych pozycji: 8
A Wasp in the Fig Tree
ISBN: 9781499789065 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych.
Cattle brought most of the gringos to South Texas, but oil gave them a glimpse of wealth and power. Despite their light skin, the Parr men, patrOns of South Texas, spoke Spanish as their first language. Like the cactus and barbed wire, the bougainvillea and orange tree in this arid land, they flaunted their charm and made no excuses for the thorns. They paid medical bills for the Hispanics. They helped their children go to college. But when it came time to vote, their benevolence demanded obedience. In Duval County, it's politics as usual. This is the world,...
Cattle brought most of the gringos to South Texas, but oil gave them a glimpse of wealth and power. Despite their light skin, the Parr men... |
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111,77 zł |
The Last Whippoorwill
ISBN: 9781732168206 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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82,75 zł |
Hasten, O King!: A Woman's Journey Through a Life-Threatening Illness, and Inspiring Devotionals from the Author's Personal Journal
ISBN: 9781449774141 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. How Great is Our God Believing God's promises transforms a human life and enables the believer to experience the abundant life Jesus came to earth to give. "Jesus said, the thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly" (John 10:10). Many people today struggle with emotional, physical, or spiritual bondage. Hasten, O King is the story of the writer's journey through a life-threatening illness and how her belief in God's power and His promises brought healing, health, and restoration.... How Great is Our God Believing God's promises transforms a human life and enables the believer to experience the abundant life Jesus came to earth ... |
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160,69 zł |
Hasten, O King!: A Woman's Journey Through a Life-Threatening Illness, and Inspiring Devotionals from the Author's Personal Journal
ISBN: 9781449774134 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. How Great is Our God Believing God's promises transforms a human life and enables the believer to experience the abundant life Jesus came to earth to give. "Jesus said, the thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly" (John 10:10). Many people today struggle with emotional, physical, or spiritual bondage. Hasten, O King is the story of the writer's journey through a life-threatening illness and how her belief in God's power and His promises brought healing, health, and restoration.... How Great is Our God Believing God's promises transforms a human life and enables the believer to experience the abundant life Jesus came to earth ... |
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72,54 zł |
Of the Greatest Generation: My Dad: WWII Veteran Otis Lyle Stafford, Jr.
ISBN: 9781537001661 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Mike Stafford tells the story of his father with humor and understanding. Through many hours of interviews, Mike relives his father's experience during World War II and what it was like for a naive young man to face death for the first time. His father spoke of snipers firing at him and remembering that "just a few months ago, I was running for a touchdown and now I was running for my life." After the war, Lyle continued to serve his country at the Pine Bluff Arsenal, married and raised a large family, and died at the age of 86. Mike recalls that if not for the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and...
Mike Stafford tells the story of his father with humor and understanding. Through many hours of interviews, Mike relives his father's experience durin...
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54,86 zł |
Then and Now: Poems and Prayers from a Lifetime
ISBN: 9781434347008 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Although Then and Now is her first book of poems and prayers, she has published essays and poems in journals, co-authored a book with her husband, and has received at least one award from a writer's conference in her home town. Included in this volume are her poems written from the 1970's to the present. The writings represent an outpouring of her memories, her anxieties, her joys, and her hopes for the future. Her closeness to family, to nature, to the Divine, and to her fellow man are elegized in this little book.
Although Then and Now is her first book of poems and prayers, she has published essays and poems in journals, co-authored a book with her husband, and...
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56,98 zł |
A Wasp in the Fig Tree
ISBN: 9780615913636 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In Texas, it's politics as usual, but to Isabel Martin, it threatens her very being. She escapes to her uncle's idyllic Ranch of the Fig Trees in South Texas, expecting a luxurious haven after of her parents' divorce. But there is an insidious little rumor about the family that the whole county is talking about--how Lyndon Johnson won the senate election that launched him into power. Isabel struggles to believe her uncle is innocent of voter fraud, but how can she know what to believe when rumor lays a heavy film of guilt over the family she loves?
In Texas, it's politics as usual, but to Isabel Martin, it threatens her very being. She escapes to her uncle's idyllic Ranch of the Fig Trees in Sout...
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65,32 zł |
A Wasp in the Fig Tree
ISBN: 9781507736609 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Parrs of Duval County Resurface--in a whole new light In her debut novel, A Wasp in the Fig Tree, the author, Mary Bryan Stafford--a member of the family--delivers insight and a whole new perspective into the dynasty of the Parrs. Mixing fact and fiction, hers is a skillfully woven tale based on the actual history of South Texas--a fascinating region where cultures have blended for centuries. The voice of Isabel Martin rings true to her age as well as the time and place where she's growing up, and the real political facts are smoothly intertwined in this story of a young girl coming to...
The Parrs of Duval County Resurface--in a whole new light In her debut novel, A Wasp in the Fig Tree, the author, Mary Bryan Stafford--a member of the...
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82,31 zł |