wyszukanych pozycji: 6
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Jesusita
ISBN: 9781937484330 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "A bleak look at a bitter life that may be too much for readers to bear." "-Kirkus Reviews"
"Jesusita" is the story of immigrants-legal and illegal-trying to survive in California in the years after World War II. Jesusita, alone and impoverished, struggles to keep her four young children together. Though she finds support from Padre Montes at St. Teresa's Catholic Church, her faith won't solve her problems, especially those with her daughter, Paulina. Far from home, Filipino laborers are denied by law any contact with white women. Angie, the young daughter of an illiterate and unmarried... "A bleak look at a bitter life that may be too much for readers to bear." "-Kirkus Reviews"
"Jesusita" is the story of immigrants-legal and illeg... |
cena:
60,17 |
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A Lawyer
ISBN: 9781475119503 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Ronald L. Ruiz's memoir spans over 36 years of practicing law in California, focusing on five memorable cases. One of only six Mexican-American lawyers practicing law in Northern California during his early years, he saw a transformation in the criminal justice system that will leave the reader wondering whether this was "progress."
Ronald L. Ruiz's memoir spans over 36 years of practicing law in California, focusing on five memorable cases. One of only six Mexican-American lawyer...
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cena:
56,34 |
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120 Days
ISBN: 9781937484675 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
64,19 |
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Happy Birthday Jesus
ISBN: 9781477692707 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Happy Birthday Jesus is an insightful and spell-binding novel of and about our times, when the relationship between race and violence dominates the news and threatens not only our personal security but our confidence in our social processes. This novel recreates the making of a sociopath. It is written by a criminal defense lawyer whose extensive experience has been representing individuals such as the protagonist Jesus Olivas. Whether Jesus is a victim or the bane of society is left to the reader's judgment in this novel which details the painful recollections of Jesus himself. What is...
Happy Birthday Jesus is an insightful and spell-binding novel of and about our times, when the relationship between race and violence dominates the ne...
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cena:
60,32 |
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Life Long
ISBN: 9781937484538 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Ray Lopez is on the run with a duffel bag full of cash. Both drug dealers and the police are after him. But Ray is not a criminal. His last brush with the law was over traffic tickets. Recently released from the hospital with a diagnosis of schizophrenia, he is haunted by voices, auditory hallucinations, that frighten him and cause him to question his every move. Ray's journey from California to Laredo is perilous. Like so many Americans before him, he travels through unfamiliar territory with no clear way of knowing who will help and who will harm him. And he may well find himself on...
Ray Lopez is on the run with a duffel bag full of cash. Both drug dealers and the police are after him. But Ray is not a criminal. His last brush with...
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cena:
60,17 |