wyszukanych pozycji: 38
Sacred Country
ISBN: 9781784705923 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) From the author of The Gustav Sonata
At the age of six, Mary Ward, the child of a poor farming family in Suffolk, has a revelation: she isn't Mary, she's a boy. So begins Mary's heroic struggle to change gender, while around her others also strive to find a place of safety and fulfilment in a savage and confusing world. Over a million Rose Tremain books sold 'A writer of exceptional talent ... Tremain is a writer who understands every emotion' Independent I 'There are few writers out there with the dexterity or emotional... From the author of The Gustav Sonata
At the age of six, Mary Ward, the child of a poor farming family in Suffolk, has a revelation: ... |
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51,35 zł |
Adieu, Sir Merivel : Roman
ISBN: 9783458360148 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2014 / 445 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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45,63 zł |
Evangelista's Fan
ISBN: 9780749396985 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Salvatore, a young watchmaker from Italy, moves to London when the king of his hometown decrees that a period of twenty-six years is to be erased from history, never to be mentioned in public again. Since this constitutes the whole of period of his life Salvatore feels he has no choice but to flee. He is a man who holds deeply to the importance of time and identity; what challenges will he face in London?
Salvatore, a young watchmaker from Italy, moves to London when the king of his hometown decrees that a period of twenty-six years is to be erased from...
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51,35 zł |
The Colour
ISBN: 9780099425151 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Joseph and Harriet Blackstone emigrate from Norfolk to New Zealand in search of new beginnings and prosperity. But the harsh land near Christchurch where they settle threatens to destroy them almost before they begin. When Joseph finds gold in the creek he is seized by an obsession with the voluptuous riches awaiting him deep in the earth.
Joseph and Harriet Blackstone emigrate from Norfolk to New Zealand in search of new beginnings and prosperity. But the harsh land near Christchurch wh...
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56,48 zł |
Die Farbe der Träume : Roman
ISBN: 9783458358480 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2012 / 455 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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45,63 zł |
Iron Robin: A magical and soothing story for young readers
ISBN: 9780241556986 / Miękka / 2025 / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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41,07 zł |
Lily
ISBN: 9783458642961 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 2022 / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. London, 1850: Mitten im Winter findet der junge Kommissar Sam Trench im Viktoria Park ein Bündel - darin liegt ein Neugeborenes. Die kleine Lily wird bei einer Pflegefamilie in Suffolk untergebracht, wo sie unbeschwerte Jahre verlebt, bis sie mit sechs ins Waisenhaus nach London muss, um zur Näherin ausgebildet zu werden. Dort herrschen strenge Regeln und die Aufseherinnen bestrafen die Mädchen hart. Als junge Frau kommt Lily bei einer Perückenmacherin unter und könnte endlich ein selbstbestimmtes Leben führen, doch eine schwere Schuld lastet auf ihr ... Sam Trench hat Lily nie ganz... London, 1850: Mitten im Winter findet der junge Kommissar Sam Trench im Viktoria Park ein Bündel - darin liegt ein Neugeborenes. Die kleine Lily w... |
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100,49 zł |
Rosie: Scenes from a Vanished Life
ISBN: 9781784708016 / Miękka / 2019 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) *The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller*Rose Tremain (or Rosie as she was then) grew up in post-war London - a city still partly in ruins, where both food and affection were fiercely rationed.
*The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller*Rose Tremain (or Rosie as she was then) grew up in post-war London - a city still partly in ruins, where both foo...
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56,48 zł |
The American Lover
ISBN: 9780099548447 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Trapped in a London flat, Beth remembers a transgressive love affair in 1960s' Paris. The most famous writer in Russia takes his last breath in a stationmaster's cottage, miles from Moscow. A father, finally free of his daughter's demands, embarks on a long swim from his Canadian lakeside retreat.
Trapped in a London flat, Beth remembers a transgressive love affair in 1960s' Paris. The most famous writer in Russia takes his last breath in a stat...
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51,35 zł |
The Road Home: From the Sunday Times bestselling author
ISBN: 9780099478461 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Lev is on his way to Britain to seek work, so that he can send money back to eastern Europe to support his mother and little daughter. He struggles with the mysterious rituals of 'Englishness', and the fashions and fads of the London scene. We see the road Lev travels through his eyes, and we share his dilemmas.
Lev is on his way to Britain to seek work, so that he can send money back to eastern Europe to support his mother and little daughter. He struggles wi...
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56,48 zł |
Zeit der Sinnlichkeit : Roman
ISBN: 9783458359005 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2013 / 524 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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45,63 zł |
Absolutely and Forever
ISBN: 9781784745202 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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87,31 zł |
The Road Home
ISBN: 9780316002622 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In the wake of factory closings and his beloved wife's death, Lev makes his way from Eastern Europe to London, seeking work to support his mother and his little daughter. After a spell of homelessness, he finds a job in the kitchen of a posh restaurant and a room in the house of an appealing Irishman who has already lost his family. Never mind that Lev must sleep in a bunk bed surrounded by plastic toys--he has found a friend and shelter. However constricted his life in England remains, he compensates by daydreaming of home, by having an affair with a younger restaurant worker, and by trading...
In the wake of factory closings and his beloved wife's death, Lev makes his way from Eastern Europe to London, seeking work to support his mother and ...
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108,11 zł |
Lily: A Tale of Revenge from the Sunday Times bestselling author
ISBN: 9781529115178 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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51,35 zł |
Der weite Weg nach Hause : Roman. Ausgezeichnet mit dem Orange Prize 2008. Geschenkausgabe
ISBN: 9783518467329 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 2016 / 716 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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50,24 zł |
The American Lover
ISBN: 9780393246711 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Trapped in a London apartment, Beth remembers a transgressive love affair in 1960s Paris. The most famous writer in Russia takes his last breath in a stationmaster's cottage, miles from Moscow. A young woman who is about to marry a rich aristocrat instead begins a torrid relationship with a construction worker. A father, finally free of his daughter's demands, embarks on a long swim from his Canadian lakeside retreat. A middle-aged woman cares for her injured mother at Christmas. And in the grandest house of all, Danni the Polish housekeeper catches the eye of an enigmatic visitor, Daphne... Trapped in a London apartment, Beth remembers a transgressive love affair in 1960s Paris. The most famous writer in Russia takes his last breath in... |
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115,27 zł |
Merivel: A Man of His Time
ISBN: 9780099548430 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) The major new historical novel from Orange prize-winning Rose Tremain, set in Restoration England and starring the world's favourite courtier, Robert Merivel.
The gaudy years of the Restoration are long gone. Robert Merivel, physician and courtier to Charles II, loved for his gift to turn sorrow into laughter, now faces the agitations and anxieties of middle age. Questions crowd his mind: has he been a good father? Is he a fair master? Is he the King's friend or the King's slave? In search of answers, Merivel sets off for the French court. But Versailles -- all glitter in front and... The major new historical novel from Orange prize-winning Rose Tremain, set in Restoration England and starring the world's favourite courtier, Robert ...
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51,35 zł |
The Darkness of Wallis Simpson
ISBN: 9780099268567 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) A wonderful new collection of short stories, most of which are published here for the first time.
Wallis Simpson, the twice-divorced American woman for whom Edward VIII abdicated in 1936, ended her life (as the Duchess of Windsor) as the prisoner of her lawyer who would not allow anyone -- friend, foe or journalist -- to visit her in her Paris flat. Rose Tremain takes this true story and transforms it into an imaginative and ironic fiction. Her thesis is that Wallis, gaga and bed-ridden, had forgotten the king who gave up an empire for love of her. This superb story plays with the... A wonderful new collection of short stories, most of which are published here for the first time.
Wallis Simpson, the twice-divorced American woma... |
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51,35 zł |
The Gustav Sonata
ISBN: 9780393354843 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Gustav Perle grows up in a small town in Switzerland, where the horrors of the Second World War seem only a distant echo. An only child, he lives alone with Emilie, the mother he adores but who treats him with bitter severity. He begins an intense friendship with a Jewish boy his age, talented and mercurial Anton Zweibel, a budding concert pianist. The novel follows Gustav's family, tracing the roots of his mother's anti-Semitism and its impact on her son and his beloved friend. Moving backward to the war years and the painful repercussions of an act of conscience, and forward through the... Gustav Perle grows up in a small town in Switzerland, where the horrors of the Second World War seem only a distant echo. An only child, he lives a... |
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69,00 zł |
Absolutely and Forever
ISBN: 9781529922509 / Miękka / 2024 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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51,35 zł |