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San Francisco Heroes I Have Known
ISBN: 9781596870130 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book chronicles some of the most influential people who call San Francisco "Home" as told by Dr. John Kerner, a longtime champion of women's health and the war on cancer. Folks we call "heroes" are not just limited to the military. A former World War II combat medic and participant in the Battle of the Bulge, Dr. Kerner knows what he is talking about when he describes the great contributions made by some of the best minds in the country including Nancy Pelosi, Diane Feinstein, Jerry Brown, Herb Caen, and the principals behind the John A. Kerner Foundation, dedicated to the eradication of...
This book chronicles some of the most influential people who call San Francisco "Home" as told by Dr. John Kerner, a longtime champion of women's heal...
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The Life and Adventures of Pineapple Sam: Growing Up on the Garden Island of Kauai
ISBN: 9781499163179 / Angielski / Miękka / 386 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Are you in the mood for something quirky, out of the ordinary, and extremely entertaining? Look no further than The Life and Adventures of Pineapple Sam Volume I. Part memoir, part collection of tall tales, and completely entertaining, it has something for everyone. Follow Sam from his childhood on the shores of Kauai, and continue your journey with him as he ventures out into the wide world, embarking on fascinating and inspiring adventures. Stay with him as he ultimately becomes a man amidst the backdrop of the Vietnam War, and eventually graduates into a happy parenthood - even if...
Are you in the mood for something quirky, out of the ordinary, and extremely entertaining? Look no further than The Life and Adventures of Pineapple S...
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Anne Frank 80 Years A Memorial Tour in Current Images: Frankfurt am Main, Aachen, Amsterdam, Camp Westerbork, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bergen-Belsen
ISBN: 9781505408744 / Angielski / Miękka / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. I WANT TO GO ON LIVING EVEN AFTER MY DEATH (ANNE FRANK, DIARY, MARCH 25, 1944) ANNE FRANK 80 YEARS PHOTOGRAPHIC IMPRESSIONS A MEMORIAL TOUR IN CURRENT IMAGES FRANKFURT AM MAIN, AACHEN, AMSTERDAM, CAMP WESTERBORK, AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU, BERGEN-BELSEN including historical photos Anne Frank
I WANT TO GO ON LIVING EVEN AFTER MY DEATH (ANNE FRANK, DIARY, MARCH 25, 1944) ANNE FRANK 80 YEARS PHOTOGRAPHIC IMPRESSIONS A MEMORIAL TOUR IN CURRE...
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157,80 |
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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
ISBN: 9781505892529 / Angielski / Miękka / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Life Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness is an autobiography journaling the struggles, dreams, and desires we have in life. This book is meant to provide healing and comfort. The author teaches on pursuing dreams and never giving up on them while loving people doing it. In the pursuit of happiness, career, dreams and goals we are meant to pursue God's glory. This is a book to inspire and ignite people to go after their dreams and passions, and to love people doing it. No matter who you are in life, God has a plan for you and he will take you to a great destiny.
Life Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness is an autobiography journaling the struggles, dreams, and desires we have in life. This book is meant to provide...
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Uncle Luther: 99 Years of Rascality
ISBN: 9781507500019 / Angielski / Miękka / 102 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. His name was Luther Makekau. I met him several days later at a bar on Mamo Street. There was an immediate connection. As Hawaiian National Treasure Eddie Kamae said, "Luther was one of a kind " In deed he was-knowledgable about the old ways of our people; and a kolohe rascal and renegade that knew no bounds.
His name was Luther Makekau. I met him several days later at a bar on Mamo Street. There was an immediate connection. As Hawaiian National Treasure Ed...
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Yellow
ISBN: 9781681210025 / Angielski / Miękka / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Yellow is a telling account of the life, trials, and revelations of a biracial man finding his place in a black and white world.
Yellow is a telling account of the life, trials, and revelations of a biracial man finding his place in a black and white world.
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60,65 |
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Separated @ Birth: A True Love Story of Twin Sisters Reunited
ISBN: 9780425276150 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. THE STORY BEHIND THE FILM TWINSTERS
One of the Top Ten Facebook Stories of the decade When twenty-five-year-old South Korean adoptee and actress Samantha Futerman opened a Facebook message from a stranger named Anais Bordier, she had no idea that it would change her life forever... Adopted from South Korea as an infant, Sam grew up in New Jersey with her parents and two brothers. She never imagined she had a sister; nor did Anais--who grew up in France and was also adopted from South Korea--until she saw an actress with a face identical to her own in a YouTube video... THE STORY BEHIND THE FILM TWINSTERS
One of the Top Ten Facebook Stories of the decade When twenty-five-year-old South Korean adoptee ... |
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92,48 |
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Made In Kenya
ISBN: 9780990966609 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Travel back to the Kenya of the 1960s and 1970s in this enlightening and touching series of vignettes about an Indian boy growing up in Africa. Author Feisal Nanji relives his childhood and teenage years in this humorous account of an awkward, skinny, clumsy boy growing up in a tight-knit Indian community. With stories about lobbying his family for a new pair of soccer boots and living through the awkwardness of puberty, Nanji gives readers a glimpse into the culture of Ismaili Muslims and other Indians who are part of a community that migrated to Kenya in the late nineteenth century.... Travel back to the Kenya of the 1960s and 1970s in this enlightening and touching series of vignettes about an Indian boy growing up in Africa. ... |
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How It Feels to Be Colored Me
ISBN: 9781429096171 / Angielski / Twarda / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "How It Feels To Be Colored Me" by Florida native Zora Neale Hurston was originally published in The World Tomorrow in May 1928. In this autobiographical piece about her own color, Hurston reflects on her early childhood in an all-black Florida town and her first experiences in life feeling "different." In this beautiful piece, Hurston largely focuses on the similarities we all share and on her own self-identity in the face of difference. "Through it all, I remain myself." This short work is part of Applewood s "American Roots" series, tactile mementos of American passions by some of America...
"How It Feels To Be Colored Me" by Florida native Zora Neale Hurston was originally published in The World Tomorrow in May 1928. In this autobiographi...
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Black Achievers: Commemorative Edition
ISBN: 9781507605448 / Angielski / Miękka / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Black Achievers Commemorative Edition was designed to introduce to you those special men and women who have risen to career and academic success never once giving up on their dreams. Black Achievers Commemorative Edition has over 390 pages of extremely motivating success stories. Help your family travel back and forth through time to witness the tremendous impact African Americans have made on this country.
Black Achievers Commemorative Edition was designed to introduce to you those special men and women who have risen to career and academic success never...
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80,88 |
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Chicano While Mormon: Activism, War, and Keeping the Faith
ISBN: 9781611478181 / Angielski / Twarda / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a memoir of the early years of a well-known Chicano scholar whose work and activism were motivated by his Mormon faith. The narrative follows him as an immigrant boy in San Antonio, Texas, who finds religion, goes to segregated schools, participates in the first major school boycott of the modern era in Texas, goes to Viet Nam where he heads an emergency room in the Mekong Delta, and then to college where he becomes involved in the Chicano Movement. Throughout this time he juggles, struggles, and comes to terms with the religious principles that provide him the foundation for his...
This is a memoir of the early years of a well-known Chicano scholar whose work and activism were motivated by his Mormon faith. The narrative follows ...
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406,51 |
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From a distance: Memoir
ISBN: 9781507692868 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Where can you find peace of mind after the loss of a child? Sifting through memories of a childhood in UK and Kenya as well as married life and family in Ireland leads to an exploration of the themes of belonging and identity .In this attempt to reconcile the differences of religious and cultural beliefs the forces of nature, poetry, philosophy and friendship combine to bring an eventual acceptance of what is and a feeling of settled identity.
Where can you find peace of mind after the loss of a child? Sifting through memories of a childhood in UK and Kenya as well as married life and family...
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A Lifetime in the Eye of the Storm
ISBN: 9781941345511 / Angielski / Twarda / 660 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. History is colored by the nation that is recording it. In America, the Vietnam War was chronicled in the newspapers and on television. The heart breaking stories we heard were always about the war from the American viewpoint. When we are able to view historical events from perspectives other than our own, we begin to understand that the important thing isn't winning or losing, but learning and understanding. Hiep lived her life, from earliest childhood, at the center of the war. This is her story of love and loss, triumph and tragedy. It is the story of all women who have lived through a war,...
History is colored by the nation that is recording it. In America, the Vietnam War was chronicled in the newspapers and on television. The heart break...
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194,00 |
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The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League
ISBN: 9781476731919 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An instant New York Times bestseller, named a best book of the year by The New York Times Book Review, Amazon, and Entertainment Weekly, among others, this celebrated account of a young African-American man who escaped Newark, NJ, to attend Yale, but still faced the dangers of the streets when he returned is, "nuanced and shattering" (People) and "mesmeric" (The New York Times Book Review). When author Jeff Hobbs arrived at Yale University, he became fast friends with the man who would be his college roommate for four years, Robert Peace. Robert's life...
An instant New York Times bestseller, named a best book of the year by The New York Times Book Review, Amazon, and Entertainment Week...
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On The Run: Cancelled Czech Files
ISBN: 9781626220140 / Angielski / Miękka / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A life-affirming tale of optimism and family togetherness, even as the ground shifts under their feet." From a vacation to a one-way trip, we escaped Czechoslovakia and the Iron Curtain. Fourteen, naive, stranded in West Germany - I saw only high adventures as my Father kept the mission together, my kid brother yearned to buy another Matchbox car and my Mother kept slowly unraveling under the stress of uncertain change. Yet America awaited, perfect and invincible, right beyond the ocean.
"A life-affirming tale of optimism and family togetherness, even as the ground shifts under their feet." From a vacation to a one-way trip, we escaped...
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From Morning 'til Evening: The Autobiography of Grady W. Powell, Sr.
ISBN: 9781939930309 / Angielski / Miękka / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From Morning 'til Evening traces the life of Rev. Grady Powell, Sr., a devoted man of God, who has served as pastor of churches in Virginia for more than fifty years. This vivid and personal story chronicles Rev. Powell's journey from his upbringing in Brunswick County, Virginia, through his marriage to Bertie Jeffress of Pittsburgh, the raising of five children, and the challenges and rewards of a rich professional life. Ultimately, we join him as he stands in the pulpit of Gillfield Baptist Church in Petersburg, Virginia, where he ministered to hundreds of parishioners. This is the story of...
From Morning 'til Evening traces the life of Rev. Grady Powell, Sr., a devoted man of God, who has served as pastor of churches in Virginia for more t...
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My American Odyssey: From the Windrush to the White House
ISBN: 9781781323069 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'My American Odyssey - From Windrush to the Whitehouse' charts the life of a Black British boy, growing up in 1980s England, and travelling around America, sharing the cultural, historical and, at times emotional, links and contrasts between the two countries. Roger Griffith is a successful social entrepreneur and local radio personality - also known as the G-Man - with 24,000 listeners every week on a community radio station he (co-owns) called Ujima Radio 98FM. He has a passion for sharing stories, observations and insights on a perspective seldom shown - the special relationship between...
'My American Odyssey - From Windrush to the Whitehouse' charts the life of a Black British boy, growing up in 1980s England, and travelling around Ame...
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69,02 |
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Bella Vista: A True Story of Liberty Lost and Love Found
ISBN: 9781505730432 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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28,12 |
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Beggars or Angels
ISBN: 9780986321900 / Angielski / Miękka / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Buy A Book Help A Child Proceeds will benefit Devotion To Children - an organization which funds affordable quality childcare to those families who can't afford it. www.devotiontochildren.org Imagine waking up tomorrow in a foreign land with no home, no money, no grasp of the language, no formal education, no friends or family for support, and with two kids under age three depending on you. What would you do? Beggars or Angels: How a Single Mother Triumphed over War, Welfare and Cancer to Become a Successful Philanthropist tells the inspirational story of Rosemary Tran Lauer, a mother who...
Buy A Book Help A Child Proceeds will benefit Devotion To Children - an organization which funds affordable quality childcare to those families who c...
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The Oklahoma Poets Laureate: A Sourcebook, History, and Anthology
ISBN: 9780990320432 / Angielski / Miękka / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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77,69 |
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