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Shepherd's Bush Murders
ISBN: 9781784751890 / Angielski / Miękka / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jack Witney served twenty-five years in prison although he shot no one and was released on appeal, only to be murdered a few years later. John Duddy died in Parkhurst after fifteen years. But Harry Roberts, by his own admission the instigator of the crime, was released from prison after forty-eight years in 2015. This book tells his story.
Jack Witney served twenty-five years in prison although he shot no one and was released on appeal, only to be murdered a few years later. John Duddy d...
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103,69 zł |
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Le sens de la formule: Les mots d'un père
ISBN: 9781534895546 / Francuski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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49,40 zł |
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Intrusions of Chance: Autobiography of K.O. Harrop from Penury to PhD
ISBN: 9781524615710 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the author's autobiography from birth to when he started his professional career. As stated in the book, from the beginning, his chances were pretty slim. His chances increased with each gamble his mother made. His mother took a chance to move to the bushes of Smythfield to live in a hut built of tar drums by his father, gambling that the financial situation would get better. His mother taught herself to sew and took a chance to invest all the money she had in a used foot pedal sewing machine, believing that she could develop a clientele. His mother totally ignored his dying father's...
This is the author's autobiography from birth to when he started his professional career. As stated in the book, from the beginning, his chances were ...
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87,47 zł |
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A Boys Life: : Recollections of the Nineteen Twenties and Thirties
ISBN: 9781530740628 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. I am the most fortunate of beings I went to school before progressive education tightened its grip on American education. I missed being diagnosed as learning disabled (LD), with attention deficit disorder (ADD) and perhaps with a bit of Asperger's Syndrome thrown in. Or, perhaps, or one or another of those pseudo-medical diseases the schools dream up to account for those mis-fortunates who do not fit into their narrow concept of a curriculum. I am doubly fortunate to also have Perseverance, a malady that has not yet been credited with a diagnosis. Perseverance the ability to stick to some...
I am the most fortunate of beings I went to school before progressive education tightened its grip on American education. I missed being diagnosed as...
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59,15 zł |
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Lessons in Grace, Mercy and Forgiveness
ISBN: 9781498476928 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ..".Not knowing what I was once again called to the school to discuss, I opened the door to the greatest challenge yet. There stood a little girl holding two long braids in her hand, sobbing. The look on the faces of the teacher, principal, mother of the little girl, and my son said it all. This was not exactly to be a moment of joy..."Petra has written to share the story of raising and loving her adopted drug baby. In her words, it is "about tough experiences, great joys, humor (after the fact), and God's immeasurable grace." She says, "Grace is a word best explained by experience." It is a...
..".Not knowing what I was once again called to the school to discuss, I opened the door to the greatest challenge yet. There stood a little girl hold...
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65,52 zł |
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My Ride on the Crazy Train: A Psychonaut's Journey Through the Lands of Madness
ISBN: 9781534691001 / Angielski / Miękka / 58 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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30,91 zł |
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My Friend Bipolar: Korean Translation
ISBN: 9781535204781 / Koreański / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is Korean version of "My Friend Bipolar" "My Friend Bipolar" is not a text book or guideline about bipolar disorder but a touching experience by a girl named Caroline. The poems I wrote really connect to my emotions and their narrations explain why I felt that way and what I was going through. They also show how I became friend with my disorder and found a better understanding of it. These poems are written by my hands and also my tears. I hope readers can find hope and comfort through my book "My Friend Bipolar."
This book is Korean version of "My Friend Bipolar" "My Friend Bipolar" is not a text book or guideline about bipolar disorder but a touching experienc...
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40,94 zł |
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Mother, Where Are Your Teeth?
ISBN: 9781498298537 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a story about Helen, who developed dementia, and her daughter Trudy, who became her caregiver. Mother-daughter relationships can be challenging and theirs was--then dementia entered their lives. Dementia, a cunning intruder, can mask itself over a period of years. Trudy was constantly confused by her mother's actions, which led to numerous arguments. It took a long time before she realized that her mother had a form of dementia. It's easy to be in denial, because who wants to accept that dementia has become part of the family? Being a caregiver to a family member with dementia is...
This is a story about Helen, who developed dementia, and her daughter Trudy, who became her caregiver. Mother-daughter relationships can be challengin...
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60,71 zł |
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The Secret of The Dragon: If She Could Talk
ISBN: 9781491072097 / Angielski / Miękka / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Part 3 of The Chronicles of De' finds her still in the midst of struggling with mental illness, financial challenges and relationship struggles. Who is facing the demons this time? Is it Susan, Dadie, Laura or perhaps even baby Sally or someone new to the party? Is it time to fight or flee the current situation? Can De' devise a successful plan to fight the demons that possess her and rob her of happiness or does she succumb to the temporary yet debilitating problems and challenges of life. Take a peek into her world and walk a mile in her shoes. Could you handle the load or would you...
Part 3 of The Chronicles of De' finds her still in the midst of struggling with mental illness, financial challenges and relationship struggles. Who i...
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68,07 zł |
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Dylan's Story a Father's Journey
ISBN: 9781530894789 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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126,03 zł |
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Waking Up: From a stroke - The story of Crystal Jefferies-White
ISBN: 9780995037700 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Filled with advice and tips for stroke survivors and their families, Crystal's personal story of stroke, aphasia and recovery is filled with hope and a determination to move forward. Recommended as an inspirational and useful self-help book for anyone touched by stroke.
Filled with advice and tips for stroke survivors and their families, Crystal's personal story of stroke, aphasia and recovery is filled with hope and ...
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72,85 zł |
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Henry David Thoreau and Two Other Autistic Lives: before the diagnosis existed.
ISBN: 9781535005609 / Angielski / Miękka / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The formal diagnosis of Autism was not established until about 1940. The idea of a spectrum of autistic experiences came still later. But surely High Functioning Autism and Asperger's Syndrome existed before their diagnoses were formulated. Henry David Thoreau and Two Other Autistic Lives offers three names from history that can verifiably be shown to have exhibited unmistakable, detailed, high functioning autistic personal behaviors. Henry David Thoreau, the highly eccentric poet Algernon Charles Swinburne, and the renowned chemist Henry Cavendish: their stories, and the... The formal diagnosis of Autism was not established until about 1940. The idea of a spectrum of autistic experiences came still later. But surely Hi... |
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54,59 zł |
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Beautiful Child: The True Story of a Child Trapped in Silence and the Teacher Who Refused to Give Up on Her
ISBN: 9780062662743 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the bestselling author of One Child comes this amazing, true story of a mute and withdrawn seven--year--old girl and the special education teacher determined never to abandon a child in need. Seven-year-old Venus Fox never spoke, never listened, never even acknowledged the presence of another human being in the room with her. Yet an accidental playground "bump" would release a rage frightening to behold. The school year that followed would be one of the most trying, perplexing, and ultimately rewarding of Torey Hayden's career, as she struggled... From the bestselling author of One Child comes this amazing, true story of a mute and withdrawn seven--year--old girl and the special educ... |
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69,34 zł |
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Precisely John: A Journey of Autism, Love, Laughter, and Faith
ISBN: 9780984894215 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Norman Rockwell painting it wasn't. But we wanted it to be. No one called it autism, much less Asperger's back in the sixties when we were growing up. They called it weird, odd, different. We were a tight knit family in our little town, where my parents were teachers at the local school. At times it seemed a childhood filled with conflict about my older brother John. He was quiet and sweet. Yet, at times he would also make strange noises, shake his hands and fingers, while being completely consumed in his own thoughts. My confusion grew in trying to make sense of his differences, the over...
A Norman Rockwell painting it wasn't. But we wanted it to be. No one called it autism, much less Asperger's back in the sixties when we were growing u...
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68,07 zł |
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Amy's (relentless, Active, Nutty, Persistent, Outrageous, Roller Coaster) Life!: The Ups, Downs and Sideways Life Experiences Living with a Disability
ISBN: 9780991607921 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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58,97 zł |
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Mother, Where Are Your Teeth?: Parenting a Parent with Dementia
ISBN: 9781498251389 / Angielski / Twarda / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a story about Helen, who developed dementia, and her daughter Trudy, who became her caregiver. Mother-daughter relationships can be challenging and theirs was--then dementia entered their lives. Dementia, a cunning intruder, can mask itself over a period of years. Trudy was constantly confused by her mothers actions, which led to numerous arguments. It took a long time before she realized that her mother had a form of dementia. Its easy to be in denial, because who wants to accept that dementia has become part of the family? Being a caregiver to a family member with dementia is...
This is a story about Helen, who developed dementia, and her daughter Trudy, who became her caregiver. Mother-daughter relationships can be challengin...
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151,78 zł |
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Bittersweet: A Story of Abuse & Recovery
ISBN: 9781536835304 / Angielski / Miękka / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bittersweet: A Story of Abuse and Recovery, is an autobiography that reads like a novel. In it, Emma Avery tells of her journey through childhood rejection, sexual abuse, and brutal physical and emotional violence at the hands of adults who should have known better. Through it all, Emma maintains her composure, her determination, and most of all, her peace. In Bittersweet, she tells us how she survives and thrives. Emma Avery is a bilateral double leg amputee from the age of 16 who has worked as a laborer, a nail technician, a janitor, and a peer mentor. Community Living Services, an agency...
Bittersweet: A Story of Abuse and Recovery, is an autobiography that reads like a novel. In it, Emma Avery tells of her journey through childhood reje...
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91,02 zł |
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My Hidden Truths: A Journey of A Twenty-Something Living with Chronic Illness
ISBN: 9781536949360 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Natasha Graves is a twenty-something young professional, trying to balance navigating life, a full-time job in the public health field, and dealing with her chronic illnesses. Although Natasha does not look sick, she battles daily with issues associated with these conditions and has overcome many obstacles that have only contributed to her success. These conditions are essentially her hidden truths: they are "invisible illnesses" and conditions that many in her daily life are unaware of, but are a major aspect of her life and the lives of others with similar illnesses. "My Hidden Truths" is a...
Natasha Graves is a twenty-something young professional, trying to balance navigating life, a full-time job in the public health field, and dealing wi...
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54,41 zł |
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The Crossroads of Faith: From Hell to Glory
ISBN: 9781505469233 / Angielski / Miękka / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In life everyone begins to question 'why' or 'why not'. But have you ever stopped to think, 'why them'? Life can blind us from our faith walk. We often walk with our own blinders on and we become callous to the suffering and loss of others. Sometimes in life, we are left with seeing the worst of the worst. Sometimes our walk becomes tarnished by our very own journey. Where is God in this journey? Is He there and why can we not see Him, or is it that we refuse to see Him? Life can be difficult. Many of us are left to face challenges. But few of us are faced with a lifetime of adversities. In...
In life everyone begins to question 'why' or 'why not'. But have you ever stopped to think, 'why them'? Life can blind us from our faith walk. We ofte...
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38,39 zł |
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Determination
ISBN: 9781532840265 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sarah Todd Hammer and Jennifer Starzec were paralyzed by a rare condition called Transverse Myelitis when they were 8 and 13 years old. You read about what happened when they were first struck by the disease and their journeys to dance and run again in 5k, Ballet, and a Spinal Cord Injury, but that was just the beginning. Now Sarah Todd and Jen are older, and they are learning how to cope with the lasting effects of this disorder. An excellent continuation of the original book, Determination recounts the girls' lives post-TM from June 2012 to July 2014, and is a story of friendship, as well...
Sarah Todd Hammer and Jennifer Starzec were paralyzed by a rare condition called Transverse Myelitis when they were 8 and 13 years old. You read about...
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74,77 zł |
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