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The Lovely Ambition
ISBN: 9780393302349 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1960, this beautiful novel, by one of America's best loved writers, is an absorbing family chronicle of the early twentieth century. Set half in England and half in her native state of Maine, the narrative allows the author to make splendid use of this dual setting to depict with affection the two areas she loved best in the world. John Tillyard, a Wesleyan parson, brings his wife and three children from England when he takes over a Methodist parish in downeast Maine. The descriptions of farming in Suffolk, of the lambing meadows, and of the weekly market are...
Originally published in 1960, this beautiful novel, by one of America's best loved writers, is an absorbing family chronicle of the early twentieth ce...
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The Turk and My Mother
ISBN: 9780393326994 / Angielski / Miękka / 338 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Every family has its secrets. But toward the end of his life, George decides to tell his daughter the story of his mother and the Turk. This initial revelation leads to a narrative tour de force that follows a family through four generations and around the world--through love, marriage, and betrayal, through illness, death, and war. Mary Helen Stefaniak's charming and flawed characters and the warmth of her prose will stay with readers long after they close the book. Reading group guide included.
Every family has its secrets. But toward the end of his life, George decides to tell his daughter the story of his mother and the Turk. This initial r...
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97,42 |
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Inheritance
ISBN: 9780393327113 / Angielski / Miękka / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1931, abandoned after their mother's suicide, the young Junan and her sister, Yinan, make a pact never to leave each other. The two girls are inseparable until Junan enters into an arranged marriage and finds herself falling in love with her soldier husband. When the Japanese invade China, Junan and her husband are separated. Unable to follow him to the wartime capital, Junan makes the fateful decision to send her sister after him. Inheritance traces the echo of betrayal through generations and explores the elusive nature of trust. Reading group guide included."
In 1931, abandoned after their mother's suicide, the young Junan and her sister, Yinan, make a pact never to leave each other. The two girls are insep...
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93,67 |
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The City Below
ISBN: 9780395825228 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this compelling family saga set during a tumultuous era in Boston history, 1960-1984, James Carroll chronicles the lives of two brothers, Nick and Terry Doyle, as they strive to move beyond the strictures of their working-class Charlestown neighborhood to" the city below." Though one brother is drawn to the worlds of politics and real estate and the other to the underworld of organized crime, their fates remain inextricably linked as each struggles to break free of the blood tie holding him captive to the past. As in his previous best-selling novels Mortal Friends and Family Trade, James...
In this compelling family saga set during a tumultuous era in Boston history, 1960-1984, James Carroll chronicles the lives of two brothers, Nick and ...
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71,18 |
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Echo House
ISBN: 9780395901380 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An epic chronicle of American political fortunes, Ward Just's twelfth novel is his masterpiece, realized through the minds and pulses of men and women who strive to save the nation--or themselves. "Echo House" takes readers through a maze of furtive power alliances and misalliances, involving two dozen characters from one Washington, D.C., family, over nine decades of history.
An epic chronicle of American political fortunes, Ward Just's twelfth novel is his masterpiece, realized through the minds and pulses of men and women...
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71,03 |
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Other People's Children
ISBN: 9780425174371 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Joanna Trollope delves into the dynamics of stepfamily life and introduces us to two couples whose relationships are complicated by the enriching-and sometimes enraging-presence of others. From the grown daughter who insinuates herself into her widowed father's romantic life, to the sullen teenager whose loyalties lie with her estranged mother; from the awkwardness of tense celebrations to the discovery of surprising sources of strength, this novel is "a bittersweet tale of the painfully divided affection created whenever a stepfamily is formed." (Kirkus Reviews)
Joanna Trollope delves into the dynamics of stepfamily life and introduces us to two couples whose relationships are complicated by the enriching-and ...
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Some Things That Stay
ISBN: 9780425179604 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A New York Times Notable Book, Winner of the Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction, A Book-of-the-Month Club and Quality Paperback Book Club Selection, and Winner of the Cleveland Arts Prize in Literature
Tamara Anderson was in third grade when she found out most people stay in the same house for more than a year. Until then she thought everyone picked up and moved on a regular basis, crossing the country, leaving behind people and bedrooms and belongings. Now she s turning fifteen, and she wants to stay in Mayville, New York. At first glance, there isn t much to stick around for. In... A New York Times Notable Book, Winner of the Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction, A Book-of-the-Month Club and Quality Paperback Book Club Se...
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Marrying the Mistress
ISBN: 9780425179642 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What happens when the esteemed head of a family--an English judge--announces he is leaving a 40-year marriage to marry his mistress? This provocative novel--now in paperback--is quintessential Trollope.
What happens when the esteemed head of a family--an English judge--announces he is leaving a 40-year marriage to marry his mistress? This provocative ...
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Illumination Night
ISBN: 9780425183267 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Beginning on the night of the Grand Illumination, a festival of lanterns held each summer on Martha s Vineyard, this novel is a modern chronicle of a marriage and a bittersweet exploration of an extraordinary passion. Illumination Night follows the lives of a young blond giant who is as beautiful as he is frightening; an old woman at the end of her life whose last mission is to save her granddaughter s soul; a family torn apart by a wife s fears and a husband s unrealized desiresand the high school girl who comes to Martha s Vineyard against her will, who steals husbands and...
Beginning on the night of the Grand Illumination, a festival of lanterns held each summer on Martha s Vineyard, this novel is a modern chronicle of a ...
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Blue Diary
ISBN: 9780425184943 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the New York Times best-selling author of The Dovekeepers, a New York Times Bestseller and Notable Book.
The courage to face the unthinkable is at the core of this magnificent new novel. How do we manage to confront the truths in our lives and find forgiveness in the most unforgiving of circumstances? How do we love truly and deeply in a world that is as brutal as it is beautiful? When Ethan Ford fails to show up for work on a brilliant summer morning, none of his neighbors would guess that for more than thirteen years, he has been running from his past. His... From the New York Times best-selling author of The Dovekeepers, a New York Times Bestseller and Notable Book.
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This warm and sometimes funny novel starts off when Alice and her husband buy an old house in a village full of friendly eccentrics. As she settles into her new life, Alice finally finds what she's been searching for--a discovery that scandalizes the village and opens up new wounds.
This warm and sometimes funny novel starts off when Alice and her husband buy an old house in a village full of friendly eccentrics. As she settles in...
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Girl from the South
ISBN: 9780425193501 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Gillon comes back to her native Charleston, she has a young Englishman in tow. He has accompanied her on a lark, planning to take pictures. But he soon falls in love with the sights of South Carolina, with Gillon's family-and perhaps, with Gillon herself...From the acclaimed author of Marrying the Mistress, this is an unforgettable novel about feeling like a fish out of water-and finding those with whom we can breathe more easily.
When Gillon comes back to her native Charleston, she has a young Englishman in tow. He has accompanied her on a lark, planning to take pictures. But h...
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The Eden Express
ISBN: 9780440613930 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "One of the best books about going crazy . . . required reading for those who want to understand insanity from the inside."--The New York Times Book Review
Mark Vonnegut set out in search of Eden with his VW bug, his girlfriend, his dog, and his ideals. But genetic predisposition and "a whole lot of **** going down" made Mark Vonnegut crazy in a culture that told him "mental illness is a myth" and "schizophrenia is a sane response to an insane society." Here he tells his story with the eyes that see from the inside out: a moving remembrance of an era and a revealing look at... "One of the best books about going crazy . . . required reading for those who want to understand insanity from the inside."--The New York Times ...
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71,22 |
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Mama Flora's Family
ISBN: 9780440614098 / Angielski / Miękka / 462 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. She vowed to find a better world for her children. Even if she had to make it herself.
A sweeping epic of contemporary history by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alex Haley, this magnificent novel weaves an unforgettable story of one family, three generations, and their search for the American dream.... She is the heart and soul of her family who, through faith and courage, drives herself, her children, and her grandchildren onward, determined to propel them to a better place. Mama Flora, born to poor sharecroppers in Tennessee, is forced to raise her children alone after the murder of... She vowed to find a better world for her children. Even if she had to make it herself.
A sweeping epic of contemporary history by Pulitzer Prize-w... |
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86,22 |
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Host Family
ISBN: 9780446521666 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After 20 years of marriage, Henry learns to speak French and finds a French girlfriend, leaving Daisy all alone. But Daisy finds someone--until another pretty young thing intervenes and love is sent ricocheting through a mirage of students, faculty, and associates of Harvard University.
After 20 years of marriage, Henry learns to speak French and finds a French girlfriend, leaving Daisy all alone. But Daisy finds someone--until anothe...
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Raising Hope
ISBN: 9780446697293 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Godfather: 50th Anniversary Edition
ISBN: 9780451205766 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Godfather--the classic saga of an American crime family that became a global phenomenon. With its brilliant and brutal portrayal of the Corleone family, The Godfather burned its way into our national consciousness. This unforgettable saga of crime and corruption, passion and loyalty continues to stand the test of time, as the definitive novel of the Mafia underworld. A number-one New York Times bestseller in 1969, Mario Puzo's epic was turned into the incomparable film of the same name, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, which won the Academy Award for...
The Godfather--the classic saga of an American crime family that became a global phenomenon. With its brilliant and brutal portrayal...
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The Last Light of the Sun
ISBN: 9780451459855 / Angielski / Miękka / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The renowned author of Children of Earth and Sky, Sailing to Sarantium, and Lord of Emperors
From the multiple award-winning author of Tigana, A Song for Arbonne, and the three-book Fionavar Tapestry that -can only be compared to Tolkien's masterpiece- (Star-Phoenix), this powerful, moving saga evokes the Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, and Norse cultures of a thousand years ago. The renowned author of Children of Earth and Sky, Sailing to Sarantium, and Lord of Emperors
From the multiple award-w... |
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You Must Remember This
ISBN: 9780452280199 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Joyce Carol Oates's epic novel of an American family in the 1950's probes the tender division between the permissible and the forbidden, between ordinary life and the secret places of the heart. Set in an industrial, working-class town in upstate New York, this book chronicles the frustrating marriage of parents Lyle and Hannah; the idealistic political journey of son Warren, and the passionate, obsessive relationship that develops between 15-year-old Enid Maria and her uncle Felix, a professional boxer twice her age. While brilliantly re-creating a decade that worshipped conformity,...
Joyce Carol Oates's epic novel of an American family in the 1950's probes the tender division between the permissible and the forbidden, betwee...
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Lipshitz Six, or Two Angry Blondes
ISBN: 9780452288065 / Angielski / Miękka / 434 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A postmodern family saga by one of America's freshest literary voices
Upon landing at Ellis Island in 1903, Esther and Hersh Lipshitz discover their son Reuven is missing. The child is never found, and decades later, Esther becomes convinced that the famous aviator Charles Lindbergh is her lost boy. Esther's manic obsession spirals out of control, leaving far-reaching effects on the entire Lipshitz lineage. In the present, we meet T Cooperthe last living Lipshitzwho struggles to make sense of all that came before him and what legacy he might leave behind. A postmodern family saga by one of America's freshest literary voices
Upon landing at Ellis Island in 1903, Esther and Hersh Lipshitz disco... |
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82,47 |
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