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Bougainvillea Exile
ISBN: 9781539499299 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the period just before the onset of World War II, Emil and Magda Franz, a German Jewish couple of social and political influence, are forced to leave their homeland to escape Nazi oppression. They settle in a bougainvillea haven in Southern California. Emil's influence with President Roosevelt makes him an ideal person to bring together people with special talents and expertise to defeat the enemy. Six of these people, three couples, caught up in the insanity of war, form deep friendships. The men, Greg, Drax and Rory, engage the enemy in combat on the front lines, including battles on...
In the period just before the onset of World War II, Emil and Magda Franz, a German Jewish couple of social and political influence, are forced to lea...
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50,17 |
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A Price Above Rubies
ISBN: 9781539608639 / Angielski / Miękka / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Blume Speiser, daughter of a rabbi, longs to escape the constraints of an Orthodox Hasidic woman's life. She seeks freedom, to get a secular education, and to choose a husband herself. In her world, however, what she may study, whom she may love, and when, are rigidly prescribed. She vows that she is not going to live like her half-sister Itke, locked in a lovelessmarriage to a rabbi, her cousin Fay, powerless to protect her son from her husband's rigid conformity, or her sisters Charlotte, who has distanced herself from the family to be "modern," or Rivke, who glows in a haze of perpetual...
Blume Speiser, daughter of a rabbi, longs to escape the constraints of an Orthodox Hasidic woman's life. She seeks freedom, to get a secular education...
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59,66 |
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The Ebb
ISBN: 9781540409447 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Sofia falls in love, a mourning spirit begins to haunt her... CORFU, 1987 On a long holiday with her grandparents, Sofia Aspioti meets Danny Markson, a charming flirt who makes her laugh. Although she tries to keep him at arm's length, worried that village gossip will get back to her strict family, she falls desperately in love. That's when strange dreams about Brighton's West Pier and a woman dressed in black begin to haunt her. Who is this grieving woman? And how is her lament related to Sofia's feelings for Danny? BRIGHTON, 1937 Dreaming of wealth and happiness, Laura Mayfield arrives...
When Sofia falls in love, a mourning spirit begins to haunt her... CORFU, 1987 On a long holiday with her grandparents, Sofia Aspioti meets Danny Mark...
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52,85 |
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Private Property
ISBN: 9781540435132 / Angielski / Miękka / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Two women living in different times and places intertwine their experiences and their fates. While one struggles for survival the other tries to find herself. Both need to be something more than that for which they seem predestined, but they must face gender discrimination and old social stereotypes. Love gets into their lives conditioning their decisions, their self esteem and their actions.
Two women living in different times and places intertwine their experiences and their fates. While one struggles for survival the other tries to find ...
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75,83 |
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No Regrets: A Novel of Love and Lies in World War II England
ISBN: 9781631610134 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. No Regrets is a captivating, straight from the heart historical novel set in England during World War II. This is a story for everyone who has ever wondered if there are truly soul mates.
Sloan Thornton is the heir to Highcroft Hall, the family seat of the Earl of Wessex, in the quaint village of Thornton-on-Sea on the southeast coast of England. He has always dreamed of finding his soul mate. Just before he leaves to fight in World War II, as an RAF pilot, he proposes to his childhood sweetheart. There is no question how deep his devotion is to her, and how naturally they bring out the... No Regrets is a captivating, straight from the heart historical novel set in England during World War II. This is a story for everyone who has ever wo...
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56,97 |
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No Gentleman: A Novel of Love, Lies and Violence in Post World War II England
ISBN: 9781631610141 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Despite being one of the loveliest women in her home village, Lady Anne Whitfield just can't seem to find true love. After her engagement to the handsome and charismatic Sloan Thornton comes to an end, Anne suffers a deep depression.
Emerging from self-imposed exile, she moves to London and begins a career in the retail world. She enters into a relationship with a great footballer, Avery Banister, which does not end happily. Feeling confused and rejected, she marries on the rebound. While her husband, Frank DeLuca, a self-made man, appears to be a gentleman, she quickly learns that... Despite being one of the loveliest women in her home village, Lady Anne Whitfield just can't seem to find true love. After her engagement to the hands...
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56,97 |
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Message from Captivity
ISBN: 9780993158759 / Angielski / Miękka / 398 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the beautiful Channel Islands to the very heart of Nazi-occupied Europe, the epic, meticulously researched tale "Message From Captivity" realistically captures the atmosphere of life under enemy control, together with the struggle of participants on all sides to 'do the right thing', even in the impossible circumstances of war. It weaves factual authenticity into the fabric of a narrative where the twists and turns of captivity, freedom and dangerous pursuit have unforeseen consequences, where integrity is tested to the limit, and great inner strength is... From the beautiful Channel Islands to the very heart of Nazi-occupied Europe, the epic, meticulously researched tale "Message From Capt... |
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72,32 |
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The Girl in the Jitterbug Dress Hops the Atlantic: WWII Historical and Contemporary Romance
ISBN: 9781540425027 / Angielski / Miękka / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fall in Love on the Dance Floor
When vintage fashionista Rose sews dissension between June and James, June is driven to choose between the security of her family, friends, and swing scene, or run off with an international swing boy. Will the handsome Swede turn June's head with an offer to teach Jitterbug across Europe? And is he really the sparkling Lindy Hop star he claimed to be when he twirled her around the historic Catalina ballroom? Return to Violet's world of big band jazz, seedy nightclubs, and WWII. Follow her through 1940's Los Angeles... Fall in Love on the Dance Floor
When vintage fashionista Rose sews dissension between June and James, June is driven to choose betwe... |
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59,79 |
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Siete vidas y un destino
ISBN: 9781542508872 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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51,88 |
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Whirlwind: Based on a true story.
ISBN: 9781539986676 / Angielski / Miękka / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Love makes its own happiness." ...or so Yvonne's fiance tells her, on the very night he is killed by the German blitz. Grief-stricken, Yvonne throws herself into her work for the Royal Air Force, trying desperately to forget her lost love. She hasn't counted on Edward Morrison, a Canadian pilot, the man who makes her believe in love again. And she hasn't counted on the fact that when the war is over at last, their most difficult trials will only have begun...."
"Love makes its own happiness." ...or so Yvonne's fiance tells her, on the very night he is killed by the German blitz. Grief-stricken, Yvonne throws ...
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47,85 |
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The Invitation
ISBN: 9780316272902 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An evocative love story set along the Italian Riviera about a group of charismatic stars who all have secrets and pasts they try desperately--and dangerously--to hide.
Rome, 1953: Hal, an itinerant journalist flailing in the post-war darkness, has come to the Eternal City to lose himself and to seek absolution for the thing that haunts him. One evening he finds himself on the steps of a palazzo, walking into a world of privilege and light. Here, on a rooftop above the city, he meets the mysterious Stella. Hal and Stella are from different worlds, but their connection is... An evocative love story set along the Italian Riviera about a group of charismatic stars who all have secrets and pasts they try desperately--and d...
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75,98 |
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A Royal Abduction
ISBN: 9781925416664 / Angielski / Miękka / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Arthur Upfield, creator of the Aboriginal detective 'Bony' followed his classic crime novel The Sands of Windee with this historical romance: The Crown Prince of Rolandia is visiting Australia - and two brilliant Americans, Earle Lawrence and Van Horton - abduct her on the trans-continental train on the Nullabor Plain. They hide her in caves near Eucla on the Great Australian Bight, until the search is called off and a ransom is arranged... Arthur Upfield, creator of the Aboriginal detective 'Bony' followed his classic crime novel The Sands of Windee with this historical roman... |
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97,87 |
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A Champion's Heart
ISBN: 9781541215122 / Angielski / Miękka / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 1935. Champion Bates left poky old Winslow, Georgia when he was seventeen years old. He had promised to elope with his childhood sweetheart, but pressured by other influences, he took an earlier train leaving his Delie behind. The pain at leaving her behind has tormented him for the seven years he fought as a ham and egg boxer, trying to make himself worthy of her. He had no chance for the big time until now. He has a fight with a contender boxer--a white man. However, he has been told more fighting will possibly blind him. Back in Winslow, Cordelia "Delie" Bledsoe is out of luck. A teacher...
1935. Champion Bates left poky old Winslow, Georgia when he was seventeen years old. He had promised to elope with his childhood sweetheart, but press...
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59,83 |
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I Wanna Be Loved by You
ISBN: 9781601835826 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For a young woman swept into international adventure, romance can't be far behind...
The 1920s are in full swing when Sadie Loudon leaves her grandfather's stodgy vicarage, and she dreams of the glamour and excitement she's seen on the silver screen. But before she even begins work at the storied Grand Russe Hotel, she is ushered into London's glittering nightlife by a handsome young businessman intent on introducing her to the pleasures available to a Bright Young Thing. Is it a fleeting romance...or something even more intriguing? Les Drake is on the lookout for Bolsheviks when he... For a young woman swept into international adventure, romance can't be far behind...
The 1920s are in full swing when Sadie Loudon leaves her gran... |
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57,02 |
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The Mighty Weight Of Love: A Mainstreem Romance, Revised Edition
ISBN: 9781539996859 / Angielski / Miękka / 390 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This love story begins in 1994, before the Oklahoma City bombing, and ends several years after it. It explores the feelings of a widower physician-poet raising three boys and a divorcee mother raising two daughters. Trauma, medicine, poetry, romance, fear, faith, sensuality, tragedy, comedy, and circumstance maneuver the characters through life's labyrinth until the denouement. All creatures are fashioned after their one great teacher, Mother Nature. She is primal, beautiful, ruthless, cruel, unforgiving-with one permeating spiritual force-life. For the sake of life, everything is...
This love story begins in 1994, before the Oklahoma City bombing, and ends several years after it. It explores the feelings of a widower physician-poe...
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59,66 |
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Chasing Moonlight: A Standalone in the Again for the First Time Family Saga
ISBN: 9781541288768 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bestselling author, Raven St. Pierre, returns with the third standalone in a breathtaking family saga filled with love, acceptance, and adversity. Jesse Peterson lives by the sweat of his brow and doesn't hold back from defending his beliefs-even if that means getting dirty and breaking a few noses in the process. It goes without saying that his tendency to let his fists do the talking hasn't come without a price. His family's intolerance of his behavior, and his own distaste for the town's corruption, have set him on a downward spiral from which he can't seem to recover. With the growing...
Bestselling author, Raven St. Pierre, returns with the third standalone in a breathtaking family saga filled with love, acceptance, and adversity. Jes...
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67,81 |
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Beautiful Skin
ISBN: 9780998298641 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Once upon a time there was a war and Andrew Chornavka and his family were caught up in its fires. Love, betrayal, sacrifice, heroism, savagery, things amazing and miraculous - it was all part of his world, and the world of his brothers and sisters, as armies clashed and battles raged in the skies and on the ground. Yet the wars of the heart were no less fiery and painful, and the hunt to find hope and meaning within nations ripped apart by conflict, just as desperate as the struggle to survive. America, Canada, Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Germany and Berlin are the backdrop to a powerful drama...
Once upon a time there was a war and Andrew Chornavka and his family were caught up in its fires. Love, betrayal, sacrifice, heroism, savagery, things...
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46,98 |
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The Passionate Friends
ISBN: 9781535265096 / Angielski / Miękka / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The protagonist is the novel's first-person narrator, Stephen Stratton. The Passionate Friends is written as if addressed to Stephen's eldest son, who is on the verge of adolescence. Stephen is the only child of a rector who loses his faith due to Darwinism. The most important relationship of Stephen's life is with the Lady Mary Christian (later Lady Mary Justin), a beautiful blue-eyed contemporary who has been his childhood "playmate" and with whom he falls deeply in love at the age of nineteen during the summer before he begins his studies at Oxford. Mary returns his love, but will not...
The protagonist is the novel's first-person narrator, Stephen Stratton. The Passionate Friends is written as if addressed to Stephen's eldest son, who...
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39,51 |
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Ulla's Courage
ISBN: 9781613097175 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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63,64 |
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Thandi's Love
ISBN: 9781542693776 / Angielski / Miękka / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Set in the South during the mid-1800's, Thandi's Love explores the torrid love affair between beautiful mulatto slave Thandi Boran, and her married master, Tom Lexington. This riveting tale revolves around their great love and the many obstacles they endured. (The main obstacle being Tom's marriage to Anna, the mean-spirited daughter of his business partner and enemy, Daniel Stafford) With suspicions mounting and tempers flaring, Stafford warns Tom to stay away from Thandi or else... He (Stafford) soon takes his daughter back home for a much-needed break. In their absence, Stafford sends his...
Set in the South during the mid-1800's, Thandi's Love explores the torrid love affair between beautiful mulatto slave Thandi Boran, and her married ma...
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