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The Children
ISBN: 9781409225515 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A modern edition of Edith Wharton's classic story of the adventures of neglected children.
A modern edition of Edith Wharton's classic story of the adventures of neglected children.
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292,97 |
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Itchy Donner
ISBN: 9780972821827 / Angielski / Miękka / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Itchy Donner doesn't have much going for him. A rashy eleven-year-old growing up fatherless in a dying backwoods Idaho timber town, Itchy is obsessed with the past-specifically, his family's past. Itchy's the great-great-great grandson of Tamsen Donner, the Donner Party's famous matriarch, and Itchy studies his ancestor's history with the relentlessness that only a true nerd can muster. He and his mother Irene live poor but happy in a ramshackle singlewide, and Irene encourages Itchy's interest and pride in his illustrious ancestors. But their predictable lives are forever turned upside-down...
Itchy Donner doesn't have much going for him. A rashy eleven-year-old growing up fatherless in a dying backwoods Idaho timber town, Itchy is obsessed ...
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71,60 |
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Clyde and Wanda: The Cedar Cove Chronicles, Book Two
ISBN: 9781442146174 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Seven years have passed since Clyde Jansan's neice, Lilly Jean, was rescued from Horace Hammond's well. During that time, Clyde has married, has a daughter and is the owner of the store he always dreamed of. With Horace Hammond in prison and his sons Reuben and T.H. in the Army, there is nothing to worry about in Cedar Cove. Or is there?
Seven years have passed since Clyde Jansan's neice, Lilly Jean, was rescued from Horace Hammond's well. During that time, Clyde has married, has a dau...
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43,79 |
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Out of the Shadows
ISBN: 9780451231123 / Angielski / Miękka / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A woman's unexpected connection to a nineteenth-century writer changes her life in the new novel from the author of Crossing Washington Square
Clara Fitzgerald's recent losses have set her adrift, personally and professionally. Remembering the stories her mother used to tell her, Clara decides to research her ancestry-only to uncover an extraordinary link to Frankenstein author Mary Shelley. With her sister in tow and the help of Kay, a retired Shelley scholar, Clara embarks on a search for the author's long lost journals and letters. As a bond among the three women... A woman's unexpected connection to a nineteenth-century writer changes her life in the new novel from the author of Crossing Washington Square
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83,39 |
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Falling Home
ISBN: 9780451231444 / Angielski / Miękka / 437 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A poignant story of two estranged sisters from the New York Times bestselling author of the Tradd Street novels.
At twenty Cassie Madison left her hometown of Walton, Georgia, for New York City, where she has reinvented herself--from losing herself in her career to squashing her accent. But one night a single phone call brings back everything she's tried to forget. She hasn't spoken to her sister since Harriet stole Cassie's fiance and married him. But now Harriet's on the line with news that their father is dying. As she makes the trip back, the only thing that... A poignant story of two estranged sisters from the New York Times bestselling author of the Tradd Street novels.
At twenty Cassie Ma... |
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83,39 |
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Model Home
ISBN: 9780743270496 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Warren Ziller moved his family to Southern California in search of a charmed life, and to all appearances, he found it: a gated community not far from the beach, amid the affluent splendor of the 1980s. But the Zillers' American dream is about to be rudely interrupted. Warren has squandered their savings on a bad real estate investment, which he conceals from his wife, Camille, who misreads his secrecy as a sign of an affair. Their children, Dustin, Lyle, and Jonas, have grown as distant as satellites, too busy with their own betrayals and rebellions to notice their parents' distress. When...
Warren Ziller moved his family to Southern California in search of a charmed life, and to all appearances, he found it: a gated community not far from...
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68,23 |
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A Perfectly Normal Affair
ISBN: 9781432754709 / Angielski / Miękka / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With the timeframe stretching over a year but flashbacks extending back decades, the main plot of the novel depicts a family in turmoil after fresh allegations of adultery on the part of the father surface. The grown up son due to his physical disability escapes the chaos of his own life (due to his parents) by seeking the comfort of friends he's made on Facebook, though the fantasy world of the application Wrestler. The subplot focuses on the romance between the avatars of two Facebook friends through Wrestler and serves as a stark contrast to the deterioration of the marriage of the couple...
With the timeframe stretching over a year but flashbacks extending back decades, the main plot of the novel depicts a family in turmoil after fresh al...
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68,04 |
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Back to the Homeplace
ISBN: 9781451560404 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An extended family in crisis following the death of their matriarch must cope with this new environment. The year is 1987. The terms of an unusual will left by their parents bring four grown children, spouses, and other family members, back to the Missouri Ozarks farm where they grew up - the Homeplace. Varied backgrounds and viewpoints ignite controversy and expose long kept secrets as each family member searches for his or her share of the family legacy. While the older family members stake their claims to land and fortunes, the younger ones search for love and acceptance.
An extended family in crisis following the death of their matriarch must cope with this new environment. The year is 1987. The terms of an unusual wil...
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40,19 |
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A Snowy Night on Old Baldy Mountain
ISBN: 9781609101336 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Two young boys and their dad are spending a winter's night in a teepee on Old Baldy Mountain. What they don't know is that something terrifying is waiting for them. It's big, it's growling, and it's coming.
Two young boys and their dad are spending a winter's night in a teepee on Old Baldy Mountain. What they don't know is that something terrifying is wai...
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59,22 |
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Vandover and the Brute
ISBN: 9781438574387 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Frank Norris was a late 19th century American novelist writing in the naturalist genre. His most famous works include McTeague (1899), The Octopus: A California Story (1901), and The Pit (1903). His works show socialistic tendencies and were influenced by Darwin and Huxley. His work often includes depictions of suffering caused by corrupt and greedy turn-of-the-century corporate monopolies. Vandover and the Brute is the story of three college friends, on their way to success, and the ruin of one through a degenerate lifestyle.
Frank Norris was a late 19th century American novelist writing in the naturalist genre. His most famous works include McTeague (1899), The Octopus: A ...
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110,17 |
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The Pursuit of Other Interests
ISBN: 9780312650599 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Charlie Baker is a neurotic but charming 50-year-old workaholic CEO of a major Chicago ad agency who seems to have it all: an impressive house in an upscale suburb, an equally impressive salary, the requisite pretty wife and accomplished son. All of this comes crashing down when Charlie is unceremoniously fired. In an instant, his life is transformed from corporate titan to just another out of work American. For Charlie--an admitted workaholic--a world without a job is a strange world indeed. Rather then tell his family, every morning Charlie leaves home to spend his days at an... Charlie Baker is a neurotic but charming 50-year-old workaholic CEO of a major Chicago ad agency who seems to have it all: an impressive house in a... |
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94,76 |
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Love in Complete Sentences
ISBN: 9780312656690 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Life is a challenge for 36-year-old Kate Cavanaugh, high school guidance counselor to a motley group of at-risk students. Two years after finding her young husband dead in bed beside her, Kate's storybook life has vanished, and she and her two children are still reeling. Her daughter Charlotte, once a sweet girl, has morphed into an angry, tattooed, tongue-studded teen; and Hunter, Kate's four-year-old, keeps his feelings sealed tight inside and an empty ketchup bottle clasped to his heart. When a tragedy occurs at the Alan B. Shepard High School, it's Kate who finds herself in need of... Life is a challenge for 36-year-old Kate Cavanaugh, high school guidance counselor to a motley group of at-risk students. Two years after finding h... |
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83,39 |
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Gadsby: A Lipogram Novel
ISBN: 9781605433066 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the final year of his life (1939) Ernest Vincent Wright decided to write a complete novel, and just to make it interesting, he decided to do it without using the letter E. This amazing masterpiece is the result of his obsession.
In the final year of his life (1939) Ernest Vincent Wright decided to write a complete novel, and just to make it interesting, he decided to do it wit...
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71,60 |
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Invasion of the Baby Daddy
ISBN: 9780615336114 / Angielski / Miękka / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rachel wants to move out of state with her child from a previous relationship and her husband. Unfortunately, she underestimates her child's manipulative, controlling father.
Rachel wants to move out of state with her child from a previous relationship and her husband. Unfortunately, she underestimates her child's manipulat...
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53,03 |
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The Brave
ISBN: 9780316053853 / Angielski / Twarda / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There's little love in eight-year-old Tom Bedford's life. His parents are old and remote and the boarding school they've sent him to bristles with bullies and sadistic staff. The only comfort he gets is from his fantasy world of Cowboys and Indians. But when his sister Diane, a rising star of stage and screen, falls in love with one of his idols, the suave TV cowboy Ray Montane, Tom's life is transformed. They move to Hollywood and all his dreams seem to have come true. Soon, however, the sinister side of Tinseltown casts its shadow and a shocking act of violence changes their lives forever....
There's little love in eight-year-old Tom Bedford's life. His parents are old and remote and the boarding school they've sent him to bristles with bul...
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166,78 |
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Three Families
ISBN: 9781438264592 / Angielski / Miękka / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Three families, three different problems. A young couple seperates because their sexual relationship is not what it used to be and the wife runs off with a transexual wrestler. An alcoholic mother faces potential death at the prediction of a half witted psychic. A father finds his mind is going after he blows up the school science lab. These stories will touch while your sides ache with laughter.
Three families, three different problems. A young couple seperates because their sexual relationship is not what it used to be and the wife runs off w...
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59,70 |
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Friday's Daughter
ISBN: 9780451232199 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A contemporary novel of sisterhood, the South, and matters of the heart.
Teensie MacAllester's two elder sisters consider her an insignificant appendage to their illustrious family. For fifteen years they have been delighted to let her care for their ailing relatives. After all, Teensie is both a nurse and a Friday's child, naturally loving and giving. As Teensie deferred her life, a dream sustained her: autocratic King MacAllester promised her the bulk of his estate. But when King's will is read it divides his property equally among his daughters. Teensie's share is... A contemporary novel of sisterhood, the South, and matters of the heart.
Teensie MacAllester's two elder sisters consider her an insignif... |
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83,39 |
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Catfish Alley
ISBN: 9780451232281 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A moving debut novel about female friendship, endurance, and hope in the South. Roxanne Reeves defines her life by the committees she heads and the social status she cultivates. But she is keeping secrets that make her an outsider in her own town, always in search of acceptance. And when she is given a job none of the other white women want-researching the town's African-American history for a tour of local sites-she feels she can't say no. Elderly Grace Clark, a retired black schoolteacher, reluctantly agrees to become Roxanne's guide. Grace takes Roxanne to Catfish Alley,...
A moving debut novel about female friendship, endurance, and hope in the South. Roxanne Reeves defines her life by the committees she hea...
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83,39 |
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The Only Life There Is
ISBN: 9781448672820 / Angielski / Miękka / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. All Sarah and Evan Davis ever wanted was a child, but after two dangerous miscarriages, they face an unbearable-and uncertain-future. Evan tries to console her, but Sarah refuses to be swayed. Against doctor's advice, Sarah allows herself to get pregnant, and this time gives birth to a beautiful boy, Kade. At long last, both Sarah and Evan believe their lives are complete, at least until their son is diagnosed with autism, something neither of them expected-a change that leads to an even harsher reality: sometimes love, no matter how hard, must be enough.
All Sarah and Evan Davis ever wanted was a child, but after two dangerous miscarriages, they face an unbearable-and uncertain-future. Evan tries to co...
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47,76 |
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Like Dandelion Dust
ISBN: 9781599954233 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Karen Kingsbury delivers a powerful new novel about two parents' love for their child and the surprising lengths they will go to keep their family together when a judge rules that their adopted son must be returned to his biological father.
Karen Kingsbury delivers a powerful new novel about two parents' love for their child and the surprising lengths they will go to keep their family...
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cena:
75,77 |
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