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A Trunk of Character
ISBN: 9781439236741 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Adventure, romance, non-fiction/fiction, historical - Jennifer She finds a secret in her great-grandmother's clothing trunk that opens the beginning to a past she never knew. It also starts an adventure in search for a treasure and changes her life forever. She uncovers a factual history, while unlocking the mysteries of daily survival in South Dakota from more than 100 years ago. She also discovers somethign she lost long ago...herself.
Adventure, romance, non-fiction/fiction, historical - Jennifer She finds a secret in her great-grandmother's clothing trunk that opens the beginning t...
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51,70 |
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Dandelion Summer
ISBN: 9780451233271 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The latest in the inspirational and heartwarming Blue Sky Hill series from Lisa Wingate.
All her life, Epiphany Salerno has been tossed like a dandelion seed on the wind. Now, at sixteen, she must move to the low-rent side of Blue Sky Hill and work where she's not wanted: in an upscale home on The Hill. J. Norman Alvord's daughter has hired a teenager to stay with him in the afternoons. Widowed and suffering from heart trouble, Norman wants to be left alone. But in Epie's presence, Norman discovers a mystery- memories of another life and a woman who saved him. As he and Epie... The latest in the inspirational and heartwarming Blue Sky Hill series from Lisa Wingate.
All her life, Epiphany Salerno has been tossed li... |
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83,39 |
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Strangers at the Feast
ISBN: 9781439166987 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On Thanksgiving Day 2007, as the country teeters on the brink of a recession, three generations of the Olson family gather. Eleanor and Gavin worry about their daughter, a single academic, and her newly adopted Indian child, and about their son, who has been caught in the imploding real-estate bubble. While the Olsons navigate the tensions and secrets that mark their relationships, seventeen-year-old Kijo Jackson and his best friend Spider set out from the nearby housing projects on a mysterious job. A series of tragic events bring these two worlds ever closer, exposing the dangerously thin...
On Thanksgiving Day 2007, as the country teeters on the brink of a recession, three generations of the Olson family gather. Eleanor and Gavin worry ab...
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83,35 |
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Miracle Beach
ISBN: 9780451233820 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In a stirring debut novel, the discovery of a husband's troubling secrets after his death shakes his wife's faith in their marriage and herself.
Macy Allen, an accomplished equestrienne, has relied on her horses and her husband, Nash, to pull her through. But after Nash dies in a tragic accident, Macy learns devastating secrets about his life that rock her belief in their marriage and herself. Nash's mother, Magda, blames Macy for her only son's death. When her husband, Jack, moves to Vancouver Island in a desperate attempt to feel closer to the son he's lost and never really... In a stirring debut novel, the discovery of a husband's troubling secrets after his death shakes his wife's faith in their marriage and herself.
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83,39 |
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Peculiar Ways of Essie: Island Style Teen Novel
ISBN: 9781456587567 / Angielski / Miękka / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. They jumped, splashed, dove, and swam in the ocean until their weary souls filled with satisfaction. They spanned, rolled, and played on the beach and their bodies glowed with the blazing island heat. They had a picnic lunch and a happy afternoon. They basted in the tropical inferno and worshiped the mean island sun as they frolicked around each other. Wondered what it's like living on an island in the Caribbean? Well here is your opportunity to find out. This island style story is about Essie's (a character from the story of The Non-Silence of the LAMB) unique personalities and personal...
They jumped, splashed, dove, and swam in the ocean until their weary souls filled with satisfaction. They spanned, rolled, and played on the beach and...
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29,65 |
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Home to Italy
ISBN: 9780758272638 / Angielski / Miękka / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this delightful debut novel, Pezzelli brings to life the earthy sensuality of Tuscany and spins a story of May-December romance as sharp and delicious as the olives of Villa San Giuseppe.
In this delightful debut novel, Pezzelli brings to life the earthy sensuality of Tuscany and spins a story of May-December romance as sharp and delici...
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60,65 |
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Families and Other Nonreturnable Gifts
ISBN: 9780446555029 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Despite her name, Keats Sedlak is the sanest person in her large, nutty family of brilliant eccentrics. Her parents, both brainy academics, are barely capable of looking after themselves, let alone anyone else, and her two uber-intelligent siblings live on their own planets.
At least she can count on one person in her life, her devoted boyfriend Tom. Down-to-earth and loving, he's the one thing that's kept Keats grounded for the last decade. But when Keats's mother makes a surprise announcement, the entire family is sent into a tailspin. For the first time, Keats can't pick up the pieces... Despite her name, Keats Sedlak is the sanest person in her large, nutty family of brilliant eccentrics. Her parents, both brainy academics, are barely...
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105,02 |
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Then Came the Evening
ISBN: 9781408809662 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bandy Dorner, home from Vietnam, awakes with his car mired in a canal, his home reduced to ashes and his pregnant wife preparing to leave town with her lover. Within moments, a cop lies bleeding in the road. Two decades later, Bandy is released from prison, and Tracy - his now teenaged son - has come to claim the father he never knew.
Bandy Dorner, home from Vietnam, awakes with his car mired in a canal, his home reduced to ashes and his pregnant wife preparing to leave town with he...
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40,69 |
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Wait the Morning Light
ISBN: 9781456348786 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Leah Scarpelli's life is perfect until a secret from the past walks through her door. In the aftermath, the Scarpelli family will never be the same, but love and forgiveness have a way of creating miracles...
Leah Scarpelli's life is perfect until a secret from the past walks through her door. In the aftermath, the Scarpelli family will never be the same, b...
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41,79 |
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A Gift is Waiting
ISBN: 9781453849385 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Patrick and Maria Walsh, a suburban Philadelphia couple with simple, well-planned lives, experience the birth of their third child. But all is not how they planned it. Halfway around the world a barely-alive child is placed in an orphanage under the care of Sister Christiana, a Catholic nun whose unselfish dedication to children is shaken by her desire for something more. Can Patrick find his way past his instinct to control the world around him and open his heart again? Will Sister Christiana find answers to her questions in the unresponsive child? Surrounded by the selflessness and caring...
Patrick and Maria Walsh, a suburban Philadelphia couple with simple, well-planned lives, experience the birth of their third child. But all is not how...
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39,76 |
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Dasaratha's Son
ISBN: 9781453814000 / Angielski / Miękka / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dasaratha's Son is the story of a first born son's struggle to live up to his scholarly father's high expectations and to fulfil his childhood promise to his depressive mother. Raghu's long journey from a small village in rural India to eventual success in the industrial world is marked by his compulsive need to respect the traditions of a Brahmin family even as he struggled to keep his siblings together in the face of changing social norms and eroding family values. The story chronicles little known aspects of life in post-Independence India, highlights the complex relationships in a...
Dasaratha's Son is the story of a first born son's struggle to live up to his scholarly father's high expectations and to fulfil his childhood promise...
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75,62 |
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Massacre of Faith
ISBN: 9781439230848 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Frank Podolski is a religious man. He is a wealthy entrepreneur who lives in an upscale neighborhood in a suburb of Chicago. He doesn't miss a Sunday morning mass at his Catholic Church. One Monday morning in the summer of 2001, horrible circumstances cause Frank to lose his faith and he starts to doubt the existence of God. With the help of the Bishop of Chicago and friends, Frank begins a crusade around the world looking to meet God or at least to get a sign from Him. With money being no object, Frank goes to extraordinary means to accomplish his mission. "I can buy my way to heaven " The...
Frank Podolski is a religious man. He is a wealthy entrepreneur who lives in an upscale neighborhood in a suburb of Chicago. He doesn't miss a Sunday ...
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63,64 |
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Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm
ISBN: 9780143120117 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Available for the first time since its original publication more than fifty years ago, Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm is a charming collection whose hilarious title story features Christmas dinner with the Starkadders before Flora's arrival. With Adam playing Santa while draped in Mrs. Starkadders's shawls, the family shares their traditional "Christmas pudding"-a melange containing random objects of doom foretelling the coming year: a coffin nail for death, a bad sixpence for financial ruin, and a menthol cone to indicate that the lucky recipient will go "blind wi' headache." These...
Available for the first time since its original publication more than fifty years ago, Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm is a charming collection ...
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83,39 |
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Little Gale Gumbo
ISBN: 9780451234650 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Camille and her two teenage daughters fled New Orleans for the island of Little Gale off the coast of Maine, the islanders were initially more suspicious than welcoming. Twenty-five years later, Camille's Creole restaurant, The Little Gale Gumbo Cafe, has become an island staple-as has the legacy of her romance with islander Ben Haskell. Camille and Ben, along with their children, created a new family unit with a seemingly unbreakable bond. But when Ben is found unconscious in his home, next to the body of Camille's estranged husband, old secrets and suspicions reemerge, and the family...
When Camille and her two teenage daughters fled New Orleans for the island of Little Gale off the coast of Maine, the islanders were initially more su...
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83,39 |
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So Near
ISBN: 9780451234575 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the author of Local Knowledge comes a poignant novel about a young couple's road back from tragedy.
In the aftermath of a devastating loss, Cal and Jenny Horigan's marriage is unraveling. Both are plagued by guilt, unable to seek comfort from one another. Burdened by remorse, they begin to lose sight of the love that once anchored them-together with their sense of right and wrong. As the Horigans try different ways to deal with their pain, a new acquaintance seems to offer the support they desperately need-though at times they are unsure whether his guidance is... From the author of Local Knowledge comes a poignant novel about a young couple's road back from tragedy.
In the aftermath of a devast... |
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83,39 |
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Take It Like a Mom
ISBN: 9780451232540 / Angielski / Miękka / 309 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One thing sets her apart from other modern-day superheroes: mom genes.
Annie Fingardt Forster used to be a lawyer who wore dry-clean only and shaved both legs. But things have changed. Now a stay-at-home mom, she wears cargo pants and ponytails and harbors a nearly pathological hatred towards hipster parents. With a three-year-old and a baby on the way, Annie knows what to expect...at least, she thought she did. Faced with her husband's job loss, pre-school politics, and a playground throwdown with her arch nemesis, Annie realizes that even with her husband and friends by... One thing sets her apart from other modern-day superheroes: mom genes.
Annie Fingardt Forster used to be a lawyer who wore dry-clean only... |
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83,39 |
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Willie: The Story of An Autistic Child
ISBN: 9781453670781 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An autistic child speaks phrases in languages he's never heard and predicts events yet to happen.
An autistic child speaks phrases in languages he's never heard and predicts events yet to happen.
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51,70 |
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A Devil Singing Small
ISBN: 9781456451110 / Angielski / Miękka / 474 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. (See trailer on Author's page). A World War II romance, a rocky marriage, the births of a son and daughter, and a move to rural Idaho. Betty then recounts Mitch's gradual spiral from being a man who could build or fix anything into the world of the mentally ill, obsessed with the Virgin Mary and extra-terrestrial flight. Betty relies on her love of the land for the courage to fulfill her marriage vows and protect her family. From a life of subservience to the family bread-winner, temptation, fear and love give a razor's edge to a sometime funny, but often difficult life. It is also the story...
(See trailer on Author's page). A World War II romance, a rocky marriage, the births of a son and daughter, and a move to rural Idaho. Betty then reco...
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65,67 |
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The Strange Death of Father Candy
ISBN: 9780312566333 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Vietnam veteran Dominick Candiotti has been long estranged from his family. His late parents were close to the ruling mob clan in Youngstown, his sister was a bad-tempered and dissatisfied nag, and his middle brother was a corruptible police lieutenant. But in 1985, their oldest brother Richard Candiotti---beloved by every Italian Catholic in Youngstown as "Father Candy"---dies, and Dominick returns home for the funeral. Dominick is greatly disturbed by Richard's death, which has been ruled a suicide. Dissatisfied with this answer, he sets out to find the truth, revealing secrets and... Vietnam veteran Dominick Candiotti has been long estranged from his family. His late parents were close to the ruling mob clan in Youngstown, his s... |
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140,21 |
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No Dress Rehearsal
ISBN: 9781456424572 / Angielski / Miękka / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Trying to save her thirteen-year-old son, Gregory, from adolescent pitfalls, Monica Patsy (Mopsy) sends him to Toronto, Canada to live with his biological father, Vibert Richland, whom he had met once before when he was eight years old. Surely in Canada Gregory will have a better life than what she can provide for him in Grenada, especially since he has fallen into disrepute with Napo, his abusive step-father. But Vibert's life is falling apart. He has lost his job - a secret he dare not share even with his wife Eldica, he is having an affair, and is living in his own world of misery.The...
Trying to save her thirteen-year-old son, Gregory, from adolescent pitfalls, Monica Patsy (Mopsy) sends him to Toronto, Canada to live with his biolog...
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79,60 |
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