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The Risk of a Fall
ISBN: 9781477561751 / Angielski / Miękka / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Risk of a Fall is a 2013 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist and received Global eBook Awards Honorable Mention. Lorna thought she was ready to be a caretaker for her 96-year-old grandmother, Ireene. But she wasn't prepared for the anger and paranoia levied at her after Ireene underwent hip surgery. From sharing what they thought were Ireene's last moments, to Ireene trying to have Lorna charged with a felony, the pair has a roller-coaster year. The Risk of a Fall is a family chronicle that exposes the unfortunate fact that love isn't always enough. Told with a bit of humor and...
The Risk of a Fall is a 2013 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist and received Global eBook Awards Honorable Mention. Lorna thought she was read...
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T-Rex By The Tail
ISBN: 9781475151565 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When 81 year old neo-conservative Karl Patton dies, his four sons must gather up his bones and dredge the river of their own lives lived in the shadow of their father -- the T-Rex. "The T-Rex father possessed an abnormally large mouth from which he would chew out loud, belch, curse, and devour any weaker form of life. He possessed a great sweeping tail that could strike with unusual dexterity, hitting anything, including his own children, for the slightest infraction. His arms were unusually short, which precluded him from washing dishes or changing diapers. He was the perfect machine-an...
When 81 year old neo-conservative Karl Patton dies, his four sons must gather up his bones and dredge the river of their own lives lived in the shadow...
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Ogden's Story
ISBN: 9780615623023 / Angielski / Miękka / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Daniel Tyler lived life without friends or becoming a friend to anyone before he met Ogden Royal. Ogden would soon become the older brother Daniel never had and, for reasons he would discover, a man who deserved his admiration and who would demand his loyalty. After uncovering the truth concerning Ogden, Daniel once again found himself alone. Far away from those who had tried to love him, he had to decide if his life had been useless and shameful. As he struggled with his failures and the demons that had hounded him for as long as he could remember, he was unaware of a tragic event that would...
Daniel Tyler lived life without friends or becoming a friend to anyone before he met Ogden Royal. Ogden would soon become the older brother Daniel nev...
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When David Was Surprised: the sequel to "How David Met Sarah"
ISBN: 9781475222579 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "When David Was Surprised" is the sequel to the best-selling "How David Met Sarah." Both books feature a young man with Down Syndrome who is trying to balance his own need for independence -- and love -- with his family's instinct to protect and care for him. Written in simple language, this book can be read and enjoyed by the developmentally disabled, their loved ones, and anyone who is interested in gaining insight into the lives of others.
"When David Was Surprised" is the sequel to the best-selling "How David Met Sarah." Both books feature a young man with Down Syndrome who is trying to...
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39,87 |
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Lucky Old Coot
ISBN: 9781475076981 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Retired widower George Wyse is happily minding his own business, fishing the lakes of Mountain Home, Arkansas, when his world is turned upside down. At the hands of his manipulative daughter, Lorraine, George lands in a retirement home, hours away and without transportation. Baffled, alone, and now alienated from his cherished granddaughter, Claire, George nurses his bruised ego while plotting to make his way back home. From a secluded fishing cabin in the Ozarks, George takes on the task of reconnecting with the two strong-willed females who are his family. The old man's spunky determination...
Retired widower George Wyse is happily minding his own business, fishing the lakes of Mountain Home, Arkansas, when his world is turned upside down. A...
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43,70 |
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Bucky the dollar bill
ISBN: 9781477512043 / Angielski / Miękka / 38 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the story of Bucky, a humble dollar bill, and the changes that happens when he is spent and spread around in a small town.
This is the story of Bucky, a humble dollar bill, and the changes that happens when he is spent and spread around in a small town.
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39,71 |
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Hallowed Ground: Mrs. Smetzal tells all
ISBN: 9781470151072 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When the County Historical Society gets the original writings, diary and drawings of a pioneer in the organic foods movement, and publishes the same, buried secrets come to the fore. This quiet, beloved, plain-living country woman has had an intriguing life. Excitement, humor, and pathos develop as each chapter reveals this proud country woman's (and her neighbor's) past. Who knew? Now, everybody knows.
When the County Historical Society gets the original writings, diary and drawings of a pioneer in the organic foods movement, and publishes the same, ...
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George's Creek to Georgia
ISBN: 9781478193630 / Angielski / Miękka / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This novel is the result of years of genealogy research of the author's ancestors. Covering the day-to-day lives of four generations, she narates the period from 1795 to 1880. Historically accurate, the account carries the families from George's Creek in SC to post-civil war Atlanta, GA. After the Civil War, Lurana was left with seven daughters and a son to care for. Although illiterate, the families experienced all the emotions of love, work, and sadness. Share these experiences in a well written tale of her ancestors----and possibly similiar to yours.
This novel is the result of years of genealogy research of the author's ancestors. Covering the day-to-day lives of four generations, she narates the ...
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51,68 |
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The Guest House
ISBN: 9780451418852 / Angielski / Miękka / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For generations, the natives of Harrisport have watched wealthy summer families descend on their Cape Cod town, inhabiting the massive cottages along the town's best stretches of beachfront. But when rich Southerner Tucker Moss breaks the heart of local girl Edie Wright in the summer of 1966, an enduring war starts between the two families that lasts for generations....
Edie's youngest child, Lexi, should know better than to fall in love with a Moss, but at eighteen, she falls hard for Tucker's son, Hudson--only to find herself jilted when Hudson breaks off their engagement.... For generations, the natives of Harrisport have watched wealthy summer families descend on their Cape Cod town, inhabiting the massive cottages alo...
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83,62 |
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Metamorphosis Good Girl Gone Bad
ISBN: 9780615660592 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Katrina McAllister narrowly escaped an abusive husband. Now she must fight to gain custody of her two children. Problem is her in-laws own the town and everyone in it is on their payroll including judges, attorneys, polititians and the police. Forced from her home and stripped of all her cash, Who can she turn to for help? After recieving a letter threatening her parental right's she needs a good attorney. Running out of options she does what she deems necessary to gain custody of her children. That is until chance meeting with a total stranger gives her some surprising news.
Katrina McAllister narrowly escaped an abusive husband. Now she must fight to gain custody of her two children. Problem is her in-laws own the town an...
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55,87 |
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Massacre Pass
ISBN: 9781468181722 / Angielski / Miękka / 500 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Massacre Pass is about a family living in Utah in the 1980's. The aging husband and wife are having marital problems they willfully ignore. The wife is burdened with an underlying sense of guilt because she cannot forget she murdered her mother when she was a child. As a result of her guilt she always strives to do what is right but overlooks the rest of her family's reckless behavior because she's uncertain she owns the moral high ground. Her older daughter has unknowingly married a bisexual man and is about to give birth to his baby. She becomes increasingly aware and unhappy with her...
Massacre Pass is about a family living in Utah in the 1980's. The aging husband and wife are having marital problems they willfully ignore. The wife i...
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79,78 |
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Rescuing Martin Hanley
ISBN: 9781475233452 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. RESCUING MARTIN HANLEY is a story about a retired Chicago fireman with five children who usually detest him and a resentful wife who feels her life would be better without him. She wants to kill him, ferociously spends money on home goods, and takes on a lover...and happily tells him all about it. While he was always a hero on the job, he never was a hero in the eyes of his own family. But he's a dying man now and he knows it. He finds an unbiased woman who would like to help him, which he doesn't believe is possible. But when he begins to trust her enough to have full conversations with her,...
RESCUING MARTIN HANLEY is a story about a retired Chicago fireman with five children who usually detest him and a resentful wife who feels her life wo...
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47,85 |
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Nothing Left To Want
ISBN: 9781478231950 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Some fairytale .... Carey Kelleher was born into the kind of world where you aren't even expected to think twice about acquiring anything you want, whatever the price, and then buying the same thing for a bunch of your friends too because they are, well, friends, and shouldn't be left out just because they cannot afford Chanel designer snowmobiles or Armani pet carriages. Maybe you were born into that lifestyle too, but just in case you weren't, it involves palatial homes in all sorts of places, an extended entourage for each member of the household, owning football teams and personal jets,...
Some fairytale .... Carey Kelleher was born into the kind of world where you aren't even expected to think twice about acquiring anything you want, wh...
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The Man Who Ran: The Parable of the Prodigal Son & His Provident Father
ISBN: 9781475236668 / Angielski / Miękka / 78 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A story based on a tale that many will recognize: the Parable of the Prodigal Son from the Gospel of Luke. In this version, written entirely in rhyme, the story is as much about the prodigal son's reticent, careful father as it is about the careless, profligate son. The story is also about more than just the external events as provided in the original; it attempts to delve inside the characters to flesh them out and give them another dimension. At times touching, at other times amusing, it's a tale for the entire family.
A story based on a tale that many will recognize: the Parable of the Prodigal Son from the Gospel of Luke. In this version, written entirely in rhyme,...
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Willow's Pillow
ISBN: 9781475268027 / Angielski / Miękka / 28 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is about a young boy named Willow. He cherishes all the little things in life but he finds that he can't hang on to everything. Find out what happens next.
This book is about a young boy named Willow. He cherishes all the little things in life but he finds that he can't hang on to everything. Find out wha...
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The Family by the Shore
ISBN: 9781478353683 / Angielski / Miękka / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A powerful story of family love, loyalties -- and doubts." The People's Friend. An Air Mail letter and wallet of photographs from Hong Kong bring unexpected - and shocking - news for Laura Robbins and her younger brother and sister at Spryglass, the tall old family house facing the seashore on the wild Lancashire coast. Since their mother died when Laura was fifteen, she has cared for James and little Becky and kept house at Spryglass while their father, Ken, was away at sea in the Merchant Navy. The children all miss him a great deal, but with Gran and Grandad Jessup living just a short...
"A powerful story of family love, loyalties -- and doubts." The People's Friend. An Air Mail letter and wallet of photographs from Hong Kong bring une...
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600 Hours of Edward
ISBN: 9781612184104 / Angielski / Miękka / 338 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Edward Stanton is a 39-year-old with Asperger s syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder who tracks his most common waking time (7:38 a.m.), refuses to start his therapy sessions even one minute before the appointed hour (10:00 a.m.), and watches exactly one episode of Dragnet each night (10:00 p.m.). When 9-year-old Kyle and his mother move in across the street, Edward s timetable is upended, and for an exhilarating 600 hours, he opens his door to new neighbors and new problems. The solace of friendship, however, comes with risks heartache, uncertainty, and change. Ultimately, Edward... Edward Stanton is a 39-year-old with Asperger s syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder who tracks his most common waking time (7:38 a.m.), refu... |
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45,14 |
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More Things in Heaven and Earth: A Novel of Watervalley
ISBN: 9780451419262 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. FIRST IN A NEW SERIES Tucked away in the rolling Tennessee countryside is the charming community of Watervalley, whose inhabitants are quirky and captivating and more surprising than you might expect... As an ambitious young doctor with a penchant for research, Luke Bradford never wanted to set up practice in a remote rural town. But to pay back his student loans and to fulfill a promise from his past, he heads for Watervalley, Tennessee--and immediately stumbles into one disaster after another. Will he be labeled the town idiot before he's even introduced as the new...
FIRST IN A NEW SERIES Tucked away in the rolling Tennessee countryside is the charming community of Watervalley, whose inhabitants are ...
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83,62 |
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Losing Mom: a family's journey of transition, hope & perseverance
ISBN: 9781460928097 / Angielski / Miękka / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Sometimes it takes a child" to guide a family through the crisis of losing a parent. Stella is a charming, witty, insightful, articulate youngster who has an uncanny way of describing the dynamics of her family. "From ages eight through twenty-one," Stella shares her most private thoughts, emotions, and struggles, allowing us an intimate look into the developmental challenges of growing up following the death of a parent. "Through a series of interviews," which Stella conducts with her four older siblings, the family learns to deal with their mother's illness and death from cancer.... "Sometimes it takes a child" to guide a family through the crisis of losing a parent. Stella is a charming, witty, insightful, articulate youngster... |
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63,66 |
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Pender Island Blues: A Teddy Schaefer Novel
ISBN: 9781479101962 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Growing up means learning new things and in the summer of her fourteenth year Teddy Schaefer learns a lot more about life than she ever wanted to. She has been looking forward to a sailing her little boat in the waters around her Gulf Island home but her mom has other ideas. She informs Teddy that they are spending the summer in the "middle of nowhere" also known as Lipton, Saskatchewan. As boring as that seems to Teddy, sometimes, the middle of nowhere can become the center of the universe. A elderly Chinese Tai Chi instructor, an alcoholic aunt, an uncle who is in jail for putting a farm...
Growing up means learning new things and in the summer of her fourteenth year Teddy Schaefer learns a lot more about life than she ever wanted to. She...
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