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Clumsy Hearts: A Slightly Misguided Romance
ISBN: 9781479346691 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Susannah Blandsley simply wanted to marry a tall, dark, handsome, strong, rich man and live in a country estate. What could go wrong? Just about everything, it turns out, especially for someone as lacking in common sense as Susannah. Clumsy Hearts tells the story of Susannah's three-week vacation at the mansion of her fiance Derek D'Avonsnerve in Cornwall. As she becomes aware of the troubled history of his family and picks up hints of more trouble to come, she decides to ferret out the truth. Fortunately, she's naturally nosy, so the snooping is not a hardship. Before her vacation is over,...
Susannah Blandsley simply wanted to marry a tall, dark, handsome, strong, rich man and live in a country estate. What could go wrong? Just about every...
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42,22 zł |
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An Indispensable Man
ISBN: 9780976652403 / Angielski / Miękka / 450 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Preston Waddington well understood that corporate survival in the auto industry meant finding a way to make himself indispensable. That objective, however, did not include becoming involved in a product defect cover up, having an affair with the CEO's wife, finding himself in the middle of a law suite, stumbling across a scam involving his father-in-law the car dealer, confronting a hostile dealer body and, finally, facing the prospect of being invited by the board of directors to "fall on his sword."
Preston Waddington well understood that corporate survival in the auto industry meant finding a way to make himself indispensable. That objective, how...
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86,72 zł |
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Trust Fund Kids
ISBN: 9781481131841 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Gracious North Fork, Connecticut - a sleepy WASP backwater - is jolted awake when a mega-rich outsider plans to build a world-class golf resort on a pristine piece of rural real estate. The local trust fund kids vow to protect their cud-chewing way of life, banding together to resist the intruder in their own genteel way. Brute force intervenes in the form of Byron Weinberg, the town's gay Jewish mayor. Because of his unconventional political agenda, Weinberg allows no development in his town. Ever.... Neither gracious nor genteel, Weinberg uses creative methods to stop the golf course - from...
Gracious North Fork, Connecticut - a sleepy WASP backwater - is jolted awake when a mega-rich outsider plans to build a world-class golf resort on a p...
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45,60 zł |
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Happy Mutant Baby Pills PB
ISBN: 9780061990502 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lloyd has a particular set of skills. He writes the small print for prescription drugs, marital aids, and incontinence products. The clients present him with a list of possible side effects. His job is "to recite and minimize"--sometimes by just saying them really fast and other times by finding the language that can render them acceptable. The results are ingenious. The methods diabolical. Lloyd has a habit, too. He cops smack during coffee breaks at his new job writing copy for Christian Swingles, an online dating service for the faithful. He finds a precarious balance between... Lloyd has a particular set of skills. He writes the small print for prescription drugs, marital aids, and incontinence products. The clients presen... |
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78,20 zł |
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Amabo: The Bright Mouse In The White House
ISBN: 9781479181780 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Amabo is appointed to the highest office in the land, the mice of Pendleton eagerly await the changes that he has planned for the village. His victories, and indeed hardships, only strengthen his desire to make certain that every mouse is taken care of, every step of the way. Amabo's Pendleton leaves no mouse behind, and strives to create a place where every mouse is equal, no matter where they come from, what they look like, or what they believe. Equality is seemingly within grasp for the first time in the village's history, until some mice start having second thoughts. With leaders...
When Amabo is appointed to the highest office in the land, the mice of Pendleton eagerly await the changes that he has planned for the village. His vi...
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45,60 zł |
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Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete
ISBN: 9783842447806 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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173,39 zł |
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The Antisocial Manifesto
ISBN: 9781482565904 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Antisocial Manifesto: A Novel, is the modern day perspective of a prophet. Much like the minions of the Old Testament-God (Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad), The Son is the author/ biographer of the anti-god, the anti-prophet, the Antitheist (the Adversary). The account herein is true and the mission of the Antitheist is very real. As documented herein, the apparent "delusions" of the Antitheist are no different than the prophets that came before him; however, they are polar opposites. His gradual, incessant, and progressive attacks upon the Monotheist's are unprecedented. "Riveting ...
The Antisocial Manifesto: A Novel, is the modern day perspective of a prophet. Much like the minions of the Old Testament-God (Abraham, Moses, Jesus, ...
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59,29 zł |
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The Spider
ISBN: 9781480021570 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A master of the Stratocaster, Clifford Williams used to rock. Girls used to scream his name. Women used to chase him, and many of them would catch him, and he had so much fun. But that was a long time ago. Nowadays, Clifford doesn't ask for much from life. All he wants is a quiet cigarette, perhaps with a mug of strong coffee, plus some privacy and peace to read his naughty magazines. But Clifford has a problem. His wife, Suzie, is a frigid schizophrenic. Caring for her can be difficult, and loving her can be deadly; especially when Freddie Mercury is involved.
A master of the Stratocaster, Clifford Williams used to rock. Girls used to scream his name. Women used to chase him, and many of them would catch him...
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45,60 zł |
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There Is No Mrs. Gezunterman: A corporate comedy
ISBN: 9781939113047 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When a movie theater projector of a large theater chain breaks down, a surly theater manager refuses to give an old woman her refund because she cannot find her ticket stub. That's when Frank Rooney, an easy-going chemistry professor, rises up to take the manager - and corporate arrogance - by the throat. Frank gets himself arrested and his trial becomes the flashpoint for massive protests organized by TULP - Treat Us Like People - a nascent group of citizens frustrated by corporate indifference and consumer abuse. Max Rodriguez, an aimless but charismatic recent college grad, stumbles into...
When a movie theater projector of a large theater chain breaks down, a surly theater manager refuses to give an old woman her refund because she canno...
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68,42 zł |
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Beyond Expectations: (Corruption a Socio-econopolitical Betrayal)
ISBN: 9781482653373 / Angielski / Miękka / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Edward Orony Omolo and Kennedy Omolo have used their bicultural advantage to write a narrative on how the cruel culture of corruption, impunity, status quo, infidelity, poverty, ethnicity and tribalism in their fictitious home in Africa, a country called Konza, a country in which the contents about tribalism, corruption, and impunity dominate national dialogue. Edward and his brother are both sojourners, but they have found different paths through the maze of American culture. They don't want to get back to their home after living in the real world, a new country, where things made sense,...
Edward Orony Omolo and Kennedy Omolo have used their bicultural advantage to write a narrative on how the cruel culture of corruption, impunity, statu...
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63,85 zł |
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The Feline Cup
ISBN: 9781483942179 / Angielski / Miękka / 54 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Four of our favourite pastimes - sport, lust, greed and crime - are included in this satirical book. Take a humorous journey and see yourself though the eyes of Cat Vale's cats. Join the cats on Feline Park as they compete for The Feline Cup. Follow the spoof of Chief Inspector Claws as he tries to solve the murder of Miss Bella, a sexy pussy with pleasing paws. And join the thieves in Robbery at Rodents-to-Go. Do you see yourself as Lusty Les, Miss Lizzie or Cat Vale's big football forward, Hercules? Will you partake of the pleasures of Madame Cat at Pussey's Pamper Parlour? Might you stroll...
Four of our favourite pastimes - sport, lust, greed and crime - are included in this satirical book. Take a humorous journey and see yourself though t...
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24,56 zł |
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Float
ISBN: 9781618220202 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When everything around you is sinking, sometimes it takes desperate measures to stay afloat When Duncan Leland looks down at the garbage-strewn beach beneath his office window, he sees the words God Help Us scrawled in the sand. While it seems a fitting message-not only is Duncan's business underwater, but his marriage is drowning as well-he goes down to the beach to erase it. Once there, he helps a seagull being strangled by a plastic six-pack holder-the only creature in worse shape than he is at the moment. Duncan rescues the seagull, not realizing that he's being... When everything around you is sinking, sometimes it takes desperate measures to stay afloat When Duncan Leland looks down a... |
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92,26 zł |
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Koontown Killing Kaper
ISBN: 9780989141109 / Angielski / Miękka / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. All the rappers in Koontown are being killed, and everybody thinks it is vampire crack babies who are doing the killing. Desperate, the police reach out to Genevieve Noire, a former supermodel and homicide detective now working as a private eye, to save the day. With this work, author Bill Campbell conducts a gleeful evisceration of the social tropes, stereotypes, and conspiracy theories running rampant in today s popular culture."
All the rappers in Koontown are being killed, and everybody thinks it is vampire crack babies who are doing the killing. Desperate, the police reach o...
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86,72 zł |
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Mamma Bambaleesa: A Story out of Africa
ISBN: 9781484043554 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "OUT OF AFRICA ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW..." Mamma Beauty Bambaleesa is a marriage broker in the village of Qua-Ka-Ka in the Ciskei... Not only this, she is an adviser to many... Her adventures in regard to her profession make for hilarious reading.... She goes to Egoli and to Sun City... She needs to find a new bride for the President of South Africa, Lacob Juma, a much married man... Along the way she encounters witch-doctors, pastors, schoolmasters, tsotsis, pole dancers, gamblers, erotic movies... Her long suffering husband Ndonwabile, is Chief of Police in Qua-Ka-Ka.... Her friend Katie...
"OUT OF AFRICA ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW..." Mamma Beauty Bambaleesa is a marriage broker in the village of Qua-Ka-Ka in the Ciskei... Not only this, she i...
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68,47 zł |
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Olsen's Nation: (A Story of Hope for Change)
ISBN: 9781484081327 / Angielski / Miękka / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. BACON IS BANNED--AND THE GOVERNMENT IS RUNNING HOG-WILD The Government's Cheap and Accessible Care Act ("CACA") has put healthcare in the toilet. But President Bodvar Olsen is forging ahead with still more Government controls, from dietary mandates to restrictions on e-mail jokes. Now, as the President jets off to golf outings and TV talk shows, seven unlikely protesters are heading for Mexico. Their goals: 1) to cross the border for quality medical services; and 2) to focus media attention on the Government's invasive policies. Marvin, a Government health official with secret doubts about...
BACON IS BANNED--AND THE GOVERNMENT IS RUNNING HOG-WILD The Government's Cheap and Accessible Care Act ("CACA") has put healthcare in the toilet. But...
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47,92 zł |
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Yellow Evangelists
ISBN: 9781481129794 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Yellow Evangelists is a fiction. It is about Mr. Obinna Nsofor's family and their society. His wife Lynda is a member of the Charismatic Renewal. She manoeuvres to make Obinna and Uju her daughter join the renewal. She ignores her husband's warnings and fellowships with the Redeemed Ministry in her desire to have a son, despite losing her womb in an abortion. She desires wealth and hopes Sister Bimbo and Pastor Tunde will assist her achieve her goal. Uju at the University worked as sex worker with her schoolmates to enable them meet their financial needs. Wealthy and corrupt Philip proposes...
Yellow Evangelists is a fiction. It is about Mr. Obinna Nsofor's family and their society. His wife Lynda is a member of the Charismatic Renewal. She ...
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40,94 zł |
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Happy Utopia Day, Joe McCarthy
ISBN: 9781937110536 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Chris Thompson thought his youthful dreams of being a secret agent had long ago been put to rest. He has a wife and child, a stable job with the US Customs Department, and--aside from a minor incident involving outsourcing American apple pie production to Bangladesh--no real worries.
This all changes when Chris receives a phone call from the president of the United States, Oscar I. Wright, regarding a secret invasion of America from Canada and Mexico--an invasion somehow tied to the "Big Mac Party," a cultish political party that worships the legacy of the notorious Communist-hunting... Chris Thompson thought his youthful dreams of being a secret agent had long ago been put to rest. He has a wife and child, a stable job with the US Cu...
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60,64 zł |
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Players, Pimps & Tricks
ISBN: 9780985212728 / Angielski / Miękka / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the Rap music business a temp job can lead to permanent insanity. Read how a young mother moves from small-town Missouri to New York City. One morning, she discovers her husband has run away to join a religious cult. Soon she realizes that her only hope is to put her soul is in the clutches of a music mogul, Bigar Kahn. In his world you are a player, a pimp or a trick. Which one will she be?
In the Rap music business a temp job can lead to permanent insanity. Read how a young mother moves from small-town Missouri to New York City. One morn...
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54,73 zł |
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An All-American Family
ISBN: 9781482092134 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Aging hippies John Brader and his wife Joanie travel from New York to Oklahoma in search of John's Native American roots and find a twisted family tale of cruelty, greed, hallucinogenic Indian medicines, and lost wealth. In Oklahoma, John discovers he is the sole heir of his grandfather's oil lands, which sends him looking for his grandfather's lost deeds. The family story begins in the early nineteenth century, when the tribe was forced-marched on the infamous Trail of Tears from its lands in Mississippi to Indian Territory, now Oklahoma, and ends sometime in the future. John Brader...
Aging hippies John Brader and his wife Joanie travel from New York to Oklahoma in search of John's Native American roots and find a twisted family tal...
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68,42 zł |
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Dear Jackie
ISBN: 9781482617900 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jackie Van Holland is an advice columnist in her local newspaper. An expert on everything from teen angst, women and religion in the workplace, and childrearing to national and international affairs, Jackie is the perfect person to hand out priceless advice to the huddled masses. Living a picture perfect agenda with her beautiful children and minister husband, Jackie's life would be pretty swell if it weren't for the liberal agenda that was bringing her beloved country to its knees. From a non-citizen president and an election that was sold to blacks and Hispanics to nearly half of the...
Jackie Van Holland is an advice columnist in her local newspaper. An expert on everything from teen angst, women and religion in the workplace, and ch...
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24,56 zł |
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