Blood Fugues
ISBN: 9780060742782 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Kenny's mother was Frances Boyle, an Irish girl from the Bronx; his father, Tommy Romero, was a Puerto Rican born in East Harlem. The firstborn and favorite of this Dublin--San Juan union bore his mother's easy-smiling Irish eyes and his father's air of quiet mystery. His summer begins like others before: leaving the cradle of his Williamsburg home to work on a pastoral upstate farm. But soon he makes choices that bring him into direct conflict with nature and challenge his more primitive instincts for survival, while at home his family grapples with their tangled pasts and the... Kenny's mother was Frances Boyle, an Irish girl from the Bronx; his father, Tommy Romero, was a Puerto Rican born in East Harlem. The firstborn and... |
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68,33 zł |
Dearest Dorothy, Are We There Yet?: Welcome to Partonville
ISBN: 9780142003794 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) For the legions of readers who enjoy books that celebrate life s simple pleasures, eighty-seven-year-old Dorothy Jean Wetstra and her beloved farming town of Partonville, Illinois, will become instant favorites. In this hilarious, touching series, Charlene Ann Baumbich introduces readers to Dearest Dorothy, who tools around town in a 1976 Lincoln Continental nicknamed The Tank, plays bunco regularly with her pals, and grabs a stool at Harry s counter often enough to stay on top of the latest-breaking news which she is often creating. In the series debut, Dearest Dorothy, Are We There...
For the legions of readers who enjoy books that celebrate life s simple pleasures, eighty-seven-year-old Dorothy Jean Wetstra and her beloved farming ...
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94,02 zł |
The Partnership
ISBN: 9780393321470 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Foley and Moss are partners in a successful small business, making plaster pixies for the tourist trade. Foley is the artistic member of the partnership; he thinks up the ideas and designs and has pretensions to even greater artistry in his cherub lamps and fixtures. Moss, the seemingly quiet one who supplied the capital for the venture, manufactures them. Barry Unsworth sets his scene magnificently a Cornish village, Lanruan, thriving on specious tourism, and its local characters: Graham, the primitive painter; Bailey, the loud-mouthed Northerner who comes to Lanruan to make his fortune;...
Foley and Moss are partners in a successful small business, making plaster pixies for the tourist trade. Foley is the artistic member of the partnersh...
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85,47 zł |
Shadow Play
ISBN: 9780393322743 / Angielski / Miękka / 410 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) His wife does gymnastics and magic tricks. His crazy mother invents her own vocabulary, and his aunt writes her own version of the Bible. Through all this, Wyatt Palmer tries to live a normal life. But when he lures a toxic waste producing chemical plant to his economically depressed town, Wyat discovers he has truly made a deal with the Devil.
His wife does gymnastics and magic tricks. His crazy mother invents her own vocabulary, and his aunt writes her own version of the Bible. Through all ...
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115,17 zł |
A Journey to Boston
ISBN: 9780393332568 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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76,71 zł |
Shoot the Moon
ISBN: 9780446695060 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) From one of America's best-loved storytellers - the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller WHERE THE HEART IS - comes a tale of a small Oklahoma town and the mystery that has haunted its residents for years. In 1972, windswept DeClare, Oklahoma, was consumed by the murder of a young mother, Gaylene Harjo, and the disappearance of her baby, Nicky Jack. When the child's pajama bottoms were discovered on the banks of Willow Creek, everyone feared that he, too, had been killed, although his body was never found. Nearly thirty years later, Nicky Jack mysteriously returns to...
From one of America's best-loved storytellers - the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller WHERE THE HEART IS - comes a tale of a small O...
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81,15 zł |
Coal Run
ISBN: 9780451215123 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) With her eagerly awaited second novel, Tawni O'Dell takes readers back to the coal-mining country of western Pennsylvania. Set in a town ravaged and haunted by a mine explosion that took the lives of 96 men, Coal Run explores the life of local deputy and erstwhile football legend, -The Great Ivan Z.,- as he prepares for a former teammate's imminent release from prison. As the week unfolds and Ivan struggles to confront his demons, he reveals himself to be a man whose conscience is burdened by a long-held and shocking secret.
With her eagerly awaited second novel, Tawni O'Dell takes readers back to the coal-mining country of western Pennsylvania. Set in a town ravaged and h...
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94,02 zł |
Village School
ISBN: 9780618127023 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Village School introduces cheerful schoolmistress Miss Read and her lovable group of children, who are just as likely to lose themselves as their mittens. 18 line drawings.
Village School introduces cheerful schoolmistress Miss Read and her lovable group of children, who are just as likely to lose themselves as their mitt...
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76,88 zł |
Thrush Green
ISBN: 9780618227594 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Miss Read introduces the inhabitants of the lovely village of Thrush Green during the course of one pivotal day--May Day.
Miss Read introduces the inhabitants of the lovely village of Thrush Green during the course of one pivotal day--May Day.
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72,61 zł |
At Home in Thrush Green
ISBN: 9780618238583 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) It is spring in the village of Thrush Green. In neighboring Lulling, Charles Henstock admires the blooming garden of his new vicarage, glad that the squabbles with his parishoners in Affairs at Thrush Green are settled. And yet the good vicar wistfully recalls his former home - the ugly, old rectory of Thrush Green, which burned to the ground. Now, from the rectory's ruins, the villagers are building eight retirement homes for the older folks most in need. But how to choose who will live there? How will they get on together? And how will they accommodate the dogs, cats, and birds that must...
It is spring in the village of Thrush Green. In neighboring Lulling, Charles Henstock admires the blooming garden of his new vicarage, glad that the s...
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72,61 zł |
Slow Dancing on Dinosaur Bones: A Novel
ISBN: 9780671891220 / Angielski / Miękka / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) When wayward Californian Tom Jetts rolls his broken-down car into remote Pick, Kentucky, he finds himself in a town among friends, enemies, and lovers who are playing out tales as old as the prehistoric soil beneath their feet. And if Tom can elude the whispered suspicion and murderous secrets that blanket Pick like an ancient swamp forest, he may have found a place he can call home. Bringing to life a cast of eccentric, unforgettable characters, Lana Witt weaves a tale of epic dimension in a small rural town definitely worth a visit.
When wayward Californian Tom Jetts rolls his broken-down car into remote Pick, Kentucky, he finds himself in a town among friends, enemies, and lovers...
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115,17 zł |
Nobody's Fool
ISBN: 9780679753339 / Angielski / Miękka / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This slyly funny, moving novel about a blue-collar town in upstate New York--and in the life of Sully, of one of its unluckiest citizens, who has been doing the wrong thing triumphantly for fifty years--is a classic American story. Divorced from his own wife and carrying on halfheartedly with another man's, saddled with a bum knee and friends who make enemies redundant, Sully now has one new problem to cope with: a long-estranged son who is in imminent danger of following in his father's footsteps. With its uproarious humor and a heart that embraces humanity's follies as well as its...
This slyly funny, moving novel about a blue-collar town in upstate New York--and in the life of Sully, of one of its unluckiest citizens, who has been...
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76,92 zł |
Something Unpredictable: A Novel
ISBN: 9780743437530 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) How do we become the people we dream -- and dare -- to be?
Delilah is thirty-one years old and needs a plan. Still living with her parents in Key West with no career to speak of, and in a dull relationship with a self-involved artist, Delilah fears that the good life is passing her by. Her sister lives behind a perfect picket fence, her father makes mountains of money off the market, and her mother spends it on the latest social cause. Delilah would love to save the world as well...if only she knew how. She longs for inspiration. Little does she know that it will soon come in the... How do we become the people we dream -- and dare -- to be?
Delilah is thirty-one years old and needs a plan. Still living with her parents... |
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85,43 zł |
Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio: With Variant Readings and Annotations
ISBN: 9780821411803 / Angielski / Twarda / 285 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) In 1919 a middle-aged Chicago advertising writer from Ohio, a failure as a businessman, husband, and father, published a small yellow book of short stories intended to reform American literature. Against all expectations, "Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life" achieved what its author intended: after 1919 and after "Winesburg, Ohio," American literature would be written and read freshly and differently.
"Winesburg, Ohio" has never been out of print, but never has Anderson's book been published in the form and with the editorial care that the work has needed and... In 1919 a middle-aged Chicago advertising writer from Ohio, a failure as a businessman, husband, and father, published a small yellow book of short st...
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155,56 zł |
The Memory of Old Jack
ISBN: 9781582430430 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) In a rural Kentucky river town, "Old Jack" Beechum, a retired farmer, sees his life again through the sades of one burnished day in September 1952. Bringing the earthiness of America's past to mind, The Memory of Old Jack conveys the truth and integrity of the land and the people who live from it. Through the eyes of one man can be seen the values Americans strive to recapture as we arrive at the next century. "Few novelists treat both their characters and their readers with the kind of respect that Wendell Berry displays in this deeply moving account . . . The Memory of Old...
In a rural Kentucky river town, "Old Jack" Beechum, a retired farmer, sees his life again through the sades of one burnished day in September 1952. Br...
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68,17 zł |
When Crickets Cry
ISBN: 9781595540546 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) A man with a painful past. A child with a doubtful future. And a shared journey toward healing for both their hearts. It begins on the shaded town square in a sleepy Southern town. A spirited seven-year-old has a brisk business at her lemonade stand. But the little girl's pretty yellow dress can't quite hide the ugly scar on her chest. Her latest customer, a bearded stranger, drains his cup and heads to his car, his mind on a boat he's restoring at a nearby lake. The stranger understands more about the scar than he wants to admit. And the beat-up bread... A man with a painful past. A child with a doubtful future. And a shared journey toward healing for both their hearts. ... |
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81,15 zł |
Suburban Guerillas
ISBN: 9780393332629 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) In this funny, graceful, and keenly observed first novel, hailed as "immensely winning" by The New York Times Book Review, Joseph Freda takes readers into the town of Hurley, New Hampshire, to conjure suburban domestic life in both its pleasures and its darker side. "A masterful metaphor for the dichotomy of modern suburban living".--Newsday.
In this funny, graceful, and keenly observed first novel, hailed as "immensely winning" by The New York Times Book Review, Joseph Freda takes readers ...
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93,81 zł |
Apart from the Crowd
ISBN: 9781416569725 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) In a little Irish town like Kenmare, there's no need to worry whether people will discover your secrets. They already have. For Mary, that means being remembered for her tragic losses, even if she'd rather get on with her life. For her cousin Ivan, as close as a brother, the gossip is all about how his wife took the kids and ran off with her new lover. For Mary's friend Penny, it's an old romance that didn't work out quite right, and a current affair with a bottle of vodka. Then Sam Sullivan rents the cottage next door to Mary, and within hours the whole town is talking about the...
In a little Irish town like Kenmare, there's no need to worry whether people will discover your secrets. They already have. For Mary, that means ...
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115,34 zł |
Spirits in the Grass
ISBN: 9780268035136 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Meissner has the storyteller s gift for creative living characters, living speech, living emotions, living drama. He knows his small town baseball, but beyond that, he knows the human spirit. Tim O Brien, author of "The Things They Carried" In "Spirits in the Grass"," "Meissner explores the hidden heart of America s Midwest scratching hard at his character s dreams to release their nightmares, their truths. His words are supple as grass, his language a graceful dance that is a pure joy to read. Susan Power, author of "The Grass Dancer" This novel is a rare achievement, an extraordinary story...
Meissner has the storyteller s gift for creative living characters, living speech, living emotions, living drama. He knows his small town baseball, bu...
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430,52 zł |
Only Forward
ISBN: 9780006512660 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Michael Marshall Smith's surreal, groundbreaking, and award-winning debut which resonates with wild humour interlaced with dark recollections of an emotional minefield. Stark lives in Colour, a neighbourhood whose inhabitants like to be co-ordinated with their surroundings - a neighbourhood where spangly purple trousers are admired by the walls of buildings as you pass them. Close by is Sound, where you mustn't make any, apart from one designated hour a day when you can scream your lungs raw. Then there's Red - get off at Fuck Station Zero if you want to see a tactical nuclear battle... Michael Marshall Smith's surreal, groundbreaking, and award-winning debut which resonates with wild humour interlaced with dark recollections of an... |
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51,24 zł |