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Knuckle Down
ISBN: 9781439249895 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After ten-year-old Hannah loses her father's lucky boyhood marbles, bad things start to happen. Hannah's not-quite-right little sister almost chokes to death on one of the marbles left behind, Daddy's Liberty ship sails off to points unknown, and her mother has little time or energy to deal with the strife on the homefront. Unable to stay out of trouble for long, Hannah learns about love, death, and sacrifice as she struggles to find her place in a world at war. Resorting to petty crime, she boards the Red Car to the Long Beach Pike and an exciting new life away from the battles at home. She...
After ten-year-old Hannah loses her father's lucky boyhood marbles, bad things start to happen. Hannah's not-quite-right little sister almost chokes t...
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67,92 zł |
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Dream Big: Michael Jordan and the Pursuit of Olympic Gold
ISBN: 9781442412699 / Angielski / Twarda / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Olympic dreams come true in this inspiring picture book from Michael Jordan's mother, author of the New York Times bestselling Salt in His Shoes. Long before he became a professional All-Star basketball player, Michael Jordan had dreams of winning an Olympic gold medal--and with dedication and perseverance, that's exactly what he did. This heartwarming picture book, written by Michael's mother and illustrated by Barry Root, gives a rare glimpse into a sports hero's childhood and emphasizes the role that good values play in success. An ideal companion to the New York...
Olympic dreams come true in this inspiring picture book from Michael Jordan's mother, author of the New York Times bestselling Salt in His S...
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86,27 zł |
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The South Won, What If?
ISBN: 9781613649213 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Whitt reimagines the outcome of the Civil War based on three opportunities the South missed.
Whitt reimagines the outcome of the Civil War based on three opportunities the South missed.
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57,39 zł |
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Little Blue, Little Gray
ISBN: 9780984624492 / Angielski / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "It wasnt the thoughts of tomorrow that kept Charlie from his sleep. It was the sounds of todays fight that horrified him now. The cries of the wounded men left on the field burned in his ears. Men from both sides were suffering as they lay on the cold ground with no cover and no water. The sight of all the dead, who were no longer suffering but whose families would when they received the news, still played in his mind."
War is no place for a child, and yet many boys found themselves, for various reasons, in the middle of the fight during the War Between the States. For Johnny and Charlie,... "It wasnt the thoughts of tomorrow that kept Charlie from his sleep. It was the sounds of todays fight that horrified him now. The cries of the wounde...
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45,63 zł |
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The Boy Who Saved Cleveland
ISBN: 9781627790697 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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77,64 zł |
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Dream Big: Michael Jordan and the Pursuit of Excellence
ISBN: 9781442412705 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It's never too soon to dream big--or to take action Pursue excellence with this inspiring picture book from the mother of star basketball player Michael Jordan. Before Michael Jordan was a record-breaking athlete, he was a young boy who dreamed of playing basketball for the United States Olympic team. His mother tells him, "Dreaming is for dreams. If you want to play, you better get busy." So what did Michael do? He got busy Discover how Michael made his wish into a reality--Olympic gold medal included--in this motivational picture book for sports fans, go-getters, and anyone with big...
It's never too soon to dream big--or to take action Pursue excellence with this inspiring picture book from the mother of star basketball player Mich...
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38,80 zł |
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The Kid Who Changed the World
ISBN: 9781400324330 / Angielski / Twarda / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The bestselling book now featuring revised content and new illustrations The Kid Who Changed the World tells the story of Norman Borlaug, who would one day grow up and use his knowledge of agriculture to save the lives of two billion people. Two billion Norman changed the world Or was it Vice President Henry Wallace who changed the world? Or maybe it was George Washington Carver? But what about Susan Carver? This engaging story reveals the incredible truth that everything we do matters Based on his book The Butterfly Effect, Andy's... The bestselling book now featuring revised content and new illustrations The Kid Who Changed the World tells the s... |
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73,32 zł |
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Peace Pilgrim: walking her talk against hate
ISBN: 9780988847811 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Imagine giving up everything you own and walking across the country... for 28 years? Meet Peace Pilgrim (1908-1981), who crossed the U.S. on foot seven times with only the clothes on her back to spread her message of peace. She lived off the land and the kindness of those she met, sleeping outdoors, on cement floors, in parked cars and, once, on the front seat of a fire engine in Tombstone, Arizona. Whenever she ran into trouble - from blizzards to black eyes - her sole response was love. This joyful New Jersey native touched tens of thousands of lives, one step at a time. Never heard of her?...
Imagine giving up everything you own and walking across the country... for 28 years? Meet Peace Pilgrim (1908-1981), who crossed the U.S. on foot seve...
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41,87 zł |
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Hazel of Benham
ISBN: 9780615795898 / Angielski / Miękka / 46 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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31,68 zł |
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Cynthia Ann Parker: Indian Captive
ISBN: 9781940130378 / Angielski / Miękka / 78 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cynthia Ann Parker may be the most famous of all of the people taken captive by Indians. Her story was loosely told in the John Wayne movie, "The Searchers," and has been retold in numerous books. She was raised and lived among the Comanche, was married to a chief of the tribe and her son, Quanah Parker, was the most famous of all of the Comanche leaders. Her story is one of the saddest from the Texas frontier. She was taken captive as a young girl and torn from her family. Then after she became acclimated to the Indian way of life and has her own family, she is once again torn from her...
Cynthia Ann Parker may be the most famous of all of the people taken captive by Indians. Her story was loosely told in the John Wayne movie, "The Sear...
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45,09 zł |
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Ying-Ying: Pieces of a Childhood
ISBN: 9781497319370 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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36,20 zł |
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Hymnbooks and Hanky Cradles, Nora and Pheobe, Plain Fun Girls
ISBN: 9781941173022 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The girls lived long before video games, cartoons, i-pads, or the internet. There were no cars, dishwashers, or bathrooms, very few books, and hardly any toys, and they had a lot of hard work to do every day. At home, Nora finds it almost intolerable. But with Phoebe, she learns how to turn work into fun, even if it is nasty chores. They are plain-clothes girls, always trying to be good, but sometimes can t help getting into trouble, especially since Nora has two mischievous little brothers and a stern Papa, and Phoebe has two older brothers who like to tease and a bossy, older sister. Jump...
The girls lived long before video games, cartoons, i-pads, or the internet. There were no cars, dishwashers, or bathrooms, very few books, and hardly ...
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76,81 zł |
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Christmas Doll
ISBN: 9781497445086 / Angielski / Miękka / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Christmas is coming, and six-year-old Esther knows how much her little sister, Betty Rae, would love to have a doll. It is 1932, at the depth of the great depression, and Daddy has lost his job. Buying a doll is out of the question. Mother offers to help Esther make a rag doll. Esther doesn't want help. She has to make it all by herself, so the present will be just from her. With Mother's guidance, and a great deal of excitement, Esther works every day on the doll, while Betty Rae is napping. It takes a lot of hard work. Can she finish in time - completely finish? Esther and Betty Rae are...
Christmas is coming, and six-year-old Esther knows how much her little sister, Betty Rae, would love to have a doll. It is 1932, at the depth of the g...
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31,63 zł |
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Grant and Tillie Go Walking
ISBN: 9781554984466 / Angielski / Twarda / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Grant Wood believed that to be a real artist, he had to live in Paris. But once he got there, he realized that to be a great painter he needed to return to the people and places and even animals that he knew and loved the best.
Inspired by the life of artist Grant Wood, this is the sensitively imagined story of the great American painter and a cow named Tillie. Skillfully mixing fact with fiction, Monica Kulling s text explores the making of an artist, while Sydney Smith s illustrations echo Grant Wood s own techniques. The result is a gently wise picture book that will encourage young... Grant Wood believed that to be a real artist, he had to live in Paris. But once he got there, he realized that to be a great painter he needed to retu...
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81,77 zł |
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A True Rest from the Wild
ISBN: 9781501080296 / Angielski / Miękka / 44 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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45,32 zł |
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Marvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Katrina and the Spirit of New Orleans
ISBN: 9781452125787 / Angielski / Twarda / 44 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In New Orleans, there lived a man who saw the streets as his calling, and he swept them clean. He danced up one avenue and down another and everyone danced along. The old ladies whistled and whirled. The old men hooted and hollered. The barbers, bead twirlers, and beignet bakers bounded behind that one-man parade. But then came the rising Mississippi and a storm greater than anyone had seen before. In this heartwarming book about a real garbage man, Phil Bildner and John Parra tell the inspiring story of a humble man and the heroic difference he made in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina."
In New Orleans, there lived a man who saw the streets as his calling, and he swept them clean. He danced up one avenue and down another and everyone d...
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73,32 zł |
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A Paradise Called Texas
ISBN: 9781940130651 / Angielski / Twarda / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bluebonnet Award Nominee. - Searching for a better life, Mina, Papa, and Mama left their German fatherland aboard the brig Margaretha, bound for Texas. They had been told it was the paradise of North America, but when Mina steps onto the desolate beach at Indian Point on a cold December day in 1845, she wants to go back to Germany and Opa's cozy house in the village of Wehrestedt. But go on they must. In spite of mama's tragic death, Mina and Papa push inland with the Kaufmann family to the Texas hill country. There Mina encounters an Indian chief and his young daughter, Amaya, whose help she...
Bluebonnet Award Nominee. - Searching for a better life, Mina, Papa, and Mama left their German fatherland aboard the brig Margaretha, bound for Texas...
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111,12 zł |
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Hiawatha and the Peacemaker
ISBN: 9781419712203 / Angielski / Twarda / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Born of Mohawk and Cayuga descent, musical icon Robbie Robertson learned the story of Hiawatha and his spiritual guide, the Peacemaker, as part of the Iroquois oral tradition. Now he shares the same gift of storytelling with a new generation. Hiawatha was a strong and articulate Mohawk who was chosen to translate the Peacemaker's message of unity for the five warring Iroquois nations during the 14th century. This message not only succeeded in uniting the tribes but also forever changed how the Iroquois governed themselves--a blueprint for democracy that would later inspire the authors of...
Born of Mohawk and Cayuga descent, musical icon Robbie Robertson learned the story of Hiawatha and his spiritual guide, the Peacemaker, as part of the...
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90,58 zł |
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Missing Millie Benson: The Secret Case of the Nancy Drew Ghostwriter and Journalist
ISBN: 9780821421833 / Angielski / Twarda / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Growing up in Ladora, Iowa, Mildred "Millie" Benson had ample time to develop her imagination, sense of adventure, and independence. Millie left her small hometown to attend the University of Iowa, where she became the first person to earn a master's degree from the school of journalism. While still a graduate student, Millie began writing for the Stratemeyer Syndicate, which published the phenomenally popular Hardy Boys series, among many others. Soon, Edward Stratemeyer tapped Millie for a new series starring amateur sleuth Nancy Drew, a young, independent woman not unlike Millie herself....
Growing up in Ladora, Iowa, Mildred "Millie" Benson had ample time to develop her imagination, sense of adventure, and independence. Millie left her s...
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145,74 zł |
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Missing Millie Benson: The Secret Case of the Nancy Drew Ghostwriter and Journalist
ISBN: 9780821421840 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Growing up in Ladora, Iowa, Mildred "Millie" Benson had ample time to develop her imagination, sense of adventure, and independence. Millie left her small hometown to attend the University of Iowa, where she became the first person to earn a master's degree from the school of journalism. While still a graduate student, Millie began writing for the Stratemeyer Syndicate, which published the phenomenally popular Hardy Boys series, among many others. Soon, Edward Stratemeyer tapped Millie for a new series starring amateur sleuth Nancy Drew, a young, independent woman not unlike Millie herself....
Growing up in Ladora, Iowa, Mildred "Millie" Benson had ample time to develop her imagination, sense of adventure, and independence. Millie left her s...
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72,85 zł |
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