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The Power of One
ISBN: 9780440239130 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12-16 dni roboczych. In 1939, hatred took root in South Africa, where the seeds of apartheid were newly sown. There a boy called Peekay was born. He spoke the wrong language-English. He was nursed by a woman of the wrong color-black. His childhood was marked by humiliation and abandonment. Yet he vowed to survive-he would become welterweight champion of the world, he would dream heroic dreams.
But his dreams were nothing compared to what awaited him. For he embarked on an epic journey, where he would learn the power of words, the power to transform lives, and the mystical power that would sustain him even... In 1939, hatred took root in South Africa, where the seeds of apartheid were newly sown. There a boy called Peekay was born. He spoke the wrong langua...
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36,79 zł |
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When Morning Comes
ISBN: 9781926890142 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12-16 dni roboczych. It's 1976 in South Africa, and four young people are living in Johannesburg and its black township, Soweto: Zanele, a black female student organizer; Meena, a South Asian girl working at her father's shop; Jack, an Oxford-bound white student; and Thabo, a teen-gang member, or tsotsi. From each of their points of view, this book explores the roots of the Soweto Uprising and the edifice of apartheid in a South Africa about to explode. Introducing readers to a remarkable young literary talent, When Morning Comes offers an impeccably researched and vivid snapshot of South African...
It's 1976 in South Africa, and four young people are living in Johannesburg and its black township, Soweto: Zanele, a black female student organizer; ...
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50,03 zł |
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Mara, Daughter of the Nile
ISBN: 9780425291733 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A story of adventure, romance, and intrigue, set in ancient Egypt, and written by a three-time Newbery Honor and Edgar Award winning author. For Philippa Gregory fans and readers of The Wrath and the Dawn, An Ember in the Ashes, and A Court of Thorns and Roses.
A story of adventure, romance, and intrigue, set in ancient Egypt, and written by a three-time Newbery Honor and Edgar Award winning author. For Phili...
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50,21 zł |
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The Ghosts & Jamal
ISBN: 9781908446633 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12-16 dni roboczych. Fresh, complex and compelling, The Ghosts & Jamal is the story of a 13 year-old orphan boy, suffering from epilepsy and his heroic journey across Nigeria during a time of violence and upheaval.
Fresh, complex and compelling, The Ghosts & Jamal is the story of a 13 year-old orphan boy, suffering from epilepsy and his heroic journey across Nige...
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58,98 zł |
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The Biafran Conscriptors: Memoirs of the Nigerian-Biafra Civil War (1967-1970)
ISBN: 9781480995161 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12-16 dni roboczych. |
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63,67 zł |
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A Bone from a Dry Sea
ISBN: 9781504014823 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12-16 dni roboczych. On a prehistoric shore, a young girl fights to help her tribe survive
She is at home in the ocean, as comfortable in the water as she is on dry land. The child's people have made their homes by the bay for as long as anyone can remember, diving for mussels and any other food the ocean will serve to them. They have no language; they have no names. Although they know love and jealousy and pride, they are not quite human--not yet. This child of the sea will show them the way. Two million years later, Vinny is visiting her father at an archaeological site in Africa... On a prehistoric shore, a young girl fights to help her tribe survive
She is at home in the ocean, as comfortable in the water as s... |
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68,10 zł |
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68,15 zł |
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When Morning Comes
ISBN: 9781896580692 / Angielski / Biblioteczna (library binding) / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12-16 dni roboczych. It's 1976 in South Africa, and four young people are living in Johannesburg and its black township, Soweto: Zanele, a black female student organizer; Meena, a South Asian girl working at her father's shop; Jack, an Oxford-bound white student; and Thabo, a teen-gang member, or tsotsi. From each of their points of view, this book explores the roots of the Soweto Uprising and the edifice of apartheid in a South Africa about to explode. Introducing readers to a remarkable young literary talent, When Morning Comes offers an impeccably researched and vivid snapshot of South African...
It's 1976 in South Africa, and four young people are living in Johannesburg and its black township, Soweto: Zanele, a black female student organizer; ...
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76,87 zł |
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The World Beneath
ISBN: 9780763678562 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12-16 dni roboczych. At the height of South Africa s anti-apartheid struggle, a boy must face life decisions that test what he believes and call for no turning back.
South Africa, 1976. Joshua lives with his mother in the maid s room, in the backyard of their wealthy white employers house in the city by the sea. He doesn t quite understand the events going on around him. But when he rescues a stranger and riots begin to sweep the country, Joshua has to face the world beneath the world deep inside him to make heartbreaking choices that will change his life forever. Genuine and quietly... At the height of South Africa s anti-apartheid struggle, a boy must face life decisions that test what he believes and call for no turning back....
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77,05 zł |
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Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree
ISBN: 9780062696724 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12-16 dni roboczych. |
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81,52 zł |
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Devil Darling Spy
ISBN: 9780451479259 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12-16 dni roboczych. |
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90,47 zł |
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The World Beneath - audiobook
ISBN: 9781520070230 / Angielski / MP3 CD Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12-16 dni roboczych. |
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135,20 zł |
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The World Beneath - audiobook
ISBN: 9781520070193 / Angielski / Compact Disc Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12-16 dni roboczych. South Africa, 1976: Joshua lives with his mother in the maid's room located in the backyard of their wealthy white employers' house in a city by the sea. While he initially doesn't quite understand the anti-apartheid struggle going on around him, his rescue of a stranger and the riots that begin to sweep the country put him face-to-face with it. As he discovers the despair weighing down the world beneath him, he must make heartbreaking decisions that will change his life forever. In this genuine, quietly unflinching, and beautifully nuanced novel, a veteran journalist captures a child's-eye...
South Africa, 1976: Joshua lives with his mother in the maid's room located in the backyard of their wealthy white employers' house in a city by the s...
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179,93 zł |
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Brave Music of a Distant Drum
ISBN: 9789988233068 / Angielski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12-16 dni roboczych. Ama is an enslaved African woman. In Brazil, old and ill, she is determined that the story of her life shall survive for future generations. Her story is one of violence and heartache, but also of courage, hope, determination, and ultimately, love. Since Ama is blind, she has to dictate to her long separated only son, Kwame Zumbi. Kwame - named Zacharias Williams by the white Christians who have raised him - considers her an ugly old pagan and has little interest in doing more than is necessary to fulfill his obligation to her. But the acts of hearing and writing down the details of his... Ama is an enslaved African woman. In Brazil, old and ill, she is determined that the story of her life shall survive for future generations. Her st... |
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54,68 zł |
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AK
ISBN: 9781504014892 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12-16 dni roboczych. A war behind him, a child soldier tries to learn the ways of peace Paul remembers nothing from before the conflict. Twelve years old, he is not a child. He is a warrior one of a handful of elite commandos who live only to fight the corrupt government of Nagala. He has no family but the boys who fight beside him, and he owns nothing but his AK-47 rifle. This is the only life he has ever known, and it is one he understands right until the day the standoff ends and his life changes forever. Paul buries his AK and heads north to join a school and attempt to live life as just another child. But at...
A war behind him, a child soldier tries to learn the ways of peace Paul remembers nothing from before the conflict. Twelve years old, he is not a chil...
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72,58 zł |
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Lake of Memories
ISBN: 9781928346364 / Angielski / Miękka / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12-16 dni roboczych. Zithembe has to find his knife to rescue his mother from the evil Army of Shadows. The only way to find it is to go to the Lake of Memories in the dreamworld, where it guarded by the evil Mama Wati water spirits. Without a knife of his own, Zithembe can't go to the dreamworld, so his friend Nom and his cousin Rosy have to take their lives in their hands to help him ... Lake of Memories is the second book in the Shadow Chasers trilogy. It's an African fantasy adventure one part family saga, one part hero's quest. "Zithembe has to find his knife to rescue his mother from the evil Army of Shadows. The only way to find it is to go to the Lake of Memories in the ... |
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107,54 zł |
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Kenda Mũiyũru: Rũgano Rwa Gĩkũyũ Na Mũmbi
ISBN: 9789966563828 / Kikuyu;gikuyu Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12-16 dni roboczych. |
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113,77 zł |
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