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The Power of One
ISBN: 9780440239130 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 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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37,83 zł |
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A Bone from a Dry Sea
ISBN: 9781504014823 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 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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80,45 zł |
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When Morning Comes
ISBN: 9781926890142 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 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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51,85 zł |
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Stones for My Father
ISBN: 9780735262706 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Corlie Roux's farm life in South Africa is not easy: the Transvaal is beautiful, but it is also a harsh place where the heat can be so intense that the very raindrops sizzle. When her beloved father dies, she is left with a mother who is as devoted to her sons as she is cruel to her daughter. Despite this, Corlie finds solace in her friend, Sipho, and in Africa itself and in the stories she conjures for her brothers. But Corlie's world is about to vanish: the British are invading and driving Boer families like hers from their farms. Some escape into the bush to fight the enemy. The...Corlie Roux's farm life in South Africa is not easy: the Transvaal is beautiful, but it is also a harsh place where the heat can be so intense that... |
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52,20 zł |
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The Ghosts & Jamal
ISBN: 9781908446633 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 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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61,32 zł |
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High Places
ISBN: 9780578437286 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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71,03 zł |
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Devil Darling Spy
ISBN: 9780451479259 / Angielski / Twarda / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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94,66 zł |
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The Biafran Conscriptors: Memoirs of the Nigerian-Biafra Civil War (1967-1970)
ISBN: 9781480995161 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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66,30 zł |
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The Lost Queen of Egypt
ISBN: 9781948959155 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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132,59 zł |
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Congo Crisis
ISBN: 9781953158925 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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90,11 zł |
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We Are Akan: Our People and Our Kingdom in the Rainforest - Ghana, 1807 -
ISBN: 9781643888897 / Angielski / Twarda / 358 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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165,74 zł |
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Burn My Heart
ISBN: 9780141321240 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Mau Mau - the name of a secret society that once struck terror into the hearts of British settlers in Kenya. An episode in history that ended in a State of Emergency, with violent and brutal acts dividing a nation. This is an intensely personal and vivid story of two boys: one black, one white. Once they were friends even though their circumstances are very different. But in a country riven by fear and prejudice, even the best of friends can betray one another . . . Internationally acclaimed and award-winning author Beverley Naidoo explores new territory in this beautifully realized and...
The Mau Mau - the name of a secret society that once struck terror into the hearts of British settlers in Kenya. An episode in history that ended in a...
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41,76 zł |
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AK
ISBN: 9781504014892 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 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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80,45 zł |
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Brave Music of a Distant Drum
ISBN: 9789988233068 / Angielski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 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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56,77 zł |
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Lake of Memories
ISBN: 9781928346364 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 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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107,40 zł |
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Kenda Mũiyũru: Rũgano Rwa Gĩkũyũ Na Mũmbi
ISBN: 9789966563828 / Kikuyu;gikuyu Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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137,24 zł |
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The Deep Blue Between
ISBN: 9781728442884 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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89,92 zł |
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The Last Princess of Saint-Domingue
ISBN: 9781945891038 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Last Princess of Saint-Domingue She is the King's principal wife, a Queen of the highest rank in the small African village. Hers is the admiration and respect from the villagers, especially from Mamma, the local shaman. Mamma sees trouble coming. She hears the whispers in the twilight. She notices the subtle change of the wind. The ancestors' calls. They chant to her. Beckon her. Instruct her on what to do when the trouble comes. The Queen learns of the news from Mamma, but is un-phased by Mamma's warnings. Instead, the Queen chooses to focus on... The Last Princess of Saint-Domingue She is the King's principal wife, a Queen of the highest rank in the small African vill... |
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56,73 zł |
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