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SPIRIT OF THE BLITZ
ISBN: 9781789824049 / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. |
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51,67 zł |
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It is the story of a young woman who defies tradition and society, and who draws upon the monstrous elements of her own life to create the most memorable monster of them all.Celebrating 200 years since the publication of Frankenstein, acclaimed writer Sharon Dogar brings to life the passion, tragedy and forbidden love of its teenage author.
It is the story of a young woman who defies tradition and society, and who draws upon the monstrous elements of her own life to create the most memora...
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39,23 zł |
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Marie, Dancing
ISBN: 9780152058791 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. Marie van Goethem, a fourteen-year-old ballet dancer in the famed Paris Opera, has led a life of hardship and poverty. For her, dancing is the only joy to counter the pain inflicted by hunger, her mother's drinking, and her selfish older sister. But when famed artist Edgar Degas demands Marie's presence in his studio, it appears that her life will be transformed: He will pay her to pose for a new sculpture, and he promises to make her a star.
As Marie patiently stands before Mr. Degas each week, she dreams about supporting her family without being corrupted like most young dancers. She... Marie van Goethem, a fourteen-year-old ballet dancer in the famed Paris Opera, has led a life of hardship and poverty. For her, dancing is the only jo...
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65,19 zł |
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Mary, Bloody Mary
ISBN: 9780152164560 / Angielski / Miękka / 227 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. The story of Mary Tudor's childhood is a classic fairy tale: A princess who is to
inherit the throne of England is separated from her mother; abused by an evil stepmother who has enchanted her father; stripped of her title; and forced to care for her baby stepsister, who inherits Mary's rights to the throne. Believe it or not, it's all true. Told in the voice of the young Mary, this novel explores the history and intrigue of the dramatic rule of Henry VIII, his outrageous affair with and marriage to the bewitching Anne Boleyn, and the consequences of that relationship for... The story of Mary Tudor's childhood is a classic fairy tale: A princess who is to
inherit the throne of England is separated from her mother; abuse... |
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41,22 zł |
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A Parcel of Patterns: Aerial Fiction
ISBN: 9780374457433 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. "A parcel of patterns brought the plague to Eyam. A parcel sent up from London to George Vicars, a journeyman tailor, who was lodging with Mrs. Cooper in a cottage by the west end of the churchyard. So begins Mall Percival's account of how her village of Eyam struggled against the plague. George Vicars dies on September 6, 1665, and by the end of October, twenty-five more townsfolk have been buried. As the deaths continue, the villagers, including Mall, begin to panic--helpless to fight off the disease. Uncertain as to how it is contracted and passed from one person to another, Mall... "A parcel of patterns brought the plague to Eyam. A parcel sent up from London to George Vicars, a journeyman tailor, who was lodging with Mrs. Coo... |
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45,24 zł |
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Beyond the Myth: The Story of Joan of Arc
ISBN: 9780395981382 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. The king was going mad . . . So begins Polly Schoyer Brooks's account of one of history's most compelling stories and one of the world's most popular heroines-Joan of Arc. Brooks tells us of a fifteenth-century France ravaged by war, plague, and religious conflict; of a king who suffered fits of madness and his weak son who made a disappointing successor; and of a peasant girl from the countryside who accomplished what appeared to be miracles by rallying the dispirited French nation with her desire to see the rightful king rule. Little more than a year after her astounding triumphs-uniting...
The king was going mad . . . So begins Polly Schoyer Brooks's account of one of history's most compelling stories and one of the world's most popular ...
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37,04 zł |
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The Wreckers
ISBN: 9780440415459 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. There was once a village bred by evil. On the barren coast of Cornwall, England, lived a community who prayed for shipwrecks, a community who lured storm-tossed ships to crash upon the sharp rocks of their shore. They fed and clothed themselves with the loot salvaged from the wreckage; dead sailors' tools and trinkets became decorations for their homes. Most never questioned their murderous way of life. Then, upon that pirates' shore crashed the ship The Isle of Skye. And the youngest of its crew members, 14-year-old John Spencer, survived the wreck. But would he escape the...
There was once a village bred by evil. On the barren coast of Cornwall, England, lived a community who prayed for shipwrecks, a community who lured st...
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37,20 zł |
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My Bonny Light Horseman: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, in Love and War
ISBN: 9780547327945 / Angielski / Miękka / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. The infamous pirate, riverboat seductress, master of disguise, and street-urchin-turned-sailor Jacky Faber has been captured by the French and beheaded in full view of her friends and crew. Inconceivable? Yes The truth is she's secretly forced to pose as an American dancer behind enemy lines in Paris, where she entices a French general into revealing military secrets--all to save her dear friends. Then, in intrepid Jacky Faber style, she dons male clothing and worms her way into a post as galloper with the French army, ultimately leading a team of men to fight alongside the great Napoleon....
The infamous pirate, riverboat seductress, master of disguise, and street-urchin-turned-sailor Jacky Faber has been captured by the French and beheade...
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41,22 zł |
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Wager
ISBN: 9780805087819 / Angielski / Twarda / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. Don Giovanni was once the wealthiest and handsomest young man in Messina. Then a tidal wave changed everything. When a well-dressed stranger offers him a magical purse, he knows he shouldn't take it. Only the devil would offer a deal like this, and only a fool would accept. Don Giovanni is no fool, but he is desperate. He takes the bet: he will not bathe for 3 years, 3 months, and 3 days. Beauty is a small price to pay for worldly wealth, isn't it? Unless he loses the wager--and with it his soul. Set against the stunning backdrop of ancient Sicily, Donna Jo Napoli's new novel... Don Giovanni was once the wealthiest and handsomest young man in Messina. Then a tidal wave changed everything. When a well-dressed stranger offers... |
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97,52 zł |
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The Silver Blade
ISBN: 9780142417317 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. With his beloved Sido safely in England and the Reign of Terror at its height, mysterious Yann returns to revolutionary France to smuggle out aristocratic refugees who will otherwise face the guillotine. But while the two are apart, YannOs Gypsy origins prejudice SidoOs guardian against their marriage, spoiling their reunion. When Sido is kidnapped under strange circumstances, Yann must use all his strength and courage to outwit the evil count, rescue Sido, and save all of France.
With his beloved Sido safely in England and the Reign of Terror at its height, mysterious Yann returns to revolutionary France to smuggle out aristocr...
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37,20 zł |
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My Brother's Shadow
ISBN: 9780374351229 / Angielski / Twarda / 217 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. As World War I draws to a close in 1918, German citizens are starving and suffering under a repressive regime. Sixteen-year-old Moritz is torn. His father died in the war and his older brother still risks his life in the trenches, but his mother does not support the patriotic cause and attends subversive socialist meetings. While his mother participates in the revolution to sweep away the monarchy, Moritz falls in love with a Jewish girl who also is a socialist. When Moritz's brother returns home a bitter, maimed war veteran, ready to blame Germany's defeat on everything but the old order,... As World War I draws to a close in 1918, German citizens are starving and suffering under a repressive regime. Sixteen-year-old Moritz is torn. His... |
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113,61 zł |
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The Braid
ISBN: 9780374300715 / Angielski / Miękka / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. Two sisters, Jeannie and Sarah, tell their separate yet tightly interwoven stories in alternating narrative poems. Each sister - Jeannie, who leaves Scotland during the Highland Clearances with her father, mother, and the younger children, and Sarah, who hides so she can stay behind with her grandmother - carries a length of the other's hair braided with her own. The braid binds them together when they are worlds apart and reminds them of who they used to be before they were evicted from the Western Isles, where their family had lived for many generations. The award-winning poet... Two sisters, Jeannie and Sarah, tell their separate yet tightly interwoven stories in alternating narrative poems. Each sister - Jeannie, who leave... |
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69,37 zł |
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A True and Faithful Narrative
ISBN: 9780374300722 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. In Restoration London, sixteen-year-old Meg Moore is In Restoration London, sixteen-year-old Meg Moore is |
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73,40 zł |
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Ladies in Waiting
ISBN: 9780544022201 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. Eliza dreams of being a playwright for the king's theater, where she will be admired for her witty turns of phrase rather than her father's wealth. Beth is beautiful as the day but poor as a church mouse, so she must marry well, despite her love for her childhood sweetheart. Zabby comes to England to further her scientific studies--and ends up saving the life of King Charles II. Soon her friendship with him becomes a dangerous, impossible obsession. Though she knows she should stay away from the young, handsome king, Charles has a new bride, Queen Catherine, and a queen needs ladies in... Eliza dreams of being a playwright for the king's theater, where she will be admired for her witty turns of phrase rather than her father's wealth.... |
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77,42 zł |
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Namesake
ISBN: 9781927485293 / Angielski / Miękka / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. It started with a history project. Mr. Gregor assigned a research paper on a figure from the Tudor era, and of course Jane Grey had to pick her namesake--Lady Jane Grey, the fifteen-year-old girl whose parents schemed to place her on the throne of England, then abandoned her to face the executioner. The project is engrossing from the start, but when Jane opens a mysterious prayer book and finds herself in the Tower of London in 1554, she ends up literally drawn into her namesake's story. Soon Jane is slipping into the past whenever the present becomes too unbearable, avoiding her mother's...
It started with a history project. Mr. Gregor assigned a research paper on a figure from the Tudor era, and of course Jane Grey had to pick her namesa...
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49,11 zł |
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Burn My Heart
ISBN: 9780141321240 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 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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41,30 zł |
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Naked
ISBN: 9780141326115 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. London, 1976. Teenagers Lili and Curtis are playing out their romance as members of 'Naked', Curtis's up-and-coming punk band. But when enigmatic Belfast boy, William Bonney, joins on guitar, Lili finds herself increasingly drawn to him. As Billy the Kid's dark past is revealed, Lili finds she is caught up in more than just the fame-game.
London, 1976. Teenagers Lili and Curtis are playing out their romance as members of 'Naked', Curtis's up-and-coming punk band. But when enigmatic Belf...
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41,30 zł |
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Debutantes: In Love
ISBN: 9781447205951 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. Bright lights, dark secrets, and first love all come about in the second book in this lush series It's 1924. Leaving their beloved Beech Grove Manor to go to London for the season, Poppy and Daisy Derrington know that they must shine as debutantes. Since a girl cannot inherit her father's estate, the sisters have to marry well or face being left penniless. But it's not money or marriage that interests them, it's music, cinema, literature, fashion, parties, love everything that is shiny and new. Trapped by the dusty traditions of their class, Daisy and Poppy must choose between family duty and...
Bright lights, dark secrets, and first love all come about in the second book in this lush series It's 1924. Leaving their beloved Beech Grove Manor t...
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40,17 zł |
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A School for Unusual Girls: A Stranje House Novel
ISBN: 9780765376015 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A School for Unusual Girls is the first captivating installment in the Stranje House series for young adults by award-winning author Kathleen Baldwin. #1 New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot calls this romantic Regency adventure "completely original and totally engrossing." It's 1814. Napoleon is exiled on Elba. Europe is in shambles. Britain is at war on four fronts. And Stranje House, a School for Unusual Girls, has become one of Regency England's dark little secrets. The daughters of the beau monde who don't fit high society's constrictive mold are... A School for Unusual Girls is the first captivating installment in the Stranje House series for young adults by award-winning author Kathlee... |
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49,27 zł |
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What the Raven Brings
ISBN: 9781784974381 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. London, 1942: the Blitz is over but the war rages on. With the country still fighting for its existence, a young girl takes to the skies. After her mother was killed in an air raid, Anna Cooper was sent to live with her uncle, the Ravenmaster at the Tower of London. Now, he too is dead. His dying wish was for Anna to be the next Ravenmaster, keeper of the birds who, according to legend, guard the fate of the kingdom. But the Tower authorities won't stand for a female Ravenmaster, let alone one so young. Denied her destiny, Anna is desperate to escape the Tower and she bluffs her way into the...
London, 1942: the Blitz is over but the war rages on. With the country still fighting for its existence, a young girl takes to the skies. After her mo...
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76,56 zł |
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