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1) Joy: a novel
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Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"When she is only six years old, Allegra Dixon's party-loving mother leaves without so much as a goodbye. Her father, an emotionally distant military officer, is also unable--or unwilling--to care for her. Sent to live like a ghost in her grandparents' joyless home, Allegra finds her only solace through an escape into books. Attending boarding school, life finally takes a turn when she meets a dashing young West Point cadet named Shep Williams. Soon...
2) Missing May
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Language
English
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After the death of the beloved aunt who has raised her, twelve-year-old Summer and her uncle Ob leave their West Virginia trailer in search of the strength to go on living. Twelve-year-old Summer, her classmate Cletus, and her grieving Uncle Ob set off across West Virginia in search of a "Small Medium at Large" in fond hopes of reaching Aunt May beyond the grave. Their journey is heartening, funny, and altogether unforgettable.
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English
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When poet and writer Joy Davidman began writing letters to C. S. Lewis -- known as Jack -- she was looking for spiritual answers, not love. Love, after all, wasn't holding together her crumbling marriage. Everything about New Yorker Joy seemed ill-matched for an Oxford don and the beloved writer of Narnia, yet their minds bonded over their letters. Embarking on the adventure of her life, Joy traveled from America to England and back again, facing...
4) A happy day
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Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Katie Woo loves her life and lists the many reasons she is so happy.
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A collection of Rosamunde Pilcher's most enduring short stories, never before published in book form. The collection contains fifteen stories, which range from The Holiday, in which a wife surprises her husband of twenty-five years with a holiday full of Mediterranean sunshine, red rocks and blue seas in an effort to rekindle the romance they had before children; The Eye of Love which takes the reader to a village by the sea where old flames meet...
6) Grek Zorba
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Language
Polish
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"Bohaterem powieści Nikosa Kazantzakisa jest tytułowy Grek Zorba. Został ON spopularyzowany w ekranizacji Michaela Cacoyannisa za sprawą Anthony'ego Quinna, który doskonale wykreował główną postać. Grek Zorba stał się ikoną, symbolem wolności oraz pierwotnego związku, więzi z naturą. Niezwykłą postać Aleksego Zorby charakteryzują cechy pełne sprzeczności, takie jak: nieokiełznany temperament, życzliwość oraz dobroć w stosunku...
8) Three things
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Sterling Elle Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Three Things brings you the story of a woman who has high reservations regarding her daughter's advice. 'Mom, I know for a fact, you can find 3 things that are wonderful. Even in the most dreary conditions. Each day, 3 things. I'm sure of it.' Doubting this could be true, especially given the circumstances of the particular day, the reluctant search begins."--Page 4 of cover.
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