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Library of America volume 264
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English
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"Revered by such contemporary masters as Sue Grafton, George Pelecanos, and James Ellroy, praised by Eudora Welty as "a more serious and complex writer than Chandler and Hammett ever were," Ross Macdonald (the pseudonym of Kenneth Millar) brought to the crime novel a new realism and psychological depth and a unique gift for intricately involving mystery narratives. For his centennial, The Library of America inaugurates its Macdonald edition with four...
382) Lonely heart
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Polish
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"Lonely Heart" autorstwa Mony Kasten to ekscytująca powieść, w której pasja do muzyki staje się początkiem niezwykle płomiennego uczucia. Nic nie jest jednak takie, jakie się wydaje, a nawet najbardziej charyzmatyczni i intrygujący bohaterowie skrywają tajemnice, których nikt by się po nich nie spodziewał. Rosie jest szczęściarą. Sama nie może uwierzyć w to, że będzie miała okazję przeprowadzić wywiad z grupą muzyczną Scarlett...
383) Do pierwszej randki
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Polish
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Iga nienawidzi dwóch rzeczy: swojego ojca i czwartków. Dorastając u boku porzuconej przed laty mamy, przestała wierzyć w miłość, a już na pewno w to, że ta może dać komukolwiek szczęście. Wiodąc życie spełnionej singielki, potrzebę bliskości zaspokaja za sprawą pierwszych-ostatnich randek, za wszelką cenę starając się zachować anonimowość. Wszystko szło zgodnie z planem.
Iga hates two things: her father and Thursdays....
387) The Roman fort
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For more than 350 years the Roman army maintained forts on Hadrian's Wall, as on all the other frontier zones of its huge empire. Excavations have now revealed to us what a typical fort looked like and how generations of soldiers lived, and died, to keep the Roman Peace intact.
389) Dreaming the eagle
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Boudica means Bringer of Victory. She is the last defender of the Celtic culture in Britain; the only woman openly to lead her warriors into battle and to stand successfully against the might of Imperial Rome and triumph. It is 33 AD and eleven-year-old Breaca (later named Boudica), the red-haired daughter of one of the leaders of the Eceni tribe, is on the cusp between girl and womanhood. She longs to be a Dreamer, a mystical leader who can foretell...
390) Nowheresville
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American horse tales volume 5
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English
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Nat and her mom move from all thier friends in Philadelphia to boring rural Pennsylvania, but she soon meets a cute next-door neighbor and his even cuter horse, Ghost.
392) Ognista afera
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Polish
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Zaczęło się od pożaru, a potem temperatura już tylko rosła. Ostatnio życie Rozelli sprowadza się do… drabiny – tej symbolicznej, ale także tej nieznośnie rzeczywistej. Młoda, ambitna dziennikarka szybko pięła się po kolejnych szczeblach kariery w mediach. Niestety, wygląda na to, że na skutek fatalnej pomyłki teraz grozi jej raczej bolesny upadek. A wszystkiemu winna… drabina, a dokładniej pewien strażak, którego Ella z niej...
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When frustrated seventeen-year-old out and proud gay Max wishes himself straight, his life is turned upside down, but on his journey to get the life he took for granted back, he finds the love story he thought he would never have.
Max has always been out and proud, but lately his small school is full of happy, straight, couples. It's everything he's ever wanted for himself, but there are few queer boys to choose from. Frustrated, he lashes out at...
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Kiviuq, one of the greatest and most important characters in Inuit mythology, is said to have traveled over land and sea, overcoming obstacles and successfully defeating formidable foes. In Kiviuq and the Bee Woman, Kiviuq faces one of his most frightening opponents yet: Iguttarjuaq, a bee in human form. Known as the Bee Woman, she is a fearsome figure who is said to cook and eat humans. Trapped in her tent, Kiviuq must use all his powers to get to...
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"For years, Samuel Emmer has monitored bacteria levels in drinking water for the small city of Guelph. He is content to focus on dangerous life-threatening single-celled organisms as his grasp on his own life recedes, and with it his family and friends. No one is more surprised than Samuel when he is appointed to the city's Zoo Feasibility Committee. His assignment: travel to zoos around the world and gather information on the behavior of animals...
398) Marilou cries wolf
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First novels volume 45
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English
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"Marilou plays tricks that backfire on other people, and no one is amused. Then they play a trick on Marilou, so that she will never cry wolf again" Cf. Our choice, 2003.
400) Bez podtekstów
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Polish
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"Marek to czterdziestolatek, który próbuje dojść do siebie po wyjątkowo trudnym rozwodzie i wyleczyć rany, aby znów z optymizmem spoglądać w przyszłość. W tych ciężkich tygodniach towarzyszy mu Miłka, jego przyjaciółka, z którą zna się już od czasów studenckich. Kobieta wyznacza sobie nowy cel, którym jest znalezienie idealnej partnerki dla Marka. Próbuje różnych sposobów, aż w końcu decyduje się na skorzystanie z pomocy...
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