Jodi Picoult
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Language
Polish
Description
"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things and The Book of Two Ways comes a deeply moving novel about the resilience of the human spirit in a moment of crisis. Diana O'Toole is perfectly on track. She will be married by thirty, done having kids by thirty-five, and move out to the New York City suburbs, all while climbing the professional ladder in the cutthroat art auction world. She's an associate specialist at Sotheby's...
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English
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"'Leaving home' brings together three previously published short pieces, each dealing with a variation on the theme of leaving home. The first, "Weights and measures," deals with the tragic loss of a child; the second is a non-fiction letter Picoult wrote to her eldest son as he left for college; and "Ritz" tells the story of a mother who takes the vacation all mothers need sometime" -- from container.
63) Przemiana
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Polish
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June Nealon była szczęśliwą żoną i matką, przed którą rozciągała się perspektywa wielu lat radosnego rodzinnego życia. W jednej chwili jej świat się zawalił, zamieniając życie w nieustanne oczekiwanie - na zabliźnienie ran, na dopełnienie sprawiedliwości, na cud. Shay Bourne ma wkrótce umrzeć. Nie znalazł nigdy swojego miejsca na ziemi, nie ma już nic do zaoferowania światu. W pewnym momencie staje przed szansą odkupienia...
64) Tam gdzie ty
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Language
Polish
Description
A stillborn baby ends Max and Zoe's marriage. Max leaves Zoe and turns to drinking. Zoe falls in love with a female school counselor, Vanessa. Max finds help for his drinking problem through his brother's church. Vanessa and Zoe get married. Vanessa offers to carry one of Zoe and Max's fertilized embryos. Zoe goes to Max to get permission to release the embryos to her but Max's new found religious fervor leads him to sue Zoe for custody.
65) Krucha jak lód
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Polish
Description
Explores the moral dilemmas faced by the parents of a severely disabled child. When faced with the reality of a child who will be disabled, at which point should an obstetrician counsel termination? Should a parent have the right to make that choice? And as a parent, how far would you go to take care of someone you love?
66) Mermaid
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English
Description
Once, Hope Payne was a mermaid, performing at the local theme park and captivating audiences young and old. Today, she's married to a pragmatic marine biologist who has filled the pool in their backyard with flounder for a special study. Before he begins, the fish vanish--echoing a loss Hope alone can understand. She senses there's something underwater, something alive and hungry for more, but is she in too deep to ever resurface?
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Language
Polish
Description
A developer has targeted an ancient Indian burial ground for a mall, and now strange happenings have the inhabitants of Comtosook, Vermont, talking of supernatural forces at work. Ross Wakeman is a ghost hunter who's never seen a ghost - all he's searching for is something to end the pain of losing his fiancee in a car accident eight years ago. Now Ross lives only for a way to connect with Aimee from beyond. Searching the site for signs of the paranormal,...
69) Głos serca
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Language
Polish
Description
This moving story of love and family is told through the eyes of five people: Jane Jones, her daughter Rebecca, and three very different men in their lives. After a watershed moment in their marriage, Jane leaves Oliver, her renowned marine biologist husband, and begins a journey across the country with Rebecca in search of understanding about her troubled past.
71) Karuzela uczuć
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Language
Polish
Description
A teenage suicide pact between a pregnant girl and her boyfriend, both children of wealthy New England families. He shoots her, but fails to shoot himself and is charged with murder. At the trial he explains what made them do it.
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Language
Polish
Description
Eighteen-year-old, unwed Katie Fisher is accused of birthing then smothering her baby at the family dairy farm. But not only does Katie claim her innocence, she also says she didn't even bear the child. Enter high-profile Philadelphia lawyer Ellie Hathaway, who may be Katie's only hope.
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Language
Polish
Description
Zna tematykę śmierci na wskroś. Dawn Edelstein pracuje jako doula od umierania. Wspiera ludzi, którzy jedną drogą są już w zaświatach. Pomaga im oswoić się z tą myślą i poukładać nieuporządkowane dotąd sprawy. W przeszłości zaczęła wszystko od nowa, by znów mieć czystą kartę. Tymczasem los ponownie wystawia ją na próbę. Stoi przed nią konieczność podjęcia ważnej decyzji - sama musi stawić czoła własnej śmiertelności,...
75) W Imie̜ Miłości
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Polish
Description
District Attorney Nina Frost and her husband, Caleb, face a nightmare when they discover that their young son Nathaniel has been molested, a trauma that has left him mute, terrified, and unable to reveal the identity of his attacker.
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Series
Language
Español
Description
All her life, 13-year old Anna has helped her sister fight leukemia. Anna has provided platelets, bone marrow, and even stem cells to ensure Kate's survival. But when their parents ask her to donate a kidney, Anna has had enough. She enlists the aid of a lawyer and announces her intention to sue for control of her own body.
"Anna ha nacido con un propósito muy específico. Nació porque un científico manipuló la conexión entre el óvulo de su...
78) Over the moon
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Language
English
Description
When Luna, the moon, descends to a small town on earth disguised as a boy named Leo, she falls in love with Prince Jack, who is in love with Felicity, a young lady of noble birth who is a bit of a tomboy, smitten with Leo, and offers sheet music for twenty songs.
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Language
Polish
Description
"Kiedy po rutynowym zabiegu umiera noworodek, ojciec dziecka oskarża o morderstwo afroamerykańską pielęgniarkę. Ani ona, ani jej prawniczka, ani ojciec zmarłego chłopczyka nie mają pojęcia, że ta śmierć odmieni ich życie w sposób, którego żadne z nich nie było w stanie przewidzieć. "--Page 4 of cover.