Jodi Picoult
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Español
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Con trece años Anna ha pasado por incontables operaciones, pruebas y transfusiones para que su hermana mayor sobreviva a la leucemia. Ha sido la perfecta donante. Ahora ha tomado una decisión que desgarrará a su familia y que puede tener consecuencias fatales para su hermana.
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...
23) Bez mojej zgody
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Polish
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Conceived to provide a bone marrow match for her leukemia-stricken sister, teenage Kate begins to question her moral obligations in light of countless medical procedures and decides to fight for the right to make decisions about her own body.
24) Linia życia
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Polish
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"Garść wspomnień--tylko to pozostało Paige po matce, która opuściła ją w wieku pięciu lat. Dorósłszy, Paige wyprowadza się z rodzinnego Chicago, pozostawiając tam samotnego ojca. Marzy o szkole plastycznej, wychodzi za ambitnego lekarza--i wkrótce sama zostaje matką. Przytłoczona domowymi obowiązkami Paige nie może zapomnieć o tym, że wychowała się w niepełnej rodzinie; ten żal, w połączeniu z prześladującymi ją dawnymi...
26) Iskra światła
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Polish
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The warm fall day starts like any other at the Center, a women's reproductive health services clinic, its staff offering care to anyone who passes through its doors. Then, in late morning, a desperate and distraught gunman bursts in and opens fire, taking all inside hostage. After rushing to the scene, Hugh McElroy, a police hostage negotiator, sets up a perimeter and begins making a plan to communicate with the gunman. As his phone vibrates with...
27) Już czas
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Polish
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Alice Metcalf was a devoted mother, loving wife, and accomplished scientist who studied grief among elephants. Yet it's been a decade since she disappeared under mysterious circumstances, leaving behind her small daughter, husband, and the animals to which she devoted her life. All signs point to abandonment... or worse. Still Jenna -- now thirteen years old and truly orphaned by a father maddened by grief -- steadfastly refuses to believe in her...
28) To, co zostało
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Polish
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Sage Singer, zrozpaczona po śmierci matki, zaprzyjaźnia się ze starszym panem, ulubieńcem lokalnej społeczności, emerytowanym nauczycielem. Pewnego dnia Josef prosi ją o nietypową przysługę: chciałby, aby pomogła mu umrzeć. Wyznaje, że nie jest tym, za kogo przez wiele lat się podawał. Mężczyzna skrywa straszną tajemnicę z przeszłości, sięgającą czasów II wojny światowej i masowych mordów na ludności żydowskiej. Czy Sage...
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Polish
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Byc soba i narazic sie na wykluczenie ze spolecznosci? Czy udawac, ze jest sie kims innym? Poruszajaca opowiesc o tym, jak trudno poznac kogos do konca i jak bolesna bywa utrata niewinnosci. Siedemnastoletni Peter Houghton, od lat ponizany psychicznie i fizycznie przez szkolnych kolegów, zostaje doprowadzony do ostatecznosci. Feralnego ranka wyrusza do szkoly z plecakiem wypchanym bronia. Dziewietnascie minut - tyle wystarczy, zeby dopelnic zemsty...
31) Jesień cudów
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Polish
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A New Hampshire girl effects miraculous cures, becoming the center of a controversy involving doctors, priests and the media. The divorced father who blames the mother sues for custody and the result is a trial, pitting believers against skeptics.
32) Jak z obrazka
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Polish
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Cassie Barrett and Alex Rivers had a fairy-tale wedding, but once they returned to Hollywood, a troubling pattern began to emerge. Should Cassie stay or leave?
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Polish
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"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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Sara and Brian live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter. Suddenly, their baby girl falls ill, and her only hope for survival rests in her parents' ability to find a compatible bone marrow donator. Their desperate decision to conceive another child raises both ethical and moral questions and begins to erode their relationship. Their actions ultimately set off a court case that threatens to tear the family apart.
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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.
36) 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...
37) Tam gdzie ty
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Polish
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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.
38) Krucha jak lód
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Polish
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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?
39) Mermaid
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English
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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?