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201) Paper cup
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"Rocked by a terrible accident, homeless Kelly needs to escape the city streets of Glasgow. Maybe she doesn't believe in serendipity, but a rare moment of kindness and a lost ring conspire to call her home. As Kelly vows to reunite the lost ring with its owner, she must return to the small town she fled so many years ago. On her journey from Glasgow to the south-west tip of Scotland, Kelly encounters ancient pilgrim routes, hostile humans, hippies,...
202) Amendment: a novel
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"When Lavinia Starkhurst's husband is killed in a freak accident, she takes to the open road and meets a number of strangers, all with struggles of their own. Through these unexpected and occasionally hilarious encounters, Lavinia reflects on her past deeds, both good and bad, explores her two marriages, her roles as caregiver and wife, hoping all the while for self-acceptance and something to give her new life meaning." -- Amazon.com.
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Polish
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Debiut literacki autora bestsellerowych powiesci: Radio Armageddon, Instytut, Slepnac od swiatel i Wzgrze Psw oraz wspltwrcy popularnego serialu Belfer. Powiesc ukazala sie po raz pierwszy w 2006 roku. Zrb mi jakas krzywde to obecnie ksiazka kultowa, wciaz czytana, przezywana i cytowana, a jej nieskrepowany romantyzm i punkrockowy jezyk, po dwunastu latach od premiery, wciaz oczarowuja kolejnych czytelnikw. Zrb mi jakas krzywde to przede wszystkim...
204) The way home
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"Eight journeys which change lives forever - a New York fashion buyer returns to her English home, a successful author meets an old friend, a reporter travels to an execution, a lorry driver gives an escaped prisoner a lift, a taxi driver picks up 'Bruce Lee', a bus ride home changes a film writer's life and work, a man's love for a tram driver leads him to follow her, and four strangers meet at a motel for the first and last time."--Taken from rear...
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"Kalina musi zostawić wszystko, co kocha. Oszukana przez wspólniczkę, wraca do Polski po wielu latach nieobecności i zaczyna pracę w fabryce porcelany należącej do jej bogatej babki. W nowych obowiązkach ma jej pomóc Sergiusz, prawa ręka starszej pani. Mężczyzna jest od początku zaskakująco wrogo nastawiony do Kaliny. Jednak za każdym razem, kiedy dziewczyna patrzy w jego oczy - głębokie niczym jezioro Bajkał - czuje, że skrywa...
206) Nine months: a novel
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Shaken by an unexpected third pregnancy, a young Brooklyn mother abandons her husband and kids to embark on a cross-country road trip during which she does everything a pregnant mom is supposed to avoid while retracing her past and attempting to reclaim her sidelined art career.
207) Saving you
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Three escaped pensioners. One single mother. A road trip to rescue her son. The new emotionally compelling page-turner by Australia's Charlotte Nash In their tiny pale green cottage under the trees, Mallory Cook and her five-year-old son, Harry, are a little family unit who weather the storms of life together. Money is tight after Harry's father, Duncan, abandoned them to expand his business in New York. So when Duncan fails to return Harry after...
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Hannah will resort to anything to save her mother's life. Including blackmail. Even if the target is the former boyfriend of her goody-goody best friend, Stacy. Except, he just moved to the West Coast, and now it's up to Hannah to convince Stacy to hitchhike with her cross-country to confront him. It's 1971. Change is happening. And Hannah's understanding of the world is about to be tested by those she encounters along the way, including a gorgeous...
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"Seventeen-year-old Elise and her younger sister Wylla haven't spoken to one another in almost a year. Wylla refuses to forgive Elise for everything that happened last fall, but when they both win an all-expense paid trip to ten of the best amusement parks in the country to ride rollercoasters, Elise thinks it could be a way for them to finally reconnect. As the pair set off with a ragtag group of misfits--including a licorice-eating biker, a doe-eyed...
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"Unexpectedly, real winter comes for everyone: it gets colder, snow falls, and ice appears on the lake. To have some fun, Rex's mom decides to organize an ice fishing competition. The main prize is a can of mackerel in tomato. But various scary creatures can hide under the ice! And so, Rasmus and Timmy are in for a few surprises." --
213) October baby
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A college student's life changes after she discovers that she is an adopted child and the survivor of an attempted abortion.
214) Water Baby
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Brody is an abrasive surfer girl who gets bitten by a shark and is forced to deal with her new disability, not to mention the strange, shark-like transformation that may or may not be happening to her. But this is nothing compared to the return of her ex-boyfriend who she must drive back to New York.
215) The car share
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"A ninety-year-old woman with Alzheimer's and a heartbroken young man end up sharing a ride to Brussels that changes their lives forever. When Alex pulls up to meet 'Max', he expects everything but a ninety-year-old lady who has her heart set on getting to Brussels by carpool. As for 'Max', who is actually called Maxine, she could not be more ill at ease when settling into the seat next to this young man with bloodshot eyes. God help her if he turned...
216) The romantic pact
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Kings of football volume 2
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"I haven't seen her in three years. I haven't talked to her since the kiss. So why am I on a plane, flying across the world to spend a week with her in Germany? One word: Pops. My life's a mess. My possible football career is hanging on by a thread, I'm driving the roads of Germany in honor of Pops with the one girl I can ever have. And I'm sharing a bed with her, the girl I've measured everyone else up to, while desperately trying not to touch her....
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Español
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"El monarca de las sombras narra la búsqueda del rastro perdido de un muchacho casi anónimo que peleó por una causa injusta y murió en el lado equivocado de la historia. Se llamaba Manuel Mena y en 1936, al estallar la guerra civil, se incorporó al ejército de Franco; dos años después murió combatiendo en la batalla del Ebro, y durante décadas se convirtió en el héroe oficial de su familia. Era tío abuelo de Javier Cercas, quien siempre...
218) Zgubić i odnaleźć
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Polish
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"Madison jest słynną nowojorską fotografką. Poświęca się pracy, bo tylko wtedy nie myśli o samotności i o tym, że traci kontakt z trójką dorosłych już dzieci. Niefortunny upadek i złamana kostka sprawiają, że kobieta musi zatrzymać się na chwilę w swym zabieganym życiu. Kiedy przegląda stare fotografie, w jej głowie pojawiają się wspomnienia. Później nurtujące pytanie - co by było, gdyby ... A potem szalona myśl - dlaczego...
219) Afryka Kazika
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Polish
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Pełna fascynujących przygód opowieść o przeżyciach Kazimierza Nowaka, podróżnika, reportera i fotografa zwiedzającego Afrykę. Książka oparta na prawdziwych wydarzeniach, przedstawia historię Kazika, który w latach trzydziestych XX wieku, poświęcił 5 lat swojego życia na podróż i przemierzył 40 tysięcy kilometrów od Trypolisu poprzez Przylądek Igielny do Algieru poruszając się głównie na rowerze, pieszo lub na wielbłądzie....
220) Surprised?
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"Sara is nearing the end of her first year at college, and can't wait for summer vacation. But out of nowhere she gets a surprising phone call: her estranged father is getting remarried--and he wants her at the wedding. Sara's best friend Pete volunteers to drive to Texas with her. But is this how Sara wants to spend her summer? Driving a thousand miles to spend time with someone she barely knows, and traveling with someone who might have something...
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