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Light On Snow / Anita Shreve. - London : Little Brown, 2004. - 275 stron ; 24 cm.

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Shreve, Anita (1946- ).

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'I watched my father run forward in his snowshoes the way one sometimes does in dreams, unable to make the legs move fast enough. I ran to the place where he knelt. I looked down into the sleeping bag. A tiny face gazed up at me, the eyes wide despite their many folds. The baby was wrapped in a bloody towel, and its lips were blue.' The events of a December afternoon on which a father and his daughter find an abandoned infant in the snow will forever alter eleven-year- old Nicky Dillon's understanding of the world which she is about to enter and the adults who inhabit it: a father who has taken great pains to remove himself from society in order to put behind him an unthinkable tragedy; a young woman who must live with the consequences of the terrible choices she has made; and a detective whose cleverness is superseded only by his sense of justice. Written from the point of view of thirty-year-old Nicky as she recalls the vivid images of that fateful December, hers is a tale of love and courage, of tragedy and redemption, and of the ways in which the human heart always seeks to heal itself.

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How to Train Your Dragon / Cressida Cowell. - Wydanie 3. - New York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2010. - 214 stron : ilustracje ; 20 cm.

(How to Train Your Dragon / Cressida Cowell ; 1)

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Cowell, Cressida. Cowell, Cressida. How to Train Your Dragon (ang.)

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Dzieci 6-8 lat

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Język angielski Smoki (stworzenia fantastyczne) Wikingowie

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Powieść Fantastyka Fantasy

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, the quiet and thoughtful son of the Chief of the Hairy Hooligans, tries to pass the important initiation test of his Viking clan by catching and training a dragon. Can Hiccup do it without being torn limb from limb? Join his adventures and misadventures as he finds a new way to train dragons--and becomes a hero. This action-packed, hilarious, and perfectly illustrated novel is a modern classic beloved by millions across the globe.

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Ignatius Macfarland : Frequenaut! / Paul Feig. - New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2008. - [2], 353 strony : illustracje ; 20 cm.

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Feig, Paul (1962- ).

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Młodzież 9-13 lat

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Język angielski Podróże międzyplanetarne

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Powieść Fantastyka Science fiction

Ever thought of traveling to another frequency? Neither did Ignatius MacFarland. It just sort of happened. After being teased one too many times at school, Ignatius MacFarland decides to build a getaway rocket with the hope that extraterrestrials might be nicer than his classmates! But instead of landing in outer space, Ignatius finds himself stranded in another frequency filled with all sorts of weird creatures, which is shockingly run by former English teacher turned dictator, Mr. Arthur. It's up to Iggy and Karen, another trapped earthling, to expose Mr. Arthur for the fraud that he is-and hopefully to make it home alive.

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The High Flyer / Susan Howatch. - London : Little, Brown and Company, 1999. - [4], 585 stron ; 24 cm.

(St. Benet's Trilogy / Susan Howatch ; 2)

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Howatch, Susan (1940- ). Howatch, Susan (1940- ). St. Benet's Trilogy (ang.)

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Kobieta Prawnicy Małżeństwo Relacje międzyludzkie Sekrety rodzinne Uczucia Duchowość Kościoły anglikańskie Londyn (Wielka Brytania)

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Powieść obyczajowa Thriller

Cool, blonde Carter Graham is a successful lawyer who believes she is well on the way to reaching all the goals listed in her glamorous life plan: first-class job, a stylish flat in the City of London, and marriage to the man of her dreams, Kim Betz. But Carter forgot that sometimes the best laid dreams turn into nightmares. Kim's ex-wife Sophie starts to stalk her and Kim turns from being the self-contained, controlled husband into a man who lies not only about his past but about his present, too. Carter finds herself drawn into an expanding web of deceit, corruption and evil which eventually threatens not only her sanity but her life. What is it that Sophie is trying so hard to tell her? Who is the sinister Mrs Mayfield, who has such a malign influence on Kim? And what is the significance of the other new man in Carter's life, her secretary Eric Tucker? Carter seeks help from the healers of St. Benets, the enigmatic Nicholas Darrow, the eccentric Lewis Hall, and the kind, thoughtful Alice but even they cannot save her from a searing ordeal as she struggles to uncover the truth about the tormented man she has married.

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Dembowskiego 12 (W131)

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Autor

Kellerman, Jonathan (1949- ).

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Język angielski Etyka lekarska Eutanazja Zabójstwo Śledztwo i dochodzenie

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Powieść Kryminał Thriller

Who killed the killer? In his brilliant and startling new novel, Jonathan Kellerman, perennial bestselling author and premier proprietor of the psychological thriller, gives a sharp and timely twist to homicide's central question. Someone has murdered euthanasia champion Dr. Eldon Mate--a self-styled Dr. Death responsible for scores of assisted suicides. In a burst of bloody irony, the killer chooses to dispatch the doctor in the back of Mate's own suicide van, hooking him up to the killing apparatus dubbed "the Humanitron"--and adding some butchering touches of his own. The case is assigned to veteran LAPD homicide detective Milo Sturgis, who turns, once again, to his friend Dr. Alex Delaware. But working this case raises a conflict of interest for Alex so profound that he can't even discuss it with Milo. The tension that develops between cop and psychologist further complicates an already baffling and complex murder investigation--one whose suspects include the families of Dr. Mate's "travelers," Mate's own son, and a psychopathic killer who relishes the geometry of death. Dr. Death is a rich brew of unforgettable characters, labyrinthine plotting, page-turning prose, and the unique insights into the darkest corners of the human mind that have earned Jonathan Kellerman international accolades as the master of psychological suspense.

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Dembowskiego 12 (W131)

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Mistress / James Patterson with David Ellis. - New York ; Boston ; London : Little, Brown and Company, 2013. - [2], 410 stron ; 25 cm.

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Patterson, James (1947- ). Ellis, David (1967- ).

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Powieść Kryminał Thriller

Discover a dangerous world of manipulation, obsession, and murder in James Patterson's scary, sexy standalone thriller. Ben isn't like most people. Unable to control his racing thoughts, he's a man consumed by his obsessions: movies, motorcycles, presidential trivia-and Diana Hotchkiss, a beautiful woman Ben knows he can never have. When Diana is found dead outside her apartment, Ben's infatuation drives him on a hunt to find out what happened to the love of his life. He soon discovers that the woman he pined for was hiding a shocking secret. And now someone is out to stop Ben from uncovering the truth about Diana's illicit affairs. In his most heart-pumping thriller yet, James Patterson plunges us into the depths of a mind tortured by paranoia and obsession, on an action-packed chase through a world of danger and deceit.

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The Catcher in the Rye / J. D. Salinger. - New York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1991. - 214 stron ; 17 cm.

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Salinger, J. D. (1919-2010).

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Nastolatki Młodzież Bunt Dojrzewanie Nowy Jork (Stany Zjednoczone)

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A 16-year old American boy relates in his own words the experiences he goes through at school and after, and reveals with unusual candour the workings of his own mind. What does a boy in his teens think and feel about his teachers, parents, friends and acquaintances?

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Franny and Zooey / J. D. Salinger. - Boston ; Toronto : Little, Brown and Company, 1961. - [2], 201 stron ; 21 cm.

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Salinger, J. D. (1919-2010).

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The author writes: FRANNY came out in The New Yorker in 1955, and was swiftly followed, in 1957 by ZOOEY. Both stories are early, critical entries in a narrative series I'm doing about a family of settlers in twentieth-century New York, the Glasses. It is a long-term project, patently an ambiguous one, and there is a real-enough danger, I suppose that sooner or later I'll bog down, perhaps disappear entirely, in my own methods, locutions, and mannerisms. On the whole, though, I'm very hopeful. I love working on these Glass stories, I've been waiting for them most of my life, and I think I have fairly decent, monomaniacal plans to finish them with due care and all-available skill.

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The Ickabog / J. K. Rowling ; With illustrations by the winners of The Ickabog Illustration Competition. - Wydanie 1. - London : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2020. - 280, [7] stron : ilustracje kolorowe ; 23 cm.

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Rowling, J. K. (1965- ).

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6-8 lat 9-13 lat

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Język angielski Stworzenia fantastyczne Potwory

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Bajki i baśnie Fantasy Opowiadania i nowele

Tytuł oryginału: The Ickabog.

Full-page inside illustration by winners of The Ickabog Illustration Competition -age of winners correct as of 27th July 2020.

Once upon a time there was a tiny kingdom called Cornucopia, as rich in happiness as it was in gold, and famous for its food. From the delicate cream cheeses of Kurdsburg to the Hopes-of-Heaven pastries of Chouxville, each was so delicious that people wept with joy as they ate them. But even in this happy kingdom, a monster lurks. Legend tells of a fearsome creature living far to the north in the Marshlands... the Ickabog. Some say it breathes fire, spits poison, and roars through the mist as it carries off wayward sheep and children alike. Some say it's just a myth... And when that myth takes on a life of its own, casting a shadow over the kingdom, two children — best friends Bert and Daisy — embark on a great adventure to untangle the truth and find out where the real monster lies, bringing hope and happiness to Cornucopia once more.

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Fleshmarket Alley / Ian Rankin. - New York : Little, Brown and Company : Back Bay Books, 2005. - [2], 561 stron ; 18 cm.

(John Rebus series / Ian Rankin ; 15)

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Rankin, Ian (1960- ). Rankin, Ian (1960- ). John Rebus series (ang.).

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John Rebus (postać fikcyjna) Kobieta Dzieci Zabójstwo Osoby zaginione Śledztwo i dochodzenie Szkocja (Wielka Brytania) Edynburg (Wielka Brytania)

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Tytuł oryginału: Fleshmarket Close.

An illegal immigrant is found murdered in an Edinburgh housing scheme: a racist attack, or something else entirely? Rebus is drawn into the case, but has other problems: his old police station has closed for business, and his masters would rather he retire than stick around. But Rebus is that most stubborn of creatures. As Rebus investigates, he must visit an asylum seekers' detention centre, deal with the sleazy Edinburgh underworld, and maybe even fall in love... Siobhan meanwhile has problems of her own. A teenager has disappeared from home and Siobhan is drawn into helping the family, which will mean travelling closer than is healthy towards the web of a convicted rapist. Then there's the small matter of the two skeletons – a woman and an infant – found buried beneath a concrete cellar floor in Fleshmarket Close. The scene begins to look like an elaborate stunt, but whose, and for what purpose? And how can it tie to the murder on the unforgiving housing-scheme known as Knoxland?

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Horse / Geraldine Brooks. - Wydanie 3. - London : Abacus an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group, 2023. - 401 stron ; 20 cm.

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Brooks, Geraldine (1955- ).

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Na okładce: Winner of The Pulitzer Prize.

Kentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name on paintings of the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack. New York City, 1954. Martha Jackson, a gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contemporary painters, becomes obsessed with a 19th-century equestrian oil painting of mysterious provenance. Washington, DC, 2019. Jess, a Smithsonian scientist from Australia, and Theo, a Nigerian-American art historian, find themselves unexpectedly connected through their shared interest in the horse—one studying the stallion’s bones for clues to his power and endurance, the other uncovering the lost history of the unsung Black horsemen who were critical to his racing success. Based on the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred, Lexington, who became America’s greatest stud sire, Horse is a gripping, multi-layered reckoning with the legacy of enslavement and racism in America.

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Murder in Miniature at Honeychurch Hall / Hannah Dennison. - Wydanie 1. - London : Constable, An imprint of Little, Brown Book Group, 2021. - [2], 310 stron ; 20 cm.

(Honeychurch Hall / Hannah Dennison ; 8)

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Dennison, Hannah. Dennison, Hannah. Honeychurch Hall (ang.)

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When a body found on the Honeychurch Hall estate proves to be that of a villager who had supposedly moved to Ireland years earlier, tongues start wagging and theories abound. Charlie Green had always been a rogue. Although Charlie's demise happened well before Kat's arrival, Kat is drawn into the mystery when she finds two rare miniature portraits hidden inside a custom-made dollhouse of Honeychurch Hall. And then Charlie's aunt suffers a mysterious fatal fall and suspicion lands on a stranger who is holidaying in the newly installed shepherd's hut in the walled garden -- one of Lady Lavinia's latest hare-brained moneymaking schemes. Although there is something off about the tourist, Kat believes the culprit is fellow antique dealer. With tales of blackmail, infidelity and greed gripping the small community, past and present collide and Kat realises that the miniatures harbour a vital secret that one particular person is willing to kill for.

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Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries / Heather Fawcett. - London : Orbit An imprint of Little, Brown Book Group, 2023. - 315, [44] strony ; 20 cm.

(Emily Wilde / Heather Fawcett ; 1)

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Fawcett, Heather Fawcett, Heather. Emily Wilde (ang.)

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Powieść Fantastyka Fantasy

A curmudgeonly professor journeys to a small town in the far north to study faerie folklore and discovers dark fae magic, friendship, and love in the start of a heartwarming and enchanting new fantasy series. Cambridge professor Emily Wilde is good at many things: She is the foremost expert on the study of faeries. She is a genius scholar and a meticulous researcher who is writing the world's first encyclopaedia of faerie lore. But Emily Wilde is not good at people. She could never make small talk at a party--or even get invited to one. And she prefers the company of her books, her dog, and the Fair Folk. So when she arrives in the hardscrabble village of Hrafnsvik, Emily has no intention of befriending the gruff townsfolk. Nor does she care to spend time with another new arrival: her dashing and insufferably handsome academic rival Wendell Bambleby, who manages to charm the townsfolk, get in the middle of Emily's research, and utterly confound and frustrate her. But as Emily gets closer and closer to uncovering the secrets of the Hidden Ones--the most elusive of all faeries--lurking in the shadowy forest outside the town, she also finds herself on the trail of another mystery: Who is Wendell Bambleby, and what does he really want? To find the answer, she'll have to unlock the greatest mystery of all - her own heart.

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The Tipping Point : How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference / Malcolm Gladwell. - Wydanie 25. - London : Abacus, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group, 2013. - [4], 279 stron ; 20 cm.

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Gladwell, Malcolm (1963- ).

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Publikacje popularnonaukowe

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Język angielski Psychologia społeczna Psychotechnika Manipulacja (psychologia) Przyczynowość Zachowanie

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Opracowanie Wydawnictwa popularne

Dziedzina i ujęcie

Gospodarka, ekonomia, finanse Psychologia

Index na stronach 273-279.

The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend, the popularity of a new product, or a drop in the crime rate. This widely acclaimed bestseller, in which Malcolm Gladwell explores and brilliantly illuminates the tipping point phenomenon, is already changing the way people throughout the world think about selling products and disseminating ideas. Gladwell introduces us to the particular personality types who are natural pollinators of new ideas and trends, the people who create the phenomenon of word of mouth. He analyzes fashion trends, smoking, children's television, direct mail, and the early days of the American Revolution for clues about making ideas infectious, and visits a religious commune, a successful high-tech company, and one of the world's greatest salesmen to show how to start and sustain social epidemics.

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The Left Hand of Darkness / Ursula Le Guin. - London : Orbit, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group, 2013. - [4], 248 stron ; 18 cm.

(Hainish Cycle / Ursula Le Guin ; 4)

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Le Guin, Ursula K. (1929-2018). Le Guin, Ursula K. (1929-2018). Hainish Cycle (ang.)

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Ambasadorowie Podróże międzyplanetarne Kolonizacja kosmosu Planety Cywilizacja Psychologia Socjologia Feminizm Gender Płeć Kultura Uprzedzenia

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Powieść Fantastyka Science fiction Fantasy

Na okładce dopisek: A classic of science fiction.

One of the most outstanding and enduring classics of science fiction. This is the story of Winter, an Earth-like planet with two major differences: conditions are semi-artic even at the warmest time of the year, and the inhabitants are all of the same sex. Tucked away in a remote corner of the universe, they have no knowledge of space travel or of life beyond their own world. And when a strange envoy from space brings news of a vast coalition of planets which they are invited to join, he is met with fear, mistrust and disbelief... A groundbreaking work of feminist science fiction, an imaginative masterpiece which poses challenging questions about sexuality, sexism and the organisation of society.

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Small Mercies / Dennis Lehane. - London : Abacus, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group, 2023. - [10], 299 stron ; 24 cm.

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Lehane, Dennis (1966- ).

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Upał Matki i córki Osoby zaginione Wypadki Poszukiwania zaginionych Zabójstwo Dzielnice (części miast) Rasizm Przestępczość zorganizowana Mniejszości narodowe Boston (Stany Zjednoczone, stan Massachusetts)

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Powieść Kryminał Thriller

In the summer of 1974 a heatwave blankets Boston and Mary Pat Fennessey is trying to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors. Mary Pat has lived her entire life in the housing projects of "Southie", the Irish American enclave that stubbornly adheres to old tradition and stands proudly apart. One night Mary Pat's teenage daughter Jules stays out late and doesn't come home. That same evening, a young Black man is found dead, struck by a subway train under mysterious circumstances. The two events seem unconnected. But Mary Pat, propelled by a desperate search for her missing daughter, begins turning over stones best left untouched – asking questions that bother Marty Butler, chieftain of the Irish mob, and the men who work for him, men who don't take kindly to any threat to their business. Set against the hot, tumultuous months when the city's desegregation of its public schools exploded in violence, this book is a superb thriller, a brutal depiction of criminality and power, and an unflinching portrait of the dark heart of American racism.

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My Italian Bulldozer / Alexander McCall Smith. - Wydanie 2. - London : Abacus, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group, 2017. - [2], 246 stron ; 20 cm.

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McCall Smith, Alexander (1948- ).

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When writer Paul Stewart heads to the idyllic Italian town of Montalcino to finish his already late book, it seems like the perfect escape from stressful city life. Upon landing, however, things quickly take a turn for the worse when he discovers his hired car is nowhere to be found. With no record of any reservation and no other cars available it looks like Paul is stuck at the airport. That is, until an enterprising stranger offers him an unexpected alternative. While there may be no cars available there is something else on offer: a bulldozer. With little choice in the matter, Paul accepts and so begins a series of laugh out loud adventures through the Italian countryside, following in the wake of Paul and his Italian Bulldozer. A story of unexpected circumstance and lesson in making the best of what you have, My Italian Bulldozer is a warm holiday read guaranteed to put a smile on your face.

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The Survivors / Alex Schulman ; Translated from the Swedish by Rachel Willson-Broyles. - Wydanie 2. - London : Fleet, An imprint of Little, Brown Book Group, 2021. - 261, [2] strony ; 24 cm.

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Schulman, Alex (1976- ). Willson-Broyles, Rachel.

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Język angielski Dzieciństwo Powroty Rodzina Trauma Szwecja

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Tytuł oryginału: Överlevarna.

Benjamin sees the shape of his two brothers trying to kill each other. It's no worthy finale, but perhaps it's also no surprise. How else had they expected this to end? Three brothers return to the family cottage by the lake where, more than two decades earlier, a catastrophe changed the course of their lives. Now, they are here to scatter their mother's ashes. Benjamin, the middle son, drives the three of them down the old gravel road to the house, through a familiar landscape but also through time. Here they are as boys, tanned legs and hungry eyes, children left to themselves by remote parents; here they are as young men, estranged but bound together by the history that defines them, their lives spent competing for their father's favour and their mother's love in a household more like a minefield than a home. . .

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Spies : The Epic Intelligence War between East and West / Calder Walton. - London : Abacus, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group, 2023. - 625 stron ; 24 cm.

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Walton, Calder.

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Szpiegostwo Zimna wojna Walka informacyjna Polityka międzynarodowa Stosunki międzynarodowe Służby specjalne Wschód i Zachód Wybory prezydenckie w Stanach Zjednoczonych (2016) ZSRR Rosja Stany Zjednoczone (USA) Europa Chiny

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Historia Polityka, politologia, administracja publiczna Bezpieczeństwo i wojskowość

Zawiera indeks (s. 589-625).

Espionage, election meddling, disinformation, assassinations, subversion, and sabotage - all atract headlines today about Putin's dictatorship. But they are far from new. The West has a long-term Russia problem, not a Putin problem. "Spies" mines hitherto secret archives and exclusive interviews with former agents to tell the history of the war that Russia and the West have been waging for a century. Espionage dark arts were the Kremlin's means to equalise the imbalance of arms between East and West before, during and after the Cold War. There was nothing 'unprecedented' about Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election. It was business as usual, new means for old ends. The Cold War started long before 1945. Western powers gradually fought back after the Second World War, mounting their own shadow war, deploying propaganda, recruiting intelligence networks and pioneering new spy technologies against the Soviet Union. This book offers an inspiring, engrossing story of the best and worst of mankind: bravery and honour, treachery and betrayal. The narrative shifts across continents and decades, from the freezing streets of St. Petersburg in 1917 to the bloody beaches of Normandy; from coups in faraway lands to present-day Moscow, where troll farms weaponise social media against Western democracies. This fresh reading of history makes this volume a unique and essential addition to the story of the unrolling conflict between Russia, China and the West that will dominate the twenty-first century.

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The Vanishing Half / Brit Bennett. - London : Dialogue Books, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group, 2020. - 343, [2] strony ; 25 cm.

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Bennett, Brit (1990- ).

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Język angielski Afroamerykanie Bliźnięta Kobieta Matki i córki Rasizm Tożsamość osobista Tożsamość społeczna Wolność Wybory życiowe Stany Zjednoczone (USA)

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The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities. Ten years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern town she once tried to escape. The other secretly passes for white, and her white husband knows nothing of her past. Still, even separated by so many miles and just as many lies, the fates of the twins remain intertwined. What will happen to the next generation, when their own daughters' storylines intersect? . .

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