SOWA OPAC : Ursynoteka

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Intimate Strangers / Susan Lewis. - London : Arrow Books, 2004. - [4], 552 strony ; 18 cm.

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Lewis, Susan (1945- ).

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Literatura angielska

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Język angielski Handel ludźmi Dziennikarze Śledztwo i dochodzenie East End (Londyn ; część miasta)

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Investigative journalist Laurie Forbes is planning her wedding to Elliot Russell when she receives a tip-off that a group of illegally smuggled women is being held somewhere in the East End of London, soon to become victims of the ruthless world of sex trafficking. During her search, unexpected and devastating events begin throwing her own life into chaos, so fellow journalist Sherry MacElvoy steps in to help. Taking on undercover roles to get to the heart of the ruthless gang of human-traffickers, neither reporter can even begin to imagine what dangers they are about to face and what horrors they will witness. . .

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Dembowskiego 12 (W131)

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Silvertown : An East End Family Memoir / Melanie McGrath. - Wydanie 2. - London : Fourth Estate, 2003. - XII, 235 stron ; 20 cm.

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McGrath, Melanie (1964- ).

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Jezyk angielski East End (Londyn ; część miasta) Wielka Brytania

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Pamiętniki i wspomnienia

In this remarkable book, award-winning writer Melanie McGrath has given us a vivid and poignant memoir of the East End. McGrath spent years wondering about her East End roots. At the turn of the twenty-first century the places where her grandparents lived out their lives Poplar, East Ham and Silvertown -- are virtually unrecognisable; her grandparents, Jenny and Len Page, long since dead and already half forgotten. Silvertown teems with stories of life in the docks and pubs and dog tracks of the old East End where Melanie McGrath's grandparents scraped a living. Here are the bustling alleys and lanes of Poplar in 1914, where eleven year old Jenny watches the men go off to fight; the Moses sweatshop on the Mile End Waste; the London docks, then the largest port in the world; and Jenny having her teeth pulled out on her seventeenth birthday. Here too is the Cosy Cafe, opened full of hope by Jenny and Len -- later a home to their troubled marriage -- and an East End landscape which is altered forever by the closure of the docks and the disintegration of this close knit community. The places Melanie McGrath describes have largely vanished now. This evocative and deeply moving family memoir recreates the lost East End and the struggles of those who live there.

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Farewell To The East End / Jennifer Worth ; Clinical Editor Terri Coates MSc, RN, RM, ADM, Dip End. - Wydanie 2. - London : Phoenix, 2013. - [6], 321 strona : ilustracje, mapa ; 20 cm.

(Midwife / Jennifer Worth ; 3)

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Worth, Jennifer (1935-2011). Coates, Terri. Worth, Jennifer (1935-2011). Midwife (ang.)

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Położne East End (Londyn ; część miasta)

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Pamiętniki i wspomnienia

This final book in Jennifer Worth's memories of her time as a midwife in London's East end brings her story full circle. As always there are heartbreaking stories such as the family devastated by tuberculosis and a ship's woman who 'serviced' the entire crew, as well as plenty of humour and warmth such as the tale of Megan'mave, two women who shared the same husband! Other stories cover backstreet abortions, the changing life of the docklands, infanticide, as well as the lives of the inhabitants of Nonnatus House. We discover what happens with the gauche debutant Chummy and her equally gauche policeman; will Sister Monica Joan continue her life of crime?; will Sister Evangelina ever crack a smile? And what of Jennifer herself? The book not only details the final years of the tenements that but also of Jennifer's journey as she moves on from the close community of nuns, and her life takes a new path.

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Dembowskiego 12 (W131)

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In the Midst of Life / Jennifer Worth ; Clinical Editor David Hackett MD, FRCP, FESC Consultant Cardiologist. - Wydanie 2. - London : Wiedenfeld & Nicolson, 2011. - [6], 420 stron ; 20 cm.

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Worth, Jennifer (1935-2011). Hackett, David.

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Index na stronach 411-420.

The last collection of true-life nursing stories from the No.1 bestselling author of the CALL THE MIDWIFE series, soon to be a major BBC TV series. Jennifer Worth's bestselling memoirs of her time as a midwife have inspired and moved readers of all ages. Now, in IN THE MIDST OF LIFE she documents her experiences as a nurse and ward sister, treating patients who were nearing the end of their lives. Interspersed with these stories from Jennifer's post-midwife career are the histories of her patients, from the family divided by a decision nobody could bear to make, to the mother who comes to her son's adopted country and joins his family without being able to speak a word of English. IN THE MIDST OF LIFE also gives moving insights not just into Jennifer's life and career, but also of a period of time which seems very different to today's, fast-paced world.

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Shadows of the Workhouse / Jennifer Worth. - Wydanie 2. - London : Phoenix, 2013. - [6], 294 strony : ilustracje ; 20 cm.

(Midwife / Jennifer Worth ; 2)

Autor

Worth, Jennifer (1935-2011). Worth, Jennifer (1935-2011). Midwife (ang.)

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Położne East End (Londyn ; część miasta)

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Pamiętniki i wspomnienia Publicystyka

In this follow up to CALL THE MIDWIFE, Jennifer Worth, a midwife working in the docklands area of East London in the 1950s tells more stories about the fascinating people she encountered. There's the story of Jane who cleaned and generally helped out at Nonnatus House - she was taken to the workhouse as a baby and was allegedly the illegitimate daughter of an aristocrat. Peggy and Frank's parents both died within 6 months of each other and the children were left destitute. At the time, there was no other option for them but the workhouse. The Reverend Thornton-Appleby-Thorton, a missionary in Africa, comes to visit the Nonnatus nuns and Sister Julienne acts as matchmaker. And Sister Monica Joan, the eccentric ninety-year-old nun, is accused of shoplifting some small items from the local market. She is let off with a warning, but then Jennifer finds stolen jewels from Hatten Garden in the nun's room. The case is taken to court and Sister Monica Joan becomes a cause celebre. These stories give a fascinating insight into the lives of the poor in 1950s London, of the shadow of the workhouse that always hung over their lives but also of the resilience and spirit that enabled ordinary people to overcome their difficulties.

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Dembowskiego 12 (W131)

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