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The Jewels of Tessa Kent : A Novel / Judith Krantz. - New York : Crown Publishers, Inc., 1998. - 389 stron ; 24 cm.

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Krantz, Judith (1928- ). Autor

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Książki Proza

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Literatura amerykańska

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Powieść obyczajowa

A deeply moving mother-daughter tale set amid the elegance of a famed New York auction house and the glamour of Hollywood. Tessa Kent, exquisite and precocious, gave birth to an illegitimate daughter when she was only fourteen. Her parents raised the infant, Maggie, as their own child, as Tessa went on to become an international movie star. Maggie lives for her glamorous "sister's" infrequent whirlwind visits. But when she accidentally learns the truth, eighteen-year-old Maggie breaks all ties with Tessa and starts to work at the famed Manhattan auction house of Scott & Scott. A daughter's fury... Five years later, a life-altering crisis makes Tessa passionately determined to end this estrangement. There's only one way Tessa can reach out to her daughter: a high-stakes auction of the immensely valuable collection of famed jewels lavished on her by her late husband. Tessa promises Scott & Scott the auction on the condition that Maggie and she work closely together on the sale. Tessa's whole future hangs in the balance – for she knows her happiness depends on what may be an impossible reconciliation...

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Dembowskiego 12 (W131)

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The art of Japanese brush painting / Jack McDowell, Takahiko Mikami. - New York : Crown Publishers, INC, 1961. - 127 s. : il. ; 26 cm.

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McDowell, Jack. Mikami, Takahiko.

Subject

Techniki malarskie Japonia

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Lachmana 5 (Czytelnia Naukowa)

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The Old Country : Collected Stories of Sholom Aleichem / Sholom Aleichem ; Translated by Julius and Frances Butwin ; With Illustrations by Ben Shahn. - New York : Crown Publishers, Inc., cop. 1946. - XII, 394 strony : ilustracje ; 20 cm.

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Szolem Alejchem (1859-1916). Autor Butwin, Julius (1904-1945). Tłumaczenie Butwin, Frances (1911-1996). Tłumaczenie Shahn, Ben (1898-1969). Ilustracje

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Literatura żydowska

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Judaica

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Opowiadania i nowele

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This collection of short stories brings the readers into a vanished world, a world Sholem Aleichem encountered and experienced in person – the Russian Empire during the late 1800s, along with all of its smells, sounds, words, and emotions. Humorous and dramatic, often poignant and moving, these stories will leave no one indifferent.

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Dembowskiego 12 (W131)

There are copies available to loan: sygn. 821-3 jid. OP. (1 egz.)