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2017

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The second in a series of irresistibly charming, beautifully illustrated children's classics - the adventures of Detective Nosegoode and his talking dog, Cody Detective Nosegoode is very proud that his faithful hound Cody makes an appearance in the new book Portraits of Extraordinary Dogs. But with Cody's newfound fame as 'the world's most extraordinary dog' comes danger... A mysterious letter arrives, inviting Detective Nosegoode to a meeting at the secluded Birch Grove, and when he retur...


2025

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For over a thousand years, the hearts of Sicily's Jews beat to the rhythm of the Mediterranean. Arriving in Roman times, they founded communities along the coast, in Palermo, Messina, Syracuse, and Catania, building lives of faith, craft, and learning. Synagogues rose beside marketplaces; the scent of wine and olives mingled with prayer, and scholars wrote as waves whispered beyond the walls.Under Arab rule, Jewish culture flourished even more. Physicians, merchants, and scholars m...

Price1,99 €

Jerzy Popieluszko

Victim of Communism


2017

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As Communism consolidated its victorious grip on Poland in 1947, Jerzy Popieluszko was born into a peasant farming family. Nearly 40 years later as European communism began to crumble, his mutilated body was dumped in the Wisla river. In life and death this young and unassuming priest, courageous beyond his means, lived in his flesh Christ's call to love the enemy, to overcome evil with good. This chilling reminder of modern-day totalitarian brutality is surpassed only by the overwhelming ...

Price4,34 €

2026

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Tre giovani sorelle scompaiono mentre il paese celebra la vittoria sui nazisti. Tutti gli abitanti del piccolo borgo del Sud Italia sono confusi. Il segreto verrà svelato vent'anni dopo…

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2025

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In a charming café in Buenos Aires, three women gather at a sunlit table, cups of steaming coffee in front of them. They share a big secret and memories of their childhood in pre-war Poland, a time now tinged with nostalgia. As close friends, they once lived carefree lives, unaware of the dark fate that awaited them. They fell victim to a ruthless international criminal organization that smuggled young girls, forcing them into a life of sex slavery in Argentina. Their poignant recollection...

Price4,49 €

2018

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From the deepest oceans to the farthest reaches of space—and everything in between—Science Comics turns STEM topics into unforgettable graphic novel adventures. This smash-hit series has sold over a million copies!This volume: In Rockets we explore the 2,000 years that rockets have been in existence. We dive into Newton's Laws of Motion—learning all about gravity, force, acceleration, and the history of rockets made in the past and rockets to be m...

Price8,36 €

Unabridged

10 hours 12 min

2010

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Originally published in 1965, The Painted Bird established Jerzy Kosinski as a major literary figure. Called by the Los Angeles Times “one of the most imposing novels of the decade,” it was eventually translated into more than thirty languages. A harrowing story that follows the wanderings of a boy abandoned by his parents during World War II, The Painted Bird is a dark masterpiece that examines the proximity of terror and savagery to innocence and love. It is th...

Price22,26 €

2013

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Waiting for the Dog to Sleep is poet, translator, and scholar Jerzy Ficowski's only collection of prose. In these short stories and sketches Ficowski reinterprets a question posed by the writer central to him, Bruno Schulz, about the mythologization of reality. For Schulz, fiction was a way of turning the quotidian into the fantastical and eternal. Ficowski's prose seems to reinterpret this approach to address the sense of loss and bleak landscape of postwar Poland. Effortlessly w...


2007

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The classic novel of a boy's struggle for survival in WWII Poland, from the National Book Award–winning author of Steps and Being There."In 1939, a six-year-old boy is sent by his anti-Nazi parents to a remote village in Poland where they believe he will be safe. Things happen, however, and the boy is left to roam the Polish countryside. . . . To the blond, blue-eyed peasants in this part of the country, the swarthy, dark-eyed boy who speaks the d...

Price12,29 €or Free with Kobo Plus

2018

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Organizations of all types are consistently working on new initiatives, product lines, or implementation of new workflows as a way to remain competitive in the modern business environment. No matter the type of project, employing the best methods for effective execution and timely completion of the task at hand is essential to project success. The implementation of computer technology has provided further opportunities for innovation and progress in the daily operations and initiatives of ...

Price107,79 €

2024

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Life, like a puzzle, leads us to where the future decides. Relationships between father and son reveal hidden and difficult secrets as the plot develops.

Price1,99 €

2023

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"Veiled Deception" takes readers on an exhilarating journey through a complex web of human relationships, where secrets lurk beneath the surface, and the boundaries between truth and deception become increasingly blurred. This gripping tale delves deep into the intricacies of the human psyche, exploring the profound impact that hidden truths can have on individuals and their interconnected lives.

Price4,49 €