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Ten-year-old Leo loves being a newsboy in San Francisco -- not only does he get to make some money to help his family, he's free to explore the amazing, hilly city as it changes and grows with the new century. Horse-drawn carriages share the streets with shiny new automobiles, new businesses and families move in every day from everywhere, and anything seems possible. But early one spring morning, everything changes. Leo's world is shaken -- literally...
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"In this thoughtful, mesmerizing tale with echoes of Station Eleven, the author of An Uncommon Education follows a group of survivors thrown together in the aftermath of two major earthquakes that strike San Francisco within an hour of each other--an achingly beautiful and lyrical novel about the power of nature, the resilience of the human spirit, and the enduring strength of love. On Valentine's Day, two major earthquakes strike San Francisco within...
3) Sąsiedzi
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Meredith żyje tylko przeszłością. Niegdyś gwiazda Hollywood, uwielbiana przez miliony, mieszka teraz z dwójką opiekunów w kamiennej willi w San Francisco. Jej życie naznaczyła osobista tragedia, która przerwała imponującą karierę kobiety i odseparowała ją od rodziny. Meredith nie wierzy, że los może szykować dla niej coś dobrego. Pielęgnuje wspomnienia odległych czasów i własną dojmującą samotność. Wtedy przychodzi kolejny...
4) Aftershock
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"When an earthquake strikes San Francisco, forensics expert Jessie Teska faces her biggest threat yet in this explosive new mystery from the New York Times bestselling duo There's a body crushed under a load of pipes on a San Francisco construction site, and medical examiner Dr. Jessie Teska is on call. So it's her job to figure out who it is--and her headache when the autopsy reveals that the death is a homicide staged as an accident. Jessie is hot...
6) Earthquake
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Survival! volume Bk. 2
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When two young strangers meet by chance on the day of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, they struggle to survive the terror of crumbling buildings, fire, looting, and chaos.
7) Aftershocks
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In San Francisco from 1903 to 1908, teenager Jessie Wainwright determines to reach her goal of becoming a doctor while also trying to care for the illegitimate child of a liaison between her father and their Chinese maid.