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Polish
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Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch -- "Scout" -- returns home from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South, Jean Louise's homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town and the people dearest to her. Memories from her childhood flood back, and her values and...
3) Koleje losu
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Polish
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In 1987, Miri Ammerman returns to her hometown of Elizabeth, New Jersey, to attend a commemoration of the worst year of her life -- when a succession of airplanes fell from the sky, leaving her community reeling.
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Pielęgniarki volume tom 3
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Polish
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Trzeci tom bestsellerowej serii o wspaniałych, pełnych poświęcenia pielęgniarkach. Anglia, lata 50. XX wieku. Dla wielu powojennych matek, które z trudem wiążą koniec z końcem, wielka rodzina, jaką tworzą pracownicy szpitala St Angelus, jest jedyną nadzieją. Noleen sprząta w St Angelus. Pracuje nocą, a w dzień zajmuje się domem. Jej mąż nie może znaleźć pracy, odkąd na wojnie stracił nogę. Tymczasem ich wybitnie uzdolniony...
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Polish
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It is 1950. London is still reeling from World War II, and Margery Benson, a schoolteacher and spinster, is trying to get through life, surviving on scraps. One day, she reaches her breaking point, abandoning her job and small existence to set out on an expedition to the other side of the world in search of her childhood obsession: an insect that may or may not exist--the golden beetle of New Caledonia. When she advertises for an assistant to accompany...