The only daughter of Heather and Brian ORourke, Daisy is far from a coddled hot-house flower. Determined to be Harvey Girl- a waitress at one of Fred Harveys damous restaurants- she tumbles headfirst into a Wild West adventure. Autor: Collen L. Reece
A fugive from Yankee justice, Confederate veteran Sandy Thompson looks for pease and solitude in the expanses of the untamed West. Autor : Stephen Bly
Fifteen-years-old David Moreland is about to find out. His parents have tried to prepare him for the rough months ahead, but what words can describe matters of life and death ?
Shamed by her fathers drunken indulgences and his promise to sell her as a wife, Rachel Buchmann escapes her house to join a wagon train bound for the West. Autor: June Masters Bacher
Lucia Santa, hrdinka nášho románu,prežíva svoj pohnutý osud v newyorskej West Side,dobre známej štvrti chudobných prisťahovalcov,v ktorej vyrastá podhubie mafie. Autor: Mario Puzo
Hoci do uzávierky chýbala necelá štvrťhodina , ešte pracoval na úvodníku pre svoju rubriku. Zatiaľ napísal: Hodno žiť, pretože život je plný túžob a pokoja, nehy, nadšenia a viery... Autor: Nathanael West
A visit from Gram and Gramp Hollister in the Hollister home at Shoreham opens up the opportunity for the five children to go to Canada with their grandparents to see the Mardi Gras and Winter Carnival in Quebec. Autor : Jerry West
Fleeing Kentucky with her regtag band of freed slaves and Throughbred horses, Jesselynn Highwood discovers her destination in Missouri has been ravaget. With no place of refuge left, she gathers supplies and heads west on the Oregon Trail, enduring grim adversity and dangeralong the way. Autor : Lauranie Snelling
Wieso Ellery Queen an einem späten Dezembertag um zwei Uhr mittags in der grauen Kälte dieses Zipfels von West Virginia neben einem mitgenommenen Sportwagen stand, bedarf der Erklärung. Autor : Ellery Queen
Interpret: Jesse Malin Album: On your sleeve Piesne: Looking for a love, Do you Remember Rock n Roll Radio, Sway, Russian Roulette, Gates of the west, Me and Julio Down By the school yard, You can make them like you, Walk on the wild side, Harmony, Rodeo Town, Operator a iné....
Colonel Edwin E. Buzz Aldrin Jr., graduated from West Point and received a Dotor of Science degree from M. I. T After leaving the space progra he served as a commander of the Air Force Test Pilots School. Autor : Colonel Edwin E. Buzz Aldrin Jr., and Wayne Warga
Josh Flower lay on the briaded rag rug in front of the big pot-bellied stove. He marked his place in the book he was reading and looked up. Ma was rocking Buddy, gently humming Rock of Ages.
In diesem spannenden und bewegten Werk bekennt sich Pearl S. Buck erneut zu dem unerschütterlichen Glauben an das Gute im Menschen: Mut, Verantwortungsbewußtsein und vor allem zur Liebe. Die schon oft eindrucksvoll unter Beweis gestellte Sensibilität der Nobelpreisträgerin für die Störungen, die Ost und West trennen, findet sich gekonnt auch in diesem Werk wieder. Autor: Pearl S. Buck
Slečna Dušehojivá, autorovo najlepšie dielo, je príbehom novinára, ktorý píše rubriku pre zlomené srdcia . Trik pôvodne vymyslený na zvýšenie počtu odberateľov nadobudne však v priebehu deja charakter dramy a končí sa tragicky. Deň kobyliek je zas príbeh zo sveta rovnako nezmyselného a založeného na falošnch ilúziách, zo sveta filmu.... Autor: Nathanael West
Contemporary / British EnglishIt is 1954 and Kabuo Miyamoto is on trial for murder. He is a Japanese American living on the island of San Piedro, off the north-west coast of America. The Second World War has left an atmosphere of anger and suspicion in this small community. Will Kabuo receive a fair trial? And will the true cause of the victim’s death be discovered?
Leopard loves to bang his drum, but when he refuses to share it with the Sky God, he finds himself in a lot of trouble! Based on a West African folktale. First Reading Level 3 are real books for beginner readers which develop reading stamina through simple, repetitive text. Featuring the colourful illustrations of Katie Lovell. Includes several pages of readingrelated puzzles. Part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton.