Appie Knoll is the kind of suburb where kids grow up right. But something is wrong. Fourteen-year-old Kevin Bartlett disappears. Everyone thinks he's run away -- until the comic strip ransom note arrives. It doesn't take Spenser long to get the picture -- an affluent family seething with rage, a desperate boy making strange friends...friends like Vic Harroway, body builder. Mr. Muscle is Spenser's only lead and he isn't talking...except with his fists. But when push comes to shove, when a boy's life is on the line, Spenser can speak that language too.
Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship
Added by: susan6th | Karma: 3133.45 | Fiction literature | 26 August 2010
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Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship
A testament to the power of friendship, a story of how an extraordinary bond between two women can illuminate the loneliest, funniest, hardest moments in life, including the final and ultimate challenge. They met over their dogs. Both writers, Gail Caldwell and Caroline Knapp, author of Drinking: A Love Story, became best friends, talking about everything from their shared history of a struggle with alcohol, to their relationships with men and colleagues, to their love of books.
Added by: ella_sabe | Karma: 85.27 | Fiction literature | 22 August 2010
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Leonato, a kindly, respectable nobleman, lives in the idyllic Italian town of Messina. Leonato shares his house with his lovely young daughter, Hero, his playful, clever niece, Beatrice, and his elderly brother, Antonio. As the play begins, Leonato prepares to welcome some friends home from a war. The friends include Don Pedro, a prince who is a close friend of Leonato, and two fellow soldiers:..
Added by: intra | Karma: 87.38 | Coursebooks, Kids | 15 August 2010
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Welcome Friends 3 (SB + Class CDs)
Welcome Friends course is for young learners of primary school grades 4-6. It is the continuation of Welcome Kids series and lets pupils extend their knowledge of vocabulary and grammar structures.
Welcome Friends to kurs języka angielskiego dla uczniów klas IV-VI szkoły podstawowej. Stanowi kontynuację serii podręczników Welcome Kids i pozwala na poszerzenie znajomości słownictwa i struktur językowych.
