Lost Boy, Lost Girl: Escaping Civil War in Sudan

One of thousands of children who fled strife in southern Sudan, John Bul Dau survived hunger, exhaustion, and violence. His wife, Martha, endured s...

'Work hard, get paid.' It's simple. Self-evident. But it's also a lie--at least for most of us. For young people today, the old assumptions are cru...

DescriptionMany stories have been told about the famous Lost Boys, but now for the first time, a Lost Girl shares her hauntingly beautiful and insp...

Reducere. When South Sudan's war began, the Beatles were playing their first hits and reaching the moon was an astronaut's dream. Half a century later, with ...

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In 1204, the great Angevin Empire created by the joining of the dynasties of Henry II of England and his queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, was fragmenti...

From the author of The Girl Who Stole an Elephant comes another brilliant escapade. The third thrilling adventure set in a fictional Sri Lanka is j...

DescriptionThough few people have heard of A.D. Smith (1811-65), this nineteenth-century knight-errant left his mark on some of the key events of h...

Reducere. Get ready to get lost in this international boxed set, featuring Lost in London, Lost in Paris, and Lost in RomeAfter a major misstep leaves Jordan...

He is dazzled by her beauty but Sylvie's husband is in prison and the closeness that Brendan soon longs for is impossible.Sylvie has to escape from...

Reducere. A brilliant evocation of the post-Civil War era by the acclaimed author of Patriots and Union 1812. After Lincoln tells the story of the Reconstruc...

*** WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 ******WINNER OF THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2018***'A masterpiece of history and me...

Reducere. An ALA Notable Children's Book and a Booklist Editors' Choice, about one young man's memories of the land he called home.The land I love was lost t...

Reducere. Bestselling historian Andrew Nagorski "brings keen psychological insights into the world leaders involved" (Booklist) during 1941, the critical yea...

Reducere. An appalling act of violence and an unsolved double-murder.​Small-town investigative reporter, Shelby Day, is determined to hunt a killer. As her s...

DescriptionInnocence is no protection against evil...One early October afternoon, ten-year-old Jacob Rossi begins the short walk home from school. ...

Reducere. 'I will never forget what the Nazi did to me. Never'1940, Nazi-occupied Paris. A powerful story of love, tragedy and incredible courage, about one ...

Between 1963 and 1965 the Moors Murderers - Ian Brady and Myra Hindley - kidnapped and murdered five children before they were caught and sentenced...

Arcturus is a love story of two people who refuse to give up and the tale of a family on a cross-country journey learning to heal. Arcturus awakens...

Reducere. The truck stopped for a moment in the freezing, bombed-out street and Kate caught sight of a little girl in a ragged dress on the steps of a once-b...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Chanda HahnAfter nearly losing Wendy, Peter returns her to her family but fears she may not be safe from Hook. Torn between...

Reducere. The fourth instalment in the bestselling Fairyland series, hailed as 'one of the most extraordinary works of fantasy, for adults or children, publi...

This collection of up to 50 poems translated from the original Tamil, comes with an afterword that will provide readers with the historical and pol...

Reducere. Was the Confederacy doomed from the start in its struggle against the superior might of the Union? Did its forces fight heroically against all odds...

Owl and the Lost Boy is Amy Wilson's magical follow-up to the critically-acclaimed novel, A Girl Called Owl.

Reducere. After a middle school field trip to Earth, Bigfoot youngster Errl is wandering in the forest, lost. While waiting for his friends to return, he fal...

Reducere. Running for My Life is not a story about Africa or track and field athletics. It is about outrunning the devil and achieving the impossible faith, ...

Reducere. I've been kidnapped by vampires and Sawyer is under some love spell.Now I've got to traipse through the entire Magic Lands without getting killed t...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. 1981 has not been Alice Merveille's cup of tea. Abruptly pushed into a contract by her scheming uncle, Alice has no choice but to sign on as the gu...

A compelling and moving memoir about saving lives in one of the most dangerous regions in the worldPublisher: Canongate Books LtdAuthor(s): James M...

Reducere. The classic novel from Newbery Medalist and National Book Award winner Louis Sachar (Holes), with a brand-new cover David is only trying to be cool...

Another witty and very clever tale by the master storyteller Louis Sachar, author of }Holes{. David helps some other boys steal an old lady's cane ...

Reducere. Run.Don't look back.When a young teenager is stabbed to death at a busy fairground, Detective Mark Turpin is assigned the task of finding the boy's...

Reducere. Run.Don't look back.When a young teenager is stabbed to death at a busy fairground, Detective Mark Turpin is assigned the task of finding the boy's...

Reducere. 1 Never For The Damned 5: 02 2 Ash & Debris 4: 16 3 The Enemy 3: 39 4 Praise Lamented Shade 4: 03 5 Requiem 4: 25 6 Unreachable 3: 39 7 Prelude To ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Gerald NaekelThe eBook version of this book, here on Amazon, has most of the first chapter to read, while the print version...

Reducere. Thomas Wolfe's The Lost Boy is a captivating and poignant retelling of an episode from Wolfe's childhood. The story of Wolfe's brother Grover and h...

Reducere. Nashville PI Jackson Gamble takes on a case that seems simple enough. All he has to do is find and return home a fourteen-year-old girl who has dis...

There is one version of my story that everyone knows. And then there is the truth. This is how it happened. How I went from being Peter Pan's first...

Reducere. The boy in this debut picture book is fascinated by bees, and is puzzled and saddened when they disappear one rainy day. What can have caused them ...

Reducere. In this unique history of the "Lost Battalion" of World War I, Alan D. Gaff tells for the first time the story of the 77th Division from the perspe...

On the morning of Gail's birthday, her shadow escapes. A lyrical, immersive and luminous tale of sisterhood, The Girl Who Lost Her Shadow tells of ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Catherine DoyleNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 198 x 24Cover type: Paper...

Reducere. A young American's timely account of endurance and enlightenment after being caught up in Lebanon's summer of siege. Ashe Stevens is a rising actor...

Reducere. A young American's timely account of endurance and enlightenment after being caught up in Lebanon's summer of siege. Ashe Stevens is a rising actor...

Reducere. Wendy swore she would return . . . But Peter isn't willing to wait. After marooning himself on Neverland to ensure his crew's return home, Peter is...

Reducere. More than 60, 000 books have been published on the Civil War. Most Americans, though, get their ideas about the war--why it was fought, what was wo...