Sociology of family life

Lady MacBethad: The electrifying story of love, ambition, revenge and murder behind a real life Scottish queen - Isabelle Schuler

<p>Power. History. Love. Hate. Vengeance. She will be Queen. Whatever it takes... Daughter of an ousted king. Descendant of powerful druids. Destined to take her place in history. As a child, Gruoch's grandmother prophesies that she will one day be Queen of Alba and reclaim the lands of her Pictish kin. When, many years later, she is betrothed to Duncan, the heir...

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Helga´s Diary: A Young Girl´s Account of Life in a Concentration Camp - Helga Weiss

Anotace: 'The most moving Holocaust diary published since Anne Frank' Daily Telegraph First they led us to the baths, where they took from us everything we still had. Quite literally there wasn't even a hair left. I didn't even recognize my own mother till I heard her voice . . . In 1941, aged 12, Helga Weiss, her mother and father were forced to say goodbye to their hom...

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Helga´s Diary: A Young Girl´s Account of Life in a Concentration Camp - Helga Weissová

<p>"The most moving Holocaust diary published since Anne Frank". (Daily Telegraph). First they led us to the baths, where they took from us everything we still had. Quite literally there wasn't even a hair left. I didn't even recognize my own mother till I heard her voice...In 1941, aged 12, Helga Weiss, her mother and father were forced to say goodbye to ...

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Mirror of Naples

The Mirror of Naples is Caroline Newark's ninth novel in a series based on the women in her family and follows the life of Mary Tudor, Queen of France

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What's Left of Us

The heartwarming conclusion to What's Left of Me. Love found me three years ago. I'm cancer free, happily married to the love of my life, and working toward my dream career. Our life is complete. Perfect, really. Or is it? I've always wanted a family of my

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Odyssey of Lily Page

Lily Page, fifty years of age, biddable, amenable, has lived her entire life in the family home in North London’s Islington, brought up after her

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Different Kind of Happy

ThereÂ’s no such thing as a perfect familyÂ…This is a warm-hearted, funny and relatable debut novel about the year in the life of a blended family mov

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Slice of the Moon

Because of the potato me and my family left our home and travelled 6,000 miles to find a new life . But things change overnight, and suddenly they fin

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End of the Sky

11-year-old Slim Hannigan and her family left their home in Ireland to travel to America - in search of a better life. It has been so long and such a

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Howl´s Moving Castle Film Comic 4 - Hajao Mijazaki

<p>Sophie thinks of herself as plain and boring, especially compared to her vivacious younger sister Lettie. Sophie expects to spend the rest of her life quietly making hats in the back room of her family's shop, but as her country prepares for war, she is forced to set out on an extraordinary adventure! With the Royal Sorcerer hot on their heels, Howl moves house, ...

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Children Of The Dust

It's a real-life nightmare. Sarah and her family have to stay cooped up in the tightly-sealed kitchen for days on end, dreading the inevitable radioac

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Bruegels: His Life and Works in 500 Images

An authoritative history of the Bruegel family and their contemporaries, with stunning fine art reproductions.

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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: The Official Coloring Book 2 - Kojoharu Gotóge

<p>Color 70 more illustrations featuring your favorite characters from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, with art by creator Koyoharu Gotouge!In Taisho-era Japan, kindhearted Tanjiro Kamado makes a living selling charcoal. But his peaceful life is shattered when a demon slaughters his entire family. His little sister Nezuko is the only survivor, but she has been trans...

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Bleach 73 (anglicky) - Noriaki Kubo

<p>Part-time student, full-time Soul Reaper, Ichigo is one of the chosen few guardians of the afterlife. Ichigo Kurosaki never asked for the ability to see ghosts-he was born with the gift. When his family is attacked by a Hollow-a malevolent lost soul-Ichigo becomes a Soul Reaper, dedicating his life to protecting the innocent and helping the tortured spirits them...

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JoJo´s Bizarre Adventure: Part 1 Phantom Blood 1 - Hirohiko Araki

<p>The legendary Shonen Jump series, now available in English for the first time, in a deluxe edition featuring color pages and newly drawn cover art! JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is a groundbreaking manga famous for its outlandish characters, wild humor and frenetic battles. A multigenerational tale of the heroic Joestar family and their never-ending battle against evi...

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Bleach (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 7: Includes vols. 19, 20 &amp; 21 - Noriaki Kubo

<p>Ichigo Kurosaki never asked for the ability to see ghosts - he was born with the gift. When his family is attacked by a Hollow - a malevolent lost soul - Ichigo becomes a Soul Reaper, dedicating his life to protecting the innocent and helping the tortured spirits themselves find peace. Find out why Tite Kubo's Bleach has become an international manga smash-hit! T...

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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: The Official Coloring Book - Kojoharu Gotóge

<p>Colour over seventy illustrations featuring your favourite characters from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, with art by manga artist Koyoharu Gotouge. In Taisho-era Japan, kindhearted Tanjiro Kamado makes a living selling charcoal. But his peaceful life is shattered when a demon slaughters his entire family. His little sister Nezuko is the only survivor, but she ...

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JoJo´s Bizarre Adventure: Part 5 Golden Wind 4 - Hirohiko Araki

<p>A multigenerational tale of the heroic Joestar family and their never-ending battle against evil!The legendary Shonen Jump series is now available in deluxe hardcover editions featuring color pages! JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is a groundbreaking manga famous for its outlandish characters, wild humor and frenetic battles.The high-speed conflict continues! The expres...

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JoJo´s Bizarre Adventure: Part 6 Stone Ocean 1 - Hirohiko Araki

<p>A multigenerational tale of the heroic Joestar family and their never-ending battle against evil!The legendary Shonen Jump series is now available in deluxe hardcover editions featuring color pages! JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is a groundbreaking manga famous for its outlandish characters, wild humor and frenetic battles.Stone Ocean is here! The highly acclaimed six...

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Life Story Books for Adopted and Fostered Children, Second Edition

This concise book shows a family-friendly way to compile a Life Story Book which promotes a sense of permanency for the child, and encourages attachme

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Death Note 8 - Tsugumi Ohba

<p>Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects, and he's bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Noteto rid the world of evil. But when criminals begin dropping dead, ...

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What You Really Want to Know About Life with Dementia

This essential guidebook presents the wide range of issues faced by family carers and dementia patients. Grounded in real stories, the book includes c

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Wheel of Osheim - neuveden

Anotace: From the critically-acclaimed author of PRINCE OF FOOLS comes the third volume of the brilliant new epic fantasy series, THE RED QUEEN`S WAR. All the horrors of Hell stand between Snorri Ver Snagason and the rescue of his family, if indeed the dead can be rescued. For Jalan Kendeth getting out alive and with Loki`s Key is all that matters. The key can open any l...

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Taste : My Life Through Food, 1. vydání - Stanley Tucci

<p>From award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the kitchen. For Stanley and foodie fans, this is the perfect, irresistible gift.From award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the kitchen.Before Stanley Tucci became a househ...

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Patron Saint of Second Chances

The perfect feel-good novel - a celebration of the underdog, of family and of remembering what really matters in life - from a joyous new voice in fic

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Patron Saint of Second Chances

The perfect feel-good novel - a celebration of the underdog, of family and of remembering what really matters in life - from a joyous new voice in fic

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So Much Life Left Over, 1. vydání - Bernieres Louis de

<p>FROM THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN At the dawn of the 1920s, Rosie and Daniel move to Ceylon with their small daughter to start a new life, attempting to put the trauma of the First World War - and its effects on their marriage - behind them. Back in England, Rosie's sisters are dealing with impossible challenges in t...

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Elder Sons of George III

Using original letters, diaries and newspapers, the royal family and the insular world of the Georgian court are brought vividly back to life.

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Memoirs Of A Highland Lady

Written between 1845 and 1854 the memoirs contained in this book were intended for Elizabeth's family. These records of life in the early nineteenth c

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The Woman Who Stole My Life - Marian Keyesová

Anotace: International bestselling author Marian Keyes is bringing you another masterfully told story full of wit and charm.`Name: Stella Sweeney.Height: average.Recent life events: dramatic.`One day, sitting in traffic, married Dublin mum Stella Sweeney attempts a good deed. The resulting car crash changes her life.For she meets a man who wants her telephone number (for...

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A Good Life: A No 1 International Bestseller - Virginie Grimaldiová

<p>AN EMOTIONAL AND UPLIFTING NOVEL FROM THE FRENCH MARIAN KEYES FOR FANS OF RUTH HOGAN, VERONICA HENRY AND SARAH MORGAN Emma and Agathe are sisters. They grew up together yet are very different. Agathe, the youngest, messy, and ardent, has always taken up all the space in the bath, in the bedroom, and in Emma's heart. After five years of unexplained silence, Emma a...

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Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls

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Battle of Bubble and Squeak

Sid, Peggy and Amy adore the two gerbils, Bubble and Squeak, but their mother detests them. A major family battle results, and it's clear life is neve

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Great Big Book of Feelings

Mary Hoffman and Ros Asquith look at feelings in family life, at school and everywhere with the same warmth, wit and sensitivity that they brought to

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Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (0385480016)

Kniha - autor Anne Lamott, 272 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná "Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he'd had three months to write. It was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper ...

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Pet Sematary: 'A pet isn'' t just for life' (1444708139)

Kniha - autor Stephen King, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná A perennial classic from Stephen King - timeless and topical.The house looked right, felt right to Dr Louis Creed.Rambling, old, unsmart and comfortable. A place where the family could settle; the children grow and play and explore. The rolling hills and meadows of Maine seemed a world away from the fume-...

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Wisdom of Call The Midwife

The best life-affirming words of wisdom on love, loss, friendship, family and much more from the most-watched British drama in the world, Call The Mid

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Exploring the World of Alligators and Crocodiles

Young readers will learn about the crocodilians' life history, physical characteristics, courtship displays, communication strategies and family life.

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The Little Liar: The moving, life-affirming WWII novel from the internationally bestselling author of Tuesdays with Morrie - Albom Mitch

Anotace: `Moving` Daily Mail`It will stay with you` Independent`Profound` Irish Examiner____________________A moving new novel from the beloved author of Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in HeavenWhen the Nazis invade Salonika, Greece, eleven-year-old Nico Crispi is offered a chance to save his family. He is instructed to convince his fellow Jewish resid...

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The Bastard of Istanbul (0241972906)

Kniha - autor Elif Shafak, 364 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná From the backlist of Elif Shafak, author of The Architect's Apprentice, The Bastard of Istanbul is a tale of an extraordinary family curse and was longlisted for the 2008 Orange Fiction Prize. One rainy afternoon in Istanbul, a woman walks into a doctor's surgery. 'I need to have an abortion', s...

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England in the Age of Dickens

New in paperback - Life, Society, Family, Economy, and Politics in early and mid-Victorian England mediated through the life and writings of arguably

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England in the Age of Dickens

Life, Society, Family, Economy, and Politics in early and mid-Victorian England mediated through the life and writings of arguably the nation's greate

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What Remains of Edith Finch

Winner of Best Game at the 2018 BAFTA Game Awards, as well as Best Narrative awards at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards, 2018 SXSW Gaming Awards, and The Game Awards 2017, What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her fa...

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The Beekeeper of Aleppo (1838770011)

Kniha - autor Christy Lefteri, 400 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Nuri is a beekeeper; his wife, Afra, an artist. They live a simple life, rich in family and friends, in the beautiful Syrian city of Aleppo - until the unthinkable happens. When all they care for is destroyed by war, they are forced to escape. As Nuri and Afra travel through a broken world,...

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God Emperor of Dune (0593098250)

Kniha - autor Frank Herbert, 608 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Book Four in the Magnificent Dune Chronicles, the Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All Time. Millennia have passed on Arrakis, and the once-desert planet is green with life. Leto Atreides, the son of the world's savior, the Emperor Paul Muad'Dib, is still alive but far from human. To p...

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Bridge of Clay - Markus Zusak

THE EPIC BESTSELLING NEW NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK THIEF‘If The Book Thief was a novel that allowed Death to steal the show... [its] brilliantly illuminated follow-up is affirmatively full of life’ GuardianA lost typewriter -- A dead dog -- The bones of the snake that killed it Matthew Dunbar, eldest of five brothers, is on a journey to find them all. Only then ca...

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Bridge of Clay - Markus Zusak

Anotace: THE EPIC NEW NOVEL FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE BOOK THIEF 'If The Book Thief was a novel that allowed Death to steal the show... [its] brilliantly illuminated follow-up is affirmatively full of life.' Guardian 'This is a tale of love, art and redemption; rowdy and joyous.' Times 'Bridge of Clay is one of those monumental books that can draw you across spa...

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Children of Eden - Joey Graceffa

Anotace: 25-year-old Joey Graceffa has captured the hearts of more than 8.3 million teens and young adults through his playful, sweet, and inspirational YouTube presence. Already a bestselling author with his memoir, In Real Life, Joey now presents his first novel, Children of Eden. Rowan is a Second Child in a world where population control measures make her an outlaw...

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The Children of Jocasta (1529057132)

Kniha - autor Natalie Haynes, 352 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná From Natalie Haynes, the Women's Prize shortlisted author of A Thousand Ships, comes The Children of Jocasta, a retelling of Oedipus and Antigone from the perspectives of the women the myths overlooked. My siblings and I have grown up in a cursed house, children of cursed parents . . . Joca...

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House of Flame and Shadow

The stunning third book in the sexy, action-packed Crescent City series, following the global bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath. Bryce Quinlan never expected to see a world other than Midgard, but now that she has, all she wants is to get back. Everything she loves is in Midgard: her family, her friends, her mate. Stranded in a strange new w...

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

Suddenly, in the darkness, there was a terrible, low howl and it came from the moor. ‘The hound!’ cried Holmes.’ Tag Mystery In this Reader you will find: - information about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s life - a section focusing on background and context - a glossary of difficult words - comprehension activities - an exit test An old family document says that everyone who l ...

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Confessions of a Happily Married Man

Become the couple God wants you to be, as popular marriage and family columnist Joshua Rogers offers spouses hope with real-life stories from his own

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In the Shadow of the River

Jacci Reed loves her life on the Ohio River in 1896 as part of the Kingston showboat family, but shadows of her past and the death of her mother linge

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Valley at the Centre of the World

Set against the rugged west coast of Shetland, this is a novel about family and inheritance, rapid change and an age-old way of life. The exquisite de

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Oxford Playscripts: Solace of the Road

Holly Hogan is miserable. She hates her life and her too-nice foster family. But when she finds a blonde wig, she realises that she doesn't need to be

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Trump: The Art of the Deal

TrumpHere is Trump in action – how he runs his business and how he runs his life – as he meets the people he needs to meet, chats with family and fr

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The Reappearance of Rachel Price - Jacksonová Holly

Anotace: A stunning new YA thriller from the bestselling, award-winning author of A Good Girl`s Guide to Murder! 18-year-old Bel has lived her whole life in the shadow of her mom`s mysterious disappearance. Sixteen years ago, Rachel Price vanished and young Bel was the only witness. Rachel is gone, presumed dead. The case is dragged up from the past whe...

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The Reappearance of Rachel Price - Jacksonová Holly

Anotace: A stunning new YA thriller from the bestselling, award-winning author of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder! 18-year-old Bel has lived her whole life in the shadow of her mom's mysterious disappearance. Sixteen years ago, Rachel Price vanished and young Bel was the only witness. Rachel is gone, presumed dead. The case is dragged up from the past when the ...

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Life and Love in Nazi Prague : Letters from an Occupied City - Bader Marie

Anotace: Prague, 1940-1942. The Nazi-occupied city is locked in a reign of terror under Reinhard Heydrich. The Jewish community experience increasing levels of persecution, as rumours start to swirl of deportation and an unknown, but widely feared, fate. Amidst the chaos and devastation, Marie Bader, a widow age 56, has found love again with a widower, her cousin Ernst L...

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Life and Love in Nazi Prague : Letters from an Occupied City - Marie Bader

<p>Prague, 1940-1942. The Nazi-occupied city is locked in a reign of terror under Reinhard Heydrich. The Jewish community experience increasing levels of persecution, as rumours start to swirl of deportation and an unknown, but widely feared, fate. Amidst the chaos and devastation, Marie Bader, a widow age 56, has found love again with a widower, her cousin Ernst Lo...

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