Pollyanna Grows Up (Porter Eleanor H.)(Paperback)

Pollyanna Grows Up (Porter Eleanor H.)(Paperback)

In this sequel to the children's classic Pollyanna,' our beloved heroine continues to cheer up everyone around her with her sunny personality and relentless good humorWhen we left Pollyanna at the end of the first book, she was trying very hard to stay positive after a car accident injured her

Pollyanna & Pollyanna Grows Up - Eleanor H. Porter

When Pollyanna Whittier goes to live with her sourtempered aunt after her father's death, things seem bad enough, but then a dreadful accident ensues. However, Pollyanna's sunny nature and good humour prove to have an astonishing effect on all around her, and this wonderful tale of how cheerfulness

Pollyanna (Porter Eleanor H.)(Paperback / softback)

Pollyanna - Eleanor Hodgmanová-Porterová

The orphan girl Pollyanna moves in with her strict aunt in New England. Despite a difficult start, Pollyanna's exuberance and positivity affect everyone who meets her, and she spreads joy and love wherever she goes. But when tragedy strikes, Pollyanna finds her optimistic attitude tested, and she

Pollyanna (Porter Eleanor H.)(Paperback / softback)

THE COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED TEXT'Most generally there is something about everything that you can be glad about, if you keep hunting long enough to find it'When her father dies, Pollyanna is sent to live with her stern Aunt

Pollyanna - Zrcadlová četba (A1-A2) - Eleanor H. Porter

Cheerful, chatty Pollyanna can always find something to be glad about. Even when the newly orphaned girl has to live with her cold and strict aunt Polly, she remains full of hope and brightens up the life of everyone she meets. But when tragedy strikes, Pollyanna finds her optimistic attitude

Pollyanna - Eleanor Hodgmanová-Porterová

Pollyanna is eleven when she arrives in Beldingsville to live with her aunt, Miss Polly Harrington. It isn't easy for Pollyanna, her aunt is a difficult, cold woman and everyone she meets in the town is sad. But Pollyanna always looks for the good in life and she knows how to make friends. soon the

Classic Starts(r) Pollyanna (Porter Eleanor H.)(Pevná vazba)

'Once you start looking for the happy things, you don't think about the bad ones as much.' That's the joyful way Pollyanna sees the world: no matter what happens, she plays her 'Just Be Glad' game and finds the sunny side of any situation. But when she's orphaned and forced to live with her rigid

The Cambridge Introduction to Narrative (Abbott H. Porter)(Paperback)

What is narrative? How does it work and how does it shape our lives? H. Porter Abbott emphasizes that narrative is found not just in literature, film, and theatre, but everywhere in the ordinary course of people's lives. This widely used introduction, now revised and expanded in its third edition,

It's Up to the Women (Roosevelt Eleanor)(Paperback)

'Eleanor Roosevelt never wanted her husband to run for president. When he won, she . . . went on a national tour to crusade on behalf of women. She wrote a regular newspaper column. She became a champion of women's rights and of civil rights. And she decided to write a book.'--Jill Lepore, from the

Memed, My Hawk (Kemal Yashar)(Paperback / softback)

Memed grows up a serf to a vicious overlord on the thistle-clad plains of Turkey's Taurus region. When his plan to escape is dashed, and the young woman he loves murdered, Memed makes for the mountains to become an

Mean (Gurba Myriam)(Paperback)

Gurba grows up queer, chicana, and take no prisoners. Her story is a revelation, a delight, and an

Coccarde Tricolori 2014(Paperback / softback)

With its XII edition, our yearbook-magazine 'Coccarde Tricolori' grows up and improves. Since this edition, it deals not only with the aviation sector of the Italian Armed Forces and State Corps, but adds also the land and naval sectors, to become a complete publication on all the Italian Defence

Fearless (Porter Kenny)(Paperback)

Fearless is a touching graphic novel about growing up, accepting change, and finding a way to be happy when you miss your best friend.Kara hoped to spend the summer re-enacting episodes of her favorite TV show, Shinpi Rider, with her best friend Alice. But when Alice moves to a new home two towns

Jiddy Vardy (Estevez Ruth)(Paperback / softback)

Jiddy is a survivor. Rescued at birth, she grows up in Robin Hood's Bay, a village harbouring a dangerous secret. Just as romance blossoms and Jiddy finally feels like she belongs, figures from the past threaten to tear her world apart... A thrilling tale of one girl's search for identity and

Rosa's Island (Wood Valerie)(Paperback)

In this book, an orphaned child from an island on the east coast of Yorkshire grows up to discover the secrets and tragedies of her

Lady's Maid (Court Dilly)(Paperback / softback)

Whilst Kate grows up knowing only poverty and servitude, Josie's world is one of privilege and luxury. Until a chance meeting forces Kate and Josie to confront the truth of that night nearly twenty years before - a truth that turns both worlds upside down and threatens to destroy their friendship

Toto (Abadia Ximo)(Paperback / softback)

An ambitious young donkey dreams of becoming more than just a porter, ferrying loads up the mountainside day after day. But a donkey could never become an astronaut, could

Congress of Rough Riders (Boyne John)(Paperback / softback)

William Cody grows up surrounded by his father's tales of Buffalo Bill, to whom he is distantly related, and his fantasies of the Wild West. Though he escapes his heritage by fleeing abroad and starting a new life for himself, he finds that he is always drawn back to England and to his

Look Homeward, Angel (Wolfe Thomas)(Paperback / softback)

Eugene Gant, born in 1900 to hard-drinking stone-cutter Oliver and entrepreneurial Eliza, grows up in small-town America. Both lonely outsider and passionate chronicler of American life, Eugene experiences upheaval and family tragedy before coming to realise that he must leave his home behind if he

Goodfellas (Scorsese Martin)(Paperback / softback)

'As far back as I can remember, I've always wanted to be a gangster.'Henry Hill grows up in the 1950s, in a Brooklyn neighbourhood where Italian-American gangsters walk tall in the streets, commanding the respect of their

The Hunt for Elsewhere (Vine Beatrice)(Paperback)

Abandoned by his family and raised by a wise, old crow, Saxton grows up to be no ordinary fox. Where other foxes are ruthless, Saxton is merciful. Where they are greedy, he is generous. But for all that Saxton believes in honor and love, kindness and courage, other animals deem him no better than

Asphyxia (Leduc Violette)(Paperback)

In a small French town, a young girl grows up under the hard blue gaze of a mother who will not hold her hand. Her only comfort lies in the warmth of her ill grandmother. Yet the world around her is humming with curiosity. From the obsessive Madame Barbaroux and her endless spring cleaning, to the

Of Human Bondage (Maugham W. Somerset)(Paperback)

Desperate for love and eager for experience of a wider world, Philip Carey grows up in the oppressive confines of his uncle's vicarage. The sensitive orphan is burdened by a club foot that sets him apart from his schoolmates and heightens his loneliness. Seeking passion and inspiration, he pursues