LIBROS DEL AUTOR: shirley kennedy

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  • Lucky Creek Lady
    Shirley Kennedy
    Pampered, fun-loving Laurie Sinclair hates everything about the rough, ugly mining town of Lucky Creek, California. She only left Philadelphia because her wealthy father opened the Monarch Gold Mine-and because Brandon, the man she’d hoped to marry, sent her away. But when Brandon changes his mind, she’s ready to pack her bags-until her father is suddenly killed in a mine explo...
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    15,14 €

  • Bay City Belle
    Shirley Kennedy
    ''Before the war, Belle Ainsworth led a life of pleasure and privilege in the deep South. Five years after losing her fiancé at the Battle of Gettysburg, she is still alone, with no prospects for marriage among the remaining men of her acquaintance. But out west, there are possibilities. And when Belle answers an ad for a mail-order bride and boards a train to San Francisco to ...
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    14,18 €

  • River Queen Rose
    Shirley Kennedy
    The ramshackle River Queen Hotel is home to vagabonds, gamblers, and heathens-and now, to new widow Rose Peterson. The rundown Gold Rush establishment is the only thing her late husband, Emmet, left her. Despite its raucous saloon and ladies of the evening, Rose can see the hotel’s potential. Her late husband’s family claim that sheltered Rose isn’t capable of running the Sacra...
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    14,20 €

  • Gold Rush Bride
    Shirley Kennedy
    Letitia Tinsley’s well-ordered spinster life is thrown into chaos when she learns her beloved brother has mysteriously disappeared from his gold mining claim in California. Determined to discover the truth, Letty sets out on the treacherous journey west. But there’s only one thing more perilous than a single lady traveling alone into the rugged frontier-and that is sharing the ...
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    14,25 €

  • Wagon Train Sisters
    Shirley Kennedy
    After the death of her abusive husband, Sarah Gregg is free to join her family along with thousands of others in the nation’s westward march for gold. But in the middle of the hard journey, Sarah’s younger sister, Florrie, disappears. Devastated by the family’s failed attempts to find her missing sister, Sarah now wants only to settle into a quiet, uneventful life when she reac...
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    14,20 €

  • A Rose in the Desert
    Shirley Kennedy
    In her midtwenties, Shirley was diagnosed with manic depression-now called bipolar disorder-and lithium was prescribed as the treatment. Her doctor delivered a prognosis that read like a death sentence. She did not believe it. Shirley refused to accept both the diagnosis and treatment, and for three and a half years lived symptom free. Then came the second episode. The reality ...
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    16,31 €

  • Wagon Train Cinderella
    Shirley Kennedy
    Love can lead you out of the wilderness... 1851, Overland Trail to California. As a baby, Callie was left on the doorstep of an isolated farmhouse in Tennessee. The Whitaker family took her in, but have always considered her more a servant than a daughter. Scorned by her two stepsisters, Callie is forced to work long hours and denied an education. But a new world opens to her ...
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    14,22 €

  • The Last of Lady Lansdown
    Shirley Kennedy
    In the dawn of the Regency era in Northern England, precious few mourn the sudden and shocking passing of the Earl of Lansdown. Certainly not Jane Elton, the young and beautiful widow whose life he made a misery. After her initial relief, Jane must contend with an unexpected and devastating reality: because she is childless, she and her family must descend several rungs down th...
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    16,28 €

  • Peaks, Passes And Glaciers
    John Ball / A. E. Field / Edward Shirley Kennedy
    Peaks, Passes and Glaciers is a collection of excursions by members of the Alpine Club. This series of accounts details various mountaineering expeditions and explorations undertaken by these pioneering adventurers. Offering a glimpse into the challenges and triumphs of early alpine exploration, this work provides detailed narratives of ascents, traverses, and scientific observ...
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    31,81 €

  • Heartbreak Trail
    Shirley Kennedy
    1850. Lucy, a pampered New Englander, is dragged by her husband and cold-hearted brother-in-law on a wagon train bound for California. The first casualty of the arduous trek is her husband. Lucy longs to return home, but that would mean abandoning her little stepson. How fortunate then that rugged Clint Palance, a former trapper and Indian scout, is watching over them both! As ...
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    16,28 €

  • Thoughts On Being
    Edward Shirley Kennedy
    ''Thoughts On Being: Suggested By Meditation Upon The Infinite, The Immaterial, And The Eternal'' is a philosophical work written by Edward Shirley Kennedy in 1850. The book explores the nature of existence and the universe through the lens of meditation and contemplation. Kennedy delves into the concepts of infinity, immateriality, and eternity, examining what they mean and ho...
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    37,51 €

  • Where There’s A Will There’s A Way
    Charles Hudson / Edward Shirley Kennedy
    ''Where There’s A Will There’s A Way'' is a thrilling account of Charles Hudson’s ascent of Mont Blanc, the highest peak in the Alps. Hudson, an accomplished mountaineer, decided to attempt a new route up the mountain without the help of guides. The book details his journey, from the planning stages to the final ascent, and is filled with vivid descriptions of the breathtaking ...
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    27,00 €