LIBROS DEL AUTOR: william francis jack

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  • My Moms and Me
    William Francis Jack
    An atmospheric 1950’s coming-of-age story about a quirky orphan in seventh-grade living in vacant buildings with his grandfather while attending a ritzy private Catholic military school. At first, he’s convinced that a monsignor’s sexual abuse won’t spoil his bizarrely fun life. After all, a kid’s gotta be tough...but, is he 'tough enough'? He walks a crooked line between hi...
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    29,87 €

  • Alter Boy Rules
    William Francis Jack
    When your world keeps turning upside-down, the trick is staying on top. Altar Boy Andrew Fisher, thirteen years old, born in an orphanage, stays with his grandfather who drinks more than he should and who loses more jobs than he gets. Andrew is world-wise, finds humor in almost everything, a smooth way out of any situation. A priest sexually molests him. Can Andrew get back t...
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    25,02 €

  • Would You Care For Fries With That?
    William Francis Jack
    ''Doctor Zhivago'' is smuggled out of Russia and published in the West while Pasternak is banned from attending the Nobel ceremonies, Van Cliburn charms Russian audiences. Sakharov goes into internal exile while Solzhenitsyn is banished abroad. This was all part of the Cold War, and it drove thousands of American students to major in Russian. We all know what happened to Rus...
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    16,10 €

  • A Time Of Troubles
    William Francis Jack
    David Alexander, an American professor of Russian, is called to task about an offhand remark he made concerning Tsar Boris Godunov, an historical figure portrayed as a villain and prince-murderer in history, as well as in literature and opera.David’s remark precipitates an academic dispute, and his teaching job is on the line. So is his historical research into Russia’s Cult of...
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    24,96 €

  • Lost in the Fortress of Saints Peter and Paul
    William Francis Jack
    In the dark nights of the Cold War, and two years after Soviet tanks rumbled into Prague, a group of American undergraduates is allowed to study at Leningrad State University. Soviet students, not used to seeing foreigners, fear, admire, love, or despise them. This story has enough heroes, villains, victims, romances, subplots, and symbols to qualify as a Russian-style novel....
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    32,24 €