When the girls are given the chance of a new life on the other side of the world, they know they have to say yes - no matter the price. How will they find the courage and strength to build new lives in a strange land?
Nicola Pierce Knihy
Nicola Pierce tvorí pútavé príbehy, ktoré čitateľa vtiahnu do deja, či už sa odohrávajú v minulosti alebo sú inšpirované nadprirodzenom. Po úspešných tituloch pre dospelých sa zamerala na mladších čitateľov a jej diela sú oceňované pre svoju schopnosť oživiť históriu a dodať jej emocionálnu hĺbku. Pierce majstrovsky prepletá napätie s historickými faktami a vytvára tak nezabudnuteľné čitateľské zážitky. Jej knihy skúmajú témy odvahy a odolnosti v najťažších životných situáciách.
O'Connell Street
- 278 stránok
- 10 hodin čítania
O'Connell Street is at the heart of Dublin. Through name changes and revolutions, destruction and rebuilding it has remained at the heart of the story of Ireland for centuries. Nicola Pierce explores the people, the history, the buildings and the stories behind the main street in our capital city.
Chasing ghosts: an Arctic adventure
- 320 stránok
- 12 hodin čítania
An enthralling novel of two stories that speak to each other across time and thousands of milesBased on the real events of Sir John Franklin’s expedition to find the Northwest PassageIn 1845, two ships, HMS Erebus and Terror, are Arctic-bound. Commander John Franklin and second-in-command Francis Crozier hope to return within two years, but nobody really knows how long they will be gone. As time passes with no word from the expedition, the world fears the worst ...In 1849, in Derry, little Weesy Coppin has died of a fever, but her spirit appears to her sister Ann and her brother William.The two stories collide as Franklin’s crew struggle to survive, and Weesy seems bent on haunting her family.Finally, one ghostly night Ann asks her sister the question on everyone’s lips: Where are the missing ships?
City of Fate
- 271 stránok
- 10 hodin čítania
Sunday 23 August 1942 is an important day for Yuri. It is his fourteenth birthday and also the day that the Nazis began their carpet-bombing campaign of Stalingrad, which continued every day for the next two weeks. Facing overwhelming odds, it will take all his determination and wits to survive.
Titanic
- 240 stránok
- 9 hodin čítania
This book commemorates the enduring legacy of the world's most famous ship - TITANIC. Her story is one of all those bound together on that fateful voyage. On board were: writers, artists, honeymooners, sportsmen, priests, reverends, fashion designers, aristocrats, millionaires, children, crew and emigrants looking for a better life.
Derry. 1689. The city's inhabitants resist all attempts by the King James's men to storm their gates. Outside, the soldiers reckon the only effective weapon they have left is to starve them out...
The ghost of fifteen-year-old Samuel Scott moves restlessly aboard the Titanic as she sails to her doom in 1912. An eyewitness to the final days in the lives of rich and poor, crew and passengers, this is Samuel's story ...
Two kings, three young soldiers, one battle to end all battles. As King James and King William prepare to meet at the Boyne in battle, three young men face the horrors of war.
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