poverty
81The Street Lawyer , John Grisham (2010)
Michael was in a hurry. He was scrambling up the ladder at Drake&Sweeney, a giant D. C. firm with 800 lawyers. The money was good and getting better; a partnership was three years away. He was a… 627 руб82White Heron and Other Stories , Jewett Sarah Orne (1999)
A celebration of the past in stories dealing with female friendships and tales that portray the resilience with which her female characters respond to poverty. Includes The Town Poor, Miss Peck's… 317 руб83Was , Ryman Geoff (2007)
WAS is the story of Dorothy. Orphaned as a child in the 1870s, she goes to live in Kansas with her Aunty Em and Uncle Henry. They face drought and poverty. They face each other. Alone, abused… 965 руб84City of Hope , Kerrigan Kate (2012)
An uplifting, inspiring and heartwarming story of a woman truly ahead of her time. Of loves lost and found, of courage and determination. It is the 1930s and when her beloved husband, John, suddenly… 774 руб85Martin Ramirez , Cooke Lynne (2010)
Martin Ramirez created nearly 450 drawings of remarkable visual clarity and expressive power while confined in a California mental institution for more than twenty-five years. Diagnosed as… 3367 руб86Ready Player One , Cline Ernest (2012)
It's the year 2044, and the real world has become an ugly place. We're out of oil. We've wrecked the climate. Famine, poverty, and disease are widespread. Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes… 655 руб87Desperate Measures , Michaels Fern (1996)
An orphan whose wealthy uncle saved him from a life of poverty, Pete Sorenson has lived a fairy-tale life - complete with a princess named Annie. But then Maddie Stern enters Pete's life. Maddie was… 592 руб88Back to Work , Clinton President Bill (2005)
President Bill Clinton gives us his views on the challenges facing the United States today and why government matters - presenting his ideas on restoring economic growth, job creation, financial… 1576 руб89Pictures from Italy , Dickens Charles (2009)
In 1844, Charles Dickens took a break from novel writing to travel through Italy for almost a year and "Pictures from Italy" is an illuminating account of his experiences there. He presents the… 1083 руб90The Last Station: A Novel of Tolstoy's Final Year , Parini Jay (2007)
By 1910, Leo Tolstoy, the world's most famous author, had become an almost religious figure, surrounded on his lavish estate by family and followers alike. Set in the tumultuous last year of the… 982 руб
