Polly: 302 books

" Je soussigné, Garrett Reese, promets d'épouser Audrey McGeary si Leo McGeary venait à décéder. " Garrett avait oublié cette promesse faite lors d'une soirée très arrosée, jusqu'au jour où, des années plus tard, Leo meurt dans un accident de ski. Sans hésiter, Garrett quitte tout pour...

Your Time Is Done Now tells the story of the Maroons (runaways slaves) of Dominica and their allies through the transcripts of trials held in 1813 and 1814 during the Second Maroon War. Using the evidence to explain how the Maroons waged war against slave society, the book reveals for the first time...

Sarah Hallam’s last term at University was wrecked by her conviction that she had a stalker, although nobody would take her seriously. After her finals, she takes refuge with her novelist cousin Paddy, who believes in both the stalker and Sarah’s fears. Sarah takes a temporary job as a...

Three curious and plucky children looking for adventure find a challenge to explore the cellars of a row of terraced houses; twin girls and their older brother – known as the Trio Theo - pass through connecting trap doors built into the walls of each basement. Fantasy and mischief turn into an experience...

No one believed her. Punished for her cries of help and with temper tantrums of such intensity. The child protested of the horrific acts of power displayed by one heartless and spiteful person. When digging for the truth they discover an ever deepening pit of evil. Born and raised in the Industrial...

"Dalle alte vette montuose alle iridescenti barriere coralline, dai ritmi coinvolgenti della salsa alle percussioni profonde del reggae, dai covi dei pirati alle spiagge di morbida sabbia, lo scenario dei Caraibi è straordinariamente vario" (Paul Clammer, autore Lonely Planet). Esperienze...

A Coat for a Soldier is based on George Washington’s plea that women of America make coats for his soldiers. Camille Hutchinson, a music teacher in Philadelphia, made a coat and donated it through her church. After two years the coat has come back to her with an unconscious soldier in it. The nightmares...

Women are needed so badly in the new colony they are actually being kidnapped and shipped there to be sold for 120 lbs of best leaf tobacco. When Katherine Arlington awakes in a drugged stupor aboard the Marmaduke, bound for the colony of Jamestowne, she is only slightly more afraid of what lies before...