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61) The whistling
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English
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Alone in the world, Elspeth Swansome has taken the position of nanny to a family on the remote Scottish island of Skelthsea. Her charge, Mary, is a troubled child. Distracted and secretive, she hasn't uttered a word since the sudden death of her twin, William - just days after their former nanny disappeared. With Mary defiantly silent, Elspeth turns to the islanders. But no one will speak of what happened to William. Just as no one can explain the...
62) Ciche dni
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Polish
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"By all appearances, Frank and Maggie share a happy, loving marriage. But for the past six months, they have not spoken. Not a sentence, not a single word. Maggie isn't sure what, exactly, provoked Frank's silence, though she has a few ideas ... Then Frank finds Maggie collapsed in the kitchen, unconscious, an empty package of sleeping pills on the table. Rushed to the hospital, she is placed in a medically induced coma while the doctors assess the...
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English
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A touching and profound tale of friendship, differences, and acceptance from renowned Estonian children's author and illustrator Piret Raud. On the sandy shore of a big sea lived a bird named Ellie who had no voice. "Everything else has a voice," Ellie thought sadly. "The trees rustle. The waves crash. Even the rain sings when it falls." "I'm the only one who can't make a sound." Ellie felt tears well up in her eyes-that's how sad she was to be voiceless....
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