31 títulos para "Cary Joyce"
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Míster Johnson
Cary, Joyce
978-84-934778-6-8Mister Johnson, un joven empleado africano en el puesto colonial de Fada, en Nigeria, lleva una vida feliz. Ha conocido a Bamu, la muchacha más hermosa del lugar, y su empleo para la administración local le confiere un estatus privilegiado.
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Herself Surprised
Joyce Cary
978-1-83901-376-8Herself Surprised is the story of Sara Monday, a former housemaid who tells of "her grand days" and of all her "coming down days since."Looking back from a prison cell on a life that covers the first half of the twentieth century, Sara introduces a gallery of vivid characters: her timid and doting h...
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LIAR! AND OTHER MODERN STORIES *CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS*
ASIMOV, ISAAC/DAHL, ROALD/CARY, JOYCE/INNES, MICHAEL/JACOBSON, DAN/O´FLAHERTY, LIAM/TAYLOR, ELIZABETH
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The African Witch
Cary, Joyce
978-1-910670-26-2Set in post-war Nigeria against the background of a struggle for supremacy between different factions, this is a powerful study of the clash of traditional ways and new ideas from beyond the borders. Elizabeth Aladai, the ju-ju Princess of Rimi, reigns supreme. Feared and respected, she domin...
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Except the Lord
Cary, Joyce
978-1-910670-12-5‘This is not the history of political events but of a boy’s mind and soul.’ The second book in the Chester Nimmo trilogy. Now an old man, Chester Nimmo, the fiery politician of Prisoner of Grace, looks back on his life. In a moving account of his childhoo...
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Not Honour More
Cary, Joyce
978-1-910670-11-8It is 1926, the year of the General Strike. Jim Latter, his wife Nina and her former husband, Chester, are living in an uncomfortable ménage à trois at Palm Cottage. Chester sees the chance of a political comeback while Jim, head of the emergency police, feels he must mak...
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A House of Children
Cary, Joyce
978-1-910670-15-6A semi-autobiographical tale, which draws upon Cary’s own upbringing to tell of a young boy’s holidays spent on the Donegal coast. For six-year-old Evelyn Corner and his siblings, Dunamara is an enchanted place. A world away from England, school and duty, they can wander at...
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A Fearful Joy
Cary, Joyce
978-1-910670-16-3Tabitha Baskett is seduced by an engaging scoundrel named Bonser who deserts her when she is pregnant. She is taken under the wing of a businessman who is also a patron of the arts; and after his death, by a millionaire. Finally she returns to Bonser who marries her. &...
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The Moonlight
Cary, Joyce
978-1-910670-20-0‘The hatred between the sisters had a very long history; almost as long as their devotion.’ With the death of Rose, painful memories are awakened for her younger sister Ella, forcing her to confront the tragic consequences of their family’s guilt, its penchant for mart...
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An American Visitor
Cary, Joyce
978-1-910670-21-7The American visitor is Marie Hasluck, a young journalist, who comes to twentieth-century Africa armed with her idealism and a sentimental belief in the Noble Savage. She plunges immediately into enthusiastic conflict with the Europeans there, all of whom have their own ideals of coloni...
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Herself Surprised
Cary, Joyce
978-1-910670-13-2Herself Surprised is the story of Sara Monday, a former housemaid who tells of “her grand days” and of all her “coming down days since.” Looking back from a prison cell on a life that covers the first half of the 20th century, Sara introduces a gallery of vivid characters: he...
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Aissa Saved
Cary, Joyce
978-1-910670-14-9Aissa, a frank and lively Fulani girl, lives in the district of Yanrin, Nigeria. A new and ardent convert to Christianity, she is feared and mistrusted by the local community who brand her a witch. Yanrun is suffering a severe and prolonged drought and rioting breaks out between the dif...
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