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Author
Publisher
Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Sometimes you think you have it all. Great friends, a loving boyfriend, and a strong sense of personal identity. But unexpected things can happen. People come and go. The appearance of a new boy in your life can turn your world upside down. It might make you throw all caution to the wind - or bring you back closer to earth. What if he is hiding secrets of his own? Is it better to be safe than sorry? From acclaimed bestselling author Sarah Dessen,...
2103) The laureate
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Set in the mid-1920s, celebrated poet and writer Robert Graves returns from war traumatized and creatively struggling. It takes young poet Laura Riding to re-ignite Robert's passion, and with the blessing of his wife, Nancy, his muse becomes his lover. With the three of them sharing a life, soon, Laura's attention turns to Nancy, and a complicated relationship that scandalized society threatens to risk everything they have.
Author
Publisher
Umbriel
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Cuando Carrie se retira del tenis, es la mejor jugadora que el mundo ha visto jamás. Ha batido todos los récords y ha conseguido veinte títulos de Grand Slam. Y si le preguntas, se merece cada uno de ellos. Lo ha sacrificado casi todo para convertirse en la mejor, con su padre como entrenador. Pero seis años después de retirarse, Carrie se encuentra en las gradas del US Open de 1994, viendo cómo una tenista británica brutal e impresionante...
Author
Series
Library of America volume 305
Publisher
The Library of America
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
No writer plunged more wholeheartedly into the chaotic energies of the 1960s than Norman Mailer, as he fearlessly revolutionized literary norms and genres to capture the political, social, and sexual explosions of an unsettled era. Here, for the first time in one volume, are his unforgettable books of the 1960s: two disruptive and visionary novels, and two radically innovative journalistic masterpieces. War hero, television star, existential hipster,...
2106) Cactus's secret
Author
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Miku Yamada has a longtime crush on classmate Kyohei Fujioka. But no matter how many times she tries to show him how she feels, clueless Kyohei just doesn't get it. Frustrated, Miku gives up on him, only to have him start calling her "Cactus" for being prickly when he's around. Will Kyohei ever figure out Cactus's secret?"--Page [4] of cover, v. 1.
2107) Even the rain
Publisher
Morena Films ; distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
Español
Description
"Idealistic filmmaker Sebastian (Gael Garcia Bernal, The Motorcycle Diaries) and his cynical producer Costa (Luis Tosa, The Limits of Control) arrive in Bolivia to make a revisionist film about Christopher Columbus' conquest of the Americas. But as filming commences, the local citizens begin to riot in protest against a multi-national corporation that is taking control of their water supply. With the film shoot in jeopardy, both men find their convictions...
2108) Third time's a charm
Author
Series
Sister-to-sister volume 3
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Tori Sanderson has the professional opportunity of a lifetime. If she can prove she's executive material, she's in line for a big promotion. But there's only room for one new account executive, and her co-worker has his eye on the job ... and on Tori. How can she consider romance when she couldn't hold on to the one man who was supposed to love her forever - her own father? The time has come for answers .
2109) Baking machine
Author
Series
Aven Green volume 2
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Aven knows she's an expert baker of cakes and cookies since she's been baking with her mom for a really long time. Plus no one bakes quite like her. She cracks eggs with her feet and measures sugar and flour with her feet (plus measuring cups) since she was born without arms. And now Aven has her eye on the prize: a beautiful blue ribbon for baking at the county fair. So she teams up with her friends Kayla, Emily, and Sujata. But It turns out they...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The American: American Christopher Newman is smart, educated and rich. He is a Civil War veteran and a self made tycoon who goes to Europe to see the 'treasures and entertain' himself. He meets Claire and after the fifth meeting he asks her to marry him.
The portrait of a lady: Isabel Archer is a beautiful, spirited American who is brought to Europe by her wealthy Aunt Touchett. It is expected that she will soon marry. But Isabel is resolved to determine...
2111) Habibi
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"Sprawling across an epic landscape of deserts, harems, and modern industrial clutter, Habibi tells the tale of Dodola and Zam, refugee child slaves bound to each other by chance, by circumstance, and by the love that grows between them. We follow them as their lives unfold together and apart; as they struggle to make a place for themselves in a world (not unlike our own) fueled by fear, lust, and greed; and as they discover the extraordinary depth--...
Author
Series
Publisher
Barbour Pub
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In 1621, newly arrived at Plymouth Colony, eleven-year-old Rebekah and her family find themselves facing a difficult winter with little food, inadequate shelter, sickness, and little hope for the future until help arrives with an unexpected visitor
2113) The devil you know
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Cadie Wells has spent most of her life doing the right thing: going to school, working, and taking care of her family. But it's the summer after her high school graduation and she's ready for something big to happen. So when she meets two handsome cousins at a campfire party, she finally has a chance for fun. There's the mysterious seductive Noah. Then there's intelligent, good-natured Matt. When they invite her and a friend to join them on a road...
2114) The perfect neighbors
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Bucolic Newport Cove, where spontaneous block parties occur on balmy nights and all of the streets are named for flowers, is proud of its distinction of being named one the top twenty safest neighborhoods in the United States. It's also one of the most secret-filled"--
2115) The Broadway melody
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The Broadway Melody offers snarky, wiseacre humor, and effervescent charm. The Mahoney Sisters are successful singers in the boondocks, and now they've come to New York for the big time. Hank (Henrietta) is the smart one, while Queenie is the beautiful one--as Hank's fiancé Eddie Kearns says, they're "a coupla swell kids." Songwriter Eddie gets the girls a part in a revue featuring his song, "The Broadway Melody." Eddie, long engaged to Hank, falls...
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
A fun-filled holiday adventure that takes us to the beginning of Santa Claus' legendary friendship with Santa Paws. In this prequel to the hit holiday classic Santa Buddies, Santa Paws and his new canine and kid friends embark on a journey in New York City to find Santa Claus and restore the spirit of Christmas.
2117) Anaïs Nin: a sea of lies
Author
Series
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In lithe, sensuous colored pencils, this international prize-winning, impressionistic graphic biography traces the life, the affairs, and the artistic process of Anais Nin, one of the best-known authors of women's erotica in the 1920s and '30s"--
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The perfect Christmas: For Cassie Beaumont, it's meeting her perfect match. Cassie, at thirty-three, wants a husband and kids, and so far, nothing's worked. Not blind dates, not the Internet and certainly not leaving love to chance. What's left? A professional matchmaker. He's Simon Dodson, and he's very choosy about the clients he takes on. Cassie finds Simon a difficult, acerbic know-it-all, and she's astonished when he accepts her as a client....
2119) Nameless asterism
Author
Series
Nameless asterism volume 4
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018-
Language
English
Description
Shiratori, Washio, and Kotooka have been inseparable since they began junior high. However, Shiratori has a secret she's been keeping from her best friends-she actually has a big crush on Washio! Not wanting to risk their friendship, she planned to keep it a secret forever, but when Shiratori learns that Washio has a crush on Kotooka, her desire to support her friends now conflicts with her own feelings. First love blossoms in unexpected ways for...
Author
Series
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2021-
Language
English
Description
Avoid the bad ending at all costs! When her fiancé breaks up with her in front of the entire student body, noblewoman Aileen d'Autriche is devastated--or she would have been, if that wasn't also the exact moment memories of her past life came crashing back! Turns out, she's been reborn as the villainess of a dating sim...and according to the story, she's slated to die at the hands of the demon king in three months! But Aileen's already got a plan:...
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