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1) Free Air
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Bored of the parties and luxuries that come with her socialite lifestyle, Claire Boltwood longs for something more authentic in her life. Desperate for adventure, Claire and her father decide to travel from New York City to the Pacific Northwest in their automobile, a new privilege enjoyed by the rich. Though he is a clever businessman, Claire's father knows nothing about cars, so he encourages Claire to drive, challenging the gender stereotypes of...
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Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2019
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English
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Restaurant critic Derek Schumaker, notorious for his bitter reviews, is about to visit Daisy's Tea Garden, and Daisy and Aunt Iris are simmering with anxiety. A bad word from the culinary curmudgeon could really hurt their business, but Daisy tries to stay confident. After all, how can he resist her cucumber sandwiches with pimento spread--not to mention the cheesy cauliflower soup and strawberry walnut salad? Schumaker takes a to-go order when the...
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Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2020
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English
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FBI behavioral analyst Caitlin Hendrix has come to Los Angeles to assist with the investigation of the Midnight Man, a killer who comes for the parents but leaves the children alive. Something about this UNSUB -- unknown subject -- doesn't sit right with Caitlin and soon she realizes that within the heart of a killer lives a secret that mirror's her own past.
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A classic work of experimental poetry by a titan of modernist literature Tender Buttons, Stein's first published work of poetry, debuted in 1914 as a volume of powerful avant-garde expression. This meditation on ordinary living is presented in three compelling sections-"Objects," "Food," and "Rooms"-through which Stein delights in experiments with language. Emphasizing rhythm and sonority over traditional grammar, Stein's wordplay has garnered praise...
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Everyman's library volume 32
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English
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Moll Flanders, by Daniel Defoe, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies of contemporary...
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Liza of Lambeth (1897) is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. Written while the author was living as a medical student in London, the Maugham's debut marked an electrifying start to an illustrious career in literature. Controversial for its portrayal of infidelity, domestic violence, and women's reproductive health, Liza of Lambeth is a gritty realist tale that takes an honest look at, the everyday struggles of actual Londoners in a time of celebration...
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Originally published pseudonymously in 1893, "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" follows the tragic tale of Maggie and her life in the harsh streets and tenements of the New York City Bowery district. Initially rejected by publishers for being viewed as too brutal and accurate in its descriptions of poverty and female sexuality, Stephen Crane published the work at his own expense. Following the success of Crane's novel "The Red Badge of Courage," this...
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A year after she is elected mayor of a prosperous Colorado city, Gwen Marsh's career and life are fully on track, all according to plan. So why is she in such a slump emotionally and physically? New conflicts keep boiling over in city government, and her earlier allies no longer support her. She and her boyfriend have an ideal relationship, which she finds inexplicably dissatisfying. Without telling her, he decides to take a new job that has him traveling...
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"There is a smudge where my memory is supposed to be."
Claire wakes in a hospital room in the Florida Keys. She has no idea how she got there or why. The loss of so many memories is paralyzing. Some things she can piece together by looking at old photos saved by her husband, Charlie, and her best friend, Rachel, and by combing through boxes of letters and casual jottings. But she senses a mystery at the center of all these fragments of her past,...
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Intertwined Destinies is, a story that begins apparently banal, telling the misadventures of a pregnant woman, left to her own fate by her lover and family. Her fate is tragic, but out of this misfortune, the hope for a new beginning for the baby and for a couple, who want to start a family, is born. This plot, which may seem common, however, is the tip of a skein of an overlapping story of hidden interests and loves to be, discovered.
11) Dear Life
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Beth Taylor is a young girl growing up in Sydney with her parents and grandmother, and aspiring to become a doctor when she graduates.
But in one tragic moment, Beth's life will be changed forever.
She moves on with her life--now alone--and fate brings her to meet Chad, the dashing real estate entrepreneur from Los Angeles, and her life is complete again.
Then a tragic accident happens, and Beth is thrown back into her grief of earlier years. The...
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Flower of the South follows the early life of US Southerner Lucinda Lee Alexander, chronicling her escape from abuse, recounting her attempts to reconcile the influences of both her Old South and Hillbilly ancestors, and elaborating her efforts to build a meaningful life. Her story is told by a friend and colleague who finds she did not know Lucinda Lee as well as she thought, that Lucinda Lee's secrets and ability to cover the truth with believable...
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7 Russell Hill Road is a multi-generational story of humble beginnings in France, a camp in Germany after World War II, rural Jamaica, Vietnam, Sweden, USA, and an old farm north of Toronto, Canada. By 2007, through sheer circumstance, the individuals of the culturally and racially diverse Canadian family eventually find themselves living on a leafy street in an upscale neighborhood in Toronto, Canada. The central character, a Supreme Court justice,...
14) Dare to Dance
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At the start we find the central character, Ivy, lying in a hospital bed, slowly recovering from a hip operation. She is lonely and missing Arthur, her much loved husband, terribly. They are both in their early 70s. He has Alzheimer’s and has been put in a home. She does not like this at all. This indomitable lady also dislikes being in a hospital ward. She rebels and walks out. To her amazement she also rebels against her old way of life and dowdy...
16) Charming Lily
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A woman’s new life takes a dark turn when her true love vanishes in this romantic suspense tale by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author.
Professional mountaineer Lily is building a new life for herself—in ways she never would have expected. She’s traded the mountain wilderness of Wyoming for the lush river country of the deep South, where she is busy restoring a fine old house Natchez,
17) From Scratch
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At the end of the twentieth century France found itself in the midst of another scandalous fin de siècle, awash with rumors and revelations of wrongdoing in high places. As the millennium expired, the Republic's servants, some sitting, others retired, received much condemnation, whether welcomed or resented. When taken together, surely les affaires now approximate in political significance (if not in noise or invective) those of the Dreyfus or Panama...
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An unforgettable story of a young woman who might be falling for a match made in heaven from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author.
With her beloved mother gone, her twin sister about to be married, and no hint of Mr. Right on the horizon, Josie Dupré is lonesome. Luckily, she has her booming New Orleans catering business to keep her busy, and her fluffy white dog, Rosie, to keep her company . .
With her beloved mother gone, her twin sister about to be married, and no hint of Mr. Right on the horizon, Josie Dupré is lonesome. Luckily, she has her booming New Orleans catering business to keep her busy, and her fluffy white dog, Rosie, to keep her company . .
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Cooking a wonderful meal is an art. An act of love. An act of grace. A gift that affirms and gives life-not only does it nurture those who partake of the meal, it also feeds the soul of the creator. These are lessons Gina learns from her mother, daughter of an unfortunate French chef.
Gina is a young woman born to poor parents, a nobody keen to taste life outside the world she was born into. A world that exposes her to fascinating people gripped by...
20) Mending Fences
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MIRA
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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Devastating secrets tear two families apart in this acclaimed novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods
For ten years Emily Dobbs and Marcie Carter have been the closest of friends. They've raised their kids together, shared joy and heartache, exchanged neighborhood gossip over tea. But when Marcie's son, now a college freshman sports star, is arrested for date rape, the bond between the families could be shattered forever....
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