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Duke Classics
Language
English
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"When it comes to walking the mean streets, Dickens could give modern genre authors the tour of their lives." -Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times
When a corpse is found in the Thames River and identified as John Harmon, many lives will be forever changed. John, who had been abroad and estranged from his miserly father for years, will no longer collect his inheritance. It will instead go to the miser's employees, Mr. and Mrs. Boffin, transforming...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Celebrating her forty-fifth birthday at her local pub, popular podcaster Alix Summers crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie, it turns out, is also celebrating her forty-fifth birthday. They are, in fact, birthday twins. A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other again, this time outside Alix's children's school. Josie has been listening to Alix's podcasts and thinks she might be an interesting subject for her series....
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Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"FAKE AMNESIA. REAL FEELINGS? REAL PROBLEMS. Sam Becker loves-or, okay, likes-his job. Sure, managing a bed and bath retailer isn't exactly glamorous, but it's good work and he gets on well with the band of misfits who keep the store running. He could see himself being content here for the long haul. Too bad, then, that the owner is an infuriating git. Jonathan Forest should never have hired Sam. It was a sentimental decision, and Jonathan didn't...
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Publisher
Dell
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A music critic pining for her ex-girlfriend targets her high school crush for a career comeback and a chance at revenge in this fresh and original enemies to lovers romance debut. What could possibly go wrong? Sammy Espinoza is known for her smart and hilariously cynical music criticism, and she has a successful column to prove how notoriously hard to please she is in the music biz. But when her singer ex-girlfriend breaks up with her via song on...
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English
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"Petunia De Vere enjoys being the personal assistant to lovable, bumbling Johnny Marchmont. But the job has its share of challenges, including the royal's giant, intimidating bodyguard, Matthias. Pet and Matthias are polar opposites--she's spontaneous and enthusiastic, he's rigid and stoic--but she can sense there's something softer underneath that tough exterior ... For Matthias Vaughn, protecting others is the name of the game. But keeping his royal...
Series
Joe Pickett volume 1
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Based on the best-selling book series from CJ Box, Joe Pickett is the new game warden of a town as beautiful and charming as it is corrupt and dangerous. When a poacher turns up brutally murdered, Joe decides to investigate it to keep his wife and young daughters safe. This sets off a chain of events that uncovers lies and deceit from within the community, putting Joe and his family in mortal danger. The three-disc DVD set includes every episode from...
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English
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"American society is more polarized than ever before. We are strategically being pushed apart by disinformation--the deliberate spreading of lies disguised as truth--and it comes at us from all sides: opportunists on the far right, Russian misinformed social media influencers, among others. It's endangering our democracy and causing havoc in our electoral system, schools, hospitals, workplaces, and in our Capitol. ... [In this book,] ... McQuade shows...
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Publisher
Quill Tree Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"After getting rejected from her dream college, sixteen-year-old Filipino American Perla Perez forges her own acceptance and commits to living a lie at university"--
As the youngest graduating senior at her hypercompetitive high school, Perla Perez is certain all the late nights and crushing stress will be worth it when she gets into the college of her (and her parents') dreams: Delmont University. When she's rejected, Perla panics-- and forges her...
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