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Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Dare Me meets Black Swan and Luckiest Girl Alive in a captivating, voice-driven debut novel about a trio of ballerinas who meet as students at the Paris Opera Ballet School. Fourteen years ago, Delphine abandoned her prestigious soloist spot at the Paris Opera Ballet for a new life in St. Petersburg--taking with her a secret that could upend the lives of her best friends, fellow dancers Lindsay and Margaux. Now 36 years old, Delphine has returned...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First North American edition.
Physical Desc
506 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1948 Beirut, the eldest son of a prominent French family, Jean, who has committed a terrible crime, emigrates to Paris with his materialistic wife, while Etienne, the youngest son, seeks to make his fortune in Saigon and middle son, journalist Francois, tracks a killer who is closer than he thinks.
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
456 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A college student finds her perspectives transformed by a mentor activist at the center of the women's movement who challenges her to discover herself in ways that take her far from the traditional life she envisioned.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A modern love story about two childhood friends, Sam, raised by an actress mother in LA's Koreatown, and Sadie, from the wealthy Jewish enclave of Beverly Hills, who reunite as adults to create video games, finding an intimacy in digital worlds that eludes them in their real lives, from the New York Times best-selling author of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry"--
On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits...
5) Temper
Author
Publisher
Scout Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Scout Press hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A debut workplace noir novel of female ambition about what happens when fake violence draws real blood, for fans of Mrs. and Tangerine" --
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Alessandra Stathos, the second daughter of a minor nobleman, makes a plan to seduce, marry, and kill the king, then rule the world, and only love can stop her.
7) Love, Ish
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Mischa "Ish" Love's longtime dream has been to someday live on Mars, but when she collapses on the first day of seventh grade, Ish receives a diagnosis which threatens her future plans.
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
337 pages : 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1792, after leaving her violently mad mother behind in revolutionary France, seventeen-year-old Thea Hope travels to England, where she risks losing her own sanity when she creates the legendary Philosopher's Stone.
Language
English
Description
Early eighteenth-century England is at war with the French. A frail Queen Anne occupies the throne, and her friend Lady Sarah tends to her ill health. When a new servant Abigail arrives, Sarah takes her under her wing, and Abigail sees a chance at a return to her aristocratic roots. As the politics of war become time-consuming for Sarah, Abigail steps in to fill in as the Queen's companion. Their growing friendship gives her a chance to fulfill her...
Author
Publisher
Graydon House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
329 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Three fierce women connected to a billionaire film mogul collide at a Hollywood party in this richly observed novel about female ambition, complicity, and privilege. Zanne Klein never planned to be a personal assistant to Hollywood royalty Ted and Holly Stabler. But a decade in at thirty-eight, that's exactly how she spends her days, earning six figures to make sure the movie mogul and his family have everything they could ever dream of and more....
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (95 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded booklet/poster.
Language
English
Description
Two-bit hustler Harry Fabian aches for a life of ease and plenty. With a history of nowhere schemes, he stumbles upon a chance of a lifetime. But there is no easy money in this underworld and soon Fabian learns the horrible price of his ambition.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
436 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"It will take something extraordinary to show four women who they truly are . . . October 1840. A young woman staggers alone through a forest in the English countryside as a huge pair of impossible wings rip themselves from her shoulders. In London, rumors of a "fallen angel" cause a frenzy across the city, and a surgeon desperate for fame and fortune finds himself in the grips of a dangerous obsession, one that will place the women he seeks in the...
13) Citizen Kane
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
Standard format ; two-disc special ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodiscs (ca. 119 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A wealthy newspaper publisher achieves tremendous social and political power, but fails to overcome the loneliness which plagues him throughout his life.
Author
Publisher
Clavis Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 35 cm
Language
English
Description
"Mara's biggest wish is to become an astronaut -- to discover new planets. Sometimes dreams and wishes come true ... She lands on the most beautiful planet she has ever seen. But the planet is in trouble and only Mara can help. A wonderful space adventure about a small girl with big dreams and a big heart."--Back cover.