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Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021
Physical Desc
221 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Perfectionists and procrastinators alike agree it's natural to dread a deadline. Whether your goal is to complete a masterpiece or just check off an overwhelming to-do list, the ticking clock signals despair. Christopher Cox knows the panic of the looming deadline all too well as a magazine editor, he has spent years overseeing writers and journalists who could'nt meet a deadline to save their lives. After putting in a few too many late nights in...
63) Whirlwind
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
261 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"At the Alamo Canyon Ranch, set amid the desert foothills of Southern Arizona, the Champion women carry on the family legacy of breeding bucking bulls for the rodeo. In a world where bloodline is everything, love is the only risk worth taking ... Everyone's talking about Whirlwind at this year's Professional Bull Rider's Competition. But the promising young bull is the last thing on Shane Tully's mind once he lays eyes on the lady responsible for...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
For ages, money has meant little metal disks and rectangular slips of paper. Yet the usefulness of physical money — to say nothing of its value — is coming under fire as never before. Intrigued by the distinct possibility that cash will soon disappear, author and Wired contributing editor David Wolman sets out to investigate the future of money...and how it will affect your wallet.
Wolman begins his journey by deciding to shun cash for an...
Wolman begins his journey by deciding to shun cash for an...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
298 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"With his reputation permanently marred by an insider trading conviction, Jamison Maddox, a young Wall Street broker, reluctantly takes a job with Drexler Limited in sleepy Redemption, Illinois. Drexler Limited is run with an iron fist by a man named Claud Drexler, who tells Jamison that the company mostly does financial research for select clients. Jamison is surprised that an outfit that merely does corporate research has such elaborate security...
Author
Series
Bridal Veil Island volume 1
Language
English
Description
When Audrey Cunningham's father proposes that they move to Bridal Veil Island, where he grew up, she agrees, thinking this will help keep him sober and close to God. But they arrive to find wealthy investors buying up land to build a grand resort on the secluded island--and they want the Cunninghams' acreage. Contractor Marshall Graham can't imagine why the former drinking buddy of his deceased father would beckon him to Bridal Veil Island. And when...
68) Satori
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
352 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Language
English
Formats
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...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
vii, 311 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
As nations careen from one crisis to the next, there is a growing cry for fresh leadership. Those in charge have repeatedly fallen short, and trust in institutions has plummeted. So, what does great leadership look like? And how are great leaders made? David Gergen, a leader in the public arena for more than half a century, draws from his experiences as a White House adviser to four presidents, his decades as a trusted voice on national issues, and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
410 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Payal is a girl on the verge--of living a life she's always dreamt of, becoming a rising star in fashion, and...of marriage?! When her parents insist she marry fellow Londoner and serial dater Ayaan Malhotra in order to save their company, Payal has a choice: stick it to her dysfunctional family but put her hard-earned fashion success on hold...or get engaged to save her family's fortune and rescue her own dream-come-true life. Ayaan has always been...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
When her sister is wrongly implicated in an explosion that has destroyed her family's priceless antiques business and killed an employee, Hannah struggles to find clues in the ashes and discovers a life-threatening secret from the past.
Author
Series
Skip-Beat volume Omnibus 2
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Kyoko’s heart is broken, she decides that revenge is a dish best served in the spotlight!
Kyoko Mogami followed her true love Sho to Tokyo to support him while he made it big as an idol. But he’s casting her out now that he’s famous enough! Kyoko won’t suffer in silence—she’s going to get her sweet revenge by beating Sho in show biz!
Kyoko needs to make some quick cash to pay for acting school, but an easy job as a seat filler for...
Author
Series
Skip-Beat volume Omnibus 3
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Kyoko’s heart is broken, she decides that revenge is a dish best served in the spotlight!
Kyoko Mogami followed her true love Sho to Tokyo to support him while he made it big as an idol. But he’s casting her out now that he’s famous enough! Kyoko won’t suffer in silence—she’s going to get her sweet revenge by beating Sho in show biz!
Kyoko’s dreams are finally coming true! She’s landed a spot in Sho’s new video, and revenge...
Author
Series
Skip-Beat volume Omnibus 1
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Kyoko’s heart is broken, she decides that revenge is a dish best served in the spotlight!
Kyoko Mogami followed her true love Sho to Tokyo to support him while he made it big as an idol. But he’s casting her out now that he’s famous enough! Kyoko won’t suffer in silence—she’s going to get her sweet revenge by beating Sho in show biz!
Kyoko’s broken heart keeps her from getting into her talent agency of choice. The eccentric president...
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
394 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Casey Gerald comes to our fractured times as a uniquely visionary witness whose life has spanned seemingly unbridgeable divides. His story begins at the end of the world: Dallas, New Year's Eve 1999, when he gathers with the congregation of his grandfather's black evangelical church to see which of them will be carried off. His beautiful, fragile mother disappears frequently and mysteriously; for a brief idyll, he and his sister live like Boxcar...