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261) Worth a fortune
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"In the aftermath of the Second World War, Harriet Browning has thrived as the heiress to a lumber fortune, living lavishly among New York's elite. Her father's death reveals unexpected financial woes, and Harriet is left to face a sudden, harsh reality. Ava Clark threw herself into the war effort when her brothers enlisted. Suddenly, the war is over, and she's without a cause and a job. An ad for a personal secretary from Harriet-the woman she loved...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Fifteen-year-old Aki Simon has a theory. And it's mostly about sex. No, it isn't that kind of theory. Aki already knows she's bisexual, even if, until now, it's mostly been in the hypothetical sense. Aki has dated only guys so far, and her best friend, Lori, is the only person who knows she likes girls, too. Actually, Aki's theory is that she's got only one shot at living an interesting life-- and that means she's got to stop sitting around and thinking...
Author
Series
Wells of Sorcery volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Isoka and her crew of mage-bloods return to Kahnzoka with the legendary ghost ship, and join the rebellion helmed by her sister, Tori.
Author
Series
Charlie Mack Motown mystery volume 6
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Bywater Books first edition.
Language
English
Description
"A hate group operating in Michigan has claimed responsibility for a string of arson fires and robberies at mosques, temples, and black churches around Detroit, eluding police and federal agencies. The most recent fire kills a respected imam. His children -- suspicious of law enforcement's treatments of Muslims, and afraid of reprisal -- hire the Mack Agency to find their father's murderers. The team begins to hunt down the clues in this local hate...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
"Becky, Harry, and Leon are leaving London in a fourth-hand Ford with a suitcase full of stolen money, in a mess of tangled loyalties and impulses. But can they truly leave the city that's in their bones?....Rich in character and restless in perspective, driven by ethics and empathy, it asks-and seeks to answer-how best to live with and love one another." -- page [2] book jacket.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A compelling story about grief and healing on the Jersey Shore. Following the death of her partner, Bridget, Camille Pickett heads to Stone Harbor. All she has to do now is make a decision about the small bungalow she inherited. Instead she is drawn into the troubles of two young people she meets, leading her to question the meaning of family, and how love can endure conflict, illness, and addiction.
274) Cinco esquinas
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Español
Description
"La idea de esta novela comenzó con una imagen de dos señoras amigas que de pronto una noche, de una manera impensada para ambas, viven una situación erótica. Luego se fue convirtiendo en una historia policial, casi un thriller, y el thriller se fue transformando en una especie de mural de la sociedad peruana en los últimos meses o semanas de la dictadura de Fujimori y Montesinos. Me gustó la idea de que la historia se llamase Cinco esquinas...
275) The afterward
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
It's been a year since the mysterious godsgem cured Cadrium's king and ushered in what promised to be a new golden age. The heroes who brought home the gem are renowned in story and song, but for two fellows on the quest, peace and prosperity don't come easily. Apprentice Knight Kalanthe Ironheart wasn't meant for heroism so early in life, and while she has no intention of giving up the notoriety she's earned, reputation doesn't pay her bills. Kalanthe...
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Isabelle Berendon dove into blue water to save her son. She was too late. Again and again in her dreams she dives in, hoping this time it will be different. He will breathe and live. But again and again he dies. In the empty days following his death, abandoned by her husband, drowning in her grief, she falls in love with the one person who keeps reaching out to save her -- her sister-in-law."--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Rainbow Black is part murder mystery, part gay international fugitive love story—set against the ’90s Satanic Panic and spanning 20 years in the life of a young woman pulled into its undertow. Lacey Bond is a 13-year-old girl in New Hampshire growing up in the tranquility of her hippie parents’ rural daycare center. Then the Satanic Panic hits. It’s the summer of 1990 when Lacey ’s parents are handcuffed, flung into the county jail, and...
280) Notes of a crocodile
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Set in the post-martial-law era of 1990s Taipei, Notes of a Crocodile depicts the coming-of-age of a group of queer misfits discovering love, friendship, and artistic affinity while hardly studying at Taiwan's most prestigious university. Told through the eyes of an anonymous lesbian narrator nicknamed Lazi, Qiu Miaojin's cult classic novel is a postmodern pastiche of diaries, vignettes, mash notes, aphorisms, exegesis, and satire by an incisive...
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