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61) Americanah
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Language
English
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"Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military-ruled Nigeria for the West. Beautiful, self-assured Ifemelu heads for America, where despite her academic success, she is forced to grapple with what it means to be black for the first time. Quiet, thoughtful Obinze had hoped to join her, but with post-9/11 America closed to him, he instead plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London. Fifteen years later, they reunite in...
62) Daring to dream
Author
Series
Dream trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
373 p. ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Margo, Kate and Laura were brought up like sisters amidst the peerless grandeur of Templeton House. But it was Margo whose dreams first took her far away . . . Margo Sullivan had everything a young woman could ask for. But while growing up along the rocky cliffs of Monterey, she couldn't help but dream of bigger things. The daughter of the Templetons' stern Irish housekeeper, Margo had been treated like a member of the family. Deep down, she knew...
63) The forever girl
Author
Language
English
Description
"From the author of the best-selling and universally adored No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series--a stand-alone, big-hearted, and often heartbreaking novel about unrequited love and the unexpected places it takes us. At age 4, Thursday chooses her own name. At age 6, she falls in love with her best friend, James, with whom she happily spends all her time. But in the adult world, things are not so simple: at the same time that Thursday's mother finds...
Author
Publisher
Vanguard Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
191 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Bernard Mason finds an opportunity to socially advance his son Reginald by marrying Lady Annabelle Ashton, who has been disgraced by scandal; but Reggie does not wish to marry her until Bernard serves his son an ultimatum--marry Annabelle or do without family funds.
65) Beach read
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters. Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast. They're polar opposites. In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next...
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Language
English
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Westley, a farm boy, goes off to seek his fortune shortly after declaring his love for Buttercup, the most beautiful woman in the world, but their relationship is put to the test when his ship is captured by pirates and she is summoned to become the bride of the prince. Includes a reading group guide.
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
1987
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
243 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A man tells the story of his boyhood in the Canadian backwoods, of his arrival in the bustling Toronto of the 1920s, and of the fabulous adventures he underwent there.
Author
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
2000, c1966, c1938
Physical Desc
418 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
As she deftly and delicately exposes the cruelty that lurks behind the polished surfaces of conventional society, Bowen offers the piercing story of innocence betrayed at a 1930s British seaside resort.
69) Key of knowledge
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
Librarian Dana Steele, one of the three young women in a quest for the keys to a mystical box that holds the trapped souls of three Celtic demigoddesses imprisoned by a jealous sorcerer, is led to author Jack Hawke, but their prior romantic history complicates things when the two of them are forced into working together to locate the next key.
Author
Series
Bride trilogy (Mary Jo Putney) volume 3
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
324 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Having made his fortune in the China seas, Gavin Elliott is on his way to London to establish himself in society, but his plans take a detour when he risks his life to save an English widow, Alexandra Warren, who is being sold as a slave by pirates.
71) Jazz
Author
Language
English
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Description
In the winter of 1926, when everybody everywhere sees nothing but good things ahead, Joe Trace, middle-aged door-to-door salesman of Cleopatra beauty products, shoots his teenage lover to death. At the funeral, Joe's wife, Violet, attacks the girl's corpse. This passionate, profound story of love and obsession brings us back and forth in time, as a narrative is assembled from the emotions, hopes, fears, and deep realities of Black urban life
Author
Language
English
Description
"Monsieur Perdu calls himself a literary apothecary. From his floating bookstore in a barge on the Seine, he prescribes novels for the hardships of life. Using his intuitive feel for the exact book a reader needs, Perdu mends broken hearts and souls. The only person he can't seem to heal through literature is himself; he's still haunted by heartbreak after his great love disappeared. She left him with only a letter, which he has never opened. After...
Author
Series
Legend (Marie Lu) volume 3
Language
English
Description
"June and Day have sacrificed so much for the people of the Republic--and each other--and now their country is on the brink of a new existence. Just when a peace treaty is imminent, a plague outbreak causes panic in the Colonies, and war threatens the Republic's border cities"--Provided by publisher.
74) Love
Author
Language
English
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Description
The late Bill Cosey, one-time owner of the Cosey Hotel and Resort, a hot spot for vacationing African-Americans, is kept alive through the memories of the women he loved and who were loved by him.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired) leads a quiet life in the village of St. Mary, England, until his brother's death sparks an unexpected friendship with Mrs. Jasmina Ali, the Pakistani shopkeeper from the village. Drawn together by their shared love of literature and the loss of their respective spouses, the Major and Mrs. Ali soon find their friendship blossoming into something more. But will their relationship survive in a society that considers...
76) The reef
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
627 p. (large print) ;
Language
English
Description
Two families attempt to recover a jeweled necklace from the depths of the ocean.
77) Wild orchids
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
341 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When famed mystery writer Ford Newcombe loses his beloved wife, Pat, he can't bear the thought of writing without her. Six years later, Ford is moving from one small town to another in an attempt to cure his writer's block when he hears the story of a woman who was murdered because she loved the devil. Fascinated by the tale, he decides that he must investigate.
78) Another view
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[1974, c1968]
Physical Desc
159 p. 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Emma Litton, raised by her distant artist father after the death of her mother in childbirth, struggles as an adult to understand her relationship with her parent and her stepbrother, and to find a way to feel accepted and move forward with her life.
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Series
Language
English
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It is 1987, and only one person has ever truly understood fourteen-year-old June Elbus -- her uncle, the renowned painter Finn Weiss. Shy at school and distant from her older sister, June can only be herself in Finn's company; he is her godfather, confidant, and best friend. So when he dies, far too young, of a mysterious illness her mother can barely speak about, June's world is turned upside down. But Finn's death brings a surprise acquaintance...
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